Legends of the Falls

July 24, 2008October 21, 2025

Happy Valley Heroes

Not resting on my laurels, I present the latest addition to my blogging empire.

Happy Valley Heroes – a site dedicated to athletic accomplishments of past and present Nittany Lion athletes, teams, alumni, and coaches.

Happy Valley Heroes via kwout

I’m still tweaking this somewhat but I consider it at least ready for a public beta. I use each one of these sites as a learning opportunity to pick up a few more skills. With this one, I easily got further down into the site and template code than I ever have before. I had to do a fair amount of tweaking to get the site navigation as dynamic as it is. For someone that basically knows very little about php coding, I’m pretty proud of the way things have worked out.

I still need to add more content before I’ll be happy enough for a total public release. I want to make sure that there’s at least something there for every PSU sport so I’m going to go back through the season for each of them and pull out a highlight or two.

July 15, 2008October 21, 2025

I installed a new version of the blogging software

Some minor changes, about half of which only make sense for administrators but a couple of them are applicable for authors. Here’s a video that explains the new version.

July 5, 2008October 21, 2025

Lex at Red Sox v Yankees

Lex and I went to the first of a 4-game series Thurs night. Lex’s first night game and first Red Sox game (he learned some new swear words.) We were both really pumped for the evening. Got there very early, in time to watch all of batting practice. Went to the outfield wall to try to catch a ball. Didn’t, altho a ball nearly caught us. Drank soda, ate Cracker Jack, Foot-Long Hot Dogs, Cotton Candy and Lemonade Sherbet. Priceless.

One problem, the Yankees never showed up: 7-0.

$Waiting on \"The Short Porch\"$

June 29, 2008October 21, 2025

Shannon – here’s a better candidate than Obama

June 27, 2008October 21, 2025

GrandMar Breaks Blake’s Leg!

It happened on Monday at the park. I took Reid and Blake for a walk. I had decided the week before that I can’t handle Blake at the parkÂ while trying to keepÂ an eye on Reid, so we walked in the opposite direction than we normally do. After a few blocks, Blake started pointing and saying “this, this” (meaning he wanted me to turn this way. Thinking I was no where near the park, I followed his directions. Well, before long, Blake had directed me to another park. It was much smaller, only a few kids. I thought, OK I can handle this and still keep Reid in sight while he sits in his stroller. Unfortunately, within two minutes Blake was bored with the baby swings andÂ slides (keep in mind he’s only 20 months old). After picking him up four times and carrying him away from the older kids’ slides, I decided he could go downÂ one of the slides as long as heÂ sat on GrandMar’s lap. Big mistake! Halfway down, Blake stuck his foot out. Obviously our momentum coupled with my weight didn’t stop us and his tiny little leg just snapped. I won’t go into any more details, but it was pretty traumatic…for me as well as Blake. He’s OK now, with a cast from the tip of his toes to the middle of his thigh.

Gary, his recovery reminds me of you as a child after surgery…how we had to find ways to occupy you on your tummy. It’s amazing how resilient children are. You never seemed frustrated and neither does Blake.Â I haven’t taken any pictures yet…maybe I’ll get one this weekend when Uncle Gary visits!

June 22, 2008October 21, 2025