Thursday, 31 May 07    


M. Ward - 'Right In The Head' - Post-War (Merge/4AD/Beggars)

This will be a quicky...but I felt the need since I haven't done any blogging lately.

So we've had a pretty busy week. Friday we had the day off...so we went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It was a very long movie, but not bad. Later in the evening we ate dinner at Lookout 49 with Jason & Ellen...the food was decent, but not great...but it was nice seeing our friends.

Saturday Chris went biking & I went to the gym. Then we ate some lunch before heading over to New Orleans. I went to see the movie Waitress while Chris got some new glasses (he wasn't interested in seeing this "chick flick" with me). But I'm glad I went, because it was definitely the best movie I've seen so far this year. It was just wonderful...funny, warm, sad, happy. Ok. It was kind of a chick flick. But there were lots of guys there too. And it inspired me to make a new pie which I call "I love this movie pie" (the waitress, Keri Russell, makes all sorts of pies in the movie). My pie, which I have yet to make, is going to be a key lime pie with raspberries folded in & with a ginger-snap crust. I guess I'll have to make it soon & let y'all know how it turns out. After the movie I picked Chris back up & then we did some shopping (new curtains & groceries). We ate dinner at a Thai restaurant called Cafe Equator. The food was actually pretty good.

Sunday we got up and chilled for a short while before painting half of our bedroom. We only did half because we had a luau to go to that afternoon, which we did around 4pm. The luau was in Saucier at Jason's parents' house. We watched the gang play a variety of sports: horse shoes, baseball & football (Chris was banned from that one)...and ate lots of pork & chicken. Then we went home and collapsed for a bit.

Monday Chris went biking in the morning, while I started painting the other half of the room. Chris came back and helped me finish up, which was good because I suck at rolling. Then we did some grocery shopping, ate lunch at the Cuban restaurant in Waveland and came home to watch hockey. We were expecting company, but he never showed up. Chris & I had a good time bugging each other (I picked the Ducks and he picked the Senators). Ultimately though, my team was victorious...so I invented a celebratory duck dance, to Chris's annoyance (or perhaps amusement?).

Tuesday was work...blah blah blah. Plus making burgers for Wednesday's hockey get-together. Pete was the only one who came out for the hockey watching on Wednesday. That was fine...we had a nice time eating, chatting and cheering on the Ducks (who won again)! I think they have the luck of the Snoop Dogg on their side.

So there you go. The song for today is from M.Ward's album Post-War. I bought it after listening to reviews on the best of 2006 All Songs Considered show. It's a pretty good album...kind of a mellow, kick back and chill type of record. If you're into that Jack Johnson sound, you'd probably like M.Ward. Not that I even really know what that Jack Johnson sound is...other than what I heard while watching Curious George a few weeks back. M.Ward is more varied, at least I suspect. He's touring with Norah Jones, which is kind of strange. Anyway, check it out!

-posted by Kelly

Thursday, 24 May 07    


Big Business - 'Shields' - Here Come the Waterworks (Hydrahead Industries)

Gary pointed out to me today that our blog hasn't been updated since the 14th. I WAS going to do it last night, but I came home after work and rode 18.5 miles on my bike, then was too lazy to update the blog. We've been keeping ourselves busy the past week, mainly watching hockey, but we did do other things over the weekend.

