tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88137172011-11-27T15:50:57.370-08:00Random drivel from yours truly.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.comBlogger2821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-69297465081176052362010-01-29T09:47:00.000-08:002010-01-29T09:47:12.391-08:00

I have yet to sign anything. But I've received an offer of employment from Oracle. That I'll accept. I'd like to say I headed into this with a zen-like calmness. That was definitely true over the past few months, when we were waiting for EU approval. But once that came and it turned into a waiting game, I was getting a little antsy. And while I'd resigned myself that my fate had been long

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We interrupt our coverage of my visit to Prague with this special bulletin.Rhonda and I spent the final night of our three-week Japan trip where it all started for us - the Odakyu Hotel Century Southern Tower, where we stayed on our honeymoon in 2004. We checked out of our other hotel, took a cab to the Southern Tower, and checked our bags as we were much too early for check in. We decided to

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(Consider this a draft, pictures to follow.)In the walkway connecting the hourly parking garage to the international terminal, the first ad you see is for Sun Microsystems. I haven't decided yet if that is happy, sad, or ironic.Just ahead of the Sun ad was a Tiger Woods ad for Accenture, which provided some levity since Rhonda has been worried about my flight and that has made me nervous as

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-33059178420716386172010-01-18T07:00:00.000-08:002010-01-18T07:02:57.881-08:00

Ahh, where to begin?Nine months since my last post. Tsk tsk. In my defense, it's been a busy and exciting nine months; sometimes harrowing, sometimes jubilant, not devoid of dull moments, but it probably could have used some more.Did we make it to Japan? Yes. Was it an incredible, life-altering experience? Yes. Can we wait to go back? Not really. We are already backing off our "this may be the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-40944658949063651532009-04-02T23:49:00.000-07:002009-04-03T00:56:56.765-07:00

Earlier in the week, my friend Alma twittered, "I need to learn how to save money. And also how to make enough money to actually save it. =/." I offered to send some links her way, then figured I might as well blog it in case they would benefit someone else.First a disclaimer: I am, by no means, an expert on personal finance. I have 800+ credit, but that's because I make all my payments. In fact

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-91774180005062544432009-04-02T23:15:00.000-07:002009-04-02T23:46:18.940-07:00

I am totally psyched to announce that we're going back to Japan. After careful deliberation and lots of soul searching (at least for me, for my wife it was no contest), I decided $550 including all taxes was too cheap to pass up.I estimate that we're going to pay $1100 for the plane and about $1500 for a cheap hotel or apartment for three weeks. At one point when gas was at its most expensive, I

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-29895798771616384002009-03-18T21:07:00.000-07:002009-03-18T21:32:32.406-07:00

Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated. I have just been sick for about a month. Pretty sure it was a flu, which was awfully resistant to antibiotics, followed by acute allergy symptoms the last couple of days. Going through Kleenex so fast I should buy stock in KMB.It's been an interesting week, to say the least. My wife will officially be out of a job this June. Well, unless she gets

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-54458483232745283752009-01-26T23:30:00.000-08:002009-01-27T00:12:26.760-08:00

Gung Hay Fat Choy, interwebs! The Year of the Ox is upon us.I am running quite a bit behind, mostly due to mad stress and uncertainty over Sun's huge layoff. I basically tabled any life decisions until after January, and now that the immediate future is secure, it's time to get things in gear.I wanted to make some New Year's resolutions, but I was too preoccupied. But I gave it a bit of thought

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-55747922977895986262009-01-26T22:55:00.000-08:002009-01-26T23:28:38.113-08:00

A couple of weird and disparate stories from this weekend.Instead of rolling in the Scion as usual, we took the CR-V to Stockton so I could pick up the elliptical I bought at Christmas vaca. The CR-V has no iPod capabilities (the FM transmitter broke), so my wife was fiddling with radio stations. One of the stations played Digable Planets. I haven't heard Rebirth of Slick in years. Great,

