| Visit December 27, 2008 |
We attended the Miracle of Christmas play and visited President Buchanan's home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
| Theatre December 26, 2008 |
My family finished its twentieth and last performance of A Christmas Carol for the season. |
| Web site December 22, 2008 |
I have updated my web site to show a slideshow on the main page for the Internet Explorer web browser; previously, it was disabled for that browser. |
| Matthew December 6, 2008 |
Matthew attended the unveiling by President Bush of his portrait at the Union League in Philadelphia. |
| Theatre December 3, 2008 |
My family is starting three weeks of school performances of A Christmas Carol, as well as eleven main stage performances before Christmas. |
| Vacation December 1, 2008 |
I just returned from a one-week family vacation in Boston; we visited almost every major tourist attraction: science museum, aquarium, art museum, natural history museum, Prudential Tower, duck tour, Trinity Church, public library, and the Christian Science Center. We also spent several days with Christine's relatives who live near Boston. |
| Conference November 21-23, 2008 |
Christine and I attended a marriage conference. We attended this same conference eleven years ago so this was more of a refresher for us rather than a lot of new information. |
| Museums November 13, 2008 |
Our family visited the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the American Swedish Historical Museum. |
| Reception November 6, 2008 |
Christine and I attended an Urban Family Council reception. |
| Class November 4, 2008 |
Christine and I are attending a four-week science fiction film class. |
| Party October 26, 2008 |
For Matthew's birthday, I took Matthew with five of his friends (and Luke) to Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park in New Jersey. |
| Banquet October 24, 2008 |
Christine and I attended the 129th Anniversary Salvation Army Banquet. It was good to hear about the dedicated service they are still performing. |
| Vacation October 21, 2008 |
I just returned from a six-day family vacation to the Historic Triangle in Virginia. This small area contains the first permanent English settlement in America (Jamestown), a well-preserved colonial capitol (Williamsburg), and the final decisive Revolutionary War battle (Yorktown). We also played tennis, drove go carts, and visited the Baltimore Aquarium. |
| Employment October 15, 2008 |
My friend, Bob Thompson, just got a new job with Capstone ISG, an insurance investigation firm. You can see his picture at the bottom of this page. |
| Meat October 8, 2008 |
I traveled to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania to pick up one-half of a grass-fed cow and a dozen chickens from a New York state farmer. We have been buying grass-fed beef for several years because it tastes better and is more healthy. |
| Movie September 26, 2008 |
Christine and I saw the moving film Fireproof. |
| Festival September 24, 2008 |
Our family visited Saint Luke's Greek Affair several times for food, shopping, and entertainment. |
| Campaign Rally September 22, 2008 |
My family and I attended a McCain/Palin political rally in Media, Pennsylvania. (images, image, video, video, video). We also saw this funny bumper sticker. |
| Memorial Service September 20, 2008 |
Soghomon Nuyujukian's memorial service took place today, with about two-hundred people attending. An obituary also appeared in the newspaper this week. |
| Burial September 19, 2008 |
Soghomon Nuyujukian's private burial took place at Arlington Cemetary in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. |
| Memorial Service September 15, 2008 |
Soghomon Nuyujukian's memorial service will be Saturday, September 20th, at 2pm at Armenian Martyrs' Congregational Church. |
| Father-In-Law Dies September 14, 2008 |
My father-in-law, Soghomon Nuyujukian, died at 2:35pm today at the age of 85. He was diagnosed with cancer in late July, but declined treatment and agreed to home hospice care. He served as a Protestant minister for sixty years and has lived with our family since I got married in 1989. |
| Speaker July 31, 2008 |
Christine and I heard radio preacher Paul Sheppard of Enduring Truth at a local church. |
| Concert July 30, 2008 |
Christine and I attended a Police concert. Elvis Costello was the opening act. |
| Rafting July 17, 2008 |
We went white-water rafting today on the Lehigh River. (picture) |
| Learning July 11, 2008 |
Matthew returned from Worldview Academy at Lancaster Bible College. He spend twenty-five hours listening to speakers talk about Christian and non-Christians ways of understanding the world. |
| Mission July 11, 2008 |
Luke and I just returned from a five-day mission trip with the Pittsburgh Project. We went with our church group. We spend most of the time painting and doing yard work at this home in Pittsburgh. We also visited the Duquesne Incline and the Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning. |
| Fair July 3, 2008 |
We attended the Kutztown Pennsylvania-German Festival. |
| Marbles June 18, 2008 |
Luke tied for fourth in the marbles tournament finals. |
| Marbles June 17, 2008 |
Luke finished sixth and will be in the marbles semi-finals tomorrow. |
| Marbles June 17, 2008 |
Here is a newspaper article about Luke and Catherine's marbles tournament. The second picture has Luke in the background. |
| Marbles June 15, 2008 |
Christine, Luke, and Catherine headed to Wildwood, New Jersey so Luke and Catherine can compete in the National Marbles Tournament. The finals are on Thursday. Luke was a semi-finalist last year. |
