Most unexpectedly, I found myself with nothing to do on Sunday afternoon. With remarkably gorgeous weather in full effect, it seemed to be the perfect time to head back to the range and finally test out my shoulder ( Read more... )

Today I finally met with a physical therapist down at good ol' Kaiser. My doctor was a really nice fellow who was actually shorter and skinnier than I am which I secretly found very amusing. (a mental picture of him trying to to PT work with larger individuals nearly had me giggling ( Read more... )

A couple nights ago Ritu and I finally got around to watching Sicko. (thanks shiromaguro!) Yeah, I know you've all seen it already. But damn. Just damn... now we have to move ( Read more... )

Not long after my last blog entry, I emailed my doctor asked if we could look into an MRI or something to get the better idea of what I needed to do to fix my shoulder. He responded and indicated that he was quite certain of his diagnosis and that he'd like to refer me to an orthopedic specialist to discuss my options ( Read more... )

I haven't blogged in quite a while, so here's the latest from my world ( Read more... )

Burning Man was simply amazing.

The art was awesome and seemingly endless in supply.

We were blessed with absolutely gorgeous weather from nearly start to finish. Aside from some wicked dust storms on the first weekend and a brutal 6-hour white-out on Thursday, most daytime temps hovered around 95-100 w/gentle, constant breezes and evening ( Read more... )

Thanks to uber-appreciated birthday donations from Ritu and my mother (along with a timely bonus check from work) I am now the ecstatic owner of some hot new golf clubs! I had these clubs made by a really experienced clubmaker in Berkeley. It was pretty fun to run through the whole process of club, shaft, and grip selection as well as the loft/ ( Read more... )

So, at my work we have these all-hands meetings once per quarter to go over sales results and key wins and all the usual corporate stuff. They also typically announce some employees of the month at the end of each meeting ( Read more... )

Out with the imporant stuff first: Ritu and I are back together. Like any relationship, the reasons behind this decision are complicated, emotional and strewn with drama. That being said, one of the biggest factors was the realization that I had been crumbling under the pressure of one of the most cliche relationship-killers around: fear of ( Read more... )

Stolen from notken and totally worth a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o

( Now for the explanation... )