I'll be posting again later today with pictures and such, but Tamara and I continue to try and make some sense of the mess of our newly combined homes. Hoo boy... it's quite a chore! Friday, our satellite TV got hooked up and yesterday I watched the University of California at San Diego's presentation of Grey Matters, and a speaker presented on the topic of memory. He said, "Memory is just an extension of perception," and I've been thinking a great about that since then. More later... off to go unpack S T U F F ! ETC: Last night, we went to the Coach's Corner in West Des Moines at the invitation of Tamara's team. She manages a help desk at work, and her team is probably the most cohesive of any I know where we work. Tamara let me take her picture before we went out... lovely woman :)  Here's Tamara and John, her right-hand guy:  Tamara and Vicki (front) and Karen (back) and their husbands:  With Valerie and her husband, Terry:  Val coordinated the whole thing and the team got us a beautiful gift: champagne glasses, champagne, the buckets for both, and a blanket. They are all incredibly thoughtful. From left to right: Travis, Harvey, Jill, Tamara, and Ernest:  Ernest has a new venture and he and I talked a some good length about it. I'll be connecting with him soon. It turns out that Jill and I both know Mike Sansone - but then everyone knows Mike... (Off-topic sidebar: I'm doing some minor strategic consulting for Paragon and their marketing guy, John, also knows Mike Sansone. Of course!) Alan and Tamara:  Tamara, Barb, and her husband, Mark:  Barb and Mark got us a nice romantic bottle of wine :) Left to right: Eric, Christy, Tamara, and Christy's husband, Mark:  And of course, my soon-to-be-bride and me:  What a wonderful night! | 
