Archive for the ‘play’ Category

Final Fantasy 1 Final Fantasy 1

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Our good friend Fish (aka the “disgruntaled Mr Fish“) is moving to Florida. His girl Linda already made the trip down there and soon enough he will be joining her to live in “America’s Wang”. Before he goes, we have the pleasure of a house guest for a few weeks. Now he really is a […]

Amber ring Amber ring

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Samantha loves Amber. She once even mentioned that when she gets married (hint, hint), her preference would be for a ring of amber rather then the traditional diamond. To her – amber is stylish, unique, and most importantly blood free. Maybe that is why I was so appalled to run across this conversation on a […]

Fooseball is the devil Fooseball is the devil

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Stuck in some smoky pub watching the “big game”. Good food, good suds, good friends… Guess I shouldn’t complain…

Taking down the x-mas tree

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

The quick way… I will give you some hints: hedge clippers a saw and a time-lapse camera

Bread (Getting even better) Bread (Getting even better)

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

After writing about the last batch, a reader named darci wrote to me: I was reading the simple dollar post about homemade bread, read your comment, followed your link and read your post about your bread. Was wondering if you tried the 1/2 white, 1/2 wheat loaf? You should post if so :) Unfortunately, I […]

The return of the sign The return of the sign

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

While hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2005, we came across a strange road sign. It was posted on a gate which was blocking the entrance to a small back road. The sign read: “STATE PROPERTY – ANY PERSON REMOVING OR MOLESTING SAME WILL BE PROSECUTED” Today, I ended up the California Department of Transportation […]

Goodbye 2007, Hello 2008

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

I learned a lot of lessons this year. For example: In the final minutes of ’07, I learned that the ‘Irish car bomb‘ is not the drink for me. And during these first few of ’08, I am learning just how hard it is to type on an iPhone after a roaring new years eve. […]

New phone New phone

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Merry Channuka – Sam got me an iPhone! This is the first of hopfully many entries from the new device. So far I am finding the on screen keyboard just a little hard to use, but not much. It is about the same size as the qwerty on my zuarus, but the lack of tactile […]

More Bread (King Arthur Style) More Bread (King Arthur Style)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Looking at the beautiful graphics on a bag of whole-wheat flour, I suddenly became inspired to make some more bread. This time, rather then the simple dollar recipe, I loosely followed some directions posted on the back the brown “King Arthur Flour” bag: The ingredients on the bag: 3 1/2 cups King Arthur Flour (kicks […]

Feeling good for 10,000 Feeling good for 10,000

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Yesterday, while reading the usual blog feeds, I clicked on a link www.dayofbirth.co.uk which shows you some simple data about the day you were born. Along with the usual fluff ( Cancer born on a Friday in summer) there was a harsh revelation…. Today, I turned 10,000 days old! What have I done with my […]