Maybe Big Corporations Aren't All Bad

I admit I am biased because I work here, but this is a pretty good story.

Battleship Encampment

So there was more going on last weekend than just the trip to the Saints-Vikings game. Stephen and I spent the night before that trip with his Cub Scout pack aboard the U.S.S. New Jersey. The New Jersey is a very impressive, and highly decorated, Iowa class battleship. It was decommissioned in 1991, and now is docked in Camden, NJ. It is essentially a museum, and has a program for group encampments, which is what we did with the Scouts. It was a really fun evening, complete with a very informative tour, horrible cafeteria food, and sleeping in coffin-like racks in close quarters with the other kids and dads in our pack. After spending the night there, I have a heightened level of respect for the many sailors who spent months at sea on these things.

Here is where Stephen and I slept:


And here's a nice shot from the deck during our night time tour:


To see more pictures, click here.

Pictures From The NFC Championship Game

I've finally uploaded the pictures from the fabulous trip David and I took to New Orleans and Baton Rouge for the NFC Championship Game. To see the full album click here -- and remember to use full screen view so you can see the captions.

I also wanted to put some of the photo highlights directly onto the blog (scroll down to the posts below for my live-blogging of the trip).

So, first is a picture of David in full regalia outside the Dome just before we went in:


And I love this shot of Drew Brees psyching up the team before the game:


The Dome was absolutely shaking when Garrett Hartley kicked the game-winning 40-yard field goal. Here is a picture of the bedlam just after the kick was made -- you can see the score on the scoreboard, and also on the Jumbotron: "NFC Champions!"


Coach Sean Payton lifts the championship trophy: