Mark was down this weekend and it was nice to kick back, take in some Shaft with Samuel L. Jackson, have an extremely overpriced lunch at Y Arriba Y Arriba at Downtown Disney ($80 for four people consisting of 4…
Mark was down this weekend and it was nice to kick back, take in some Shaft with Samuel L. Jackson, have an extremely overpriced lunch at Y Arriba Y Arriba at Downtown Disney ($80 for four people consisting of 4…
Today is the 95th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. There are not too many survivors left to tell the harrowing tale of the massive 7.5-8.3M quake (no one really knows the actual size and theories vary). It lasted…
I am convinced that the person who decided on the new colors for my apartment building is on crack. We used to have a nice simple building where all the doors were sorta foam green and the exterior walls were…
My favorite commercial on television is again for Pacific Bell DSL. A mother comforts her deaf child as he clutches his dog. She tells him she’s sure that the neighbors are friendly. An elderly woman next door peers out the…
I’m back from my nice three-day weekend. This weekend also marked the fifth consecutive weekend at the Disneyland Resort. I really have no idea why we have been there so often, but I think it is more “nothing better to…
StarWars.com had a really good April Fool’s joke up on their site. They converted it to April 1, 1979 – complete with reports from the set of Episode V, why George Lucas hadn’t released Episode IV on Betamax, and the…
Mamma Mia was a great show. If you love ABBA’s music or have even heard of their songs, you will like the show. It was paced well and the cast gives a great performance for the entire show. The second…
Tonight Roger and I are off to the musical spectacular “Mamma Mia” written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus – the two guys from ABBA. The musical is chock-full of ABBA hits and should be entertaining. Alex told me that…
I really thought Kate Hudson would win, and I really should have picked Russell Crowe. Oh well, my picks came out 15/23 right or 65%. Good enough to earn a tie for third place in the office pool. I thought…
I guess no free tacos. Mir came down last night with nary a hitch. Good light show, but no drama. I guess it is a good thing. Oscar Picks 2001: A note before I begin. I am only posting for…