First of all, on Thursday was the opening of the Bay St. Louis bridge. I earlier thought that crossing by bicycle wasn't going to happen, but I rode down anyway to the Pass Christian side and waited with all the classic cars. I stopped and talked with an elderly couple who had driven out from Ponchatoula, LA to watch the cars. They had their own classic car, but didn't drive it over this time. They were pretty cool to talk with. Unfortunately, when I squatted down in the shade next to them I kind of stirred up a fire ant nest and had some mad ants on me biting me on the ass. Fortunately I brushed most of them off before they could bite me, but I had a few red marks later. Dennis, another biker who lives in Pass Christian, was riding around and rolled by to say that he had been told he couldn't cross the bridge earlier, so he was going to ride on the ferry. We waited for the ferry, but it was late and seemed like it was never going to arrive, so we rode to the end of the bridge on the Pass side to watch the parade of classic cars roll by, then planned to ride our bikes across behind them, prior to the opening of the bridge to the public. There were quite a few old cars, but they were pretty cool to watch as they rolled by. When they were past, there were a few police vehicles following up at the rear, then a few more MDOT and police cruisers holding public traffic back while the classic vehicles finished crossing. There were plenty of police officers around directing traffic, but none of them said anything when we started to ride up the bridge, so we went for it. It was a two-lane highway, with fairly wide shoulders, which were plenty of room for us to ride. We rode side by side and crossed at a good pace, expecting other cars to overtake us at any time, but it didn't happen. When we crossed over the top hump (this new bridge has a gradual incline, which isn't that steep, but could be challenging) we discovered that the classic car procession was delayed exiting the bridge on the Bay St. Louis side due to all the on-lookers, and congestion at the end. We didn't want to just stop in the middle of the bridge, and even with slowing down to a limited pace, we ended up still overtaking the classic cars and ended up crossing in-between some of the stopped vehicles and past them to get off on the Bay St. Louis side. One officer in a group of police officers shook his head in disapproval when he saw us, and I think some of the others in the crowd weren't too impressed, but no-one actually said anything to us (or at least to me when Dennis and I ended up getting split apart from each other in the crowd), so although I felt it was 'bad karma' overtaking the 'glory' of the classic cars, I don't regret being the first two bicycle riders over the new bridge span. The planned pedestrian/bicycle lane which is 12 feet wide and is divided by cement dividers from the main roadway of the bridge and is supposed to be opened with the rest of the bridge in November should be really nice, but I think in the mean time the shoulder is good enough for riding across when I feel like doing a longer training ride. According to MDOT laws, there's no reason a cyclist shouldn't be able to ride across now. It was a good 21.5 mile ride and I met Kelly on the other side in Bay St. Louis, then we got to drive back across and home. When we got home we were able to watch the Ducks tie up the series with Detroit at two games apiece.

Friday there wasn't any hockey, so we watched some of our programs, then went to bed somewhat early because I was getting up to go biking the next morning. We did sleep in a little bit on Saturday, but got going before it warmed up too much (although the cold front that moved through Wed. night had made the weather all weekend really nice and cool. It stayed in the upper 70's, which was great biking weather). I rode to the bike shop in downtown Gulfport (23.5 miles) where I checked out some of the road bikes while waiting for Kelly to pick me up after she had gotten paint to do our bedroom in a greenish-blue color. We drove back down highway 90 and then to Second Street in Pass Christian, following where I rode earlier in the morning, and admired some of the newly rebuilt homes and few businesses. They still have a LONG way to go, but it's starting to come along, and much more than the last time I had ridden to Gulfport (about a year ago when I was still working at the Gulfport Medicaid office). We got home just in time to fix sandwiches and watch game 5 of the Ottawa/Buffalo series. Buffalo had come back on Wed. night to win and avoid a sweep, but had a big hole to dig out of to advance to the finals. It was a super exciting game, and both teams played their hearts out. It went into overtime, which threw a wrench into the NBC programming since they were scheduled to show the Preakness horse racing at 4.30pm, with pre-race events starting at 4pm. They DID start showing the horse racing events and I started making the Red Velvet cake for Kelly's birthday. She was watching the horse racing, and only because of that did we know to change the channel to the Versus network (showing most of the playoff coverage this season). We missed the first minute or two of overtime, and would have been really PISSED if we missed the ending, but we didn't and watched all of the overtime period. It was a sweet set-up by the top line of Heatley and Spezza passing it up to Ottawa's captain, Alfredsson, who maneuvered between three Buffalo players to slide in the series winning goal and giving Ottawa their first Stanley Cup appearance. Totally awesome. After the game I showered while the cake cooled and Kelly made the frosting (yeah, I'm lame for not making the frosting for her cake, but I was still kind of stinky after my bike ride earlier in the day). I wasn't so sure about the cake turning out because I tasted the batter and it seemed a bit off, plus it was a recipe from Emeril, and we haven't been too impressed by many of his offerings, but I hoped it would taste alright. The one thing that shocked me was that it took two whole 1oz. bottles of red food coloring. That shit stains easily, and I missed cleaning a bit off the counter that had splashed up, but fortunately Kelly cleaned it before it stained the counter too much. The two cake layers had cooled by the time I got out of the shower, so I spread the cream cheese frosting on the top and sides, then Kelly sprinkled some chopped pecans on the sides. We put it in the refrigerator because the humidity in the kitchen seemed to make it start to melt. We then went to eat at Cafe Annie, a new restaurant (which is actually an old restaurant in a new location) in Pass Christian, not too far from the house. I had a caesar salad and the crab and corn bisque because the pasta dish I wanted they had run out of. Kelly got spaghetti and meatballs (as opposed to their famous 'fried chicken spaghetti', which maybe we'll try another time...) which came with a house salad. Overall it was pretty decent food. After dinner we picked up the cake and went to Lauren and Pete's house. Poker didn't end up happening, so we had cake, talked for awhile, then started a poker game with Lauren, her brother Paul and his wife, and their mom, Carson. We had brought our chips, but weren't playing for money. It was fun, although everyone seemed to get tired towards the end. I kind of surprised myself by winning, although it really didn't mean anything since it was a 'freeroll'.

