As a kid, we had a friend of the family who would invite us for dinner on a Friday or Saturday night. At some point in the proceedings, he’d ask my parents if we had seen his latest “vacation slides”?

If they made the mistake of answering no, there was the instant appearance of a Kodak “Carousel” projector and a screen to show off hundreds of photos from the latest family trip.

I only had to suffer through it a few times, but it was usually…in a word…brutal.

Thus I will not subject you to the same here.

This photo is from the activities of the past weekend, when our older daughter Katy became something her father never was–a college graduate. So here’s my favorite shot from the event.

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If for some strange reason you are wanting to see all of the vacation…uh I mean graduation slides…turn off the lights near your computer and let us take you on a trip to the University of Maryland commencement ceremonies.

Click over to this web gallery page link to see all of the pictures: http://gallery.me.com/kirkv#100114

Feel free to ooh and ahh on your own.