Hey folks, it's the re-return of Movie Night this week, featuring "The Fountain" with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. The movie will be starting at 7:30pm at my place, and if you want to meet up earlier a group of us will be doing drinks and food at Pacific Coast Grill in Solana Beach from 5:30 on.

For those folks who will be in LA at the end of September, I submit this event as a possible (maybe pricy) option for Saturday night ( Read more... )

Now properly named, allow me to announce Abigail Alise Deckert.

Photos here.

I'd like to announce the delivery today of little To Be Determined, weighing in at 6 lbs. 7 oz and 20" long. Mother and baby are resting comfortably and should be home in a few days.

Happy Birthday earthdog!!!

Are you coming down for ComicCon this year?

Following patrissimo 's lead, in early February I decided to give the Shangri-La Diet a try. It centers around manipulating your body's weight set point (and appetite) by taking in some number of daily calories with no strong flavor association. I'm happy to report that since then I've dropped 10 lbs (from a stable 190 down to 180) with very little effort ( Read more... )

That's right, you, flamingnerd.

Happy Birthday!!!

Got back from a three-day Vegas trip on Sunday night. It was fun, but as usual by the third day I was ready for some peace and quiet. The highlight of the trip was that I finally got to try indoor skydiving!!!! This was super amazing fun, and it's too bad you only get a few minutes to play (with most of that spent learning how to float stably ( Read more... )

Very interesting hour-long UK Channel 4 documentary - "The Great Global Warming Swindle" (1h 14min).

Quote - "The sun is driving climate change, CO2 is irrelevant"

Disputing anthropogenic climate change isn't just for Penn & Teller anymore...

A question from my friend M ( Read more... )