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I was waiting for the bus this morning and I was happy to see a totally empty 7 coming around the corner. The 7 starts right by my house in the upper haight and goes either to Van Ness or all the way downtown. Most of the time the 7 is a double bus so… Read more »

I have been super busy at work doing stuff for CES, the Consumer electronics show in Vegas, so I have not had much time to do anything else. Once these jobs are over I will take a couple of days just to do some sleeping.

We waited at the Portland airport for about 3 1/2 hours Thursday while our plane was pushed back over and over again because of problems in Seattle, which you can drive to in about 3 hours. After we finally got on the plane at around 9:30pm we are loaded onto a tiny commuter jet with… Read more »

We drove around Portland some more today after a nice breakfast at Biscuits on NE Sandy and 52nd. We went downtown and look in some art galleries and then dropped by Powell’s Technical Books, which has some really cool stuff. Alanna had to get some stuff, and if we didn’t need to fly back on… Read more »

We had a great Christmas day opening presents and laughing and cooking. We got so much booty that it will be hard to get it all on the plane when we leave. We even got some snow falling around Portland for a little while. mmm snow for Christmas.

Alanna and I are up in Portland for the holidays. It’s cold and rainy and well… Portland. We had some plane delays so we didn’t make it here until about 10pm last night. Our crappy rental car from Thrifty is making us realize what are great car we have and what spoiled brats we are…. Read more »

I am trying to get all my xmas shopping and gift giving up to date. This year is great because we are doing secret santa in my family. Usually my xmas involves sending lots of packages out to my family on the east coast. As always happens you end of getting presents for lots of… Read more »

“I touched the delta tower.”Captain John J. Cota of the Cosco Busan after striking the Bay Bridge. Maybe this could become a euphemism for doing something colossally stupid. Check out other great moments in American business at Fortune’s 101 dumbest moments for 2007

Everybody should have a super cool sister who can speak French to help you out once in a while.

I spent a couple of miserable days sick this week. No sleep was had. Being super sick is kinda like being in a cocoon. You create this small little world for yourself between the bed, the couch and the bathroom. Once your over the sickness part it feels like you just transformed or shed skin… Read more »