One stone left unsmashed

Here’s an update on my wife’s kidney stones (for those of you that got this in e-mail last Thursday night, the only thing new is that she’s back to 100% since Sat. Yea!).
We found out a week ago Monday that she had two stones. A 2 or 3mm on the right side and a [...]

Yes, it can

When you think of the big names in ’70s Progressive Rock, you think of Jethro Tull, Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, Rush & King Crimson. In high school in the late ’80s I would have told you that my favorite bands at that time were Jethro Tull, Genesis & Rush. I got huge [...]

She’s stoned, that’s all

Shortly after 5:00 on Easter Sunday, my wife began to experience intense pain in the abdomen area. We were at an Easter family gathering. I was able to leave the kids with lots of loving relatives, swapped vans with my parents (so they’d have the one with the kids’ car seats) and went [...]

We Can Hit The Lightz

You might remember me mentioning Beatallica about a year ago. I enjoyed the bizarre marriage of two of my favorite bands, The Beatles and old school Metallica. A year in the works, their new album was finally released last Thursday. I’ve listened to it about six or seven times since then and, [...]

Four new photo albums

Four new photo albums for you today (all from 2004):
Cousin Nicholas taken just yesterday.
Our San Jose Trip to go to Mary’s Wedding from mid-March.
My daughter’s second birthday party from March 20.
D.J.’s 4th birthday party from March 28.
Man, that’s three birthday parties and an out-of-town wedding all within the last four weekends… and the pictures are [...]

Heather II’s B-Day

Photos are up from Heather II’s Birthday Party. Woot!

Road Squadron

My buddy, Karch, pointed out that the gap between the nerdiness of Star Wars geeks vs. Star Trek geeks is closing. I, too, always thought that Star Wars geeks were more hip and in tune to the rest of the world around them. In other words, they were better rooted in reality than [...]