Photos from our Trip to Wine Country

Meghan and I went to Napa Valley with her parents this Monday and Tuesday, staying at a vineyard and visiting several wineries for special tastings. It was one of those special trips where we received …

A Sunday Story: 2011-11-13

Our friend Sara visited us from Chicago for a few days and it was really nice to catch up and show a new visitor around the city for a bit. Meghan took Thursday off so they were able to wander the …

Fewer Features Is A Feature

I saw where Linux Mint released their newest version today and one of their changes was switching the default search engine to DuckDuckGo. The little blurb describing DuckDuckGo was this: It …

Cleaning Things

So one of our friends is coming to stay with us for the rest of the week. I usually love house guests, and am equally looking forward to this one as well, probably more so as she’s one of Meghan …

These are my Happy Places

Meghan Empty Mission bars at off-hour times A clean kitchen My first cup of coffee in the morning My second cup of coffee in the morning Working with Neil, Bert, Trevor, and Dunstan Both cats …

The Unplanned Bank Transfer Day Participant

So my Wells Fargo Visa credit card expires at the end of the month and I’ve been getting the notifications from various services that I’ve set up for automatic payments that it’s …

Look at these people

Aren’t they just great? http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615

Man and the Myth

When we consider, however, instead of the physical, the psychological character of our species, the most evident distinguishing sign is man’s organization of his life according primarily to mythic, …

A Sunday Story

This morning, we decided to bike to brunch somewhere. After a relaxing ride through Golden Gate Park—where the streets are closed as usual on Sundays—we first stopped by Outerlands but, as usual, the …