A visit

Joe and Carol paid us a visit yesterday, and we had a grand time as we always do. What great folks. We had initially planned to lunch at Amadeus Cafe, a local favorite of Erin’s and mine, but they were inexplicably closed (and I know we’ve been there on a...

Up in Portland

I’ve been working up in Portland all week, and rather than spend 2.5 hours in a car every day, Joe and Carol have been kind enough to allow me to stay at their five star Hotel Kann in Battle Ground for three nights this week. I’m very appreciative of all...

Dave and I

Dave came over last night which buoyed my spirits considerably. As some of you may know, a couple weeks ago he hit some black ice on a trip to Sisters, Oregon and rolled his big red Jeep Cherokee several times. Other than a stiff neck, he was fine, but the Jeep was...

Up late

Los Altos, California I was up late last night putting RAM into a Rev. B iMac for my friends Brian and Debbie, and I’ve spent all day walking the floor at MacWorld SF 2003, so I’m utterly exhausted. I’m planning to take tomorrow off from the show, so...

New Year

Los Altos, California As has been the case in the past, we had only a small window of opportunity to meet with our friends Shan and Heather, but we happily made the most of it, dining at their house this evening and chatting until midnight. They received the full baby...