UltraNormal http://www.lawver.net/ Hi, I'm Kevin. I'm a software engineer and standards evangelist at AOL. I'm married in my early thirties, fat and happy. What's this all about? This is my hobby. It's not my job. My job is what I do at work. This is what I do when I'm not working or doing something else. So, it's a little behind the blogging world's bleeding edge, and I've come to terms with that. I hope you can too. My wife, Jen, blogs here too. en-us lawver@gmail.com Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:28:46 EST Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:12:03 EST Rails in Athens I was in Athens, GA yesterday speaking to the DWEEBS group at the University of Georgia about Rails. It was a lot of fun. Afterwards, I went out to lunch with Jinny Potter (the head DWEEB) and Kara, our former intern who's now attending UGA, and then Jinny took me on a tour of the university and downtown Athens. It was a great time, and Jinny was a great host.

Here are my slides from yesterday if you're interested. I'll be giving some form of this presentation at August's Refresh Savannah.

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]]><p>posted by Kevin Lawver</p> http://www.lawver.net/archive/2009/06/26/h11_rails_in_athens.php Pumpkin Muffin! I've been trying for weeks to come up with a cute and witty intro to this post, and I just can't. So here I go...

Our good friends, Tom and Becky, are looking to adopt. You can check out their pertinent and personal info here: Tom and Becky.

While reading about their effort to adopt, it just struck me that maybe someone reading this blog might know Pumpkin Muffin, (their pet name for their future child). Kevin's half of this blog gets so many visitors, I wanted to take the opportunity to spread the word about Tom and Becky's search. Maybe one of you reading this knows of a woman looking for adoptive parents. If so, click on the link above and see if there is a possible match. Thanks.

A bit about Tom and Becky- They are well-educated, generous, intelligent, family-oriented, and fun-loving. Becky actually introduced me to Kevin, who turned out to be my Prince Charming. Wouldn't it be nice if I were to facilitate Becky meeting her own little prince (or princess)?

]]><p>posted by Jen</p> http://www.lawver.net/archive/2009/06/24/h05_pumpkin_muffin.php A Kidless Father's Day The boys are up in Virginia with my parents, so this was my first kidless Father's Day in the last nine years. Jen took good care of me though. She made orange rolls for breakfast, made some amazing beef stew for dinner and watched guy TV with me all day. I finished putting the grill together (we're trying it out tonight - steaks!), worked on Ficly and generally goofed off. The boys called and we got to chat for a while - they're have a great time being spoiled rotten by their grandparents and aunt and uncle.

]]><p>posted by Kevin Lawver</p> http://www.lawver.net/archive/2009/06/22/h14_a_kidless_fathers_day.php Ficly.com is the place to be Wow, I am really amazed at the reception the new site has received. Way to go, men!

]]><p>posted by Jen</p> http://www.lawver.net/archive/2009/06/02/h12_ficlycom_is_the_place_to_be.php What a difference 599.2 miles make... Max had NINE family members at his preschool graduation. Brian only had me. Even so, Brian's graduation on Friday was adorable. The kids wore paper graduation hats, with glittery tassels. They sang songs and recited some of the things they had learned over the year. The kids were well behaved as they sat and waited for their name to be called to go shake hands with the teachers and receive their diploma. I'll be sure to post pics, as soon as Kevin comes home with the camera and we have Brian reenact the moment.

Graduation was totally moot though because over half the class is staying for another year of preschool. Plus, of those kids going on to kindergarten, most are staying for the summer program, which is in the same classroom with the same teacher. So, graduation (and cake!) on Friday, back to school on Monday.

]]><p>posted by Jen</p> http://www.lawver.net/archive/2009/06/01/h09_what_a_difference_5992_miles_make.php