Archive for August, 2006
AOHell No
30 August 2006I should have known better. I opened the door to the basement and I went down into the darkness where the noises were. I had to investigate. It was a bad move. It always is.
I used AOL from 1994 to 1999. I eventually got tired of the one stop shopping approach to the internet and [...]
Size 15
29 August 2006I think that when life is going too good for too long many people subconsciously wait for the proverbial shoe to drop. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that as long as it doesn’t rule your life in the form of cynicism or pessimism. Adversity is a fact of life and [...]
Magical Mystery Tour #1
27 August 2006We tend to find ourselves at a bit of a loss as to what to do with our free time. We often fill those voids with trips to the movie theater, dog park or shopping. Occasionally we’ll head into San Francisco, Berkeley, Napa or go on some other mini-adventure.
Yesterday I was looking [...]
Poor Pretty Things
25 August 2006My husband surprised me with a bouquet of flowers tonight. The arrangement was gorgeous and they smelled wonderful. It was all the more special because he rarely brings me flowers…at my request. It has nothing to do with liking or disliking them or the state of our relationship. I’m not allergic to them. I don’t [...]
Go Go Gadget GPS
19 August 2006For our anniversary 2 years ago I got Drew a portable automobile GPS unit - the Magellan Roadmate 700. We promptly took it on a planned weekend trip down to Cambria to see Hearst Castle and relax on the shore. It was an amazing little unit. We were able to map out [...]
The Seedier Side
18 August 2006For the most part I choose to view my magazine crew experiences with rose colored glasses. I respect the fact that I came out of it a better person in spite of it, not because of it.
The prior post was a slightly distilled version of a post I made on a forum a few [...]
The Obligatory Beer in a Bag
13 August 2006Driving to get some lunch today we saw a young man carrying a refreshing beverage surreptitiously concealed in a paper bag.
Had he been palming a Dr Pecker or a Peppy surely he would have passed by unnoticed and inconspicuous.
Come and Knock on My Door
10 August 2006I knocked doors for a magazine crew from 1992 - 1994.
I got into the business as a 20-year old who needed a way out of her slow sleepy town. I wasn’t ready for college (surely I would have flunked out if I had tried at the time) and I just didn’t know what to do [...]
Pulling the Trigger
8 August 2006I stayed in the same small town, Benicia, for the entirety of my youth. It was a town that, when spoken of, was often referred to as a place where people returned. Moving away was temporary in nature. I never knew why. It was unimportant. It’s just the way things were.
After [...]
Nuke & Pave
6 August 2006Today is the day. It’s a day that comes around once or twice a year that I both dread and look forward to. Today is the day I’m going to wipe out the desktop computer and reinstall everything.
Anyone who has ever purchased a new computer can remember those first weeks … how fast and sleek [...]