Chris Kelleher

Yesterday, Bridget, her mom, Siobhán and I all went to Mike and Stacey McGinley’s for Christmas.

Everyone had a great time, and we all got another unexpected gift: The Eagles made it to the playoffs, and got to pound on the Cowboys at the same time!

Here are some of the pictures that I took:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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Bridget, her mom, Siobhán and I all went over to my mom’s house for Christmas dinner, which included some very good turkey and excellent stuffing! Here are some of the pictures that I took:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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After a morning of opening up our presents at home, we stopped by my mom’s cousin Bob Degnan’s house for a bit to visit and so he could see Siobhán. Here are some pictures:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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Even though Siobhán doesn’t know what Christmas is yet, we still enjoyed our first Christmas morning with our favorite gift!

Here are some pictures of our little cuttie:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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After our visit at the DiQuattro’s on Christmas Eve, we stopped by the Hutchinson’s so that we could give Carly and Eric their gifts. The Lionel train set we gave to Eric was a big hit, as you can see:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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Bridget, Siobhán and I went over to Jim and Debbie DiQuattro’s home for Christmas eve. Here are some of the pictures that I took of the festivities:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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When I first started hearing the term clean coal both during the presidential debates and in commericals from energy companies on TV, I just had to roll my eyes. But these ads must be working, because some people think that there is such a thing as clean coal. That’s pretty much the same thing as light cigarettes being a “more healthy” alternative to regulars.

The technology that they are talking about when using the “clean coal” term is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This technology, while exciting in its potential to eliminate global warming causing carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal, is still not in use by any of the over 600 coal powered electric plants in the US.

I would urge you to look at these 2 commerical videos from This Is Reality. The first is already showing on some channels, and the other I imagine will probably be showing up soon:

The Details Behind The Facts

There are no homes in America powered by “clean” coal today. There are no “clean” coal power plants selling electricity in America today. In fact, America does not have a single demonstration “clean” coal plant that captures and safely stores its carbon pollution. The technologies that capture or safely store CO₂ have not yet been integrated with coal power at commercial scale. This means that the roughly 600 coal plants producing electricity in the US today are not preventing their global warming pollution from entering the atmosphere. Although the technologies are being developed and tested, in reality, there is no such thing as “clean” coal power in America today.

Burning coal for electricity is a leading source of global warming pollution in the US. Emissions from coal combustion for electricity contribute 32% of US CO₂ emissions. The CO₂ emissions from this coal combustion are larger than the emissions from gasoline and diesel transportation, which together contribute 27% of US CO₂ emissions.¹

Coal is also disproportionately more polluting than other fuels used in the US to produce electricity. 83% of the CO₂ emissions produced from making electricity come from coal even though coal is the fuel source for only about half of US electricity generation.² Per unit of electricity produced, CO₂ emissions from coal are more than 1.5 times those of natural gas, the other major fossil fuel source of electricity in the US.³

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Here are a few more pictures of Siobhán from today, including some in our Eagles gear. We were cheering for them, even though the offense wasn’t playing well and they lost the game.

And some more taken after the game at dinner time:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us.

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As you can see in the post below, we put a lot of effort into this year’s card, even though the picture we ended up using was a pretty simple snapshot… at least compared to some of the other ideas we tried.

Here’s our completed Christmas Card for 2008:

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and have a great Holiday Season from The Kelleher Family!

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Bridget and I spend a lot of time each year with our Christmas Cards. Many people will remember the 12 months of Halley and Ben pictures that we had last year on our card.

This year was no exception. First we tried to get a shot of Siobhán in a sleigh with Halley and Ben as “reindeer” pulling her along. It was a very cute idea, but as they say, never try to work with children or animals, and especially not both children AND animals! Here are some of the pictures we got:

Next we tried some of just Siobhán by the fireplace. The first idea was with her inside of a giant stocking that we had, but holding it up was a problem since Bridget and mom had to hold it (and her) up, and our little angel didn’t enjoy it as much, as you can see:

Next Daddy had the idea to put her in her bumpo sitter covered with some blankets, and surrounded by snowmen.  It turned out pretty cute:

But in the end, it was a quick shot that I took before we started with mommy hold her in her Christmas dress that we decided to use.

