Yes, the site is different!  I felt it was getting a little stale and
decided to give the site a facelift.  I am also adding some new
features.

Look for a link to my Twitter account at the top as well as the link
to the RSS feed.  RSS is great because you can add it to a feed reader
(I use Google Reader) and view updates on the site without actually
pulling it up.  So, you can have updates from many different sources
displaying one location for you to read.

Anna and I also bought new Palm Pre smartphones.  We are really
enjoying them and finding lots of ways to change our daily lives.
I’ll post more about this later.

Anyway, keep an eye on the site.  Updates will be more frequent, too.

– Sent from my Palm Pre

I’m a little late posting this.  On May 3, 2009, we went to Detroit for Game 2 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals between the Anaheim Ducks and the Detroit Red Wings.  The game was intense and the longest game I have ever been to because it went to triple overtime.  The Ducks won the game, but the Wings won eventually won the series.  Here is the box score from the game and the pictures from our trip.  I am experimenting with the images somewhat so I used Picasa for this.

Two weeks ago when I mowed the lawn, I ran over what appeared to be a spider’s nest.  I later went over it with the weed whacker, but it looked like the web just kept getting pulled out.  Then I noticed what was beneath the “web”.

Mice.

Then I thought we’d have to call the exterminator because their nest was close to our garage and along the foundation.  I let it go for a few days until my family was over to watch the Wings trounce the Ducks last Sunday.  My brother Eric said he would go out there and kill the mice, but when he came back after looking at them, said “I can’t, they’re too cute.”  So he decided to get a glove and a box to take them to the nearby woods.

When he returned, he proclaimed “Hey guys, I think they’re bunnies!”  And sure enough, he had 9 little baby bunnies inside the box.

We decided to let nature do its thing and put them back into the their little rabbit hole.  We marked the area with a stake sprinkler so we made sure not to step on it.  We haven’t seen any sign of a mother and every time we have checked on them, they were just hiding out in the hole.

Today I had to mow the lawn again, so we checked them before I started.  The bunnies were all outside the hole!  We could only find 5 of them and one ran off underneath the neighbor’s patio, but we kept them in the box until we were done mowing.  Then we took the opportunity to take some neat photos of them!  Afterwards, 4 of them hopped off, and I think we now only have 1 remaining.  Let’s hope they make it!

This truly brought tears to my eyes.

This weekend I bought a 14 gallon Bio Cube from a local reefer that is moving out of state.  He was selling the tank, stand, live rock, sand, fish, and coral for $160.  I didn’t know he was including the stand, so I gave him an extra $20.  I have always wanted one of these little nano tanks and now I am very happy with it so far!  It is neat how it is put together.  It has chambers in the back to put different filtration devices.  The lighting is integrated into the hood along with some basic cooling fans.

Here is what the tank looked like before I bought it.

And here are the pictures of the setup and its current configuration.

Today I also replaced the refugium tank connected to my 90 gallon.  I had to replace the tank because it developed a slow leak that would have been difficult to repair.  The leak was coming from the crack that I caused when I first set it up by over tightening the bulk head and my patch job seemed to have given out.  So, my friend Chris came over and built a new overflow and drilled a new 20 gallon tank for a replacement.  The new overflow is slightly crooked but it works just fine.

Finally, the Red Wings will be facing the Blue Jackets the first round this year.  I think it is only fitting that the Blue Jackets should have to face their Central Division big brother in their first playoff failure.