Breaking News! Coverage of Lutherfest 2010

Monday, November 22, 2010
I am please to announce that I will be covering Lutherfest 2010 in Reston, VA on November 27th, 2010.  Lutherfest is devoted to all delectables of the processed variety.  The event is the antithesis of Thanksgiving.  In fact, just the thought of it might even cancel it out.  The fest is in honor of the Luther Burger. 

Well known in certain foodie circles, the Luther is a cheeseburger with one or more glazed doughnuts in place of a bun.  This burger will be the main attraction as well as other mouth watering offerings brought by attendees.  In the past, delights have included fried snickers, spam in a pineapple, as well as other questionably palatable fare.  Admission is by private invitation only.

I would also like to introduce my new colleague, Austin F. Barry III, who will be covering the event with me.  Austin has extensive experience in the media field and frequently attends events as the official photographer.  He has a gallery of work exceeding more than 30,000 images and is renowned for his scenery shots taken while parties of more than 100 guests are in full swing.

Please check back soon to see exclusive media coverage of the affair.

Ice Garden

Thursday, January 21, 2010
this is what happens when you don't turn off the water hose before winter.
i thought it was pretty until i realized it doubled our water bill for the quarter!


ymca vandalism

Friday, January 15, 2010



welcome to crazyhappenings!

Sunday, January 3, 2010
Over the years my website has been dedicated to a few different things - first it was a place to experiment with html and post pictures from my digital camera.  That sounds like nothing exciting now, but back in the mid nineties I was the only one I knew that had a digital camera or my own domain on the internet.  Once I got the hang of how to post stuff I became the official paparazzi for all of my friends and everything we did got posted to my website.  Now that everyone has a digital camera and facebook, I have been relieved of my paparazzi status and my website is now devoted to my blog.  As of 2010 the only posts are about my travels around the world, but now that I spend most of my time in corporate america I'll have to think of something else to add here.

photos at crazyhappenings

Saturday, January 2, 2010
The only other web content I have online (other than this site) are photos posted on picasa.  There's millions of them!  Some are interesting, some are not.  Some still aren't online yet and are packed in a box in the garage that I can't find.

Most of my newer photos are posted on my picasa site and sometimes they are posted on rob's if he gets to them first.  You can also find photos from 2003, 2004 and 2005, 2006 and 2007.  Plus, there's photos from my trip around the world with carla and my trip to asia with rob too. There's also pics from my wedding and lots of others from rob before I knew him.  Someday I'll get around to consolidating them all...

travel at crazyhappenings

Friday, January 1, 2010
Despite the fact that I have visited so many countries, I haven’t really taken that many trips.  It’s just that most of them have been really, really long ones!  They are:

In 1995 I spent a semester in Spain and before I went home I spent winter break with my sister, Caroline, taking the train around Europe.  Before meeting her in Germany I went to Portugal, Italy, Hungary and Austria.  I had a great time in Italy with my friend, Kathy.  We were supposed to take the train to France but due to a train strike there, our only option was to fly out of the country.  A one way ticket to Rome for $100 was the cheapest option, so off we went.  It was a fabulous choice.  I left Kathy in Italy and made my way to Germany by myself.  Along the way I met a Swiss au-pair who taught me how to say room in German (zimmer) and I ended up going to Hungary and Austria with her.  We sang Christmas carols for our hours on end on those train rides.

Once I met up with Caroline we stayed in Munich at Claudia’s house, my friend from high school.  After Christmas we made full use of our Eurorail pass and went to The Netherlands for New Year’s, the former East Germany to visit someone Caroline met on a plane once, and the Czech Republic where we stayed with a babushka.  From there we took the train to France and along the way had a layover in Zurich where I bumped into a girl who lived in my dorm at UMASS.  We hobnobbed in Luxembourg and said hello to the Mannekin Piss in Belgium.  It was love at first sip when we tried our first Hoegaarten!  January was an absolutely freezing time of year to take this trip and most of the time we wore all the clothes in our backpacks.  On the plus side, the hostels and trains were virtually empty so we could easily make plans on a whim.  It was such a long time ago that it was before the Euro was in place.  I have a kept a coin from every country I have ever been to and now many of them are out of circulation.  I suppose you could say they are worthless, but are souvenirs I never planned to spend.

Over the years I have been to: Egypt, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, French Polynesia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, Bahamas, Mexico, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and of course the United States!