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Survived layoffs today, for the umpteenth time. I've lost count, but unlike the others, this round came during the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression. So I have to feel pretty good about having a paycheck tonight.As an added bonus, I have a new boss (my second this week) in a new division. Finally, my group is where it should have been the day I joined it.People seem to think I

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-74678614405412103352009-01-20T22:45:00.000-08:002009-01-20T23:04:23.571-08:00

"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our founding fathers ... our found fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all

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A thought I had earlier: all 4 of Cal's 2008 losses came on the road to teams that are playing in bowls. 2 of those teams won their bowls (Maryland and Arizona) and the other two (U$C and Oregon State) haven't played yet.Additionally, Cal beat three other bowl teams: Colorado State, Michigan State, and Oregon, which just ran all over Oklahoma State. That doesn't count Miami, which Cal beat in

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-36058552037376045672008-12-26T23:57:00.000-08:002008-12-27T00:02:01.618-08:00

This week I programmed the HomeLink garage door remote in the car to open the garage at my parents' house (a comedy of errors in itself). So I pull into my driveway after a long week away from hoe, and I hit the button to open the garage door.And nothing. Evidently I wiped out the command to open my garage door. And being the paranoid type, I locked the gate before I left.As if the sight of me

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It's been two-and-a-half years since you came into my life. At first, I wasn't too sure about you. But you grew on me, and we were happy for a while. Sure, I overlooked some of your flaws, but at the end of the day I enjoyed your company, so I stuck with you.But, I dunno, lately things have changed between us. Actually, not us. YOU. You've changed. Lately it seems like you're not making

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So as soon as I posted about what a great day I was having, I got some really awful news.Man killed in officer-involved shooting in south StocktonI don't know the poor victim, but I do know one of his family members. She probably wouldn't consider me more than an acquaintance, but she is a member of my church and, until recently, active in my old youth group. I am saddened and troubled by her

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... I have to say it was a good day.Kind of an average day today at work, but it was a pretty good night. I had an appointment today with my allergy doctor for an annual visit. I last saw him last Christmas vacation, which means I didn't have to go in for a sinus infection or bronchitis all year. That is pretty phenomenal.I'm not exactly sure why I had such a good year (which, given my back and

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-18604207418009614182008-12-05T18:11:00.000-08:002008-12-05T19:01:49.566-08:00

It was brought to my attention today that I'm too contradictory on Twitter in my replies to people. I think it's something that should be addressed. Making people feel uncomfortable about twittering or because of one of my tweets is bad. If that's the case, I apologize because I'm not trying to do that. I'm interested in what my friends have to say, which is the whole point of replying to

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-36290897917604866442008-12-05T17:07:00.000-08:002008-12-05T17:45:21.675-08:00

Look, today was not a good day.I don't write much about my job, mostly because I am worried about getting sued out of existence. It's just not the smartest thing to do, even though I love my employer and (for the most part) my job. I certainly love having one.My company will soon be laying off 5,000-6,000 employees, somewhere between 15 and 20 percent of its worldwide workforce. Our stock

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-75683526336078645102008-11-23T15:57:00.000-08:002008-11-23T15:59:00.986-08:00

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2008 Big Game 052 Originally uploaded by tchrischan It's amazing, really, that something so trivial as a football game can mean so much.This time last year, I was in excruciating pain. Not just because my team got beat by their rivals, hitting rock bottom in a season where we were seconds away from being the #1 team in the country. Nope, I was in actual physical agony, squirming in my

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-71902263223837480082008-11-05T08:15:00.000-08:002008-11-05T08:59:58.039-08:00

Whereas the election of Obama helped me feel better about my fellow Americans, the possible (likely? imminent?) passage of Proposition 8 just makes me feel sad about the sorry state of California.Californians have a history of disappointing me (Prop 187, Prop 209, 8 years of Pete Wilson, the recall election) and, apparently, this will be no different. While the fate of Prop 8 is still up in the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-2614669349009743102008-11-05T07:51:00.000-08:002008-11-05T08:14:30.958-08:00

I think Gerald Ford said it best: "Our long national nightmare is over."Whether you are happy with the outcome or not, this is world history. Not just American history. World. It has been less than fifty years since segregation and discrimination were the norm in this country, and now we've elected a black man President. No country with a white majority has ever been governed by a non-white

