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Jan 19 2012

by Rob

Mashup

So not long ago, we’re sitting in the office and I’m banging out a deadline – a case study about a tech outsourcer, I think – and Kristi’s cranking music off Pandora. A song comes on that catches my ear, and I ask her what it is. Eddie Vedder, “Society”. From the soundtrack to the 2007 movie “Into The Wild”.

I guess I’ve been living in a cave, because I’d never heard of the film. So I dug it up and watched it. It conjured up some stuff in me that a week later I’m still processing.
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Jan 6 2012

by Kristi

Mixed Blessings

Today has been a day of mixed blessings.  My aunt’s sister Carolyn died early this morning after a 13 month battle with duodenal cancer.  Carolyn, much like my aunt, is one of those people who is always vibrant, with a smile on her face and a welcoming heart.  The world is a darker place because she’s no longer here.  And while we knew she was dying and that the time was rapidly drawing near that she would leave us, it’s still hard when a 52 year old mother of 3, loving wife and dedicated teacher dies much too soon.

The upside of today was the birth of my cousins Matt and Shelly’s first baby, a daughter named Emme.  We are anxiously awaiting photos and more details.  I’m glad my aunt and uncle were able to be here for Carolyn and her family and still be down south for Emme’s arrival.

A day of true mixed blessings.

Dec 31 2011

by Rob

2011 In Review

New Year’s Eve this year will be spent quietly, peacefully in avoidance of any sort of driving or partying outside of the home.

And that seems more than fitting, because 2011 is the year that we got our house back. It’s been a good year, a year of dressed wounds and repair and recovery, a year of sideshow dramas and long overdue catching up. And so in the usual R&K spirit of spilling the story before the calendar resets tonight, we present 2011 in review. Click through for more.

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Dec 9 2011

by Rob

Hierarchy of Needs

Another year, another round of Black Friday Walmart shoppers pepper spraying each other for awesome deals. What is it about Xboxes that drive people mad? You just don’t hear about Playstations leading to bloodshed.

(Oh yeah. Except for that Philly thing. I guess there is that. Point taken.)

Anyway.

So this year we went through this whole three week phase, jockeying around the penultimate question that defines the embarkment onto federally mandated holiday joviality: what the hell do you want, anyway?
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