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  • Reflections On Those Who Have Passed

    Tonight Justin and his family are going through a difficult time. His maternal Grandmother passed away two hours ago. I met her once each time I went to china. She was very nice and kind.   Justin shared some very nice memories with me of times with her. This has inspired me to write a…

  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year!  2013 was a productive year for Justin and I so let’s look back! January – Justin’s 28th Birthday January – Sparky’s 3rd Birthday January – St. Louis Vacation March – Justin started work at his new job March – We closed on the purchase of our first house June – Keith’s 29th…

  • Tickle The Ivories

    This past weekend, we became the new home for a beautiful vintage piano. A coworker of Justin’s is moving to a new opportunity and we were able to provide a great home for this beautiful piece. The piano, a Wurlitzer 591, looks to have been produced in the 1940’s. It is a Wurlitzer spinet piano.…

  • The Wedding of Keith McDermott and Zhengbin Xu

    This post is quite delayed! On October 5, 2013, a very amazing and happy event happened. I married the man of my life, Zhengbin Xu! We traveled to Davenport, Iowa and were joined by Mom, Dad, Corey, Danielle, Zach, Aaron, and Nathan. We were married in a short ceremony right on the bank of the…

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson

    This will be a quick post consisting of just a slew of pictures from the talk and a short video (with some bad camera work by yours truly), but Neil deGrasse Tyson was at Purdue on Thursday, September 19, 2013 to give a talk.  It was a great 2+ hours of listening to his thoughts…