Last Saturday I was invited out to Great America with Pete, Eyrene and some others whom I hadn’t previously met – Mickey, Ryan & Chris. Oh and Shelley turned up during the day, too, along with a few others whom didn’t hang with us perpetually, but whom we lingered about periodically. The invite came in… Read more
Many many weeks back now, Myke invited me to take some relatives of his (Marie and name-escapes-me-now), over from Norway (I think it was), on a wee tour of the place. Santa Cruz, as it turned out. With Matt too. We went down there, checked out the board walk, convinced them to try all too… Read more
Two weeks ago Sean & Sket arrived, having already spent a couple of weeks touring around California and Nevada with Sean’s family, and before that eight months backpacking in Asia. This was their last stop before heading on to Canada, where they are presently, and where they’re hoping to make a go of it on… Read more
Last weekend was something of a highlight, and an anomaly. Sket & Sean were here, as I’ll get to eventually, and they suggested heading up to Napa to see Sean’s uncle, Mike. As it turns out, we drove up to Petaluma, met Mike at the marina, and then spent the afternoon on Mike’s boat, along… Read more
Still alive, haven’t been taken by wolves, badgers, armadillos, mountain lions or bigfoot. Just haven’t had the motivation to write much, for a while now. Though I’ve been pretty busy in hindsight, so I guess while I’m here…
I now have, at work, a desk which can be raised and lowered at the touch of a button. I have for a long while been curious about the affects of standing instead of sitting, while I work, and now I get to explore them. Thus far I like it, though with the notable caveat… Read more
Two weekends back now, I finally got ye ol’ pushbike out for a bit of rotary motion. ’twas my birthday weekend, you see, so I: Since I’m not really at fiscal liberty to splurge on say a new iMac, as last year, given I’m still stubbornly trying to pay off HECS, some decent chocolate was… Read more