Category: General

Best Christmas Present Ever

I am very grateful for the company of my friends and family this holiday season. Their companionship and generosity are something I am truly luckily to have. Gifts do not equal love. I want to stress that I’m not a total capitalist, but I do have one gift that stands out above all the rest that I can’t help mentioning.

Awesome Pen

This pen.
This isn’t just any pen. In fact it’s THREE pens in one. Not just blue or black, but 3 different colors! It’s an awesome translucent neon orange that houses THREE PENS and A HIGHLIGHTER. Now, the manufacturer could have stopped there, but they made it COCONUT scented. It’s like writing while sitting on a beach enjoying a… coconut.

To make it even better it has my familial designation in bold type across it’s side. Like the name of a sailing vessel it boldy claims it’s unique name. UNCLE. This is not a normal pen. It is a pen for UNCLES.

I was given this AWESOME PEN by my neice, Audrey. The story goes that she was good in school and as a reward was able to ‘purchase’ a gift for a family member. Not only am I lucky to have my very own AWESOME ORANGE 3 COLOR UNCLE PEN WITH A COCONUT SCENTED HIGHLIGHTER, but I was chosen to be the recipient of her gift.

Thank you Audrey. I love you and can not express how much I love this pen.

The Koerners in HD

So for our family xmas present this year we picked up a Flip Mino HD.  So far I’m really enjoying it.  It’s super small, shoots great video and is fun to have around for all the funny moments with Kari.

I wasn’t about to carry around 2 full-size devices (we already have a nice DSLR) and I’d rather have really good photographs over really good video.

Without further ado, Jackie, Kari and I putting up the Christmas Tree.

Booq Report

My new Booq

Two years ago when I purchased my MacBook Pro I was interested in getting some sort of case for it.  My colleague Jeff had this awesome sleeve for his Powerbook that I was in love with.  Jeff and the other guys from the office all pitched in to get me the sleeve as a graduation present. 

About a month ago the zipper broke.  🙁  I used this sleeve daily and always took great care when zipping it up.  In fact it was almost always stored in my book bag, for added redundancy. 

I thought to myself, “Crap.  I’m going to have to buy a new one.  No way there is any sort of warranty.”  

Just to make sure I contacted booq, the makers of this great sleeve.  They have a 5 year warrany!  Since the sleeve was a gift I asked Jeff if he still had an copy of a recipt, invoice anything.  Luckly he did.  I sent off the sleeve, waited a few days and recieved a very polite email saying they recieved my sleeve.

They noted that it appeared to be defective and were going to replace it free of charge!  The best part is that this apparently is a newer model sleeve.  It is much more sturdy with a thicker foam insert.  

I was impressed with my original sleeve*,  impressed with thier customer service and the fact that I ended up getting an even better product is just icing.

I highly recommend booq if you want a great product and great service.

 

*So much that once my wife got her Mac we bought a sleeve for her as well

Phoenix: Day 3

Kari and I grabbed a bite to eat at The Good Egg, a local family restaurant this morning.  After enjoying our breakfast we drove over to the South Mountain Park to take a few photos.

From there we met up with Jackie and headed over to the Stuffington Bear Factory.  Kari picked out a kitty and they helped her stuff it and pick out some accessories.  She had a good time and wanted to take home more than just one stuffed kitty!

Kari was getting sleepy so we stopped by a Paradise Bakery, grabbed some sandwiches and headed back to the hotel.  After lunch and a nap I went out and took some pictures as the sun was setting over the resort.

 

We then went out to dinner at Majerle’s Sports Grill which wasn’t too bad, but not great. 🙁  Jackie wanted to get some gifts while we were hear, so we trudged to the mall with a tired 3 year hold…a heavy, tired 3 year old.  After that we were back at the hotel, packing the last few things for our flight out tomorrow morning.  We should be in STL around 2pm.  See you all soon.