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Hey folks, it's me again. I've been staying pretty busy, as if that wasn't obvious by the gap since the last time I posted. My back is holding up well. Work is keeping my occupied. My wife is busy and stressed out but still liking her new job better than the last one.I'm writing today on the offhand chance you will read this, and you are still undecided about the election next week. I don't

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-70132319017785668582008-08-26T22:32:00.000-07:002008-08-26T22:55:39.705-07:00

I had my six-week followup appointment with Dr. Cheng today, and he gave me the all clear. His exact words were that the improvement in strength in my right foot was "encouraging." I have another appointment in six more weeks, but I am free to cancel it if I have no complications. This is great news given the initial forecast was on the cloudy side. Dr. Cheng is a nice guy, but I hope I never

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So we had reached an all-time low. We had already discussed that Rhonda would rather wait for her release than go back to work. She would rather be unemployed. In a recession.That's when I told her my idea.I had done some reading on the internet - because what else can you do, when your wife is a complete wreck and all you can do is hold her? I told her we should e-mail the superintendent.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-42880624919556883992008-08-21T20:44:00.000-07:002008-08-21T21:21:34.177-07:00

Seven hours. Seven hours is all it took. But I'm getting ahead of myself. This is a long tale of epic win.My wife, Rhonda, taught kindergarten the last two years in a neighboring city. I won't name the city or district, but I will say it is famous for garlic. Ahem. She took the job there because she (admittedly) blew it on her job search a couple years ago. Her health issues (allergy to garlic

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-17526909195086191422008-07-23T22:36:00.000-07:002008-07-23T22:42:15.339-07:00

Getting in touch with my inner nerd, I made these graphs of my pedometer data. Just be glad I only took screenshots and didn't make PowerPoint slides.

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I did some browsing yesterday and decided I had lived in chaos long enough.I have a Treo 650. I have a Sun calendar. I have Yahoo! Mail. None of these things are in sync. I have a calendar appointment to manually duplicate appointments from my Treo to my work calendar. This is stupid.Having already been curious about using some of the Google apps, I spent most of my day hammering away diligently

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-31182597555703596072008-07-23T20:51:00.000-07:002008-07-23T21:09:31.927-07:00

My recovery is going pretty well. I go back to work on Monday. I'm a little skeptical about how long I can sit up in a chair. I guess I will be alright as long as I take frequent breaks.My sutures itch like no tomorrow. They are aggravated when I go for a walk. Nothing a little ice can't solve. The recliner I sit in most of the time is mesh, but sitting in a chair traps heat on my back and

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-60630273044501039942008-07-17T18:07:00.000-07:002008-07-17T18:28:06.585-07:00

Haven't checked in for a while, so I decided to give a status report. It's been almost a week since my microdiscectomy, and so far, so good.I have been taking a walk every morning (two, yesterday - I was bored) and increasing the distance by a couple of blocks every day. The goal is for me to walk to the Hillsdale Starbucks tomorrow morning and have Rhonda meet me there in the car for breakfast

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-25456307132712841532008-07-12T09:17:00.000-07:002008-07-12T09:48:48.534-07:00

As I type this in my zero-gravity recliner from my living room, I'm happy to report I'm not in the horrible, excruciating pain I feared I might be.Surgery was yesterday at the crack of dawn. I was, understandably, pretty nervous. Say what you will about Stanford, they really have their stuff together at the Ambulatory Surgery Center. My surgeons wisely gave my wife my prescriptions before

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-11682217057892474272008-07-10T22:27:00.000-07:002008-07-10T22:29:30.976-07:00

If you're interested in the playlist I built to keep me positive, you can check that out from my last.fm journal.

