This morning Gary and I set out for a half-day tour of Buenos Aires. Gary had taken the same tour when he was down here last year for the conference, but agreed to go with me so I made sure I had a photo spotter. We made it down to the lobby a bit early by skipping breakfast. Luckily, I have a stock of Wheat…
December 3, 2009I awoke mid-flight on AA997 with the realization that my classic 2004 iPod was not playing music. I like to bring this iPod on the long flights since it contains my entire audio collection. But there it sat, with the back light stuck on and with the title of a track it was not playing. In my stupor, I struggled to remember how to reset…
December 2, 2009I fought the alarm clock as long as I could, but finally took a shower and got dressed and headed out for the airport. Had I not slept too much, we probably could have grabbed some donuts on the way to the airport, but we were pressed for time and it was the middle of morning rush hour. I thought I was being smart by…
December 1, 2009Today is my typical pre-trip day. The plan was to pick up Gary at SNA (John Wayne Airport) and take him to his hotel near LAX. In the middle of doing that, I was going to get the rest of my errands done. Daniel and I got up early and headed to IHOP for a goodbye breakfast. Daniel had gingerbread pancakes and I had my…
November 30, 2009November has completely gotten the shaft from me this year. I have completely let it pass me by and here we are almost to Thanksgiving for crying out loud! You know what that means? It’s time for a bullet point recap! The first half of the month sucked on a personal level, but I have managed to work through it and am just taking it…
November 19, 2009I sit in my house and look around at all my DVDs and CDs and wonder why I still have them all lying around. I mean, it is almost 2010 and for some reason no one has come up with a reliable Mac based media solution. Is it too much to ask for a central server where all of my music and movies are stored…
October 30, 2009Truly one of the greats! It was an honor to meet Huell today at the Costa Mesa AAA Travel show. We chatted about UC Davis when I told him I graduated from there and enjoyed his show. I also told him I loved the show where he found the corners of California, but neglected to tell him I was thisclose to his hometown of Gallatin,…
October 24, 2009Tuesday October 17, 1989 dawned as a typical day in my senior year of high school. There was nothing out of the ordinary in my school day, other than excitement at the fact I was going to attend my first World Series game. I had an opportunity to go to the NLCS a little over a week earlier for the Pennant clinching Game 5 of…
October 17, 2009Tomorrow is the 20th Anniversary of the m6.9 Loma Prieta Earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area at 5:04pm on 10-17-89. This approaching anniversary has made me reflect on that day a lot and spend a lot of time watching old broadcasts on YouTube. It also has me thinking about all the big quakes I have felt in my life. Using the Club Josh…
October 16, 2009I have been back from the Southeast for a few days and am settling back into my vacation-at-home routine. I smartly took an additional week off from work to get my vacation accrued balance down so I would not lose vacation time. It does feel weird not going back to work after a few days, but I got over it fast. Not sure what I…
October 6, 2009