2008-2009 NHL Jersey Night

Our group of hockey buddies all dawned our team’s NHL Jersey’s last night for a group photo op.   Of course, at this point in the play offs, some teams didn’t make it. The result:   And finally, our favorite players by name.   It’s

Back from Vacation

I’m back and recovering from a very busy week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. I was in Philadelphia for a conference for my job. The conference called “SungardHE Summit” is a 5 day event with about 7,000 attendees, from all 50 states, and 13

Greetings from Philadelphia

Hello from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! I’m on the first leg of a two city tour of eastern side of the States. First is Philly, then Washington DC. I’ll be posting some photos to this album: Stay tuned for updates! Our view

Economics 101

My friend Jeff has posted an interesting take on the new administrations tax breaks on his blog: While it may or may not be true that those with income under $250k won’t pay a “single dime” in new taxes (and I’ll assume for the moment

Winter Classic 2009

It was an incredible day at Wrigley field! A perfect setting for the 2009 Winter Classic. It was cold but just amazing! I’m still just taking it all in. For now enjoy some photos from the event.   Thanks to Chicago for hosting. The host

NHL Hockey – Winter Classic

Winter Classic Preview   Hockey, specifically the National Hockey League (NHL), is the only sport that I watch on a regular basis and have for a couple decades. My team is the Detroit Red Wings. They are my team because I grew up in Michigan

LAN Party – Christmas Break Edition

LAN partiers, Wii’ers, and PS3’ers Atch hosting the “Christmas break, 1st Edition, LAN party!” Twas the day after Christmas, and nobody was hyper. Not a creature was stirring, except for a sniper. The guns were all cleaned, and loaded with care, in hopes that a

Subaru Quits WRC

Originally posted on TopGear.com Sad news: Subaru is pulling out of the World Rally Championship with immediate effect. The withdrawal has been blamed on the “widespread economic downturn that is affecting the entire automotive industry,” and comes just a day after Suzuki also announced it

Darn it!!

Well I have been denied access to tickets to the Winter Classic outdoor NHL Hockey game in Chicago versus the Red Wings.

LAN Party – Turkey Gilblets 2nd Edition

LAN partiers, Wii’ers, and PS3’ers Atch hosting the “Turkey Giblets, 2nd Edition, LAN party!” The plan: We’ll start Thursday night (November 27th) and go into Friday. Bring your own computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, headphones and/or speakers, and any other “accessories” you need. The food: Feel

Hubble Scores a perfect 10

This fascinating image is from the Hubble Space Telescope just days after being “rebooted”. Everything looks to be functioning perfectly! Read the full story here.

Back up

After a prolonged outage, Atch’s Place is back! I’ve tested the site and things seem to be working for the most part. There a couple odds and ends that I’m still trying to address, but for the most part, things are looking pretty good. For

Welcome Home Frisch Family!

Today was a special day for the Frisch Family of Toledo, Ohio. They took part in the famous “Move That Bus!” ceremony in front of their new beautiful home. There was an amazing turn out to watch, and take part in, the filming of ABC’s

Extreme Makeover Home Edition comes to Toledo

Toledo Ohio is the current subject of the next Extreme Makeover Home Edition! It is very exciting to have such an amazing production so close to home. Many of you will recall that my Brother got to watch a few days of an EMHE in

Season Ender

The season is almost over Time for another SCCA Autocross this weekend sponsored locally by NWOR. The event runs from about 10:00am until around 5:30pm, Sunday September 7th. You are welcome to put a helmet on, buckle up, and enjoy a lap in the passenger

one or two, one or two?

Yesterday was another fun day at the race track. Other than some reoccurring computer problems and vehicle failures, it was smooth event. The official results are not back yet, but I picked up a second place trophy. But wait, the website says I placed first!

Race this Sunday!

Well it’s time again! Time for another SCCA Autocross this weekend sponsored locally by NWOR. The event runs from about 10:00am until around 5:30pm, Sunday August 24th. You are welcome to put a helmet on, buckle up, and enjoy a lap in the passenger seat