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June went by without a single blog post. I would say I haven't had the time, but as the people who follow me on Twitter can attest, that isn't true. The largest reason is I have had back issues, alluded to previously on this blog. I finally decided to get that checked out after it flared up again in early June. A rather unpleasant procedure called an electromyography (EMG) and a new MRI

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-43475209581813719002008-05-23T22:47:00.000-07:002008-05-23T23:06:39.533-07:00

I just burned an entire afternoon and evening trying to get my home network file sharing working. Since I finally figured it out, I decided to post about what worked for me in the slight chance someone with the same problem will read this.I have two Windows XP machines, a desktop and a laptop. They both connect to the Internet fine, and can ping each other. The problem was that the laptop could

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-19118530966128603782008-05-06T08:00:00.000-07:002008-05-06T08:00:03.886-07:00

If you're reading this, I am hopefully already at JavaOne 2008 in San Francisco's Moscone Center, drinking some coffee and waiting comfortably for the keynote to begin.Hopefully, I am not still asleep in San Jose. Nor am I waiting in some interminable line for my pass. Nor am I wandering the streets of San Francisco, because I was somehow unable to get into the keynote address and the Pavilion

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-12665734185167809262008-05-05T20:51:00.002-07:002008-07-10T19:41:21.905-07:00

Almost two months since my last post. I suck at this.Let's hit the high/lowlights of March and April:I started Twittering (Twitting? Tweeting? Damn Web 2.0 doublespeak). Well, in any case, Twitter is sort of like a mini-blog, where you can post short entries about anything, no matter how mundane. My three most recent "tweets" are in the sidebar on the right of this page, or you can sign up and

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-31903106199941428402008-03-19T22:14:00.000-07:002008-05-05T21:15:40.879-07:00

Cal squeaked one out in the opener of the NIT tonight. They were beneficiaries (for once) of a questionable foul and were able to capitalize at the stripe, whereas New Mexico could not hit a free throw to save their 2008 lives.It's been fashionable in Berkeley to call for Ben Braun's head on a pike after The team's disappointing run in the Pac-10, but I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-19625172440579529822008-03-18T22:29:00.000-07:002008-05-05T21:17:43.468-07:00

Video, Audio, Transcript: Barack Obama On 'A More Perfect Union'I voted for Barack Obama in California's primary. It came down to the last day, and was more or less a toss up between him and Hillary. I figured it didn't matter much, since I'd vote for whichever one was still standing in November.Today, I'm more convinced more than ever I made the right decision. In an age where the spoken word

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-68546180618764352252008-03-12T21:30:00.001-07:002008-03-12T21:36:01.563-07:00

Who is that young punk? Look how skinny he is. And wearing the Java t-shirt, 9 months on the job. A company man, even back then. Good memories of that trip, now forever preserved in blurry low-grade Internet video.

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The right shift key on my Treo 650 is stuck...AGAIN. This makes twice in the last 4 months. I smell design flaw, you can search for "right shift key" and find a horde of Treo users in the same boat. Luckily I'm still under warranty, because as much as I love the Palm and its apps, I wouldn't pay again to have it replaced.It's not surprising Palm has been almost beaten into extinction. Like

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-89630035684328719562008-02-19T15:47:00.000-08:002008-02-19T15:49:47.297-08:00

Just fixed the hissing noise that developed in the toilet around 11 (we only have one bathroom). It looks like some sediment or other garbage got in the fill valve and it just needed to be flushed out. Thank God for the internet, without which I would've been screwed, as usual.

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My first post of 2008 comes a month-and-a-half into the year. It is, however, only a few days into Chinese New Year. And since I'm half-Chinese, I'll use that as an excuse for not posting lately.We have been on an exceptionally busy stretch that will continue into March. Bachelor parties, showers, houseguests, comic conventions, dance performances - you name it, we've been there or will be

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-68261672308683143842007-12-14T22:29:00.000-08:002008-07-10T19:42:45.538-07:00

It's been almost a month since my last post. I haven't been lazy (well, not, completely) - it's been a pretty rough month.We had a nice Thanksgiving. Somewhat uneventful, but we ate well and got a game of mah jongg in. The following weekend was Big Game weekend, so I was pretty psyched.I recently mentioned I've had some pain in my right leg. The grueling walking and standing associated with

