My kinda busy day

Los Altos, California Tennis, war driving through Los Altos, and dinner with Shan and Heather. I could stand more busy days like these. Bernard and I headed to a local park to play tennis, the first such outing either of us had had since the last time we played tennis...

That’s 63 in dog years

Los Altos, California Double Funk Crunch helps us disco in anniversary number nine. Nine years Erin and I have been married. Sometimes people will say “it’s hard to believe it’s been X years” meaning that the length of the relationship feels...

Jonah earns his wings

Los Altos, California Baby’s first airplane ride is something of a snooze. Works for me. Jonah’s first airline ride went fine. The Southwest flight was under capacity, so we got to bring his car seat on for free (normally we’d have to buy another...

Your son is a war driver

Happy birthday, Dad! War driving is what they call driving around with an 802.11b (aka Airport) card looking for open wireless networks. Joe and I got up this morning, drove through Battle Ground, and found dozens. Many if not most of them were unencrypted, meaning...

My car has a first name

Battle Ground, Washington It’s C-R-A-P-P-Y. My car has a second name. It’s M-A-Z-D-A. Oh, I hate to drive it every day and if you ask me why I’ll say: The crappy Mazda has a way of dying almost every day. Unbelievably, the steering went out on the...