James got his first pair of shoes today. He’s been standing for a while now, and even walking along (sideways) while holding onto things. In the last few days, he’s been taking a couple of unaided steps and so… here he is, stomping away and have a good old time. Technorati Tags: Blog, Family, Kids
Last weekend, I took Michelle to Encanto Park on Saturday morning. The idea was just to get out of the house for a while, but it was a beautiful day and the park was virtually empty. The amusement park, Enchanted Island opened up and was equally empty, so I took Michelle on the train ride. … Read more
I saw on the news tonight that 85% of the televisions in America are expected to tune in to some sporting event or other on Sunday. Couldn’t care less, but, they had an article more near and dear to my heart. Pizza restaurants expect a massive upsweep in sales on Sunday pandering to the couch … Read more
If you’re like me, the State Fair means just one thing: The Food Rides! The piggly wiggly fry ride, the corn dog ride, the lemonaid ride and most importantly, the indian fry bread ride. Once upon a time you could only get fry bread at the fair, but now there are a few places you … Read more
So, having busted on Phoenix’s Chinese week celebration, I also have a proposal for improvement. Unlike western New Year, Chinese New Year isn’t just a single day. The New Year celebration covers 15 days from the actual eve of the New Year until the Lantern Festival 15 days later. While not every day in the … Read more
Chinese New Year has rolled around again and we made our obligatory visit to Chinese Week at the Chinese Cultural Center. Irene has been sick, but was feeling better today, so we decided to see if there was anything new. There wasn’t. Chinese New Year is an interesting holiday, in a Chinese country, apart from … Read more
What can you say about a restaurant that you’ve been going to for 18 years? In that time I’ve had 3 employers, 4 residences, gotten married, had 2 children and not one single thing has changed at Johnnie’s in that time except maybe some of the pictures on the wall and the business cards on … Read more
I use iPhoto on a daily basis, but there’s been a continually annoying bug that has prevented me from doing some important things. Specifically, when you burn a photo album to CD or DVD, the keywords used for tagging get scrambled. For example, if I have a picture of Michelle at a zoo here in … Read more
Darn it! I posted all the scanned photos from our 2000 United Kingdom trip to my flickr. Then I realized I uploaded all the low-quality scans, instead of my better set. What a hassle. Technorati Tags: Blog
How’d you like this thing staring at you while you eat your pizza? They haven’t released all of Scooby-Doo on DVD yet, but if they ever do, I’m pretty sure this one is in there. It’s the episode where every time Shaggy and Scooby eat pizza, this ghost shows up and scares them into a … Read more