It's just never convenient to update this thing. I commute 170 miles a day from Irvine to San Diego, which takes a minimum of 2.75 hours out of my day. I do work from home one day a week (Tuesdays), but I'm split equally between taking care of domestic chores and working as well. The weekends are reserved for me and the wife to do things (or do ( Read more... )

Okay, I suppose it's time for one of those patented Lightning Blog Updates, given that it's been over2 months since I updated this blog! I cannot believe that it is already 3/4 of the way through July... the year has FLOWN by.

LIGHTNING BLOG UPDATE!

• We moved at the end of March, to Irvine, CA, a planned city that (at one time at least) was ( Read more... )

Our instructor over at the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center (MAC) carried his digital camera on three of the four days, so there are some interesting pictures of our super-fun sailing class:

Day 2: Rigging the boat. This boat is a little 14' Catalina Capri. It's quite fun to rig.

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Hi, all. I'm struggling to be more timely with my updates, but lately the only time I seem to get to update is when I'm on the train heading back to San Diego for work.

Things that are going on:

• We are moving. Our new location will be Irvine, CA. We have acquired the keys and are already shlepping stuff over there in preparation for our 3/24 ( Read more... )

The new tank now has residents:

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After some delay, we went out this weekend to get me my birthday present:


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