We made it!

Kelley and I have been enjoying Athens for the past few days. We have already visited Aegina (a close island), and Delphi (400KM east of Athens) where the ancient oracle is said to have been. Today we spent wandering central Athens and will be with Heather and Stephanos (Kelley’s sister and her boyfriend) tonight. Just wanted to let you know that we are doing great!

Wow, what a busy month! First, Kelley turned 27 on June 6th, then it was off to Hot Springs Virginia for a great wedding celebration for Andy and Courtney Shultz – Congratulations!. Upon returning to Colorado, Kelley and I closed on our first house (June 15th) and the following day were off to Redfeather Lakes for a second grand wedding celebration for Anya and Alex Blank – Congratulations! We returned to move all of our worldly possessions to our new place. Now, a week later (and still June) WE ARE OFF TO GREECE! Woohoo!

So, here are the appropriate photo galleries and links, enjoy!

Andy and Courtney Shultz Wedding June 9th, 2007

Anya and Alex Blank Wedding June 16th, 2007

2061 Tunis Circle Gallery and http://www.2061tunis.com

A buddy of mine sent me this really fun flash-based game. The timing is perfect with “28 Weeks Later” hitting theaters this Friday. You all know how seriously I take zombie invasions and am often strategizing about how living survivors would make out. While this game does not offer any additional knowledge useful in my plans, it does reinforce the idea that you will need to blow the legs off of an armored SWAT zombie, unless you can shoot like Billy the Kid. It turns out that blowing the legs off of any zombie will do the trick, but only if you have unlimited ammo. Ok, seriously, this game is pretty fun – Enjoy!

http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/the-last-stand

AKA, Boo! got his first major last month in Brighton, CO. Here is our goofy image showing how handsome he is with the judge.

This past Wednesday, Colorado State University hosted the renowned conservationist, Jane Goodall. Kelley and I were fortunate enough to get some tickets and were looking forward to what she had to say, as she has seen our planet change drastically during her career. I was also looking forward to plenty of chimp talk and therefore was giddy like a school child during the hours prior to her lecture.

To be honest I really wasn’t sure what to expect from her. I was hoping that she wouldn’t over-indulge in a typical “Save The Rainforests” rant and was pleasantly surprised when she dove right into sustainability and how all of this interrelated. She delivered us her personal turning point when she questioned how could she be so concerned about a specific species of animal when human beings living in the very same area of the world were starving and had an infant mortality rate that was higher than that of the animals she was studying? These realizations helped her broaden focus to a more global approach and she started the Jane Goodall Institute and other programs such as Roots and Shoots.

She spoke about how “thinking global and acting local” is the most important action each of us can realistically take – which is what the main message was in my mind. Things like, buy organic food – these products have have far fewer environmentally damaging chemicals sprayed on them, and the animals have most likely led a better, more fulfilling life than their non-organic counterparts. Don’t shop at Wal-Mart, which is essentially a sanctioned slave labor camp operating in almost every third world country (there is more slavery in the world today than ever before). These simple steps may cost a little more money in the short run, but let’s get serious – we are royally screwing up this planet and if we continue along this path – it is going to get a lot more expensive, and I don’t mean in dollars.

Ok, thanks for reading – here is what I was thinking about prior to the lecture.