Comments on: Firsts on the Iron Horse http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse Life consists of what a man is thinking of all day. - Emerson Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mark http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4573 Mark Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:13:14 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4573 Charles - Yeah, we don't do that very often, so I figure everybody can handle it. We missed you, for sure, bro. The boys played with the off-the-door Hot Wheels ramp and with the dinosaurs, among many other things. They also had some great backyard swingset sessions. That Greyhound bus trip was brutal, but I kind of wish I could do one like that again now that I'm older. Great material, I'm sure. We had some pretty memorable airport experiences flying to see them, too. Linda - Definitely the movies and TV have made them look mysterious, romantic, funny, etc. We didn't have any of that, really. I like that last one, too, even though Ben's face isn't visible. Charles - Yeah, we don’t do that very often, so I figure everybody can handle it.

We missed you, for sure, bro. The boys played with the off-the-door Hot Wheels ramp and with the dinosaurs, among many other things. They also had some great backyard swingset sessions.

That Greyhound bus trip was brutal, but I kind of wish I could do one like that again now that I’m older. Great material, I’m sure. We had some pretty memorable airport experiences flying to see them, too.

Linda - Definitely the movies and TV have made them look mysterious, romantic, funny, etc. We didn’t have any of that, really.

I like that last one, too, even though Ben’s face isn’t visible.

]]> By: Linda http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4567 Linda Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:54:29 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4567 What a fun post this was :-) I wish you'd enjoyed the train ride more. I think maybe the movies have glamorized and romantacized them a bit much. Great pictures. My favorite is the last one of LC and Ben. Looks like a poster. Mokker, I just heard "City of New Orleans" today as a matter of fact. Oh wait, that was on your wedding cd. Sheesh. This short-term memory-loss-thing is getting to be a problem... What a fun post this was :-) I wish you’d enjoyed the train ride more. I think maybe the movies have glamorized and romantacized them a bit much. Great pictures. My favorite is the last one of LC and Ben. Looks like a poster.
Mokker, I just heard “City of New Orleans” today as a matter of fact. Oh wait, that was on your wedding cd. Sheesh. This short-term memory-loss-thing is getting to be a problem…

]]> By: Charles http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4565 Charles Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:07:34 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4565 Ahhh...a little blog cheese from Mark and Shannon. I'm going to call it Bleese. I'm glad everyone had a good time, and I just wish I would have been there. Do you remember that time we took the Greyhound bus to Kansas to visit the Grands? Whewww...that was a haul wasn't it. We should have taken the train. Ahhh…a little blog cheese from Mark and Shannon. I’m going to call it Bleese.

I’m glad everyone had a good time, and I just wish I would have been there.

Do you remember that time we took the Greyhound bus to Kansas to visit the Grands? Whewww…that was a haul wasn’t it. We should have taken the train.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4564 Mark Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:12:21 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4564 Shan - I just meant that I had nothing to say, except that compliment. Shan - I just meant that I had nothing to say, except that compliment.

]]> By: Shan http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4563 Shan Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:46:55 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4563 "Shan - Nothing, really. Just that you were the prettiest one on that train." Thanks, and huh? What is this in response to? “Shan - Nothing, really. Just that you were the prettiest one on that train.”

Thanks, and huh? What is this in response to?

]]> By: Mark http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4560 Mark Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:19:47 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4560 Moksha - So, you rode through Arkansas on that train. I've heard of that run, and it is scenic. Our eyes are pretty close to the same, but as the lady said, Ben's are bluer. Josh - Well, it wouldn't be my first. That was a long time ago, and motorcycles were a huge part of my life throughout childhood (well, it slacked off a little when I got my driver's license). But, my riding was almost exclusively offroad. I didn't even have a bike that was street legal. Shan - Nothing, really. Just that you were the prettiest one on that train. Moksha - So, you rode through Arkansas on that train. I’ve heard of that run, and it is scenic.

Our eyes are pretty close to the same, but as the lady said, Ben’s are bluer.

Josh - Well, it wouldn’t be my first. That was a long time ago, and motorcycles were a huge part of my life throughout childhood (well, it slacked off a little when I got my driver’s license). But, my riding was almost exclusively offroad. I didn’t even have a bike that was street legal.

Shan - Nothing, really. Just that you were the prettiest one on that train.

]]> By: Shan http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4556 Shan Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:51:14 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4556 Moksha - mine are bluer, of course! ;-) (But Benjamin's are the bluest of all.) Josh - not to burst your bubble, but we're not big fans of motorcycles over here. I don't want to be gruesome and depressing on Mark's blog, so we'll tell you why another time. How's sweet baby R doing? Moksha - mine are bluer, of course! ;-) (But Benjamin’s are the bluest of all.)

