Last Saturday morning Chrystie and I got up early and headed to the Shark Tank to see the Sharks practice. Every once in a while the Sharks will allow the public to watch their morning skate sessions – you may recall this post from last year. They were running the same promotion again, so we […]
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Back before Christmas, Chrystie and I went to the Cow Palace to partake in the 32nd Annual Great Dickens Chrismas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party. Similar to a Renaissance Fair, the Dickens Fair takes you back to the Victorian times of Charles Dickens in ye olde London. We arrived an hour or so after the
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Last Sunday Chrystie and I crawled out of bed at the crack of dawn to stake out seats for the San Jose Holiday Parade. Thanks to weathermen predicting heavy rainfall, there was not a huge crowd on the beautiful sunny morning. There was no traffic whatsoever, and I found street parking within 2 blocks of
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One month ago, on November 7th, Chrystie and I went to the Humane Society (HSSV) in Milpitas to adopt a cat. We both had wanted a cat for some time, but I had always found reasons to put off getting one. This was mostly due to my fear of the cat eating the cords to
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Two Sundays ago I surprised Chrystie with floor seats to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) concert at the HP Pavilion. She took me last year and it was such a great experience in the lower bowl seats we had, I just couldn’t resist getting floor seats this year. I’ve been to more than a few concerts
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I consider myself pretty thrifty, and I strive to make my life as simple as possible as cheaply as possible. That said, I invite you to take a gander (if you haven’t already) at 10 awesome free apps and services that I’ve come across. All apps run on Windows, Mac and Linux unless otherwise specified.
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On Wednesday morning I awoke early to catch the train for San Francisco to partake in what knew would be an epic parade that I would one day tell my grandkids about. Two days earlier the Giants had won their first World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1958, and mayor Gavin Newsome promised
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Today is the 10,000th day I have been alive. As a fan of big round numbers, I find this is very cool. I’m sure for most people this day comes and goes without notice, just another day in their 27th year of existence, and had it not been for a boring train ride to a
A month ago, the 49ers ran a promotion in the San Jose Mercury News that gave out free tickets to select training camp sessions. Not being a subscriber to the Mercury, I didn’t think I’d be able to go, but Chrystie’s coworker found a website to sign up for tickets, so Chrystie and I signed
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A while back, Chrystie was listening to an interview with Eli Roth, writer and director of Hostel, Hostel II, Grindhouse, and some other good gory movies. When asked about his influences, he mentioned a movie called Cannibal Holocaust, which piqued Chrystie’s interest, so I found the 1980s movie by Italian director Ruggero Deodato and we