In about a month, we’re going to take James to Taiwan to meet the rest of the family. As I’ve done in the past, I plan to post a regular journal of what happens on the way. In a way, it’s quite funny, I was doing the complicated, pain-in-the-rear daily post thing before they came … Read more
Got my new iBook yesterday! Yippee. OK, I didn’t have anything to say about it, I just felt the occasion shouldn’t go unmentioned.
This website jut proves my point: No one has a flipping clue what good pizza tastes like! I can guarantee it isn’t coming out of a vending machine! This will be nothing more than a refrigerated frozen-type pizza warmed either by microwave (the worst) or toaster over (almost as bad.) Just goes to show: Food … Read more
I love Singapore. I don’t care what anyone says about their “nanny state’ mentality, it keeps their public restrooms clean. (And I think the trains run on time, too, but let’s not jump to any conclusions.) Travel Channel: News: Article: August 31, 2005 Singapore to Host First Toilet College AFP Aug. 30, 2005— The … Read more
Irene, the kids and I drove drove around last night wanting to find food after looking for the teething biscuits. Not wanting to spend our entire food budget on the price of gas, we settled for eating at Fatburger. We happened to have a “buy one chili dog, get one chili dog free” coupon. Wow, … Read more
DSC00054_3 Originally uploaded by Gridman. James got his first tooth today! In honor, we went to the New Tokyo Market and picked up some rice crackers designed for teething and toothless infants. They aren’t nearly as amusing as the “Infant Babbling Biscuits” we got in Taiwan (pictured) but, James seems to like them.
Last night we ate at a restaurant near my office. I had to go into work for a while and do some late system maintenance and my wife wanted to do some shopping in the area. As Michelle successfully went to the bathroom before we left the restaurant, I decided she could go with me … Read more
Space Music, one of the good ones!
What’s podcasting you say? (Skip it if you already know – or, perhaps you shouldn’t) Podcasts are amateur radio shows (usually talk radio) compressed into MP3 (or perhaps AAC) and spread over the internet, usually by way of a blog like this. (You probably know all this, but this is in preface to my next … Read more
The PrisonerThe Original ScriptsVolume 1 Originally uploaded by Gridman. We braved the high cost of gas today and went across town to Arizona Mills, where they have a Virgin Megastore. I managed to find this copy of scripts from “The Prisoner.” So far it has been an interesting read. The Prisoner has always been a … Read more