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Nico Pitney: Palin Laughs As Opponent Is...

Sep 1st

Clouds at Dusk: The view from our back window. I used...

Sep 1st

Koa Posing: Koa let me take a picture of him to test out my...

Aug 31st

My Feet: Hanging out outside Book People, Austin TX, USA

Aug 31st

Reading about Palin and some of her stances. I’d have to say that she and I are pretty much on...

Aug 30th

Snagit! is such a handy program. I love it.

Aug 30th

Blog post: Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist (The Onion): Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As St.....

Aug 30th

Enjoying an icy Tecate. Let the weekend begin!

Aug 30th

Got my dSLR back after over a month in the shop! Woohoo! So far, so good.

Aug 30th

My son Koa (4) pronounces “Clone Wars” as “Clown Wars”. My mind filled with...

Aug 30th

At Book People having coffee and reading magazines

Aug 30th

Sarah Palin: A Champion For Big Oil

Aug 30th

Palin denies global warming is man-made

Aug 30th

DS Phat and Goodies: My old Nintendo DS, with trusty...

Aug 29th

Me 1/52: Got my camera back today so I decided to play with...

Aug 29th

Poor Bamboo: This is my sorry-looking bamboo on my office...

Aug 28th

Morning! It’s coffee time, isn’t it?

Aug 28th

Going running tonight. Seriously. For sure this time.

Aug 27th

Back from a great run!

Aug 27th

Blog post: Sandwich War is Over: For the past couple month I have been enjoying the sandwich pri.....

Aug 27th

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance An Inquiry Into Values (http://blippr.com/t/9589): I love...

Aug 27th

Wii Fit (http://blippr.com/t/11630): Great fun for the whole family. I like the Yoga section the...

Aug 27th

Lost in Translation (http://blippr.com/t/1084): I love the depiction of Japan from a gaijin’s...

Aug 27th

Ate too much dinner to go running tonight. Maybe some Wii Fit then try to run in the morning?

Aug 26th

Bay’s First Day of Second Grade: On the way to drop...

Aug 25th

Leaves: Outside the office

Aug 25th

Empty Hallway

Aug 25th

First day of school! Making breakfast and lunch for kids.

Aug 25th

Went for an enjoyable 10-mile ride down Brushy Creek on my scooter. Legshield repair broke after a...

Aug 24th

Tring to figure out Action Replay for Bay’s DS

Aug 24th

C70 and Kayaks

Aug 24th

Legshield Repair: I needed to replace my ghetto duct tape...

Aug 23rd

Enjoi Supercub: A new sticker for my Supercub. Enjoi...

Aug 23rd

Went for a ride around the neighborhood on my scoot. My hands are all shook up!

Aug 23rd

Passing the time at Book People

Aug 23rd

Blog post: I Love Guacamole: Growing up in Southern California, we ate Mexican food quite a...

Aug 23rd

http://pikchur.com/hced

Aug 23rd

Getting ready for a long night of catching up on DVR’d Olympics.

Aug 23rd

Picking up Bay from Japanese school.

Aug 23rd

Crazy rain in austin right now. Waiting in the parking garage for a bit.

Aug 23rd

Blog post: Guo Jingjing Wins Again: A little late, but “Yay!” for Guo Jingjing for w.....

Aug 23rd

Got some goodies from the Asian market: Sardines, sour plums, cashews, and garlic peanuts....

Aug 22nd

http://pikchur.com/kzjx

Aug 22nd

Pho time!

Aug 22nd

The Incredibles (http://blippr.com/t/1767): Wonderful 60’s spy feeling to this superhero...

Aug 22nd

Geez I’m starving.

Aug 22nd

Wii Fit this morning. The Palm Tree pose is so hard.

Aug 22nd

Blog post: Wii Fit: I’ve been “playing” Wii Fit a bit more regularly lately, a.....

Aug 22nd

Was gonna run. But too tired. Woke up too early today.

Aug 22nd

Why am I at work so early?

Aug 22nd

Got two pokemon stickers on my helmet now. Nuzzleaf and Shinx.

Aug 20th

Watching Koa do some Wii Fit

Aug 20th

Spent most of the day in bed, sick. Got some kind of bug.

