Valentine’s Day dinner at Storytellers Cafe last night. I love that my crappy low-res cameraphone actually has a sepia setting. I don’t collect Disney pressed pennies, but there’s a lot of people out there who do. This one has been causing a stir lately. See if you can figure out why: Yes, Chip appears to…
This and many other clever Valentine’s Day cards made by Alexandria Neonakis.
I got an iPod Nano around Christmas and I’ve been using it a lot more than I thought I would. I don’t really listen to music all that much, but I have been listening to podcasts on my way to and from work. I’ve been listening to:NPR TechnologyDiggnationThis Week In TechDisneyland’s official podcastScience FridayThe Ricky…
Well I did it again. This weekend I threw out all of my socks and underwear and bought a month’s worth of both at Costco. I do this every year or two, and I encourage everyone to try it. Sometimes your socks and underwear are worn out and you’re just too busy to notice. I…
Zillow.com is an awesome tool for determining the value of a piece of property at any given time. Using their own top-secret “Zestimate” algorithm it looks at things like square footage, recent comps in the area, real estate growth in the zip code, and god knows what else to come up with a number that’s…
I find it hard to believe that California Adventure opened five years ago today. When I walked through the park on opening day I couldn’t believe how empty it was. The soft-opening preview days leading up to February 8th, 2001 were jam-packed and full of people! Where had everybody gone? Opening day was a ghost…
Jack Black. Mexican wrestler. Nacho Libre.
I decided to leave work yesterday morning to go get my house ready for possible burnination. The drive home was surreal. The sun was a distant red circle in the sky and it smelled like I had walked into the pit of a charcoal grill. I saw schools being evacuated, roads being closed off, and…
There’s a pretty slim chance that when today’s over I won’t have a house to go back to. Mandatory evacuations are now taking place for houses just five minutes away from mine. I wonder if I should head home…
Sad news about SuitSat. Its batteries froze and it died shortly after deployment. Oh well.