My Mlog

The Aftermath

2009-08-02T13:20:00Z

So, we learned in my summer semester class at Mizzou, the issue of online privacy. Oh wait, I didn't tell you I was getting my Masters Degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Media Management. I'm almost done, just my thesis to write; and I'm sure I will have plenty to blog about that in the future.

Well, my kids have told me over and over again not to put stuff on marcs nut house .com, that that can be used against you in court. Consequently you will not see any videos of the party. Enough said.

So here is the aftermath of the party. Stig Host, who is married to my Father's Cousin, Jeanne, stole the show. After the family "Toasts," Stig got up and presented Dad with this photo of Wiiliam Morse Cole. It hung at the Harvard Bussiness school where my great Grerat Grandfather had started the Accounting department . Apparently, he decided he wanted to be land poor and bought 14,000 acres in New Hampshire in 1898. It's been divided amongst his heirs ever since. And you know what, last night he looked down from wherever he's at and said, WTF.

The Pig Man Cometh!

2009-08-01T21:30:00Z

It's a beautiful day for Dad's 80th Birthday celebration. We started early today as the pim man began to cook the pork. Check back often for updates.

Lets get this party started again!

2009-08-01T10:40:00Z

Well, it's Saturday August 1 and we are awating the pig guy to start slow cooking the pork. Here is video from Thursday night and Friday, which was rained out. Thiswould be the only time the whole clan could handle a rainy day at the family farm. The reason, we new a front was going through that would leave lovely weather for Dad's 80th birthday celebration.

Let's get this party started

2009-07-30T21:06:00Z

Well the White clan haes gathered at the Family Farm in New Hampshire. Here's a video introduction to the festivities.

Family is gathering today and we celbrate Dad's 80th Birthday on Saturday looks and the forecast looks fantastic. Keep you fingers crossed on the weather and check back over the next few days to see this party really get going.

The RV

2009-07-27T20:52:00Z

Well tomorrow we are off to the family Farm in New Hamsphire, at least some of us are. Here's the RV I rented as we do not have enough beds to sleep everyone who is coming up for my Dad's 80th Birthday celebration.

Greetings from Charlottesville

2009-07-24T20:18:00Z

Well Matt is at orientation at UVA so I thought a quick video tour of Charlotesville and UVA was appropriate. So all you family and friends who plan to visit UVA to watc play LAX - this is what you are in for.

Alex's Blog from Fiji

2009-07-23T19:28:00Z

Oh this is great. Alex has started his blog from Fiji. It sounds like he is having a wonderful time. Friends and family pardon the swearing and focus on drinking that he posts about. What do you exect when you send an 18 year old to play Master and Commander on the far side of the world. I'm posting the link here and will then go about adding it to marcwhitehouse.com.

http://alexwhi.blogspot.com/

Tim Perry's Reading

2009-07-21T16:22:00Z

Here is Tim Perry's reading a Celtic poem for Margie. Tim was Margie's go to guy for anything that needed to be done with her house or car or whatever. Thanks Tim from all of us!

Frank Carroll's Eulogy

2009-07-20T18:17:00Z

Okay all you needy people. Due to popular demand I have loaded Frank's eulogy for his Mom below. We'll get to Jane Jeffries and Tim's...but now to popular demand we changed the order of the serivce to appease Frank's fans.

Today's post was going to be video of Alex's departure to Fiji. Tracey and I saw Alex off for his semester abroad in Australia on Saturday. Unfortunately, my Flip failed me and so we don't have any good video. It probably wouldn't have worked out well anyway, because Alex refers to this site as marcsnuthouse.com. I will however somehow find his australian blog and link to it here.

OK here's the Favorite:

NYC 212 Ad Club Boat Party

2009-07-18T12:17:00Z

Today we are going to take a break from Margie Carroll's funeral service. We returned from Chicago, and I attended the NYC 212 Ad Club Boat party. It's an organization for interactive ad professionals consisting mostly of publishers and ad agency execs. Unfortunately the folks who run 212 wanted to make as much money as possible on the event. Since the ad execs are free and the publishers have to pay, they ended up with a boatload of mostly publishers. Then the Pukes at Microsoft arranged to make sure they had the front of the boat roped off for themselves.

It was a typical July night in NYC; crowded, steamy and a little stinky. To add to the chaos that is NYC; Obama was in town. Part of this short video shows some of the helicopters swirling around. These helos were not carrying some Master of the Universe corporate swine. The end of the video pans to the Brooklyn Bridge where they dropped Obama so he could close the East River Drive for a while.

And on a light note, the video has wonderful shots of Lady Liberty all lit up in the July night.

Alex White's eulogy for his Grandmother

2009-07-17T17:56:00Z

I am one very proud Dad over my son's eulogy for his Grandmother. He wrote it himself and refused to practice in front on anyone.

This is a hard thing for anyone to do, let alone a 20 year old who is experiencing the death of a very close relative for the first time. As it is for anyone, Alex had a little trouble getting started. At about 1:53 in the video he gets his first big laugh with another coming in at 4:00. The best part however, is a 4:20 when his Uncle Frank's cell phone goes off, and he instantly stops and says, "go ahead and take that, I can wait." time.

Pat Carroll's Eulogy for his Mother

2009-07-16T13:13:00Z

Pat Carroll, Margie Carroll's eldest son, started her memorial service off. I plan to add each of the speakers in the coming days. Stay tuned.

The dying art of tie tieing

2009-07-15T18:13:00Z

Well we are all back from Chicago where we had a memorial service for my Mother-In-Law, Margie Carroll. We had a wonderful celebration of her life. Over the coming days I will post the speeches that some of the family gave.

Before that however, we needed to get the boys ready for the service. It must be bad parenting or something, but how can 3 guys 18 - 22, not be able to tie their own ties. So Dad gives a little group lesson. A family friend Muffy shot the video. Unfortunately she is a little techincally deficient, so she shot it side ways.

My Mother-in-Law Died Yesterday

2009-07-10T17:19:00Z

Margaret Heath Carroll died yesterday, she was 84. She had a wonderful life and 4 children and 7 grand children.

Today I'm working on my site

2009-07-08T13:13:00Z

Trying to get my site working properly. On my blog page you should see my Twitter Feed. In the social area of the site you will see my Youtube, facebook account and my blog.

Taking it on the road

2009-07-07T16:48:00Z

Well all my kids are home from school. Over the next two months they will again scatter across the world. With my new found freedom I am looking into buying an RV. Most of my friends and family think I am nuts. Going to test one out tommorrow and will tell you of my experiences. Happy Trails

Matt White is no longer on Sporstcenter

2009-06-30T15:56:00Z

You need to click here to view him as #3 on ESPN's Top Plays of the Week.

No What... He Diiddnn't no he diiddnn'tt

2009-06-29T19:56:00Z

Matt Graduated from high school yesterday

2009-06-22T12:40:00Z

Nice family day allthough it was much less Father's day than Matt's HS grad day. Actually it was Independence Day for Marc. No kids in high school anymore, yea!

Photo op

2009-06-18T22:04:25Z

Well today we learned that Inside Lacrosse Magazine wants a photo shoot with Matt White. Seems they would like to put him on the cover of the magazine. Nice addition to our upcoming trip to the Under Armour All American High School game. This will be broadcast on ESPNU next saturday.