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I'm pre-diabetic.Glucose high, cholesterol high, triglycerides high, HDL low. Not a death sentence by any means, but pretty depressing news. I guess I've always expected genetics and a lifestyle of sitting at a desk and eating cheeseburgers would catch up with me, but I expected to be older when forced to make those changes.I don't like fish, and I don't care for most vegetables, so it looks

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-84680675301533357182007-11-12T21:19:00.000-08:002008-07-10T19:44:00.120-07:00

It was a ugly weekend, in more ways than one. Rhonda and I headed up to Berkeley Saturday for the big Cal-U$C showdown. The weather forecast was for showers. Unfortunately, it was a little off. Rhonda made me buy her a disposable poncho, and after half-an-hour, I swallowed my pride and bought a second one for myself.Four hours and two interceptions later, Cal had lost a winnable game and I

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Rhonda and I are going out for a change tonight. Dinner at Gochi, then karaoke somewhere (but not at Gamba, because they are off in Japan). I'm a little skeptical. At least it's supposed to be a karaoke box, which is a must because I suck. They better have some good songs at this joint - Gamba has Tenacious D and Avenue Q, amongst other stuff.I gotta figure out what my juuhachiban is in a

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I was productive this evening.I washed dishes. I made some chow mein (OK, it was from Trader Joe's). Rhonda had tap class, and while she was out, I knocked four things off my seemingly endless to-do list.I reattached the mirror to the closet door that fell off earlier this year.I reattached the plastic bag holder to the door under the kitchen sink. The double-sided foam tape wouldn't hold it,

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Snoop Dogg set for Stockton"Rapper Snoop Dogg will perform Saturday at a roller skating rink that former City Councilman Ralph Lee White built at his south Stockton estate, White said."Guess it beats the hell out of Neil Diamond. Now the real question is: can Stockton behave itself?

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Paradise, California, that is. My boy Marv and I headed up to the Chico suburb to visit my high school buddy RG and his lovely wife Jamie and their son Davan. After what was essentially a 48-hour binge of poker, beer, and football, I am back in the friendly confines of Stately Chan Manor, where it's going to be 37 frickin' degrees tonight.The good news is, like Mikey, we were all big winners at

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Almost a year to the day!I was never planning to abandon this blog - I tried to figure out what to do about the layout, how I planned to mess with the content, what I wanted in the sidebar. Add to that a complete lack of free time and motivation, and that's where the last year went.I figure at this point, screw it, I'll just re-launch and make changes as I go.So the first thing I will do with my

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To quote Don Corleone, "Look how they massacred my boy!"Rhonda was a hit-and-run victim last night on the way home from work. And do you know how many people stopped to offer themselves as witnesses? Zero.She is safe and, aside from being a little sore today, physically okay. For that, we are relieved. But we are super, red-hot pissed off right now. This is twice now we've been victims of a

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Just wanted to get a quick post in before I go read comic books in bed.Cal put a whoopin' on Oregon Saturday. Frankly, it was a shocker. I was very impressed with how they played, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. U$C should be very nervous. Cal is back in the top ten. I smell roses.I just read Getting Things Done, so I may be joining the GTD Cult. I guess I am a little slow

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Courtesy of Rachna. I liked the quiz best.*Car Trouble*A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Departmental Manager were on their way to a meeting in Switzerland. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt, scraping

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(Bonus points if you translated that correctly to, "My house weighs a pork." More bonus points if you got the Public Enemy reference.)Hey, it's good to be back! Things have been mad busy. I know I say that a lot around here, but a lot has happened since Tim dropped that fly ball:Japanese class is in full swing and is kicking our butts. We are doing well in the class but it's five hours a week

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I was watching the Giants game tonight and one of the D-backs players ht a foul ball down the right field line. Pretty uneventful, except one of the fans tried to make the play by reaching out for the ball. Instead, he got a glove full of air as the ball landed in the glove of the guy behind him.I said, "Holy $&!*, that looks like Tim!"And it was.So our friend Tim, who we met through Marv via