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I guess some good news on the topic of global warming is only appropriate after my last 2 posts on “The Big Melt” and Global Warming Mythbusters.

Sen. Barack Obama, center, visits a solar power installation in Las Vegas in June. During his presidential campaign, Obama periodically stopped at renewable energy sites or companies to make his point about creating green jobs to help drive the economy.

Al Gore has a competitor for title of America’s climate crusader. His name is Barack Obama, and of all his immediate foreign policy changes none will mark as big a shift from the Bush administration as his approach to cutting carbon emissions, the leading cause of global warming.

“President Obama will be like night and day compared to President Bush,” Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., told reporters this week at U.N.-sponsored climate talks in Poznan, Poland.

Obama’s administration will mark a new era in U.S. climate policy, one eagerly awaited by countries and environmental groups that believe global warming is the most urgent problem facing the world today.

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Can you imagine how much 2 trillion tons of ice is?  I sure can’t, but the amount of melting of land based ice (which will also cause sea levels to rise) is just unbelievable and very scarry.  This is enough water to fill up the Chesapeake Bay over 11 times!

An melting iceberg is seen off Ammassalik Island in Greenland in this photo taken on July 19, 2007.

WASHINGTON - More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming.

More than half of the loss of landlocked ice in the past five years has occurred in Greenland, based on measurements of ice weight by NASA’s GRACE satellite, said NASA geophysicist Scott Luthcke. The water melting from Greenland in the past five years would fill up about 11 Chesapeake Bays, he said, and the Greenland melt seems to be accelerating.

NASA scientists planned to present their findings Thursday at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco. Luthcke said Greenland figures for the summer of 2008 aren’t complete yet, but this year’s ice loss, while still significant, won’t be as severe as 2007.

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Here are some popular global warming myths and the facts.

MYTH:

The science of global warming is too uncertain to act on.

FACT:

There is no debate among scientists about the basic facts of global warming.

The most respected scientific bodies have stated unequivocally that global warming is occurring, and people are causing it by burning fossil fuels (like coal, oil and natural gas) and cutting down forests. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences, which in 2005 the White House called “the gold standard of objective scientific assessment,” issued a joint statement with 10 other National Academies of Science saying “the scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action. It is vital that all nations identify cost-effective steps that they can take now, to contribute to substantial and long-term reduction in net global greenhouse gas emissions.” (Joint Statement of Science Academies: Global Response to Climate Change [PDF], 2005)

The only debate in the science community about global warming is about how much and how fast warming will continue as a result of heat-trapping emissions. Scientists have given a clear warning about global warming, and we have more than enough facts — about causes and fixes — to implement solutions right now.

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Here’s one of Bridget’s baby pictures. Doesn’t she look just like our little miss Siobhán? I certainly think so!

We are going to try and find a baby picture of daddy to scan in for comparison and we will then let people vote for who she looks like the most!

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We went to the annual Kelleher Family Christmas Party hosted by Bridget’s Uncle Paul and Aunt Ann. We had a wonderful time seeing everyone and showing off how big Siobhán is getting. There was lots of great food and fun for all, and there was even a Tarot Card Reader which was fun.

Here are some of the pictures that I took:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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Can you believe that our little angel is already two months old! She is up to 10 pounds even, 22 1/4 inches long and her head 15 1/4.

Here is a new candid pictures that I took:

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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We had our lovely daugther Siobhán Baptised at St. Agnes Parish in West Chester. Her Godparents are Jenn Karsch and Herb Hutchinson.

My dad was nice enough to take pictures of the service:

And here are some pictures back at our house afterwards:

Thanks to everyone that was there to celebrate with us!

You can see all of the pictures here, or view a slideshow here.

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Here is some video of Siobhán’s Baptism that Kelly was nice enough to take for us.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

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