Brian and Eric Wedge

Here is Brian seated next to Cleveland Indians Manager Eric Wedge at a Akron Children's Hospital Foundation event.

Super Bowl Shopping Pro Football Hall of Fame

Elaine and I went to Canton to shop for the Super Bowl. Here we are at the Pro Football Hall of Fame


Here we are in the Shop getting our stuff for the big game next week


This Lazy Boy is sweet. This was at the furniture store that we visited later, see below


So, we have our shirts and Terrible Towel. We are ready for the Big Game!

Saturday, We Went to Oz

Well, not really. We went to Canton and met Ryan and Brian at the furniture store. These were some of the decorative items you could buy for your home



And, we helped Ryan and Brian pick out a lovely sofa

Super Bowl Tee Shirts

Today



Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow
Isaiah 1:18

Steelers Going to The Super Bowl


Peter Diana/Post-Gazette

Steelers Dick LeBeau celebrates with Lawrence Timmons after beating the Ravens yesterday at Heinz Field.

Brrrrrr



And here is Atwood Lake frozen over

Pittsburgh Steeler 2008 Defense


Peter Diana/Post-Gazette

The photos of the Steelers defense and defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau were taken and compiled by Post-Gazette photographer Peter Diana.

Happy New Year

Christmas Eve 2008


Christmas Eve 2008 from Marshall Karp on Vimeo

Click here to watch the HD version.

We opened our presents tonight as we will be at Bruce and Lois' house tomorrow. My isn't God good to us?





Christmas Eve 2008

Merry Christmas

Happy Birthday Brian

We went to visit Brian, Ryan, and Licorice on Saturday to celebrate Brian's birthday.


Licorice did not like his Christmas elf hat and would work it off. By the way, Licorice's new nickname is Houdini. He escaped from his cage twice during the day and Ryan and Brian are still strategizing what to do next to keep him locked in.


Also, Brian and I made a quick trip to Lois and Bruce's house and here is their Christmas Palm Tree. Unusual, yes but it made me think how nice it would be to be on Grand Cayman Island celebrating the holidays.

Christmas Shopping in Amish Country

Elaine and I went to Sugarcreek to do some Christmas shopping. We ate dinner at the Dutch Valley Restaurant, which was beautifully decorated for the season.

Biggest Full Moon Friday Night

Moon closest to the earth all year

December 7, 2008: My Father's Day

My mother and father went to the annual Pearl Harbor luncheon at Brackenridge, Pa. There were six Pearl Harbor Veterans who attended. My father knows them, but none were stationed at Hickam Air Base with him. Some speeches were given. This is always a very solemn occasion.

December 7, 1941



My father was in the military during World War II and stationed at Hickam Air Base. This is his incredible eyewitness testimony of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Here is the link to the Hot Air Blog and the comments when I originally posted it two years ago.

http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/11/happy-veterans-day/


This is the posting from Kim Komando at komando.com when I originally posted the video.

REMEMBERING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

Thank you Marshall, for taking the time to record your father's story for future generations. I was touched by the story. And, I was impressed by your editing skills!


Here is a message that I got from John Chatterton of Shadow Divers

Marshall,

Great history!! Living history videos will be even more valuable as time goes on.
Cheers
JC


Also, I was requested for and presented a DVD of the video to the MAPS Air Museum in Canton, next to the Akron Canton Airport. I was told that it plays everyday in the Pearl Harbor Exhibit

http://www.mapsairmuseum.org/


Awesome video. It's always nice to hear the stories come from the veterans themselves.
The number of world war II vets gets less and less every year.
I wish I had recordings of some of the conversations of my grandfather. He openly talked about his experinces in Normandy with me before he died.
- Eng48Ine

It was a day the radio was never turned off. I was in grade school in 1941, where we were told all about Hitler and now the Japs were added. Everything changed then.
My best to Harry Karp.
- CAH

Thanks for sharing that video with us.
- Booted

My Grandfather was stationed at Schoffield Barracks, the Army post about a mile up from the Naval yard...he fought along side your father that day. Thank you for that video...It's a great thing you did.
- Jer

Marshall, your Dad is quite a good oral historian. I enjoyed every bit of it. Well done. Give your father our best, and I thank him for his service.
- Iron Maiden

Good on ya, Marshall.
Extend to your father my family's thanks for serving our country.
- Jeff

What a great video, thanks for sharing and pass on my best wishes to your father
- Andy

thanks for the link, much appreciated.
- Tom

Very nice! Thanks so much for sharing this!
You all have to watch this videom Bella especially, (as she wants to interview her Father). Great stuff!
And lastly, please thank your Father for his service!
- Scott

I agree. Thanks very much for sharing this. Very good.
- Herakles

You have a fine site and the video is excellent! Your Dad is quite the story-teller!
Cheers!
- dgmitchell


Marshall -

Thanks for taking the time to create the video and repost it. I just finished watching it, almost exactly 67 years after the events started to unfold. The memorial at Pearl Harbor is one of the most moving ones I have visited and hearing a first hand account makes it more so.

Thank you to your family for their service to our country.

A fellow Pennsylvanian
and Scuba Boarder
- Mike

Venus and Jupiter

See those two UFOs in the center of the picture? This is a picture of the southwest sky tonight. The bottom one is Venus and the top one is Jupiter.

Ryan's Birthday 2008

Ryan's birthday is December 2, so we took her to lunch at the Red Robin in Canton.




After lunch, we took her shopping to Bed Bath and Beyond where we bought her a real nice kitchen knife set

Also, we took her to the mall and bought her a nice professional looking winter coat.

Happy Birthday, Ryan!

Thanksgiving with my Parents

Yesterday, Elaine and I went to Pittsburgh to spend time with my Parents, Dave, Hillary, and Richard. We went out for lunch at the Ladle Restaurant and came back to my Parents apartment to watch Pitt beat West Virginia.


Richard broke his leg (again) and I bought him this Ben Roethlisberger official NFL sanctioned and licensed professional Pittsburgh Steeler official game jersey to cheer him up. He really liked it.