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Rhonda found these videos on YouTube of HYDE and Ken from L'arc~en~Ciel on Matthew's Big Hit TV (which you may recognize from Lost in Translation). We even found them subtitled. They are hilarious.(The highlights are the last three videos. They are in a competition for fugu sashimi, and the last couple of games are comedy gold. In particular, the outcome of the washtub game and Hyde's first

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I forgot, I finished Moneyball last weekend and I really enjoyed it. The timing of reading this now (it chronicles the 2002 season for the Oakland A's) is interesting, because many of Billy Beane's draft picks are now in the bigs. (Such as Nick Swisher and Jeremy Bonderman. That Bonderman trade didn't work out too well for Oakland.)Being both a fan of baseball and a math nerd, it's fascinating

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Kind of a whirlwind week. In between the excruciating string of Giants losses and Rhonda's frantic search for employment, there hasn't been a dull moment around here. The good news is it looks like Rhonda will stay in Evergreen, even though school starts soon. Needless to say, if you don't have tenure, it's a white-knuckle experience trying to figure out where you make your living every

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As referred to earlier, the Black Eyed Peas video for "Bebot" is complete and has posted online. The "Generation One" version takes place in Stockton, California, 1936."Bebot in Little Manila" mini-docKidHeroes.net "Bebot" page"Little Manila comes alive" (Stockton Record, August 4th, 2006)Exciting times for our friends over at LittleManila.net. Not only are they getting all this free pub from

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I'm kind of like Neo in The Matrix.No, I don't know kung-fu.Yeah, I am part Asian, but that's not what I was talking about.I can dodge bullets.Or at least I think it's possible, because I did it again today at work. There have been several layoffs at Sun (although none as big as the one today), and I have some friends who were/are recently out-of-work, yet I keep emerging unscathed. So I must

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Nothing like the late, great Mitch Hedberg to cheer me up a little.

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It's a funny thing. When Rhonda left yesterday to help out at the retreat, I didn't think too much of it. I mean, I had a business trip in Colorado, and there have been a couple one-off days where we were apart, so it's not like we've never separated. She's going to be back Friday.Nevertheless, I really miss her. When you get used to spending almost all your free time with a person, even when

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This would scare the crap out of me...literally!

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We went to Bennigan's last night with Marv because he was leaving for Cabo today, and because we had a gift card. Rhonda ordered a Monte Cristo sandwich, and for the uninitiated, it was one of the most bizarre American food items I've ever seen or tasted.It's a ham, turkey, and Swiss cheese sandwich. Battered and deep-fried. With the raspberry sauce on the side, it was like a jelly donut. A

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Brewers add chorizo to sausage raceBy EMILY FREDRIX, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 29 minutes agoMILWAUKEE - It could have been wurst. On his first outing as the newest sausage at Miller Park, chorizo didn't fall on his buns.Wearing an oversized brown sombrero and a bright yellow shirt emblazoned with the No. 5, Chorizo became the fifth pork product to join the famed sausage races at every

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Just some cool stuff I have been reading on the Internet.This guy uploaded the Voice Memo application from the Palm Lifedrive so it could be used on the Treo 650. Thanks, dude. I salute you.Rhonda sent me this link from Octopus Dropkick: a Katamari Damacy flash game.I need to replace the cabin air filter in my Scion tC. Luckily, I read Scion Life first, and found out how to make your own cabin

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Yes, it was hot on Saturday. But that left us ill-prepared for Sunday, which was by far the hottest day of my life.That sounds a little funny when you consider I was born and bred in Stockton, in California's Central Valley, where triple-digit temperatures are routine. Yes, but in Stockton the majority of houses have air conditioning (my mom likes the house a nice, cool sixty-eight) and

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If Bush still doesn't believe in global warming, I'd invite him to Northern California this week. As B.J. Shaw said yesterday at the pool, "I think the sun is moving closer to the earth!"And all you people from Stockton who say you don't need air conditioning in San Jose...you're all full of crap! We came home at 10:30 tonight to a ninety-two-degree house. Ninety-two! How are we supposed to

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There was a time when you wouldn't think to say "Heisman Trophy" and "Berkeley" in the same sentence. Of course, we didn't have a Top-10 team back them either.Marshawn10.comAnd again, from about this time last year:

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"Hybrid Rainbow".The audio on this clip sucks but you get the general gist. I think this cover just surprised the crap out of everyone. A highlight of the night for me.

