Category Archives: Personal

2008 was a great year for the Sneed family. We successfully transitioned back to America from an 18 month sabbatical in Slovakia and settled down in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, where we purchased a 5 bedroom house. Tony had … Continue reading →

I just read a fascinating and illuminating article on the current financial crisis, as compared with the Great Depression: What Would Keynes Do? by Bruce Bartlett for Forbes Magazine. In the article the author asserts that the main problem with … Continue reading →

At 3 am on the morning of October 31st, my wife Zuzana delivered our second child: Karisma Sarah Elizabeth Sneed. To everyone’s amazement, the baby arrived while we were still at home, before we had the chance to get in … Continue reading →

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the turmoil in the global financial markets and the dramatic plunge in stock prices that took place over the past week. But while there are a lot of big, … Continue reading →

Soon after we purchased our home in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, I started to investigate how to make the house more energy efficient, and in particular how to protect ourselves against excess heat from the sun during summer months. … Continue reading →

We spent about one month searching for a house to purchase in McKinney, Texas. The first half of that search entailed driving through a few dozen neighborhoods, trying to get more familiar with the city and the kinds of homes … Continue reading →

What a hectic past few weeks this has been! At the beginning of March we started looking for a place to live somewhere in the north Dallas area, commonly referred to as the Metroplex. It’s a vast area covering 9,289 … Continue reading →

I can’t believe how much fun it is to have a two-year-old – and the experience of the father-son relationship is especially rewarding. Little Kerrigan wants to do everything I do. I have to elevate my leg because it was … Continue reading →

Boy, what a start to the new year! After having spent the last three weeks on the road, I’ve just arrived back at our new home in Dallas, Texas. On Jan 2nd I flew to New Orleans to take part … Continue reading →

In my last blog entry I explained some of my reasons for taking a sabbatical year in Slovakia (roughly from June 2006 through November 2007), the primary reason being an opportunity to move into a new career as an instructor … Continue reading →