Archive for April, 2006

RIP Jade 1996-2006

Friday, April 21st, 2006

Wild Kingdom

Originally uploaded by Nick Ciske.

Jade didn’t make it.
Wednesday night Amy and I said goodbye to her, then watched as she peacefully left us. On our way out, we saw a mom with eight new kittkens. The circle of life continues. In the parking lot, […]

Welcome to my bittersweet life

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Right on the heels of my proposal to Amy…
My cat is very sick. The Easter Lily I bought Amy for the proposal has poisoned my cat. She ate some leaves during the 2 hour time period it was in my house. I never have plants in the house so I didn’t think anything of it… […]

A Proposal

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Do you trust me?

Originally uploaded by Nick Ciske.

On a gorgeous spring day, I blindfolded Amy, drove her in circles, took her to Lake Harriet, and asked her to marry me…
She said YES!
Proposal Pictures
Wedding Page

Dune Buggy

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Dune Buggy

Originally uploaded by Nick Ciske.

Yup, I drove a dune buggy in Puerto Vallarta. This pic was taken by one of the guides.
I did pretty well, considering I hadn’t driven a stick in 10 years, much less a bare bones 4 speed with a clutch […]

A Million Voices for Darfur

Monday, April 10th, 2006

A Million Voices for Darfur
After reflecting on the genocide in Rwanda, Senator Paul Simon said: “If every member of the House and Senate had received 100 letters from people back home saying we have to do something about Rwanda, when the crisis was first developing, then I think the response would have been different.”
That’s a […]

Apple comes through with BootCamp

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

This is awesome — I can dual boot my MacBook!
That means I can get rid of all my PC’s and just use my MacBook.
Sure it’s just a BETA, but it looks like it will do the job.
Now I just need to get a Windows XP Pro SP2 install disk… hmmm…
Ah… NewEgg, how I love thee: […]