| Columbia June 1, 2008 |
Our family attended my twenty-fifth reunion at Columbia College in New York City. One-hundred of the seven-hundred graduates attended, and I saw a few friends I haven't seen in years. When I attended, Columbia was an all-male college, and I had forgotten how much male camaraderie we had there. |
| Homeschool May 30, 2008 |
Luke, Peter, and Catherine had their homeschool closing program at Bethany Collegiate Presbyterian Church. |
| Hedgerow May 29, 2008 |
Christine and Catherine had their opening night of A Little Princess - the Musical at Hedgerow Theatre, and we all attended a bonfire at Hedgerow House until midnight. |
| College Class May 20, 2008 |
Christine is taking a decorating class at Delaware County Community College. |
| Hedgerow May 11, 2008 |
Christine and Catherine are performing in A Little Princess - the Musical at Hedgerow Theatre from May 22 to June 7. |
| Tree Project May 8, 2008 |
Christine and I attended a presentation about the Armenia Tree Project. |
| Conference May 3, 2008 |
Christine and I attended the Chiller Theatre conference. We met many television actors, including Lindsay Wagner ("Bionic Woman"). |
| Hedgerow April 26, 2008 |
Our family will be attending and performing at Hedgerow Theatre's eighty-fifth birthday party. |
| Dance April 25, 2008 |
Christine and I attended a dance sponsored by a new Philadelphia contemporary standards radio station. (image) |
| People For People April 24, 2008 |
Christine and I attended a banquet for People For People. |
| Robotics April 18, 2008 |
Matthew and Luke's team, ROBOWhizards, won the Team Spirit Award at the 2008 FIRST Robitics Championship in Atlanta. |
| Robotics April 17, 2008 |
Matthew and Luke are attending the 2008 FIRST Robitics Championship in Atlanta with Christine. You can see a live feed of their competition by clicking on Einstein Field. |
| Peter in Opera March 16, 2008 |
Peter has completed his last opera performance. The theatre was full for every show, with lots of applause. We will miss the Curtis performers we met. Peter's involvement started two weeks ago, with practices or performances almost every day, and it ends as abruptly as it started. (image, image, image, image, images, review) |
| Peter in Opera March 14, 2008 |
Peter had his opening opera night with a full house. He has a private dressing room, which seems to be a big deal for him. (blog, preview, preview, preview) |
| Science Fair March 5, 2008 |
After participating in the Greater
Phiadelphia Homeschool Fair, Matthew and Luke competed
in the Delaware County Science Fair with 280 other students. Luke received first place in all of middle school in Botany. He also received the Delaware County Science Teachers Association Award, and, he received the best project in Botany for middle and high school. Matthew received the second place award for biochemistry. This allows both to move on to the Delaware Valley Science Fair, April 1-3. |
| Ethel Waters February 29, 2008 |
Christine, Matthew, and I saw Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow at Hedgerow Theatre. The play has received standing ovations at every performance, and now I see why. Ethel Waters' insecurity at being born illegitimate, her mistrust of whites, and her inability to love anyone is resolved in a way that is both unexpected and completely believable. (archive video, 1975) |
| Back from Europe February 28, 2008 |
I just returned from a trip to Belgium and the United Kingdom. I attended a conference in Brussels and visited the EnterpriseDB offices in London and Oxford. Luke came with me on this trip. |
| Peter in Opera February 26, 2008 |
Peter has been cast as Little Lorca in the opera Ainadamar.
It is being performed by the Curtis Institute
of Music at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center (home
of the Philadelphia
Orchestra). Rehearsals start March 4 and the performances are March 14-16. Tickets can be purchased online. This is Peter's first opera and first performance at a large downtown venue. (opera music samples, article about Peter) |
| Science Fair February 9, 2008 |
All four children entered the Greater Philadelphia Homeschool Science Fair. Matthew won outstanding project for 10th grade and Best of High School. (details, awards) |
| Super Bowl February 5, 2008 |
Since the Giants won the Super Bowl, my friend Richard Romanik is going to the parade. |
| Auto Show February 4, 2008 |
Luke, Peter, my brother Chris, and I attended the Philadelphia Auto Show. |
| New York Giants January 27, 2008 |
My friend Richard Romanik is a huge New York Giants football fan, and a newspaper did an article and video about him today. |
| Karin Leaving January 24, 2008 |
Karin decided to leave our home and return to live with her parents in Syria. She had been staying with us since June 2007. She will visit her sister in California before returning. |
| Franklin Institute January 18, 2008 |
We visited the Franklin Institute today. |
| Prison Visit January 15, 2008 |
We visited Eastern State Penitentiary today. |
| RSS Feeds January 9, 2008 |
I have added RSS feeds for my events, news, blog web pages. I also added a web page showing the RSS feeds I read. I used this good RSS tutorial as a guide. |
| Mummers Parade January 1, 2008 |
We attended the Mummers Parade (history) today in Philadelphia. Usually we see the string bands but this year, because the parade was delayed, we saw the fancies. My brother's family attended with us. |
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