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2014-06-06 Jamaica Playlist

Post author:HFM
Post published:June 4, 2014
Post category:Music My Playlists

Feeling Good / Nina Simone / 2:53 / Soundtrack
One Love / Bob Marley / 2:48 / Reggae
Soolaimon / Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show (Live) / Neil Diamond / 9:34 / Pop
Love Is The Seventh Wave / Sting / 3:32 / Alternative
I Choose You / Sara Bareilles / 3:39 / Pop
I Can See Clearly Now / Johnny Nash / 2:45 / Reggae
Sweat (A La La La La Long) / Inner Circle / 3:46 / Reggae
Buzz-Buzz-Buzz / The Hollywood Flames / 2:20 / Doo-wop
I Ain’t Leavin’ Without Your Love / Nashville Cast / 2:46 / Country
Rhythm of Love / Plain White T’s / 3:20 / Pop
What I Like About You / The Romantics / 2:56 / Rock
I Wanna Get Better / Bleachers / 3:24 / Rock
Tightrope (Solo Version) / Janelle Monáe / 4:25 / R&B/Soul
Don’t Fence Me In / David Byrne / 3:13 / Jazz
Water Fountain / Tune-Yards / 3:03 / Alternative
It’s My Birthday (feat. Cody Wise) / will.i.am / 4:12 / Pop
Emily / MIKA / 3:33 / Pop
We Are One (Ole Ola) [The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Song] / Pitbull / 3:44 / Pop
Wavin’ Flag / K’naan, will.i.am & David Guetta / 3:30 / Hip-Hop/Rap
Fancy (feat. Charli XCX) / Iggy Azalea / 3:20 / Hip-Hop/Rap
Sweet Jane / Cowboy Junkies / 3:34 / Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
On a Bicycle Built for Two / Nat “King” Cole / 1:46 / Pop
Do I Move You? / Nina Simone / 2:45 / Jazz

Jamaican Sun

Post author:HFM
Post published:June 4, 2014
Post category:Travel

We are headed to Jamaica tomorrow for my youngest brother Gary’s wedding. This is incredibly exciting because we’ve had a lot of traumatic stuff going on lately, including Stephanie’s mom’s long illness and death from liver cancer on May 19th of this year. We really need a vacation, we need relaxation and fun and frivolity and time away from home and work.

Road Trip: New Jersey

Post author:HFM
Post published:August 30, 2013
Post category:Travel

We have a number of weddings to attend this fall, and the first is Stephanie’s cousin Alex’s, which is taking place in New Jersey. This road trip we’ll be seeing the other half of Stephanie’s family; we saw most of her mom’s family last fall.

Lance is ready to roadtrip.

The ear pieces from my shades were making my head hurt, so I got this new pair.

Lance took my old sunglasses.

Stephanie Driving

Hector needed shades, too.

The rest of the entourage poses for picks.

Pennsylvania Turnpike Memoribilia

Ruth Bader Ginsburg enjoys her notoriety.

Temple Hill Corn Maze and Fall Festival

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 21, 2012
Post category:Travel

We spent the afternoon at a corn maze and fall festival, with pumpkin shooting and pig races. Lots of fun.

Washington DC

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 20, 2012
Post category:Travel

Decisions, decisions.

We’re in the DC area for several days to visit Stephanie’s family. Today we’re doing some sightseeing.

UPDATE: We spent the afternoon in the national gallery.

The Biglin Brothers Racing, 1872. Thomas Eakins.

Oarsmen at Chatou, 1879. Auguste Renoir.

The Capitol, Washington, DC

Destination: Iowa

Post author:HFM
Post published:May 6, 2011
Post category:My Photos

After getting back from Boston, we’re out the door again heading to Iowa for a family wedding. As always, we have a house sitter when we’re out, so stalkers and burglars beware. It will be nice to visit Iowa in spring weather; nice lighting for photos.

Dead Man’s Hand

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 21, 2008
Post category:My Photos

Aces and eights.

Arizona Trip Day 5: Tonto Natural Bridge, Mollogon Rim, Payson, Arizona.

Photos from SXSWi 2008

Post author:HFM
Post published:March 18, 2008
Post category:Design Journal My Photos

SXSWi 2008 post game analysis

Post author:HFM
Post published:March 12, 2008
Post category:Design Technology

I made it home from Austin last night rather late and went to work this morning. Unlike the trip out, the flight home was rather uneventful. Thank goodness. We didn’t get our luggage until late Saturday night, so I basically had two nights without my CPAP machine, which the Airlines had told me to pack in my checked luggage, then tried to yell at me about putting in my checked luggage when we were leaving Dallas.

The two days without it really screwed me up. The whole trip was rather chaotic, actually, and frustrating, but I think I got some good information in all. I have half an overview written of panels I liked and what I thought was interesting; I’ll work on that more tomorrow. Tonight, I’m just trying to settle in and relax.

SXSWi 2008

Post author:HFM
Post published:January 25, 2008
Post category:Design Journal

I’m going to SXSWi this year. Yay! The trick is, though, that we have a big corporate conference in Boston March 2-4th, and then I’m leaving for Austin on March 6th – March 11th. So I’ll be home one day in between two trips. Fortunately, Boston will still probably be cold; Austin will be warm. So different sets of clothes, and hopefully, not much laundry on the one day off.

This will be quite the interesting travel week.