This past weekend was our annual Omnilux Ski Trip to Mammoth Mountain that Carter so kindly organizes. Three full days of skiing - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We actually had a huge group this year - 12 people!!! It made for a fun time, but it definitely felt different, since Chris and Patty didn't show up due to prior plans ( Read more... )

Boy, it's been a while since I've updated. Now, what to update about? Ah. Flooding. With this "severe weather" that Southern California has been having, I've come to realize that houses out here in California just aren't built as robustly as they are in other places. The rains we've had probably were a drop in the bucket compared to a place ( Read more... )

Well, since it's looking more and more like I have virtually zero career mobility at my current job, at least I can play CEO in the privacy of my own home...

At this time, the casualty rate for the Earthquake / Tsunami Disaster in Asia is at 88,000 and is projected to top 100,000. If you work in technology, there's an extreme probability that you know people from that area of the world, many of whom may have friends or family who were affected by this geological cataclysm ( Read more... )

So, back in July/August, my parents really came to my aid with regards to my condo. The place had been on the market for 5 months without a single offer as a result of a highly unresponsive and unhelpful realtor. Finally, in late June, we decided to kick things up a notch and stage the empty place. My stepmom gathered up my relatives and held a ( Read more... )

I just found out a friend of mine from GWHS won the L. Ron Hubbard Gold Quill Award last year for the Writers of the Future contest. (Yes, that really is David Carradine standing on his right.)


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Here's an interesting (albeit not very well written) article from the Denver Post about Tim Gill, the founder of Quark. While I was there, Quark's commitment to philanthropy was always very strong, and came from both Fred and Tim. I've always respected both of them for that ( Read more... )

So, I took the GMAT today. 4 hours of unadulterated bliss. Or not. Anyway, after 2 30 minute essays, a 75 minute quantitative test, and a 75 minute reading test, my head was pounding. At the end of it, they estimated my score to be around 710, which is in the 94 %ile. Yeah well. Let's see what they say when they see my essays ( Read more... )

So, as a year-long school project, our nieces have sent out "Geography Notebooks" to Henry and I. We're supposed to write a few pages about where we live, and then send the book on to a friend or family member in another exotic location. It's a fun little project that helps teach the kids about geography and different cultures that live all over ( Read more... )

Well, another year, another 14 lb., 2 foot long hunk of prime rib. We had the gang over on Saturday for Roast Beast II. Unfortunately, Amanda wasn't here this time around (we missed you!), but my sister Ika was. All told, we ended up with 14 people in our very small house. However, we did learn from last time, and I think we managed to orient ( Read more... )