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Brad Kava from the Mercury News reviews the HYDE show.Congrats to Celena and Patrick on their wedding Saturday!Happy birthday to my Mom-in-Law!The Little Manila crew traveled down to L.A. to work on the video shoot for the Black Eyed Peas' "Bebot". Not sure if it will get play here, but Stockton and the Little Manila cause will get some pub from it. I haven't been a fan of their music the last

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HYDE friggin' rocked the Fillmore tonight. While the pillows rocked Slim's last week, HYDE's performance tonight was a different beast altogether. This guy is a rock god, and he knows it, and he proved it with a charismatic and captivating performance. Add to that the fact that one of Japan's rock legends graced the stage at the Fillmore, one of America's most hallowed music venues. I was

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Lastly, we spent every last second of Tuesday in the exhibit hall. I left Anaheim without a dollar in my wallet. After that, we drove over to Torrance for Fourth of July at Kim & Robert's place.I knew there were going to be fireworks, but I didn't realize they were just down the block at the park. So we were extremely fortunate to get the last parking space on the block.The food was great, hot

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Somewhere in between the panels and dealer room, we squeezed in a trip to the Happiest Place on Earth. (No, not Hooters. Disneyland!)We got there right after it opened, and within an hour rode Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, Autopia and the Matterhorn. Which was a god thing, because it was hot and lines were getting long.When you have sufficient arm strength and don't get sick like Rhonda, the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637890886269167093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813717.post-1152220139428936072006-07-06T14:01:00.000-07:002006-07-06T14:08:59.430-07:00

I ain't gonna lie, we spent most of Sunday and Tuesday shopping in the exhibit hall. So there aren't a lot of pictures, although we did pick up some nice stuff.We don't know who these guys are, we just followed the screaming fangirls and took a picture.Karaoke Revolution live courtesy of Comcast. Rhonda insisted she needed a couple of drinks to do this, and she wanted to shop, but I'm pretty

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Life is not all about anime and stuff. Needing to broaden our horizons, we joined the Shaw family for Lilo & Stitch's breakfast at the Paradise Pier Hotel on Sunday morning.

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KAWAII!!!

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(I thought it would be cool to post daily pictures and doings from Anime Expo. And it would've been cool. But we were too busy having fun so you'll have to settle for slightly stale posts from home in San Jose.)Day one of Anime Expo finally arrived Saturday. We went there bright and early for opening ceremonies. After a lengthy delay, they got under way and most of the Guests of Honor were

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Friday we enjoyed a leisurely pace as the only thing we had to do was pick up our Anime Expo badges. Once that was done, we walked over to Downtown Disney and did some shopping.Friday night we were supposed to meet my co-worker Xochitl for dinner at Shinsengumi in Fountain Valley. We drove over there but the restaurant wasn't open yet, so we parked the car and walked over to TJ Maxx. While

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Our summer vacation got underway today. It was off to a bit of a late start to begin with, but was slightly complicated when we found out Gerlie had strep. We were planning to stay at her pad in Northridge, but that was off. She sounded terrible, I hope she is at home getting lots of rest and fluids.We were able to call our hotel and have our hotel extended a day, but the real issue was we

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Day one of vacation kicked off with a visit to San Francisco from one of my favorite bands, J-rock or otherwise, the pillows.My previous attempt to see the band in action is well-documented. I was not determined to make the same mistake twice.Luckily, they announced a Q&A with the band at the Kinokuniya Books in Japantown. And we were there.Sara and I got autographs from the band, although we

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DRINKING! Well, at least, Rhonda is drinking iced green tea using Kirkland green tea. Yes, you read that right, Kirkland green tea - made exclusively for Costco by Ito En. It even has matcha in it. I've had it hot, and it's really good. Although drinking any iced tea, Japanese or otherwise, without any sweetener makes me wince.WATCHING! Last weekend, flipping through channels in bed, we

