Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

Happy Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving from my house to yours. This year, my family experienced the final product of the kitchen at the Pine Crest house as we know it. By this time next year, a new kitchen in a new location and with new appliances shall be the instrument of our cooking. The ...

Musings from Fresno

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Here I am, in lovely Fresno... actually, it is rather pretty this time of year. The snow-capped mountains, although hazy in the distance, are quite the sight to behold. Anyhoo, I'm sitting here, setting up my laptop to start grading (this laptop is woefully understocked in the emacs department, wonder ...

Ruminations on Events Passed

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

A few weeks ago, Sarah and I had a bit of a row about my presence on Valentine's day, or lack thereof. In a nutshell, a few things happened that caused my weekend before this infamous "holiday" to sink in a sea of transistors. Oh well. Not to be counted ...

Ahoy from Riverside

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

Greetings from David (and family)'s fine home in Riverside, CA. We started from San Luis Obispo at about 9:30AM Friday, took a sister-pickup and Woodstocks layover in Isla Vista, and proceeded straight south into the far away land of Riverside. Due to some gnarly traffic promptly beginning at the Los Angeles ...

Venting from SFO

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

This is sort of a follow-on to my SEATAC post, except that I'm now at SFO. Luckily, the wifi pass ($9.99 for 24 hours, ouch!) at SEATAC works here at SFO through a roaming agreement. Dunno why they charge so much, it's not like data costs much. United, who I hate ...

Thoughts from SEATAC

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

Greetings from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. I'm on my way back to San Luis Obispo, but I have been delayed due to heavy fog in San Francisco. I had a good day at Microsoft yesterday, with 6 interviews of ~1 hour each starting at 9:30 and ending at 17:30. 1 interview was ...

I Did a Nice Thing Today

Monday, January 30th, 2006

I took Paul to Costco to buy batteries (for I have a membership) for his AG kids. On the way back to the car, we found a cell phone that had fallen off the belt of its owner. It had a nice body-glove case. Instead of leave it in the ...

Bus Woes

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

A little tale of my bus woes today. To get to school, I take route 1 from Orcutt and Laurel to the Transit Center. From there, I board route 6b from the Transit Center to Cal Poly, and then move about my day. Normally, this isn't a problem. This morning, however, ...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Friday, December 30th, 2005

How about a well-placed note mid-way between Christmas and the New Year to commemorate the holiday season? Three cheers for Christmas. I drove around 900 miles this Christmas driving around the state, with stops in Carmichael, Walnut Creek, Moraga, Fresno, and San Luis Obispo (well, to start and stop the trip ...

Gobble-de-Mmm.

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

Thanksgiving has again, come and gone. Turkeys have been slaughtered, stuffed, basted, and roasted in ovens across the country, yielding their delicious meat to families and traditions. The Rees House at Carmichael were invited as a whole to Thanksgiving celebrations at The Rees House of Palos Verdes, an invitation we politely ...