Evendays

Our two-week kids’ camp starts today. Do not wish wife a good vacation. She’ll be with 3 others and cooking for 160 hungry people.
I’ll have a room of teenage boys and classes, the choral, afternoon activities and policeman during the nights. You know what it’s like.
Son 2 will have a room of boys ages 7-9. [...]

Today is July 4 in France. French National Holiday. La Marseillaise and all that stuff.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité…
Translation: bells, equilibrium and school clubs…
Plus the Tour de France.
Vive la France. 
 

Trinh was baptized on Monday evening. About two years ago, she came to a Sunday worship with one of our members, her ex-coworker. She didn’t know much about Jesus or the Bible, but the ex-coworker bought her a Bible and during the last two years she’s been reading and coming regularly, more regularly than many [...]

Yes. Roger Federer was able to serve by his opponent Sunday, the overly biceped Rafael Nadal, who is getting way too good on grass.
I got a hold of Monsieur Federer on his portable just a few minutes after the match. The conversation went something like this:
Me: Congratulations on the win. We were on the [...]

So Alinghi did take the America’s Cup earlier in the week, though the Swiss consortium had only one Swiss on-board. But like I wrote earlier, it is a Swiss boat.
Saturday featured the prologue of the Tour de France, in London. The Swiss Fabian Cancellara won with a huge 12 second margin, keeping his promise to [...]

It was a big day at the Evenday’s household yesterday. Son 2 graduated from Beaulieu High School and received the award for best student for the option Math-Physics, a prize that not only honors him, but also puts $250.00 cash into his pocket.

We got to talk to his principal and a couple of his teachers. [...]

Though we don’t celebrate the 4th of July in Lausanne (the Swiss national holiday is August 1, the date a pact was signed between three cantons in 1291), many Americo-philes will be in Geneva for fireworks, hot dogs and hamburgers this evening. It is a huge celebration, the biggest July 4th party outside of the [...]

In honor of the iPhone’s recent release and to wrap up my Mac History posts:(All stock prices are split adjusted.)
In March of 1990, Apple stock was at 8.56. My Mac SE sans printer cost us $2900.00. Could’ve bought 338 shares. Running total: 338 shares.
In March of 1995, Apple was at $10.00. My Powerbook 520 cost [...]