Donald F. Dement, Ph.D.

Waubonsee

2006-07-13T23:35:00.000-05:00

Big dog

2006-06-30T07:53:00.000-05:00

On the way back from Kansas, the skies were mostly clear... until we came upon this fellow sticking out from the rest of the clouds that seemed pretty far off from him. Go figure. Happily, our pilot flew around it. No sense borrowing turbulence.

Oh I wish I were an ...

2006-06-28T07:33:00.000-05:00

While running errands this weekend, guess what Stephanie and I saw!

What kind of person?

2006-06-27T07:01:00.000-05:00

Saw this in the news today: Yates sobs, jurors teary at sight of kids' bodies. What kind of person does this?

He [the first police officer to arrive at the scene] said he followed Yates inside the house and saw two sets of wet footprints on the tile living room floor, indicating one of the children had escaped the bathtub before she caught him again.

In Kansas...

2006-06-22T07:27:00.000-05:00

A good Monday

2006-06-12T06:58:00.000-05:00

A sign of a good Monday is when you are able to clean out your Inbox before the start of day!

Trying to get Jonah to jump into his pool

2006-06-02T00:04:00.000-05:00

Keller Family Benefit

2006-05-19T21:09:00.000-05:00

In November of 2005, Mark Keller was diagnosed with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (kidney cancer - stage 4). Mark, his wife Kellie, and their two daughters Katie and Samantha have lived in Atascocita, TX for 14 years. You may know them from church (Atascocita United Methodist Church) or through the schools. Or you simply might recognize them from the many community groups which they have volunteered their time throughout the years.

As with most families struck by cancer, the emotional and financial effects are devastating. Along with the everyday difficulties of living with cancer, their insurance company has denied coverage for the treatment Mark is currently undergoing in an effort to save his life.

We have planned two (2) fundraising events to help offset the mounting medical bills the Keller family is facing. We will start with an Old Fashioned Family BBQ and Fund-Raiser on Saturday, May 27, 2006, hosted by Atascocita United Methodist Church.

In the fall, we are planning a golf tournament, dinner and live auction at Atascocita Country Club. The tournament is scheduled for Friday, September 15, 2006. Mark your calendars and plan to join us for these two fun-filled days!

Noisy crows

2006-04-14T23:35:00.000-05:00

Do crows serve a useful purpose? All they seem to do is drive me crazy with their noise!

More afternoon showers (from above)

2006-04-11T12:52:00.000-05:00

Yep... UAB!

2006-04-10T20:24:00.000-05:00

Hint #2

2006-04-09T16:17:00.000-05:00

Hint #1

2006-04-08T12:57:00.000-05:00

Any guesses where I was this week?

Finches & Squirrels

2006-04-02T15:47:00.000-05:00

ABCLT

2006-03-31T14:17:00.000-06:00

You've heard of a BLT right? Well, Stephanie makes an awesome ABCLT - Avocado Bacon Cheese Lettuce Tomato!

Flying home

2006-03-09T23:20:00.000-06:00

Coming home from Alabama this morning meant flying right into scattered thunderstorms on approach. It was bumpy all the way in and wasn't exactly fun (especially when you are on a relatively small ERJ-135). These photos are of our plane approaching the storm...

San Felipe Maple

2006-01-30T07:07:00.000-06:00

Is spring here already? Our maple tree is budding!

Purple Finch or Cassin's Finch

2006-01-27T06:59:00.000-06:00

Is that a Purple Finch or a Cassin's Finch at our feeder? Either way, I think it's a first!

My view from the driver's seat

2006-01-22T07:38:00.000-06:00

January in Texas

2006-01-04T21:53:00.000-06:00

Finally!

2006-01-01T07:38:00.000-06:00

We moved here in July of 2004... and look what I finally did yesterday! ;-)

The Atascocita Observer

2005-12-31T08:01:00.000-06:00

The Observer, our local paper, did a nice article on the top 10 local stories for the year. I'll highlight some - because it's interesting to note the weird things that happen in suburbia - yet something about The Observer itself confuses me. Their link as printed on the front page of their newspaper is: www.theatascocitaobserver.com, but if you go to that URL you are immediately bounced to http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=1574&nav_sec=69993. What's up with that? When it happened, I initially thought that I had typed 'atascocita' incorrectly and had been bounced to some other website. But no, I typed in the URL again (no 'going back' to the URL... it no longer displays 'www.theatascocitaobserver.com') and ended up at the same zwire.com location. Weird, huh?

Almost New Year's...

2005-12-28T22:50:00.000-06:00

Yard Art!

2005-12-13T12:28:00.000-06:00

Donald's viewpoint

2005-11-20T08:07:00.000-06:00

Jonah loves going for walks and it doesn't really matter when -- morning, afternoon, and even sometimes even in the evening. I enjoy it too, but the only catch is that I never really know if he's dozed off or not. Can you tell from my viewpoint?

(In this photo, he was somewhere between full alertness and sleep as it turns out.)