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Remembering Gary, one year on…

Mitch — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:55 +0000

Today is a sad anniversary for our family. It was a year ago today that Angie’s dad, Gary lost his two and a half year bout with pancreatic cancer. In honor of his time with us, the Minnesota contingent of the Hanning clan got together for a dinner. Angie was able to head in that direction already for Christmas so she will be able to join them for this celebration. I however, won’t be able to attend the festivities, so this is my contribution.

I have been around the family long enough that I truly felt like Gary was my second father. I miss his stories (even if he would tell you the same story 10 times in a day), his kindheartedness, and his no nonsense way of life. He was a big role model in my life, and I know that he touched many others in this same way. He lived with his cancer with a dignity, grace, and perseverance that no one who encountered him during this time will soon forget. We love you Gary and you are missed every day.

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New Year, New Projects, New Posts

Mitch — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:12:13 +0000

Renaissance Festival 2009

In an effort to breathe some new life back into this blog, I have decided that I’m going to try to start a Project365 here on the site. If you don’t know what that is, basically it means that I’m going to try to take a photo every day in the new year. I don’t guarantee that I’ll get them all posted here, but I will make an effort to post the best ones. I was inspired to do this by an article on the excellent Digital Photography School site. I hope to learn a lot about photography though this experience, and I’ll do my best to explain the process behind some of my shots for others to learn along with me.

I plan on making some changes to the site to make this project a reality, so stay tuned as these changes will start soon.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-27

Mitch — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:30:00 +0000

G1 + Twitter + edge network speeds = lots of browser pages that I stopped waiting for and don’t remember the context that made me open it. #
Current Browser Windows: A Buster Keaton movie that this browser can’t play, a picture of a broken princess phone, a brewery, & mywoot.net #
Try to be fancy, take down a client’s network…. good work. Now if only the server would finish booting so I could fix the problem. #
Server fixed all is well. Nice night I’m gonna go home. #
Missed the BOC yet again #wootoff #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-26

Mitch — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:30:00 +0000

Not sure which is better watching shows live in HD or Recorded in compressed with no commercials. #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-25

Mitch — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:30:00 +0000

206 text messages overnight. Client’s server room overheated and told us every 2 minutes. Thank you phone silent mode. #
An easy way to eliminate unwanted email is to eliminate ALL email. Sometimes people ignore the most basic solutions. #
Just finished “The Martian Time Slip” by PKD. Another mind bender. All I can say besides that is WOW that guy was both a genius and insane. #
Where the Wild Things Are trailer looks awesome. #

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So Very True

Mitch — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:46:42 +0000

So I haven’t posted in a while.

Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Hapy.

I’ll try harder.

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Underwater Blues

Mitch — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:22:59 +0000

Of course the news in Waukesha for the last few days has been the incessant rain we had over the weekend, and the subsequent flooding.After almost five years of living in the condo we finally learned why the street was called Mallard Pointe. On Sunday we got up and looked in our back yard and found that some ducks had found the pond that used to be our yard. We had it lucky though, as we were spared the worst of the flooding. The bridge by our old apartment was under water, and most of the bridges in Waukesha were closed due to flooding.

On Monday I was able to cross off something that has been on my life list, as we saw B.B. King in concert. We started out by going to Mo’s Irish Tavern and having dinner. The food was pretty good and the service was excellent. We then headed over to Potowatomi Casino to catch the show. We got to the casino a little early, so we decided to put some money in the slot machines. I started with $20 and stoped when I was up to $55, Angie on the other hand wasn’t so lucky and she spent her $20.

The concert was fantastic. The venue is small, with the first floor being made up of tables, and a balcony above. We were on the first floor in Row E all the way to stage Left, but our view was great. At 82 years old, he showed why he’s the king of the blues. My only complaint was that the show was too short. Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to bring a camera to the show, so I’ll settle for this picture from Flickr.

Tour de despedida do Mestre do Blues, Mr. BB King.
Vivo Rio, 07/12/2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Uploaded by Elias Gass on 15 Jan 07, 7.05PM CDT.

