Yesterday my staycation activities got off to something of an early start. Eva had made an appointment for the car to be serviced in Redwood City, and since she works and I’ve been on the loaf for the past few days, I was elected to be the car’s babysitter. The dealership is located on Bair [...]
Day two of the now infamous “Staycation ’09″ kicked off early for a Sunday morning. We rose, dressed, and were off to the City by 9AM. We made it to La Cocina before 10, and managed to find parking, too. Wow, I know! Ryan was in his usual good spirits. He had the table all [...]
Last day at my former place of employment was yesterday. And so it goes. Goodbye yellow brick road, where the cogs of society scowl. You can’t trap me in your penthouse, I’m going back to my trowel. _+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ What should have been a rawkus night last night petered out at around 10pm. I was tired, [...]
In the last few days there has been a lot of attention paid to the actions of Sergeant James Crowley of the Cambridge, Massachusetts police force. All of it stems from his arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. In case you don’t know the facts, Gates gets home from China and his front door [...]
My Uncle is one funny guy. Ask anyone who has met him and they’ll corroborate the fact. He’s always got a joke or a story up his sleeve, and he’s stoopid good at charming people. Anyway, his most recent act of awesome was his reply to a forwarded article. I sent him this article written [...]