Got a call from my younger brother Nick yesterday (which is a little unusual), but he was all excited on the other end of the line, so I figured something was up. He was at the Best of Louisville awards where his restaurant, Seviche just won a “Best New Restaurant” award! Head chef Anthony Lamas was out-of-town in France, and so Nick (one of two sous chefs) accepted the award from host Terry Meiners.

I’ve eaten at Seviche a couple of times, and it has always been fantastic, and not just because my lil’ brother is cooking. It’s been a long road, but he’s really stuck with cooking – and I couldn’t be more proud of him. Congrats, Nick!

Yesterday, I gave blood for the first time. I’m glad I did it, though it certainly knocked me for a loop! It took me a few hours to “get right” again. For my troubles, though, I did get a snappy “vintage Red Cross ballcap”, which I like very much.

Haven’t given blood before? It’s really not that bad. There is a very slight pain when the needle goes in (“the old familiar sting” in NIN parlance), but other than that, you lie there and drink some orange juice and squeeze a ball in your hand. The people running the show in the travelling truck that visited us were very nice.

As previously reported, Kelly and I were on The Great Prius Hunt, and as of last night, that hunt came to a satisfying close!

We got a call from Jim Parker over at GreenTree Toyota to let us know that the car was in and that we could seal the deal that evening. After a little wait for the financing lady to finish up with some other folks, we signed our lives away, and rolled on out the door.

This morning, I put the Prius to the real test, which was this: Can it fit all my sailplane stuff in the rear?. The answer to that most critical of questions is Yes, and handily.