Sunday morning I got up early and met my biking pal, Brent to do a training ride up highway 605 (north of I-10 up the Cowan/Lorraine exit). I drove over and met him at 8am and we started up the almost traffic-free road in the only bicycle lane on the coast. We were going along pretty well, but about 4 miles into the ride I heard a clicking sound in my tires that didn't sound right. It turned out that a roofing nail had gone through my rear tire. Fortunately, it was a slow leak and we were able to get back to my vehicle parked at the McDonald's near I-10. We loaded both bikes up and drove down to Brent's house where I borrowed one of his other bikes and we met another rider to ride the roads around Gulfport, which weren't too busy on a Sunday morning. We ended up riding about 23 miles total for the morning, which was pretty good. After the ride I came home and watched Anaheim beat the Red Wings in Detroit, despite being totally outplayed most of the game and scoring with under a minute left in regulation to send the game to overtime. A major gaffe by a Detroit player gave the puck up to Selanne of Anaheim who lifted the puck over a sprawling goaltender Hasek, who was flopping on the ice like a dead fish looking towards the sky. Anaheim would have the chance to win the series on home ice Tuesday. Kelly had gone to see '28 Weeks Later' with Bobbie and Jay, and I skipped it since I didn't see the previous installment. I enjoyed watching the hockey game and was able to hang two of our new blinds in the guest and computer rooms. Kelly also went to the grocery store after the movie, but made it home to watch the overtime period where Anaheim ended the game. The rest of the evening we watched some other Tivo catch-up recordings.

Monday night I drove to Mobile after work to Cadence120, a bike shop I had gone to previously, and they replaced the tube and checked over the cables while I talked with one of the guys about purchasing a road bike. He gave me some useful information and personal opinions/recommendations, so I'm leaning towards purchasing at their shop (one because they sell Giant bicycles, which my dad has and is happy with, and two because they offer 24 month same-as-cash financing if approved through Citibank, which would be a really great deal). I still plan to check out the financing options and bike selection at Bike Zone in Covington next Saturday on the way to Baton Rouge with Brent for our Sunday morning Tour de Cure ride of 55 miles. After hanging out at the bike shop I got coffee at Starbucks and a sandwich at Panera Bread Co. then headed home. We watched 'The Sopranos' and it's surprising events when I finally got home.

Tuesday night we watched Anaheim step up their game more than they had previously in the series, and totally dominate Detroit through most of the game. Detroit came back strong in the third period to erase a 3-0 deficit to 4-2, and then 4-3, but ultimately Anaheim held them off to win a trip to the Stanley Cup finals which start next Monday. I picked Ottawa to win it all prior to the start of the last round, and I'm sticking with 'em. Should prove to be an interesting series. We're having some of the local H.P.P. League members over next Wednesday for game 2.