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It's been an interesting week, layoff rumors aside. Rhonda has been pressing to get a gym membership and on Sunday, I finally caved. We are now members at Right Stuff, about a mile away on Blossom Hill and Kooser. Rhonda gets to work out with her friends/ex-co-workers, so she is happy.I surprised her, not only by signing her up, but myself as well. I figure the financial cost is motivation

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...for 3,600 to 4,600 soon-to-be out-of-work Sun employees. Turns out there were only about 400 layoffs, so the article was sorta right, sorta wrong.I'll still be left in a somewhat precarious position of not knowing when we leave for vacation sometime next week.Well, we'll see. If anything positive came out of last week's state of semi-panic, it's that I got my contacts updated on LinkedIn.com

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Will know soon enough.Sun employees face 'Black Thursday'

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Rhonda wanted to pop in our wedding video (I don't know about you, but I get uneasy watching myself on video) tonight after the sixth inning of the Giants game."Wait!" I cried. "We have to watch the game.""Why?""I can't say."Funny look."Let me just say the Angels' run came off a walk."Smart gal she is, Rhonda got the hint (you can't talk about a no-hitter; you'll jinx it!), and we settled down to

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Our HOA is having a block-wide garage sale tomorrow. I was trying to scrounge together some stuff to sell (like some of these comic books!), but it's getting late. So screw it.Just too busy this month to organize something like that. Too many trips to Stockton on the weekends. My sinuses and lungs have taken a beating the last two weeks, and just when I'm finally getting better, back into the

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A few weeks ago, I got a game summary text message from the Giants-Mets game. The Giants won, but it also said, "HR - E. Alfonzo, 1," at the bottom.I turned to Rhonda and said, "Did the Mets sign Edgardo Alfonzo?"Nope, Los Gigantes had called up 27-year-old Eliezer Alfonzo, a ten-year minor-league veteran, to fill in for the injured Mike Matheny. With backup Todd Greene still a little

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Rhonda and I endured technical problems to cast our ballots today. There were five touchscreen ballots at our polling place and by the time we got there at 7:20, all five were down. To make things worse, once one of them got working, our key cards had all expired and had to be reactivated again. We didn't finish voting until 8:30 and had to settle for McDonald's for dinner. So much for

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We made a whirlwind trip through our hometown this weekend. I've got the pictures and the sinus infection to prove it.We wisely decided not to drive into town Friday night and spend one more night in our own bed. Saturday morning, we went straight to Alyssa's First Holy Communion. (I've got pictures but I need to scan 'em.)We followed that up with Grandma Tillie's 75th birthday party. Grandma

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Rhonda got her teaching credential on May 23rd. Yay! Now if only they'll find her somewhere to teach next year.Her mom, my dad, and Grandma made the trip up from Stockton (my mom was on the DL that week). Becky, Marv and Jesse also joined us for dinner at Gordon Biersch.Here's us, a few beers later.(I gotta lose some weight.)

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Ph34r my l33t gardening skillz.This was actually a giant pain for me. When we moved in, there was big giant rock on our weedy and overgrown lawn. I bought a mower and had the rock hauled away (to the dismay of my dad, who uses exclusively uses landmarks for directions and can't find my house). I killed most of the weeds (the noticeable ones, at least) and took out the rose bushes.The sprinkler

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LISTENING! to St. Elsewhere, the debut CD from Gnarls Barkley. I was never a big fan of Goodie Mob, but this collaboration between Cee-Lo and DJ Danger Mouse is what The Love Below should have been. Danger Mouse can do no wrong of late, with this disc coming on the heels of his work on Dangerdoom's The Mouse and the Mask, The Gorillaz' Demon Days, and the Jay-Z/Beatles mash-up The Grey Album.

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Finally, the video that The Sports Guy gave a 100 out of 100 to on the Unintentional Comedy Scale. Ladies and Gentlemen, the one, the only, William Shatner.

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Just for the hell of it. Screw you, John Elway, we got the axe.

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