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I have two trips coming up in December - in early December, Teri and I are flying to Las Vegas to run the Vegas Half-Marathon...where we'll be meeting up with Cindy, Takeshi, and Jonathan for the weekend (but they are not running the marathon ( Read more... ) -
A dream
This entry is about a dream (nightmare?) I had last weekend ( Read more... ) -
Taste of Greece
Today, we went to the Taste of Greece festival held in Chicago's Greektown. I've always been a big fan of Greektown and today was no exception.
The event was run really well with very reasonably priced, yet very tasty food. Not too crowded, and a variety of stalls selling food, trinkets, and services. Teri and I lunched on Gyros and Beer. I've ( Read more... ) -
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Sometimes the simple things in life are worth wishing for ( Read more... ) -
Grad School
After just five weeks of having to attend classes two nights a week, I promise myself I will never, ever, sign up for more than one evening per week of classes. It would be very different if I had a "si-nang" (easy), "zho-bo" (do-nothing), 9-to-5 job. But when people at work (and clients) think consultants should work day and night, and ( Read more... ) -
Pan-Seared Scallops
Making Pan-seared Scallops:
First, we bought oh-so-large-and-fresh sea scallops from Whole Foods. Then, before cooking them, I seasoned the scallops with a little salt and pepper.
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GPS really works!!!
Friday morning. I spent the first part of the morning clearing emails and delegating some work to our admin staff. Then at 10:30, I went for a hair-cut at the neighborhood hair salon. I came back and spent the next hour or so preparing for the client meeting, and at 12:30pm, I was ready to leave.
I had printed out driving directions from yahoo ( Read more... ) -
My New GPS!!
Last Sunday, August 5, I ordered the Magellan Roadmate 2000 GPS model through Amazon.com. I paid $170 for it including expedited shipping, which got the GPS to my house on Thursday, August 9. I came back from class that night and was pleasantly surprised to see a mail box sitting on my couch. Either Tom or Gray must have signed for it…
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Materialism
This entry is for August 4, 2007:
Over the past week or so I’ve been thinking about what to spend part of my annual bonus on. I probably have the following items on my wish list:
-Blackberry or PDA
-Automobile GPS Navigation System
-Ming Tsai’s Kyocera Ceramic Knives
-More Calphalon-One cookware
-Polo Ralph Lauren bed sheets
-New personal laptop (ever ( Read more... )
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