Last night Kelly went to her Vittner's dinner (5-course dinner paired with wine at one of the fancy-schmancy restaurants in New Orleans; they went to Arnaud's, and I didn't go because I'm picky about food and don't like wine, so it would be wasted money). I came home and rode my bicycle around Diamondhead (see previous mileage listed at the beginning). It's really an impressive feat to me that I'm out biking these distances recently since about a month or so ago I wasn't exactly sure how much biking I'd be able to do. I still have yet to hit the trails, although after my ride on the 3rd, I'm going to go to the trails on some weekends. Peter recently acquired a nice mountain bike from his brother-in-law who upgraded, and he called us yesterday afternoon from his first venture out to the trails with tale of 'battle scars' from a spin-out in the sand and a broken seat and sore ass. He said he enjoyed the ride though and when I went to lunch with Jason today, he was telling me how he and Peter plan to start biking more often on the highway 605 bike lane to get more in shape and start riding with me. They were saying how I'm more semi-professional (which I am FAR from, although it was a nice ego boost) and they don't want to ride with me yet because I'd leave them in the dust, but I told him that I've always been in the mindset that biking is an INDIVIDUAL activity and I do it because I enjoy going at my own pace. Even with a group of other riders, I don't expect them to wait if they are faster because I am going to ride at a comfortable pace for me. Yes, I am part of the GCBC team for the Tour de Cure, but I already told the others that if I'm going at too slow of a pace on my 'clunker', that I don't mind catching up with them at the end. I'm training with them this weekend, and it will be a good learning experience for me to be involved in 'towing a pace line'. A bit more difficult with the difference in bicycles, but a good training tool, especially for when I DO get a real road bike and train with others more frequently. One thing I did notice when biking around Diamondhead, and what I also see driving the hour to work and back each day, is people gabbing on their cellphones while driving. Blah-de-fucking-blah! I've been guilty of talking on the sometimes necessary evil cellphone while driving, but I attempt to avoid it if possible, but I just don't understand at all people who just gab and gab while they're driving. Who the hell wants to talk on the phone that long anyway, save for the absolutely unavoidable business/emergency transaction? It sure as hell isn't me. That's like if I tried to talk with someone while riding my bike.

I'm really glad today was my Friday because work has sucked ass this week. A bit more than usual, and today I had to make a phone call to a client who really kind of got under my skin at the end of the day, and it was all I could do to grit my teeth and explain to her as calmly as possible why she wasn't eligible, but her kids were. In all honesty, I wanted to tell her how much of a fucking bitch she was and that I really DIDN"T care what she thought and how wrong her accusations were of the workers in our office, but I held my tongue and calmly ended the conversation. I don't really give a flying flip if you call our state office, Trent Lott's office, Gene Taylor's office, or the Governor's office, because we're managing as best we can with the depleted resources (staff) we have available.

It will be a nice busy four day weekend for us, with plenty of activities planned, and then the start of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night. Be sure NOT to call us on May 28, May 30, June 2, June 4, June 6, June, 9, or June 11 unless the Cup finals have ended and we aren't glued to watching the games. Go Ottawa!

-posted by Chris

Monday, 14 May 07    


Joy Division - 'Isolation' - Heart and Soul Box Set (London Records)

Today is Kelly's birthday. I admit, we didn't really do anything for it yet. I'm going to bake a cake for her this coming weekend when we have poker night and everyone can share it, then sometime later we'll go out to dinner somewhere. We did have a pretty busy weekend though.

Friday Kelly dropped me off with my bicycle in Gulfport at the salon where I got my haircut, while she went to go renew her driver's license. My original plan was to bike to my old office and meet a couple of friends for lunch, then bike up to Barnes and Noble afterwards. Well, stupid me, I forgot my water bottle in the car when Kelly took off. Fortunately for me, she called me after she had gotten her massage at the salon and asked if I wanted a ride. I was going to just have her bring me my water bottle, but the clouds were building and as we headed up to Crossroads the sky opened up and started pouring big, fat drops of rain. I guess it worked out to not bike up to BN. In the afternoon we came home and watched some of the Planet Earth programs we had recorded before the hockey game started. This was game 1 between Detroit and Anaheim. It was an exciting match for the Western Conference finals, and both teams looked good, but Anaheim lost 2-1 by having a poor power play and both Detroit goals bouncing off a Duck player before crossing the goal line. Bummer for Giguerre.

