It's been a week since we returned and I'm still getting back into the swing of things here in America. But I've managed to get all the decent pics up online, categorized by the different cities we visited during our stay. Over the next week or so we'll be labeling and giving a story behind each pic, but for now everything is up and ready to be ( Read more... )

...off to Japan...back in 10 days!

...time it took from when Mike left until I blew up the computer: 18 hours. (I installed a new graphics card, and the graphics in the game I was playing must have been so realistic that one of the explosions *actually* happened...inside the PCI port ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, lj user tag = mikecoyote!

(If I post birthday wishes here it fulfills my quota for the day, which is good because I forgot to buy a present ;))

As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates ( Read more... )

I want to give a big thanks to Siegfried for planning yet another awesome Arcata weekend up here for Memorial Day. Living up here in the boonies I forget that I need outside contact now and then, and I feel blessed that so many folks drove so far to get here. T'was nice hanging out with old friends, getting to take part in the Dizzy & Tora ( Read more... )

...this was a recipe I got from the Little Italy cookbook by David Ruggerio, fine tuned for my budget (because I'm not the Monopoly guy and can't afford proscuitto) It makes for great leftovers too!-12-16oz. Bacon (1 package, thick sliced ( Read more... )

...I've been considering switching jobs to make more money and move up in the world, but it makes the decision that much more difficult after tonight. In the last 3 hours of work I got drunk off cheap wine and listened to live R&B, and got paid $19.50 for the service. Life is good ;)

...which celebrates 365 days of awesome phallic jokes ( Read more... )

Couldn't describe the events of the past weekend in any other way than kick-ass. This year's con was just about everything I wanted it to be - shenanigans, capers, hoots, hollers, guffaws, debauchery, and of course a good helping of gratuitous shamelessness. It was a shindig, a soiree, a hootenany and a box social all rolled into one, and I loved ( Read more... )