Aug 20th

Need some tea. Muscles are achy.

Aug 20th

Blog post: Heard in Asian Households: At around 5pm, there is a phrase that you can hear in Asia.....

Aug 20th

A cup of green tea to get the morning started.

Aug 20th

Santouka Ramen: Santouka Ramen at the Mitsuwa shopping...

Aug 20th

Rice and Chicken: Some rice with chicken mixed in.

Aug 20th

Blog post: Clone Wars - 3 of 5 stars: Took the boys to see the newest Star Wars to hit the theat.....

Aug 18th

oh no. Now 15 more minutes with Phelps’ mom? Let’s see some sports!

Aug 18th

I finally broker some rare Olympic HDTV time from the kids and NBC makes me sit thru a Phelps...

Aug 18th

I think I’ve pretty much had enough of Phelps. I mean, it’s great and all, but can we...

Aug 18th

Up early to catch the diving results live. Go Jingjing!

Aug 17th

Marathon finish is always so inspiring.

Aug 17th

Kids’ birthday parties should always be at 4pm and have plenty of beer for the parents. And...

Aug 17th

Yay! Diving on tv!!

Aug 16th

At Kumon waiting for Bay and Koa and enjoying some free time.

Aug 16th

Yay, GuoJingjing scored an 82.5 on the last dive to take first in the semifinals.

Aug 16th

Dang NBC not streaming the Olympic diving!

Aug 16th

Beer me!

Aug 16th

A hot, humid central Texas evening is not the optimal time to go for a run. Never again.

Aug 16th

Going for my run!

Aug 16th

A friend of mine ran 5 miles Wednesday. That means I must run tonight.

Aug 15th

Coffee coffee coffee

Aug 15th

They prematurely cleaned out the fridge in the office. I had to rescue my Chile Relleno!

Aug 15th

Blog post: Loving the Olympics Archery: Of course the opening ceremonies were amazing (even cons.....

Aug 15th

Koa and Bay at Shaolin Kung Fu class

Aug 15th

Really nice Google logo today at http://www.google.com

Aug 15th

Koala Snack: Bay found a koala with eyebrows in his box of...

Aug 15th

Spider: A dead spider turned up on our driveway this...

Aug 15th

Coffee needed today…

Aug 14th

Blog post: Fuel Leaking: Mariko goes into the garage this morning and then comes to get me. .....

Aug 14th

Just got back from a ride on my scooter. So fun.

Aug 13th

Suffering from post-sushi thirst.

Aug 13th

Having a cup of green tea, then it’s off to sushi lunch.

Aug 13th

Downloaded Bob James’ “Angela” (Theme from Taxi). It’s so good.

Aug 13th

Watching Olympics baseball.

Aug 13th

Looking at the Aussie softball pitcher and thinking “Less beach, more SPF”.

Aug 13th

Watching a little weightlifting. Those guys are incredible.

Aug 13th

Watching archery. I love this Olympic event.

Aug 12th

Kids took over the big tv for Pokemon… watching Olympics on the computer/dvr. Yay for windows...

Aug 12th

Waiting at Kumon for the kids. Thinking about dinner… and beer.

Aug 12th

Saw this week’s TWiT title and can’t wait to listen. Had Beard Papa Creampuffs a few...

Aug 11th

Blog post: Women’s Synchro Diving: Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxa won! Exclusive Summer Olympic.....

Aug 11th

45 minutes of Wii Fit. I’m getting better!

Aug 11th

Gonna try to sleep early tonight and run early in the morning.

Aug 11th

Korea vs Italy in women’s archery. So fun to watch.

Aug 11th

Dodgers lose another one. Season over. My Dodgers SUCK.

Aug 11th

Bay is playing Pokémon Battle Revolution, and I am eating chips n salsa.

Aug 11th

Off to the supermarket and video game store!

Aug 11th

Blog post: Craving Pizza: We have a big pizza sitting in the freezer. I was hoping we’d ha.....

Aug 10th

Krispy Kreme in the office today!

Aug 10th

I don’t envy the person heading up the London Olympics opening ceremonies.

