Some thoughts on the magic of the Magic Kingdom

There’s a scene in the movie Nation Lampoon’s Vacation that I never saw coming. After fighting their way across the United States, through horrible tragedies, dead grandmothers & dogs, the Griswold family station wagon barrels into the completely empty parking lot of Wally World – a thinly disguised DisneyLand – only to discover the park … Read more

Posts without Points

I’m testing BlogPress on the iPhone. I have time because I’m bored at Old Navy. See? Boring video, too. This is, of course, a test in advance of being in Taiwan. YouTube Video – Posted from my iPhone

Trips and Videos

In a couple weeks, we’ll be in Taiwan. I’ve upgraded (or downgraded, depending on how you look at it) all our travel video gear. This year, in addition to digital cameras and phones that can record video, we’ll be carrying two different mini-HD cameras. Chu-Wan has a “Flip MinoHD Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Black)” (Flip Video) … Read more

Nostalgia Pizza – Shakey’s Pizza Parlour

Ah, our memories from childhood! Oh, you youngsters don’t remember the days before microwave ovens, or before Domino’s Pizza and Pizza Hut had expanded out and dominated the entire country. In those old days, there were one or two Pizza Huts in town – the old kind, with no delivery and a table-top video game … Read more