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 it actually. The energy of…
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 Del Norte.) All was going…
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 on too. We need a…
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 up in. My High School.…
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 struggle to the finish line…
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 their life savings. I bet…
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.. – I heard “Daddy” more than…
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?
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 when he died in 1997.…
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. Glen’s Computer Rule #1: I…
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 read one day. It would…
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 I sort of know G.…
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 am not sure what the…
Last night Katie took me to Chez Panise. The downstairs restaurant, not the cafe! She also got me a ukulele! It’s hard to tune, but I think I am getting used to it. Its pretty easy to play and the kids like it. Right now, my fingers hurt and my wrist is cramped up, but…