Aug 10th

Watching Judo live on nbcolympics.com

Aug 10th

Eating a piece of Korean green tea toast.

Aug 10th

Watching France vs Poland in women’s archery. This is cool.

Aug 10th

Wow, the opening ceremonies were amazing!

Aug 10th

Turning on the Dodger game.

Aug 10th

Enjoying a glass of Pinot Grigio.

Aug 10th

I miss my dSLR. Luckily the service center supervisor read my complaints on the Sony/Minolta boards,...

Aug 10th

Started watching Olympics. DVR is a wonderful thing!

Aug 10th

Donut: Someone brought Krispy Kremes to the office today. I...

Aug 8th

I could really use a drink right now.

Aug 8th

dSLR being shipped back to me. “We could not duplicate the problem you experienced”....

Aug 7th

Installing software for my sony handycam.

Aug 7th

Belated green tea time.

Aug 7th

Blog post: Funny Ameriquest Commercials: These commercials just kill me. Enjoy!...

Aug 7th

I totally need a new chair for when I work from home.

Aug 6th

Getting the kids ready for the day.

Aug 6th

That’s it. Zzzzzzzz.

Aug 6th

Edouard held off and we had a great block party. Kids had so much fun with waterballoons and the...

Aug 6th

Blog post: New Old Camera: I bought a used Olympus XA 35mm film camera from Craigslist the other.....

Aug 5th

Blog post: Running Log: 3.67 miles in 43:20. After a 4-month layoff, it’s back to running…...

Aug 5th

Syncing iPod, then it’s off to bed. Night all!

Aug 5th

Practicing old surf tunes on the bass.

Aug 5th

Looks like Edouard is gonna rain on our National Night Out block party! :(

Aug 5th

Time to pick up my car from the inspection station. I wonder what they’ll tell me my car...

Aug 5th

Olympus XA: Bought another Olympus XA to shoot with. My old...

Aug 5th

50mm f/1.4 Rokkor: While my 7D is in the shop, I have been...

Aug 5th

Back from a run around the neighborhood. Time to jump in the shower.

Aug 5th

Yay! 102 degrees outside. Picked a fine day to start running again!

Aug 5th

Blog post: Who Stole My Skills?: A few weeks ago we had a party at our house, and a couple of gu.....

Aug 4th

Grand World Buffet (4)/5) on Yelp.com

Aug 4th

Great definition used on TWiT today: “Fluid Morality”

Aug 4th

A little green tea to get the workday started.

Aug 4th

Awake and getting the kids ready.

Aug 4th

Enjoying mojitos. Kids enjoying their virgin mojitos.

Aug 4th

Eating some Nuri brand spicy sardines. Very karai. And delicious!

Aug 3rd

Blog post: Home-cooking: One of the great things about visiting California is all the great food.....

Aug 3rd

Kids watching Empire Strikes back and want to watch Young Frankenstein tonight. One of the perks of...

Aug 3rd

So sleepy, but awake. Need some green tea.

Aug 3rd

vacuuming and having Shiner Bock. wishing I had a beer-hat.

Aug 3rd

Looking at nice aquariums on Flickr and getting the itch for a larger tank.

Aug 3rd

vacuuming the house. Guests for dinner later.

Aug 2nd

is eating Tomi Portugeuse style sardines. They are so good.

Aug 2nd

Why isn’t the MIT solar energy breaktrough HUGE news?? http://tinyurl.com/6afj7y

Aug 2nd

Blog post: Solar Energy Breakthrough: I am blown away by the breakthrough made at MIT in solar e.....

Aug 2nd

Blog post: Reading Books: I have a bunch of books that I would like to read, but the laptop/Inte.....

Aug 2nd

Woke up after a nite of backyard camping. Fun stuff.

Aug 2nd

Got 8 mosquito bites while setting up the tent in the backyard.

Aug 2nd

Blog post: Arrrrrrrr: http://tinyurl.com/6ml8na

Aug 2nd

Camping with the boys in the backyard tonight!

Aug 2nd

Blog post: Windows Media Center on my PC: When I bought my computer a few months back, I wasn&.....

Aug 1st

Waking up to TX allergies. yay.

Aug 1st