(1) Thanks to ellipticcurve for a delightful and wonderful dinner tonight.

(2) During dinner, we got to discussing Trader Joes. I remembered a recent article in la_biz_observed about some (umm) interesting behind-the-scenes goings on in their Union Square, NY store. Folks can find the article, titled "Sex, NY and Trader Joe's", here.

• I got a haircut this morning at my usual place. The discussion was what I expect: Football at Alabama, Football at UCLA, and who was getting them their next cup of coffee.
  
  
• Next Friday (our 23rd wedding anniversary) I’m taking a day off of work and taking the family to Universal Hollywood. This was about the only day I could do it before school ( Read more... )

• We really need more van drivers. Out of our three drivers, one is on vacation for the next two weeks, and the other is on business travel four out of five days, at least. So, guess who gets to drive both ways?
  
  
• I seem to have had more (mild) headaches than usual this week. My doctor has given me a referral to a Headache Clinic, with a relatively ( Read more... )

This is sort of a status update; sort of a various and sundry post. No, you don’t get my sparkling wit--I’m too tired, and I think I left my wit in my other pants pocket. Today, I’m at wits end. No, that’s not right...

• Tomorrow morning, my wife (gf_guruilla) is having cataract surgery. I’m not that worried, because she’s got an excellent doctor. It will be a ( Read more... )

Had I been able to post yesterday (it wasn't appropriate to post from the meeting, and I couldn't from the airplane), I would have called your attention to the following:

• Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the airing of the first episode of Star Trek. Yay! I do have to admit that I didn't watch it when I was 5-7. I discovered it in reruns.
  
  
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• Last night, they were filming a movie two doors down from our house. It is always a fascinating process to watch. Of course, I couldn't find the movie (something called "Claire") listed as "in production" in the IMDB, but it didn't look like it was one of "those" movies.
  
  
• Last night, for the first time, I attempted to use our DVD recorder to record ( Read more... )

• Last night, we watched the series premier of Psych. Very, very good. Why can't these shows (Monk and Psych) show up on the broadcast channels; instead, we get Americas Got Talent. Least Common Denominator, and all that rot...
  
  
• This is a quiet weekend in some respects. NSS&F is down in Orange County visiting her aunt. Up here, it's just the two of ( Read more... )

My Honda Civic has been replaced. Yesterday we went to Frontier Toyota in Valencia to pick up our new car. We purchased it through the Auto Club Buying Service, and the process was extremely smooth. Cudos should also go to Bob Corson, the Fleet/Leasing manager at Frontier, for all his help. We were in there around 2:40p, and out at 3:40p with the ( Read more... )

• Still waiting to hear from Frontier Toyota, although as the fleet manager isn't back until Tuesday, I likely won't hear anything until then.
  
  
• Been spending the morning cleaning the house. Where does the dust come from, anyway?
  
  
• Right now, we have a gaggle-0f-girls and one very confused boy over for my daughter's swim party (c'mon, a 10 12 yo boy ( Read more... )

Today, as I was listening to Jersey Boys, I had a email dialogue with a college friend who liked The Four Seasons. She noted that she was an active reviewer for Amazon, and pointed me to her reviews. I found it amazing what insights the reviews give you into a person. For example, I learned she was into mysteries, East German films, financially ( Read more... )