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Yesterday was my birthday and I took it easy.  I still went to work and did the day to day.  But I didn’t worry about the outcome.  I went to lunch at “Chicken Wing” (An Asian restaurant near the Med Center) with Jeromey, Crispin, and Isani.  While there, Kaylene called me up since she had just finished with Michaels School class and had half a cake left over.  She came by and dropped it off.  I stayed and the other guys went back to work while Kaylene and Aiden had lunch. 

I had to use the restroom and when I came out, Kaylene was chasing after aiden who was running through the restaurant in bare feet.  Oy, little kiddy.  he climbed up on one of the tables and a nice lady from the restaurant grabbed him  and teasingly said, now you get to work in the kitchen with me.  Ha ha ha.  I laughed and she handed him over to me.  He’s our cute little stinker.  Kaylene dropped me off at work after lunch and when I was finished she picked me up again.  We got home and opened presents and Kaylene got dinner ready as I helped Michael with his homework.  Kaylene prepared my dad’s Stroganoff, one of my personal favorites and added a few special spices to the mix.  I hadn’t realized it until she asked me to taste it and see if it had everything.  I have to admit, that my first thought was, that it didn’t taste right.  NOT BAD, not at all, it tasted great, It jsut wasn’t what I was expecting.  I told Kaylene that I couldn’t tell her what it might need since I didn’t know what was in it.  She added an extra can of cream of Mushroom Soup and that evened out the flavor.  I prepared Minute Rice while she finished her Lemon Pepper Asparagus. 

 Kaylene, you ROCK.  That was a delicious dinner and I loved the food.  We got the boys to bed and took the rest of the night easy since Kaylene wasn’t feeling good.  I think we watched some House and Futurama episodes. 

I got to talk to my Dad, Brothers, and Shelly and we spread the birthday joy around.  My co-workers tell me I’m an honorary mexican due to my birthday falling on Cinco De Mayo.  The funny thing is that they celebrate it here like Mormons celebrate Pioneer Day in Utah…. except with out all the Mexican beers, and Tequila.  LOL.

You may have noticed in earlier posts that I reference talks given by different people at a conference called TED.  TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design.  This yearly conference is filled with many people talking about their ideas.  These talks include pictures of penguins from an Antarctic trip, Learning about variations on a theme by a teenage piano player, funny pundits, Google, heart surgeons, Al Gore, and more.  The theme of TED.com and the videos there is “Ideas Worth Spreading”.  I have always loved great ideas.  To quote a part of  TED.com.

“Consider:

• An idea can be created out of nothing except an inspired imagination.
• An idea weighs nothing.
• It can be transferred across the world at the speed of light for virtually zero cost.
• And yet an idea, when received by a prepared mind, can have extraordinary impact.
• It can reshape that mind’s view of the world.
• It can dramatically alter the behavior of the mind’s owner.
• It can cause the mind to pass on the idea to others. “

So, please understand that sometimes, I’m just trying to share and idea, pass it along.  I don’t expect you to agree or disagree, I just want to share ideas that affected my perspective.  If you have or find great ideas, please, please, please share.

Kevin Steele

I just wanted to Announce that I passed my second Ethics Class on Tuesday Night.  Yay ME!!!  This last term has been stressfull in many ways, but mainly due to getting ready for a new baby and then new baby showing up.  I’ve finished the minimum 12 credits for the term, and did alot of other things, sometimes with one arm behind my back.  🙂  Things like:

Networks I
Ethics I
Social Science II
Ethics II
Last trimester (as a Daddy)
Birth (Yay Us – Love you Joey)
Full Time Job
Christmas Break
Family down for the Blessing (I had to take a final while they were here.) 🙁

I have to say thanks to Dr. G. Teston.  He’s my student Mentor and has been a great help and guide this last year and a half.  I got into the middle of my term and had WAY TOO MUCH GOING ON!!!!   Aghhh.  With Joseph being born and full time life, I didn’t have as much time to study for my course.  Dr. Teston made it possible, by rearranging my schedule and making sure I had more than enough time.  Sincerely, Dr. T., you have my utmost thanks.  At the end of every term, Dr. Teston sends out a post card to his students and on the card is a great message.

A personal thanks from Dr. Teston for all your hard work this term!
While working on post-grad studies at Harvard, I met a fellow computer science student who programmed brilliantly despite having almost no use of his hands.  When I asked him about the source of his success, he replied, “Determination can overcome weak hands, but there is no substitute for hard work.”  That chance meeting inspires me to always say “Thank You” to my students who succeed…because we can’t always see all the hard work behind the success.
G.Teston, Ph.D., M.S., M.Ed.

Thanks to all you out there who rooted for me.  I’m through with another term.  Hooray.

As I’ve said before my parents were great for my childhood education. I learned alot about the ocean in a few trips across the road to the Persian gulf. I learned cooking from my parents. I got a pocketknife and loved playing with it. What do all these things have in common??? Adventure is a great precursor to knowledge, especially since it requires getting down and dirty. This is another talk from TED that really resonated with me. I loved exploring even in my own kitchen (My parents kitchen). I want my kids to have this too, and I think they do…

Please watch and let me know what your impressions are…
YouTube works better, but here is the original TED Link: Gever Tulley – 5 Dangerous things you should let your child do.

Kevin Steele