Time to drop the blog on people

Presidential Tirade

2011-10-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

I get the distinct impression that as a democratic "free" society we are taking a long walk off a short cliff. I have a hard time stomaching the idea that we should be allowing elected officials on either side of the fence to start gathering money during their "work" time. As president I understand the need to fund future campaigns but for fucks sake does it have to start up almost 2 years in

Tomorrow...

2011-07-07T21:28:00.000-07:00

Life has this amazing endurance to itself that makes it literally feel like things never really reach an end or in some cases a beginning. For Dana and I tomorrow marks a unique case where we can actually say things "start". Tomorrow I will be introduced to my little boy or girl for the first time, Dana will be approximately 19 weeks along and they should be able to tell us the sex at that time.

Gym Update – 2 months later

2010-10-24T18:22:00.001-07:00

So on the 28th of August I wrote about 40 words saying I was hitting the gym again. 2 months roughly have passed and I am pretty happy with the results, I have lost probably 5 inches on my waste and close to 30 pounds at this point. I am frankly in the best cardio shape of my life and am really looking forward to see what the next 30 days brings me. It’s crazy when I think about how much time I

Tragedy Strikes

2010-09-07T21:04:00.001-07:00

It amazes me when we have tragedy strike and people have this knee jerk reaction of blaming someone for the incident instead of recognizing the situation in it’s entirety and seeing the loss that people have suffered. Case in point is the following article about a game developer who was heading home with his pregnant wife (5 months along). A drunk and fucking ass of a driver was swerving and he

Computer Problems

2010-08-29T11:45:00.000-07:00

I get really frustrated when I encounter a challenging computer problem but on the flip side I feel like I manage to be at my best when the challenge feels almost insurmountable. Case is point started last night I picked up a side project last night while at a birthday party, sister of a friend from work. The issue was clearly hard drive related, she could recover the system to the point of

Gym Day one: Where did the feeling in my arms go

2010-08-28T12:52:00.001-07:00

Have not gone to the gym in years. I literally woke up earlier this week and turned to my wife and told her we need to go to the gym. She gets a discount from her work so we signed up Thursday night and I went alone Friday (she was working). An hour of lifting later and I feel great other then wondering why my arms are numb and painful, I am struggling to itch my nose. Oh well looking forward to

Sequoia trip

2010-07-19T20:56:00.000-07:00

Dana and I just returned from a brief trip to Sequoia national forest with some family friends. We left Friday in about 100 degree heat in Santa Clarita, when we made it up to the rangers station we noticed some clouds moving in. Spending the next 90 minutes going 16 miles up hill we encountered this… Yes that is rain and a lot of it in just a short span of time… we even had the pleasure of

House Upgrades

2010-06-28T21:00:00.001-07:00

This summer Dana and I made a pact to get as much done on the exterior of the house as we could. She has been working on staining the furniture in the house while I have been weeding and getting the front setup to hopefully get some grass in. Talk about brutal work, we spent a few hours a day during the weekend and I loaded up 2 barrels worth of weeds. I finished the section where the front

Battlestar Galactica–New series

2010-06-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

What a crazy series this has been, we have reached the point of being on season 4.5 disc two now. What a great remake for somewhat of an iffy series. If you have not watched it I highly recommend picking it up. Dana and I both agree the episodes seem to have really notched it up in the last season. So stick with it if you find it slowing down at times!

Photography Hiccups

2010-06-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

I have never considered myself as anything beyond a snapshot person, I enjoy taking photos and seeing people smile when I captured that perfect shot of them. Our neighbors invited us to the birthday of their baby (1st) and as usual I had the nikon and my kit lens for snapping photos. What I was not prepared for was the lighting craziness under canopies all night. I have great composition on a lot

Time is ticking

2010-05-16T14:07:00.000-07:00

Time has this amazing way of catching up with you when it comes to getting things done. I can't believe how much is still left to do for Mike and Vanessa's trip to see us. I had to put some items on hold to repair a sprinkler blow out in our upper neighbors yard yesterday. It was causing our yard to flood in the back... always a good time. I spent a few minutes working on a photo project today,

Iron Man 2

2010-05-11T20:35:00.001-07:00

Awesome, go see it... that is all

Iron Man 2

2010-05-06T21:50:00.001-07:00

Heading to see Iron Man 2 tomorrow in digital something or another, super stoked it is the weekend again already. Less then 2 weeks until Mike and Vanessa come out so we are scrambling to start getting things cleaned up now for the arrival on Wednesday the 19th. Other then that just working on the yard and trying to play with the camera when time permits.

Have not done this in a while

2010-04-29T21:02:00.001-07:00

It;s been a while since I have felt motivated to write something beyond a few comments here and there. Low and behold tonight I ended up cranking out a poem about my wife... Dreaming softly of things out of reach Smiling sweetly with you standing next to me A whisper on my mind, a word in my throat Pondering aloud, laughing quietly With you I stand strong, sleeping soundly Thoughts of you will

Countdown is on!

2010-04-26T08:05:00.000-07:00

Mike and Vanessa are out in a short time (less then 4 weeks) so the crunch is on to complete as many projects before they arrive as we can. Weekend was a little on the lazy side, I pretty much stayed home and played Mass Effect for the duration. I am actually itching to go to work if that is even possible... yikes!

What a week

2010-04-23T18:51:00.001-07:00

Glad the week is over and the countdown is on for our vacation in May. I can't wait to be off work for a week with nothing on the agenda other then good times and relaxing! This weekend I am going to try heading out with the dog one day and I also want to finally finish up the front yard weed wack-a-thon. Maybe work on the garage a bit as well if time permits. My main goal is to get caught up on

New Photo Host

2010-04-18T09:58:00.001-07:00

I decided to change things up and switch photo hosting to Blue Melon, check out the photo tab and let me know what you think. Heading to Disneyland today and I am going to do some shooting while there!

Richmond Rape Case

2009-10-31T14:06:00.001-07:00

I know you must be overwhelmed at the moment with information and notices about everything going on. You may have to track down as many as 25+ people to possibly prosecute for the brutal crime of raping, beating and humiliating a child who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Her father searched for her for hours and she was only found after undergoing 2 hours of the most brutal

May Update (late May!)

2009-06-28T10:16:00.000-07:00