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vacation postscript. chris and i arrived home after 10 last night. as expected, the flight back was crowded, but fairly uneventful. the security at BWI is a bit tighter than many airports; chris got stopped for a full s…
tailend of a whirlwind trip.i try to maximize time with my family, but usually i'm itching to get on the road in the home stretch. this trip was busier than most, perhaps because visiting during the holiday season means …
thanksgiving again with the p's. not to mention caesar, anton's pet chinchilla. the "friday night gang" (my mom's friends who get together every friday night for drinking and potluck dinner) thought it would be much mor…
it's a boy! it's a girl!actually, it's hundreds of androgynous baby fish. i've been waiting patiently for my clownfish eggs to hatch. over the past week, i've watched them change from tobiko to 2 small black dots in a se…
convoluted weekend summary. eunice picked out our bridesmaid dress. i went shopping with her and may on saturday morning. may and i spent 2 hours trying on dresses while eunice critiqued. her basic criteria: strapless, …
the end of an era? somewhere within our lifetime, we will see the US fall to the #4 economy in the world, behind china, india and the EU. greenspan's comments on the falling dollar this morning makes me me wonder how mu…
drunken karoake. not that there is any better kind. chester invited me along to nikki's birthday celebration last night at 7 bamboo in japantown. ash had emailed me earlier this week and as both todd and chris were busy…
not one of my better wifely moments. it was chris' birthday yesterday. no celebrating as chris had his finance class final last night. also...and it pains me to admit this...but i didn't even remember it was his birthda…
"is this your tank?" i don't know if i've said it explicitly, but reefing is a predominantly male hobby. i don't have a ready explanation for this one (versus some of my other hobbies), but it's something that generally…
powerful enough to bring down the best of streaks. howie's had amazing luck at cards lately. we decided to put it to the test with some late-night 3-6 action at AJ's last night. we usually try to sit next to each other …
better looking than tobiko.gilligan and skipper spawned for the very first time last night. actually, chris was the first to notice something up with the clownfish. apparently, the happy couple were taking turns biting a…
i'm a good actress. that's something yamini said to me this morning. apparently, she has been watching me interact with a team member whom i don't particularly like, and she says it's impossible to tell. probably hard t…
you know it's bad when chris starts looking forward to visiting the in-laws. recently, it's been his nightly mantra before we go to sleep: "i can't wait until thanksgiving." this from the man who usually rolls his eyes …
i might be the only one i know who doesn't like the cheesecake factory. we went there for a team lunch today. for me, there is a such thing as too much choice. i like restaurants that specialize in a particular ethnici…
the dallas connection.dardy met me at my place this morning for a ride up to the city to have brunch with kevin at kate's kitchen in the haight. we joke about getting together only once a year, but the truth is that it t…
lessons from iron chef apple.that's doris' alias. she's the self-proclaimed best cook among the girls at work, and this weekend, she offered to cook for all of us to prove it. dinner was at wen-chih's house, and like any…
childish indulgences. every fri morning, we get donuts and bagels at work. the donuts are always the first to go, but there are also at least a dozen cinnamon rolls which aren't so popular (cinnabon they are not). in fa…
my poor mister. chris didn't come home until after midnight last night. his work schedule has been kicking booty recently. in fact, several weeks back, he declared mutiny against our social calendar, blocking off weeken…
i just assumed it wouldn't happen.4 more years of bush. i can't even begin to say how disappointed i am in the judgement of america. even tho all the polls said the race was close, i just couldn't believe that enough peo…
on my soapbox. voting is one of those things i will always do. after i got into work, i went straight into a 1-on-1 with charlie where i spent the first 10 minutes or our time together convincing him to go vote. after h…
election day! took an hour off from work this morning and did my civic duty. i'm still battling with my conflicted republican identity. here's what i discovered about myself in this election: * i still think bush is an…
the things i do for my tank.i'm not even talking about the unexpected saltwater baths or cleaning up fish shit. tonight i had to take apart an X-10 module and cut one of the jumper and diode leads on the PCB inside. appa…
tit for tat. over the weekend, i told chris to go ahead and buy the 12" ibook he'd been eyeing. my husband knows me too well. he asked me why the change of heart. i told him that i wanted to buy a new flow system for th…