My cousin's wedding was Sunday, and it was beautiful. All my relatives -- old and brand-new -- are healthy, happy, and looking good. I got some rest, and saw the White Sox earn a come-from-behind victory and animals cavorting at the Brookfield Zoo (Google the place -- it's AMAZING ( Read more... )

I was looking at this site a second ago.

I was perusing the selection, and I looked down, and there was drool on my hand.

If I had a million dollars . . .

What is it about Japan that makes everyone take pictures of absolutely everything ( Read more... )

My old car is a 1991 Toyota Cressida (in Japan, I think it was called the Crown). It's got more than 275,000 miles. I haven't started it since November, when I bought my new car. That's six months ( Read more... )

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North

You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
The Midland

The South

The ( Read more... )

Got my PADI C-card in the mail today! Woohoo! Crappy picture and all! I can dive now!

Check out some of my photos at my new web site. I'm all proud of it. No, this isn't spam, there aren't naked people there, just a bunch of sports and news pix I took.

I was accepted first try!

Apparently, I'm a bit late on this bandwagon, but I'll advise you all to check out this psychedelic, stoney, huge-riff-filled, absolutely awesome CD called "Pink," by Boris. It came out last year, I gather, in the U.S.; in Japan, where Boris is from, I think it may have come out a bit longer ago. Whatever. It's RAD. It's one of those CD's I've been ( Read more... )

You. Yeah, you. If you're reading this, it has just become an official assignment: See "Hot Fuzz" as soon as you can.

Crap, I haven't laughed that hard in years, and that may even include when I saw Shaun of the Dead.

Oh, Scott and I went snowboarding today. It was warm and fairly slushy, especially toward 3 p.m., when we left. That's good and bad news: good because I got to go straight down a few hills without braking and feel like a badass (slush is apparently slower than hardpack, and I'm too much of a wuss to just go flying down a steep slope of packed man- ( Read more... )