Saturday morning I got up early and drove over to Ocean Springs for the Tato Nut ride. It was a pretty good sized group of about 10 riders, and still not too hot at the 9am start. We rode 21 miles around Ocean Springs, and it felt really good. No problems at all with my ankle. I'd better keep it up so I'm ready for the Tour de Cure ride of 55 miles on June 3. After biking I came home and Kelly came back from shopping, then we met Jason at the movie theatre to see 'Spiderman 3'. It wasn't spectacular (pun intended), but it was still a pretty decent film. Jason and I picked it apart a bit, being comic geeks that used to read the series, but we both still enjoyed it. There were also some decent trailers for more upcoming sequels this summer: 'Shrek 3' (not the best one), 'Bourne Ultimatum' (this one looked pretty good, and I've liked the series with Matt Damon), and 'Pirates of the Caribbean 3' (this one looks to be the best of the series from the trailers, and after seeing the first two with a cliffhanger in 2, we have to see 3). After the movie Kelly did some shopping at Old Navy and Shoe Carnival, but didn't find anything for herself, only a few boxers for me with fish, dragonflies, and grasshoppers. I sat in the car and called my sister to wish her happy birthday, and talked with my parents who were visiting her for the weekend in Grand Junction. I was able to wish my mom a Happy Mother's Day early. We then drove home to watch game 2 between Ottawa and Buffalo. This is a good match-up, and both teams played well, Buffalo better this time than game 1 where they lost 5-2, but it took a clutch goal for Buffalo to tie it up with 5 seconds left in regulation after going up 2-0, then letting Ottawa score 3 unanswered goals. It ended up with two overtime periods, but Ottawa ended up winning, stealing home advantage from the Sabres with two wins in Buffalo.

Sunday morning I woke up and mowed the lawn. Still need to get the weedeater fixed so I can do the edging, but the main part of the lawn looks much better. It was starting to get hot when I finished at 10am. After the lawn I rested a bit before showering, then we went to Slidell and shopped at Sam's Club, got coffee at Starbucks, and picked up groceries at our recently found 'yuppie' grocery store, Rouses. They have a nice produce section, plus fresh fish and meats, and even a natural/organic foods section which is about 5-6 aisles. At least we don't have to shop at Whole Foods in New Orleans as often, but it still makes shopping a bit more expensive. Kelly got a steak to marinade and for me to grill for her birthday dinner a day early. I had a couple of mahi mahi filets in the freezer I took out and soaked in the bourbon orange marinade we like to use for grilling. We had also purchased some turkey breast filets that I made extra marinade for and put them in the fridge to soak overnight. In the midst of cooking dinner we watched more Planet Earth then game 2 of Anaheim/Detroit. This was an exciting back and forth affair, but ultimately Anaheim won 4-3 in overtime to tie the series at one game apiece. I was expecting a series more like this in the east as well, but it hasn't panned out like that so far. After the game Kelly went to bed and I watched Bleach and Blood +. These are the two latest series that adult swim is broadcasting premier (new) episodes of on a weekly basis. Both have been really great, especially Bleach which I think I've mentioned before mixes the serious, sword-battle episodes, with stand-alone humor episodes. This was only episode 33, and it's already over 100 episodes in Japan. There was exciting news (for myself and Gary at least) that the SciFi Channel and Fuse network are both going to be broadcasting anime blocks beginning in June. SciFi starts with a few movies, including the much-anticipated 'Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society', then series like 'Noein' and 'Macross'. Fuse is showing 'Ergo Proxy' and 'Tenjho Tenge'. Not sure how both will handle editing, but if they do as good a job as adult swim USUALLY does, then they might be pretty decent, although 'Tenjho Tenge' will be a tough one.

Today work was work. Many staff members out and plenty of clients calling or coming into the office. I think we handled most of them pretty well. I picked up a piece of cheesecake at Barnes and Noble for Kelly on the way home, then grilled the turkey when I arrived. It turned out really well and absorbed the marinade well after soaking overnight. We watched game 3 of Ottawa and Buffalo, this time in the Candian capital, and it was a sea of red in the crowd. Both teams played pretty well, especially the goaltenders who made some impressive saves, but in the end Ottawa won the game 1-0. This puts them up 3-0 in the series, and I'm happy because I picked them at the beginning of this third round to win the Stanley Cup. I still would have liked to see a bit more from Buffalo though. They were the #1 offensive team this season, yet they only managed to get 14 shots on goal tonight. That's really sad. It must be the President's Cup (team with highest point total at the end of regular season) curse that's pushed them to the brink of being swept out of the playoffs.

