About Me
My name is Andy and I am a web developer in Phoenix, AZ. I moved to the desert in the summer of 2006 with my
wife, Rachel. We met in college at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. I graduated with my B.S. in
Computer Science in 2005 and worked in Portage for another year before moving.
I grew up for the most part in Portsmouth, VA. I spent most of my youth playing baseball, hockey, and video games.
I graduated from Churchland High in 2001 and have only been back once since. I'm hoping to be able to take a
vacation in the next year or two so I can go back and show Rachel my old stompin' grounds.
As you can probably tell from the site, I enjoy ice hockey and nerd activities. I spend my spare time working
on a number of programming projects as well as playing Nintendo and PC games. I also like softball but haven't
found a team in the Peoria/Glendale area yet. If you know of one please send me an email at
andy@shortskates.com .
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Past Articles
Ring found
It's getting hot in here
Christmas comes early!
Missing: One titanium male wedding ring
My Xmas List
Election Post-Mortem
Politics: Why I'm a Moderate voting Democrat this year
Fit Update
Holy Crap I Just Bought a New Car
Lucy R Edukated
God wants me to buy a new car
Shootout Victory
Loose Goose Caboose Juice
Shutout
New gear
It's my first day!
New Job!
Meet Lucy
Season ender
Lazy
Of course the kitchen was the hardest to paint
Carpooling and layoffs
I'm tired of home improvement
Look at me. I'm Dr. Zoidberg, homeowner!
First Walkthrough
Death of the Itech
Last week
Packing
Home Stretch
House Relief
House Update
House Headaches
New House: Week 11
New House: Week 10
The One Remote to Rule Them All
Emergency Goalie
New House: Week 8
Happy New Year
Merry Xmas
Early Christmas Present
Sweet!
New House: Week 5
New House: Week 4
Shootout
Comments
They started our house!
Heat Wave
Back in action
Bon voyage
NFL XML Schedule
Busy season
Holy Crap!
I just bought a house
Whirlwind weekend
I'm getting married in 5 days
Wizards and witches
3 Week Bachelor
Wii Sports is still fun
I'm so burnt
Launch Day
Rachel has MS
Homecoming
The Grand Canyon is aptly named
ADS Midwest Tactical
I got lit up again
Exhibition slaughterhouse
Spiderman 3 sucked
New Season
Heroes is stellar and NHL Playoffs update
I'm blown away
New Season
A Gamer's Shame
Ads
Look Ma! No IE CSS hacks!
Playoffs
Vive Vista
End of a Season
I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out
Do not go to the Skye bar
In Like a Lion
Hockey
How I Could Just Kill a Man..
The Tax Man Giveth...
Daaaaaaaaa Bears
Subway Gift Cards: Good in Theory, Horrible in Reality
80's Cartoons
I won't have cases of the Mondays anymore
I scored! Kinda.
IG88 gets a new feature
The wedding is looming
We're high class folk now
Back to normalcy
Stressful Holidays
Howl at the Moon...
Shutout
Heroes
Homemade programs
A Drought
I'm an Arizonan
Vehicular Emmissions
Halloween fun
We're a Tivo family!
Jeep Annoyances
A week of bachelorhood
Ugh...
Season opener doesn't go as planned
I'm not allowed to take naps anymore
Someone's got a case of the Mondays
Rachel's 23rd birthday
Very Casual FridayLazy weekend
The first one's a doozy!
Punk kids
Monday morning weigh-in
Tragedy and Nintendo
Labor Day activities
Custom error pages! Oh Boy!
Picture of my desk
We got snakes on something!
Website feature additions
Real LifeŠ Update
A friendly visit and a new job
The search is over
Revamped photo gallery
The Great Western Move Recap
My last sporting event in Michigan
We're movin' out west...
Worst. Blogger. Ever.
Of birthdays and diets...
IE is the bane of my existence!
Site stuff
Valentine's Day 2k6
New music plugin
Big step in life...
It has been a while...
Big Changes...
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