• Short Takes

    Matthew is cutting his first tooth. Jared has a boo-boo on his toe. Looks AWFUL! Ugh! Work is alot of work the last week. The company is in the throes of birthing its first re-usable product. The basics looks great but needs a few more iterations. I am excited about…

  • Leap of Faith

    This story requires you look at the Bart Train Map. I got on the train at Montgomery Street, the yellow line, also known as the Pittsburg Pay Point train. When I got to Oakland City Center, I transferred across the platform to the Richmond line. (My destination was El Cerito…

  • Mojo Moderation

    My mojo is off today. My mind is got a few too many things in it, stuff keeps slipping. I guess it’s the prospect of the move. The birthing and moving that Katie has managed has been staggering. She is a trooper. But I think she has too much going…

  • Google Maps Satellite

    This is the coolest thing on the web I have ever seen. Google Maps is awesome. Come on. Look at this. Satellite Photos! For crying out loud. LOOK AT IT! Then click on the top right where it says Maps and it switches! Unreal! Here is the house I grew…

  • Long Day

    I left to go to work at 8:30am and arrived home at 4:55am. That’s over a 20 hour work day. I am pretty tired, but I feel that tomorrow I will feel worse. We got out most of what we wanted, but missed a few details. It’s always hard to…

  • Lame

    I just read about the Supreme Court decision to keep IRA accounts (Individual Retirement Accounts) safe from creditors in case of bankruptcy. The thing that really annoys me is that people (the plaintiff, I guess) actually thought it would be a good idea if someone declares bankruptcy to take away…

  • Nice Parking

    UPDATE: Image has been lost.  Sorry. 🙁 How did this guy park this thing on his lawn? This is the best example of parallel parking I have ever seen. This was done a couple doors down from our friends, the Gladstone’s house. I have no idea how they managed to…

  • If If If

    A wise man once told me, “You know the rule of IF? If Grandma had a dick, she’d be Grandpa.” Wisdom is where you find it. I was just thinking, If I had a dollar for every time: – I crushed a cheerio under my foot on the carpet.. –…

  • Persistent vegetative State

    I was just reading about Teri Schiavo in Florida. Just for the record, so it’s written down somewhere. I do not want to be kept alive by a feeding tube for years and years. Ok, whew. Glad that is out of the way. Can someone notorize this blog please?

  • Bruddah Iz

    Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (pronounced ka ma ka vee vo olay), or Bruddah Iz, wrote a Ukulele version of somewhere over the rainbow. You might have heard it, it is in alot of movie soundtracks. Katie and I have been listening to it. The song is beautiful. Bruddah Iz weighed 1000 pounds…

  • The Shield

    The Shield is back on and, of course, it is great. Here is my quick prediction: The sting operation of the russian kingpin will yield evidence that implicated Vic and co. in on the Armenian money train robbery. ba-Bam! Love that show. I gotta work in Excel now for Katie.…

  • Dreams

    I had a dream about a work related thing. I try to keep work stuff to a minimum on the blog. After all this is a public record and you never know who is reading it. I think this somewhat limits the blog as a journal for my kids to…

  • The Uke

    Surprisingly, the Ukulele that Katie got me is pretty easy to play. My father thinks I am tone deaf, but I think my problem is more that I can not sing any notes. They are correct in my head though. Anyway, I know four chords. F, D, C, G7. And…

  • Napoleon Dynamite

    Katie and I just watched Napoleon Dynamite. I have to say: This is one of the most original movies I have ever seen. It was bizarre. It seems every thirty seconds, I was boggled. Great acting. Very funny and yet somewhere in the whole thing was a sweet message. I…