Oh, it appears that the bicycle ride across the new Bay St. Louis bridge has been nixed. It seems that they aren't allowing pedestrians or bicyclists on the bridge until it's complete in November and they have the '12 foot wide pedestrian/bicycle pathway', whatever that is. To me that's kind of bullshit since Miss. State Code states 'Every person riding a bicycle or an animal or driving any animal drawing a vehicle upon a highway shall have all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle under this chapter which by their nature can have no application.' It would appear that as a cyclist I am being prohibited from riding my bicycle from Diamondhead across the new Bay St. Louis bridge to the communities of Bay St. Louis and Waveland, even though I'm supposed to have the same rights as other vehicles, provided that I follow the rules and regulations of other vehicles. Now this is only a response to an email inquiry that I sent to one of the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce members who stated that her understanding is that no bicycle or pedestrian traffic will be allowed on the bridge until November. I'm still considering contacting MDOT or the Department of Public Safety to confirm this information. Probably a better idea than to give bicyclists a worse impression on the general public than they already have of cyclists who (god forbid) ride with (not improperly against) traffic and obey traffic laws. I especially don't want to give the Gulf Coast Bicyclist Club a bad name if I rode across 'illegally' while wearing a GCBC jersey. Still, I'm not too impressed with the whole supposed 'celebration' of the bridge re-opening to all sorts of fanfare, yet not being able to take advantage of it. For all I know that fucking bridge could be torn apart again this hurricane season before it's finished in November.

-posted by Chris

Sunday, 6 May 07    


The Shins - 'Sea Legs' - Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop)

Has it really been that long since we updated the blog? Shame on us. And I was planning for this to be short, 'cause I didn't have too much to say. C'est la vie.

The song for today is from The Shins latest album. I really like the album, even if it is a bit different than their previous ones. I had the good fortune to time a visit to San Diego last year around the same time they were playing the Street Scene. It was awesome. I definitely want to see them again some time. Hopefully they'll tour around here while I'm in town sometime. Anyway...the song is called "Sea Legs", which is something I'll be working on in a few more months. Yee haw!

So here are a couple of highlights from the last few of weeks:

Dinner at Stella! with Press & Hope in New Orleans. Damn was the food ever good. Probably one of the best meals (if not the best) I've ever had in New Orleans...which is saying something because there are a crapload of great restaurants in our nearby city. Chris and I both got salad appetizers and a seafood dish. Mine was rare slices of spearfish atop ginger & garlic infused fried rice wrapped in long green beans and topped with a spicy & sweet sauce. Yum! Chris had seabass over sake & mirin soaked soba noodles with enoki mushrooms and greens, also very good. We were too full for dessert, but it sounded intriguing (grilled cheese with a chocolate sauce?!).

Ween on Friday night. This was part of Jazzfest (an evening show). We hadn't seen Ween since they briefly turned country. Anyway...we first had a great dinner at Rock & Sake and then headed to the Contemporary Arts Center space for the show. The crowd was very Jazzfest-ified, young and nuevo-hippy. The opening band was The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. I was excited to see them, but the music just didn't move me. Perhaps it was the crowd or perhaps the large space. They're probably much better at the Maple Leaf or Tip's. Anyway, Ween played for more than  hours. They were pretty good, but stuck to mainly newer stuff that I'm not too familiar with. They did play "Push the Little Daisys" and "Touch My Tooter" from Pure Guava and "You f**ked up" from God Ween Satan, but disappointingly nothing from The Pod (my fave Ween album). So the show was ok, but probably not worth the money we paid for them. I guess any show of theirs since the first one I saw (at the ol' Satyricon in Portland in the early 90's when it was just Gene and Dean and a lot of gadgets & instruments) is bound to be a letdown.

Surgery...Yep (check out my CT scan below), I get to have sinus surgery to remove some extra bone structures in my sinuses. That'll be in a few weeks. So Chris will have to take care of me for a couple of days. But I s'pose that's pay back for the time I took care of him after his ankle surgery. Anyway...that came about after I got 3 respiratory infections in one month. Time sure flies when you're having fun.

Lots of hockey action. Today's game between Buffalo and NY was exciting. Too bad Buffalo won (I picked them, but I was kind of hoping the series would stretch to 7 games). Now if only San Jose can pull a couple of wins together against Detroit. We've been watching just about every post-season game. Needless to say, our Tivo is backing up with our usual shows (Sopranos, Dexter, Lost, Heroes, etc...)

Ok...that's all I've got for now. Things coming up: the opening of the new Bay Bridge (Chris & the bike club are planning to bike it on opening day), trip to San Diego in June (if the doctor gives the green light after my surgery), and my birthday (and I'm not even saying how old, because I plan to stay this age from here on out).

-posted by Kelly