I posted a little review of a nice local restaurant on Yelp tonight. I felt a little guilty because the review wasn't very positive, but it was extremely truthful. And, when it come to Yelp reviews, all I want is truthful insights. Besides, who wants to take a $150 gamble on dinner and be wrong?! I guess I feel badly because I WANT the ( Read more... )

I like to daydream. I like to move from one thought, Google it, and then follow a link or look up something else referrenced in Wikipedia, and so on, and so on. I like the sense of movement. I like the feeling of dsicovery and re-discovery all at the same time. I like doing it when I know I should be doing something else, it's adds to the ( Read more... )

I miss my Livejournal. I don't feel like I can write anything of substance on Facebook greater than checking myself in at a nail salon, making a quip about a recent picture of my kids, or saying happy birthday to someone. It's a weird place. I will be back here. I promise.

I have mixed feelings about this one. I mean sure it was good to get a glimpse of what is going on in Afghanistan but it all seemed so measured. A glimpse of this and a dash of that, nothing too harmful to hurt American views on the war. I wanted to see more firefights, more killing, more bullets. Instead I got something that the military ( Read more... )

I was thinking of remaking that song "Happy Trails" with new lyrics. I would make it "Hawaiian-style" and record it at an old karaoke bar with lots of locals prviding back up vocals. It would become my "Tiny Bubbles", launching me into hawaiiana lore and good fortune. I figure I would get it put on some "Classic Hawaiian Pub Songs" CD and it ( Read more... )

I just happened to turn on the Oakland A's game as they were playing the Boston Red Sox when I got home and kind of got sucked into it. At first the Red Sox were clearly winning but then the A's had a little rally and cut the lead to only a couple of runs. Of course in the bottom of the inning the Red Sox came back and scored a run of their own ( Read more... )

I can be a bit of a concerned person when it comes to my health. So, naturally, when I wasn't feeling well and it was keeping me from sleeping comfortably I decided to get up and check my symptoms on WebMd. Since my main, overriding concern came from one symptom that I had never experienced before (high school dates aside) I just went with that ( Read more... )

But man how I can waste three or four hours watching Tiger play golf on a Sunday when he is in the hunt. Usually I root for Tiger only, and really hard. So coming into this morning Sean O'Hair had a five stroke lead on Tiger, the biggest deficit that Tiger has ever come back from in a game of golf and I was ready to try and bring O'Hair down. ( Read more... )

I have had some of the most intense dreams lately. Most involve death or running from death. Maybe I have let the news get in my head and fester. I barely had heard of Natasha Richardson but when I heard of her death I was stunned. Perhaps it was the manner in which it happened, a fairly innocuous skiing accident that quickly turned fatal. Or ( Read more... )

No, no, no. I can only have the crazy confidence to think about doing such things when I am in a very happy place. I am very comfortable being a husband to A and a father to H. They both bring me great joy and peace of mind. Without either of them I would really suffer. I personally can’t believe how well I am doing right now. Sure, my job ( Read more... )