Today is the first day at the new office. I am currently waiting for Steve from work to pick me up. I am typing on my laptop outside of the Ashby Bart station. Can you see me in the satellite photo? How cool is technology? I think this is just the tip of the iceberg.…
Today is the last day I am going to work in San Francisco. The company is moving to San Mateo. It is exciting. We are moving houses next week too. The future smells like a bakery at 7am. Sweet and full of promise. The deli across the street gave me my breakfast sandwich for free…
Sometimes, I just sit and listen to Ethan and Jared talk to each other. I wish I had a recorder at those moments. Here is a sampling: Jared: Eeftan! Here is your gun! Ethan: I can’t reach it! Jared: (stretching, with feeling) Heeeerrre! Ethan: Got it! Thanks Jared! Jared: You’re welcome Eeftan. Ethan: We are…
We picked a place! Check it out. Katie did an awesome job of negotiating and being decisive and making it happen. Three cheers for Katie! Hip Hip…HooRay! Hip Hip…HooRay! Hip Hip…HooRay! It is a beautiful home on Hickory Lane. Cul-De-Sac street (French for ‘Cut the scrotum’). At the end of the street is a short…
Joe Biden took one more step towards running for president. (See article) I really like Biden as a candidate. He has gravitas. His resume is good. He commands a solid presence. I just hope he runs a better campaign than Gore/Kerry. I like Hillary Clinton, but I think she may not be able to win.…
Feeling the squeeze. Need to find a good house. I’d like it to be in Menlo Park / Palo Alto, but we can’t live in the car either. The last 10 years have been a roller coaster. We have moved 6 times in 10 years. Katie has had enough I think. Almost done with the…
We applied for two houses in Palo Alto/Menlo Park this weekend. Hopefully, we will get one of them. We have been experimenting with a setup for navigation and finding the houses. Here is the setup: 1. Latitude D610 Dell Laptop. 2. Pharos USB GPS Receiver 3. Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 4. 60-Watt DC-to-AC Power…
I visited Ethan’s swim class yesterday. He can hold his breathe a long time! He swims, he backfloats. He has witty rejoinders. I felt such pride. My boy. I am excited for Jared to swim too, but first he must potty train. I am excited for Matthew to learn to walk. I am excited for…
http://www.commadot.com should now work. Kokopelli Internet Consultants INC will not be going public, but rather be closing down completely and retiring it’s debt this year. The monkey will be completely off our back. It actually is a thrilling feeling. Being debt free is one of our dreams. It’s a fresh start. Hopefully, we can continue…
Started reading a book on Phi. (What is Phi?) Phi is cool, but makes my brain hurt sometimes. I love the idea that many cultural aspects of our lives started out as glorified math clubs. Math is cool. Stay in School, fool. Yeah! Anyway, after this, I have a biography on Howard Hughes and a…
I got a lot accomplished today, but the amount still left for me to do is staggering. So much to do and so little time. Interesting times at work. It continues to intellectually and creatively stimulate me. The move to the peninsula is exciting. I still do not know exactly where my career is going,…
New laptop just shipped for Katie. Finally she will be able to work on a laptop that isnt slow as can be. The one she has is a Toshiba Portege 7010CT, 300mhtz with 148megs of ram. Slow. The new one is a Dell D610, 1.8 ghtz with 1 gig of ram. Not too heavy. I…
This is my cousin Bruce. He was a professional tennis player and now is the Director of Tennis at a fancy schmancy place in Maryland. He was always my image of an athlete. One time, when I must have been around 18 or 19 we played tennis at the tennis club. I played my best…
Katie and all three boys are sleeping over at MaryAnn’s house. I get the whole house to myself. Ahhh, sleep, wonderful sleep. I was just reading an article in the New Yorker about Intelligent Design. The basics of ID, as it is called, is that living cells are so complex and specific, that they could…