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A New Graduate

Mitch — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:51:10 +0000

We’ve had a very busy weekend, and although it was fun I’m glad it’s finished. After the fishing trip we came back home and had people show up for Angie’s graduation party. We had about 40 people come for the open house on Saturday afternoon. The weather was great and a good time was had by all.

Today Angie’s parents, grandparents and I went to see her graduate from Cardinal Stritch. She got her masters degree in instructional technology and we are all very proud of her. She worked hard for the last two years for the right to wear the funny cap and gown. Even though she couldn’t figure out how to wear the sash correctly, she still proved that she knows a thing or two.

After the ceremony we went to one of Angie’s favorite restaurants Yokoso for some sushi. It was excelent as always. The meal was extra fun because her grandparents had never had sushi before, and weren’t well practiced with chopsticks. They were good sports and insisted on ordering themselves a king crab roll to share, and only ate with their chopsticks even though we had the waitress bring them out some silverware. Angie’s grandpa Gale really liked the wasabi and didn’t want to see it go to waste so he ate it in larger portions than any of us would be able to handle. They said they really liked it, and even took some chopsticks back with them so they could show off their skills to their friends in Illinois.

Angie’s parents and grandparents are leaving to go home tomorrow, and we’re all pretty beat from the excitement around here this weekend so I’m off to bed.

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Salmon Fishing

Mitch — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:30:21 +0000

I went salmon fishing yesterday afternoon and this morning in Winthrop Harbor Illinois. We had a group of six guys that went. It was Gary, his father Gale, his college roommate Mike, my dad, my uncle Carl, and me. Gale is from Rushville IL, Mike is from outside of Springfield, IL. Gary is from Minneapolis, and My dad and Carl are from Western Wisconsin, so we had quite a geographical representation on the boat.

We got on the boat Thursday afternoon around 1:00, and after everyone arrived, we took off around 1:30 and fished until almost 7:00 PM. We came up short of our limit for Thursday’s fishing with 18, but what we lacked in numbers we made up for in quality. We had some nice sized King salmon and not as many of the smaller Coho salmon as we were expecting.

Our hotel rooms were included in the price of the trip, and they didn’t put us up in some dive motel either. We stayed at the Radisson in Pleasant Prairie, in large rooms that had a king sized Sleep Number bed, and a separate area with a pull out couch. We ate dinner at the hotel restaurant, a Milwaukee area chain called the Chancery, where we had good food and large beers. After dinner Gary wanted to sit in the hot tub so he did that while the rest of us went to bed to be ready for our early morning of fishing.

This morning the alarm went off at 4 AM, and we were on the boat by 5 ready to go fishing some more. By about 10:30 we had caught our limit and then some and we headed back into shore. This time we got some trout, king salmon, and more cohos. There were a few times where we had multiple fish on the line at a time, and we even had three on at a time at least once.

This was my second trip fishing in Lake Michigan, and both times were a lot of fun. We went through Kinn’s Sportfishing both times, and I can’t recommend them highly enough. From the comfortable and clean boats, to the friendly professional staff, to the excellent accommodations these guys know how to treat their guests. We joked that this wasn’t really fishing, it was more like catching since they did all the hard work and we just had to reel in the fish. Mike told the story of another company he had gone through out of Kenosha, and he said they were the polar opposite of Kinns. We were all very happy, and we will all be back fishing with Kinn’s again.

We came home and fired up the grill and ate some of the salmon right away. I made one with butter and lemon juice, and the other with a mixture of soy sauce, brown sugar, lemon pepper, and garlic powder. Both fish turned out fantastic. I can’t wait to eat the rest of the salmon we have now.

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Springtime for Mosey

Mitch — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:38:54 +0000

Spring has sprung, and that means the backyard and the conservancy that is adjacent to our yard starts bustling with activity. This is great for us, because watching the wildlife in the conservancy is one of the greatest attractions of living near one. What is good for us is hard for Mo. He’s such a loving and playful dog that seeing and hearing animals that he can’t play with is like torture.

All I can say is he’s lucky he’s so cute, because I don’t think i could put up with his antics much longer if he wasn’t. Here’s hoping he gets used to sharing the backyard with the animals again soon.

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