Patrick wanted to give you this so you’ll never get lost when you come to our house. (Click the photo to see a larger version.)

In September of 2007, Tom McCelland was one of four pals who organized a Theta Chi Fraternity Reunion (San Jose State University). The 3-day gathering was a huge success. His Gamma Xi chapter had a big turnout, considering they represented college men from the 50s and 60s.

More than a hundred brothers turned out for the [Read more →]

Todd and Marci Schaffer joined us this weekend at the cabin. We were awarded with the warmth of long-time friendships as the Cooks joined us for dinner on [Read more →]

Dear Santa,
I have been very good this year. I help people up all the time when they’re hurt. Also, I get some paw prints from school (they’re like these papers that say you’ve been good.) Don’t forget to get the carrots that we leave on a plate for your reindeer. Merry Christmas,

Love Patrick

December 23, 2007

Santa’s Reply courtesy of eSanta:
Dear Patrick: [Read more →]

I think dogs hate it when we dress them up. I know Maximus does.

Thanks, Ryan for pointing out this mid-1960’s glimpse of what technology would be like in the year 1999. Starring a young Wink Martindale, this excerpt from a 1967 Philco-Ford production anticipated the way a stay-at-home mom of the future would engage in “fingertip-shopping” (now known as online shopping,) while the dad used his electronic correspondence machine (can you say Email?) Snopes.com confirms this is real by the way.

Although many nights of doing homework look like this for Emily, she really enjoyed her first creative writing paper. It was a 1-week assignment. Here is her paper in its entirety: [Read more →]

Yes, once a year Steve digs out the tights and pointy ears and dresses up as Santa’s number-one elf. It makes for a long day once I get the Halloween walls (which double as Santa’s workshop) put away in the garage. But it makes for a great [Read more →]

Check out Animoto for making free 30 second videos like this one. I think I might start using these on McClellandfamily.com.

Here’s the gag:

You: “Hey, you’ve got updoc on your face.”

Them: “What’s updoc?”

You in your best Bugs Bunny voice: “Nyaaa, not much. Want a carrot?”

We’ve all heard that one before, and we’ve all told our best friends that we once knew a guy who had [Read more →]