Going to Austin

New job, new challenges.

The Mallen/Pappas clan is moving to Austin! Where? When? Stay tuned.

D & P Attend 1st Day of Accenture Match Tournament!

MARANA, Ariz. Feb 22, 2007 (AP)— On a course where it was important not to fall behind, Tiger Woods found himself among the cactus and desert shrub left of the second fairway looking for an escape. His opponent already was on the green, 12 feet away for birdie. "It looked like he was going to take a 1-up lead and get some momentum on his side early," Woods said. "And it just never happened." Woods went from the desert to the fairway and made a 20-foot par putt to halve the hole, setting the tone for a 3-and-2 victory over Ryder Cup teammate J.J. Henry in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship.

Einstein Says...

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
– Albert Einstein

Famous Greek Threats

This article was sent to me by Andrea, this was her aunt Fifi. Hopefully Andrea will carry on the tradition in her teaching career!

http://www.abqjournal.com/cgi-bin/decision.pl?attempted=www.abqjournal.com/obits/profiles/538651profiles02-16-07.htm

Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants.

The January 28 New York Times Sunday Magazine ran an essay by food writer Michael Pollan entitled "Unhappy Meals".

He starts this 12-pager with this advice, which is also his conclusion: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Here is an excerpt from page 10: "Medicine is learning how to keep alive the people whom the Western diet is making sick. It's gotten good at extending the lives of people with heart disease, and now it's working on obesity and diabetes. Capitalism is itself marvelously adaptive, able to turn the problems it creates into lucrative business opportunities: diet pills, heart-bypass operations, insulin pumps, bariatric surgery. But while fast food may be good business for the health-care industry, surely the cost to society - estimated at more than $200 billion a year in diet-related health-care costs-is unsustainable."

An interesting article for anyone interested in scientific information about food. You can access the whole article here: http://tinyurl.com/3xmgla

Sunset

Last night it was the time right before the sunset that was better than the sunset. It was in the 80s yesterday so by sunset it was still warm and felt great!!!

Finger Rock Hike

The best hike yet in Tucson. Finger Rock refers to to the point sticking up that looks like a finger. The rocks and plants along this hike are so interesting...the rocks are very colorful and glittery, we couldn't help reaching out to touch them throughout the hike.

Can't wait to take you here!

Crazy suburbanites update

Eventually the suburban lifestyle gets to you. Malin is chef-in' and actually is not doing a bad job of it. We've got to get him to figure out food and wine pairings. Lexi is using yoga to relax from the stress of surface street traffic and hectic shopping at the big box retailers. Who says don't learn to cope in the Burbs?

Heather Looking Beautiful at 25 Weeks!

John & Abby's Son Arrives: Mason Davis Thompson

This looks like "Groundhogwash" to me!

Georgia's GROUNDHOG sees no shadow, predicting EARLY SPRING!

DANIEL YEE
Associated PressLILBURN, Ga. - Georgia's groundhog is predicting an early spring.General Beauregard Lee emerged from his antebellum mansion at 7:35 a.m. Friday, went around to the back of the house and saw no shadow.Beau's northern colleague, Punxsutawney Phil, saw no shadow either.Tradition holds that it means spring will come early. If the groundhog had seen his shadow, Georgia would have been in for six more weeks of winter. About 100 people gathered in the cold, dark weather to await the groundhog's forecast. Waffle House hash browns were placed outside the groundhog's door to entice him to come out. The Groundhog Day weather was dry but cloudy, the temperature about 40 degrees. No official records of Beau's forecasts have been kept, but his owners claim a 94 percent accuracy rating. But one miss can be a biggie. Beau called for an early spring in 1993 and the worst blizzard in decades blasted the South. Still, Beau's prognosticating prowess has earned him honorary doctorates from the University of Georgia and Georgia State University.