Kevin A. Barnes

Book Excerpt: “Wine, Guts and Meds”

Kevin A. Barnes — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:36:30 +0000

Here is a short excerpt from my novel “Wine, Guts and Meds (Running Away with Team Challenge).” As previously posted, any donation of $15 or more to my Team Challenge fundraising effort will get you a copy of the novel … Read the rest of this entry →

Donate to Team Challenge, Get a Collectors’ Edition Book

Kevin A. Barnes — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:07:35 +0000

This July I'm again running the Napa to Sonoma Half Marathon with Team Challenge. ((This will be my third time running the Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon.)) To give back to all of my incredible supporters, I'm doing something a little different for my fundraising effort. I've written a novel — "Wine, Guts and Meds (Running Away with Team Challenge)" — and everyone who donates $15 or more will receive a copy. Read the rest of this entry →

CCFA Patient and Family Education Conference

Kevin A. Barnes — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:47:06 +0000

Yesterday1 I attended CCFA Illinois’ 17th Annual Patient and Family Education Conference. This year’s conference featured a number of great speakers from the U.S. and Canada, and focused on many of the current hot topics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). … Read the rest of this entry →

Article published in The Phoenix magazine

Kevin A. Barnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:36:50 +0000

My article “The Future of Ostomy Care: New Inventions, Products and Developments in the Ostomy World” was published in the December 2011 issue of The Phoenix magazine. The article provides an in-depth look at upcoming developments in ostomy care, as … Read the rest of this entry →

The Double Date Adventure

Kevin A. Barnes — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:17:19 +0000

It all started innocently enough with a charity auction. It ended this past Sunday when I was kidnapped by an evil pharmaceutical company, rescued by two women who then were poisoned by the pharmaceutical company’s CEO, and finally tagged along … Read the rest of this entry →

Creative Implementation

Kevin A. Barnes — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:10:55 +0000

It might be your most creative, groundbreaking idea in years, but if the people responsible for implementing that idea don’t know (or understand) your vision, that idea can fall flat in execution. A lighter shade of pale The script for … Read the rest of this entry →

Theatre Tweets

Kevin A. Barnes — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:48:43 +0000

The use of cell phones and social media is normally discouraged during a live play, but the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has begun using Twitter to it’s advantage during select performances. They’ve invited members of Milwaukee’s Twitterati to attend and tweet1 … Read the rest of this entry →

JPL Tweetup Highlights

Kevin A. Barnes — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:46:10 +0000

On Monday, June 6, 2011, I was fortunate to be among the 100 or so individuals invited by NASA to attend a daylong Tweetup at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The event included briefings by members of … Read the rest of this entry →

NASA JPL Tweetup

Kevin A. Barnes — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:30:08 +0000

I’ve been selected1 by NASA to participate in a special Tweetup event this Monday, June 6, 2011, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Visiting and touring JPL, which oversees all of NASA’s unmanned space probes, rovers, etc., … Read the rest of this entry →

50th Anniversary of Kennedy’s Moon Challenge

Kevin A. Barnes — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:58:56 +0000

Today marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s famous speech where he challenged America to land a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s. On May 25, 1961 when Kennedy gave this speech in front … Read the rest of this entry →