Josh - not to burst your bubble, but we’re not big fans of motorcycles over here. I don’t want to be gruesome and depressing on Mark’s blog, so we’ll tell you why another time. How’s sweet baby R doing?

]]> By: Josh http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4555 Josh Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:30:55 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4555 Man. I check my email and see Mark has a post about Iron Horses, and I get all excited cuz I think you rode a motorcycle. One click later I discover it's not to be. Same kind of iron, different kind of horse. Oh well, Ben had a good time. Ben's probably too young for the whole Harry Potter thing, but I'm sure he'll rediscover trains when he starts into all that. So in the future when you do take a spin on a bike, will the inpending post be titled <em>Seconds on the Iron Horse</em> or <em>Firsts on a different Iron Horse</em> or <em>Wild Hog on my Street</em>? Man. I check my email and see Mark has a post about Iron Horses, and I get all excited cuz I think you rode a motorcycle. One click later I discover it’s not to be. Same kind of iron, different kind of horse. Oh well, Ben had a good time. Ben’s probably too young for the whole Harry Potter thing, but I’m sure he’ll rediscover trains when he starts into all that. So in the future when you do take a spin on a bike, will the inpending post be titled Seconds on the Iron Horse or Firsts on a different Iron Horse or Wild Hog on my Street?

]]> By: Moksha Gren http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4552 Moksha Gren Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:51:22 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4552 What a cool event. Glad Ben had such a great time. I love the trains and often vent (although oddly never in my blog...hmm, have the fix that) about the deplorable state of the American rail system. Yeah, it's a bit bus-like. Yeah, the houses near the tracks are a bit run down. But once you get out of the city, tracks tend to follow rivers, giving really beautiful scenery. Plus...unlike a bus, you can get up and move around, take a stroll to the observation car. When I lived in N'awlins, I took the train to and from Missouri (hurray for the train they call the City of New Orleans) and just really loved it. I'd travel that way all the time if it were all managed and updated a bit better. Also...is it just the picture or do you and Shan have the exact same color eyes? What a cool event. Glad Ben had such a great time.

I love the trains and often vent (although oddly never in my blog…hmm, have the fix that) about the deplorable state of the American rail system. Yeah, it’s a bit bus-like. Yeah, the houses near the tracks are a bit run down. But once you get out of the city, tracks tend to follow rivers, giving really beautiful scenery. Plus…unlike a bus, you can get up and move around, take a stroll to the observation car. When I lived in N’awlins, I took the train to and from Missouri (hurray for the train they call the City of New Orleans) and just really loved it. I’d travel that way all the time if it were all managed and updated a bit better.

Also…is it just the picture or do you and Shan have the exact same color eyes?

]]> By: Mark http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse#comment-4551 Mark Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:42:51 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/2007/03/28/firsts-on-the-iron-horse/#comment-4551 Dave - I have only one sibling -- my brother Charles, who comments her on a fairly regular basis. That's his wife. Simon - Thanks. I love long-sleeve tees, and that's one of my favorites. Yep, it's a MacBeth reference. MacDuff was "from his mother's womb/ Untimely ripped," which meant he was the only one who could slay MacBeth, because the Witches' prophecy said no man born of woman could do so. For years I thought it was from one of Julius Caesar's speeches (in another of Shakespeare's famous works), thus inspiring the name for Cesaerean Section (C-section for those who don't know the full name). Julius Caesar was indeed the inspiration for that name (but it's not clear whether he or just one of his ancestors was born that way), but not because of anything Shakespeare wrote. Sorry. I took Shakespeare I and II in college, and this stuff just rushes out on its own. God knows there's nowhere else I'd use it. Ha! I hadn't thought of the <em>IT</em> clown. Ben actually was chasing a bubble. I was afraid that might be lost without a bubble somewhere in the picture. Dave - I have only one sibling — my brother Charles, who comments her on a fairly regular basis. That’s his wife.

Simon - Thanks. I love long-sleeve tees, and that’s one of my favorites.

Yep, it’s a MacBeth reference. MacDuff was “from his mother’s womb/ Untimely ripped,” which meant he was the only one who could slay MacBeth, because the Witches’ prophecy said no man born of woman could do so. For years I thought it was from one of Julius Caesar’s speeches (in another of Shakespeare’s famous works), thus inspiring the name for Cesaerean Section (C-section for those who don’t know the full name). Julius Caesar was indeed the inspiration for that name (but it’s not clear whether he or just one of his ancestors was born that way), but not because of anything Shakespeare wrote.

Sorry. I took Shakespeare I and II in college, and this stuff just rushes out on its own. God knows there’s nowhere else I’d use it.

Ha! I hadn’t thought of the IT clown. Ben actually was chasing a bubble. I was afraid that might be lost without a bubble somewhere in the picture.

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