Posted in Misc on Aug 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
This acronym has been used in my family of late, most recently to describe my nephew’s arrival at college. It is also very appropriate for the little man in our family.
After a lot of transition last year, Reid certainly had a few days in kindergarten that were less than stellar. So at the start of [...]
Posted in Misc on Aug 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
She did it, she did it, she did it! Ava pooped for the first time in the potty! I’m gleeful!
Tonight, as I was helping her get ready for bed, she got that sure look on her face. ”A big one is coming, Mom,” she might have said. It’s unmistakable when she has to go, and [...]
Posted in Misc on Aug 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
Every time I read the High School Speech (just below), it makes me get all knotted-up inside. Knotted-up with pride for Ava, with all of her accomplishments, joys, challenges and tenderness. It makes me want to act. It makes me want to blast, at full volume, John Lennon’s “Power to the People!” And dammit, it [...]
Posted in Misc on Jul 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Yes, this is being posted at 2:54 AM. Yes, I’m up at that hour. Yes, I’m jet lagged.
I returned from a 1-week business trip that circumnavigated the globe:
San Francisco to Hong Kong, for a connecting flight from
Hong Kong to Singapore, where I spent 2.5 days, then
Singapore to Mumbai, where I spent the night then took [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 19th, 2008 No Comments »
I’m writing this from the friendly confines of my local Apple store. Yes, I actually live in a town (not city) that also has an Apple store to which I can ride my bike with my family alongside me. The Apple store is a happy little place, filled with gleaming electronica that, like Sean with [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
One of the things I’ve been noticing around home lately is the the singing of all sorts of amazing birds. I rarely see the birds, but their songs are crystal clear in my ears. It’s wonderful to wake up to their singing. And just tonight, one was belting out a tune so clearly that it [...]
Posted in Misc on May 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
UPDATE
There appears to be a problem with the subscription system not sending emails. If you are interested in helping me diagnose the problem, please let me know if you ARE receiving emails. In the meantime, I’ll keep checking into the problem.
Thanks,
Sean
Posted in Misc, Stuff on May 10th, 2008 No Comments »
I have found myself relating to Grand Theft Auto IV in much the same way that I used to relate to The Sopranos. That is to say, I’m looking forward to the next installment. GTA4 is the first video game that really pulls off the video-game-as-serial plot. At least for me. Not that other games [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
The docs are signed, the money is transferred, and the county has been notified. It’s official. We’re massively in debt. Good God, I hope the golden California sun continues to shine on the Silicon Valley home market.
Financial panic aside (everyone around here assures me that it will subside into a dull [...]
Posted in Family, Misc on Apr 29th, 2007 2 Comments »
We’ve been in California for 6 weeks already now. Not a post in sight all that time, so here I go:
It’s really pretty here. Whenever we walk to the park, down the block, to the store or library, we get to enjoy enormous trees, lush plants, oodles of flowers (the roses are enormous here!), and [...]