Remember

ETA: Beautiful, beautiful entry from Chris Cactus, father of the cutest little girl who just started preschool this week, and a teething baby boy.  I had to share. The world changed seven years ago. I don’t think that’s an overstatement. The world changed. When they’re old enough I’ll tell my kids my story of 911. I’ll tell them about the blue sky. I’m sure I’m romanticizing it but I don’t think I’ve seen a sky that blue since that day. I’ll tell them about the drive home, the mad dash away from Washington DC, a city scarred by the attacks...
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Fun day

Going to bed when I’m supremely tired has been working three nights so far.  It works better on the weekend, I’m sure.  Man, trying to get up to wash the Korean BBQ smoke out of my hair this morning was tough. It’s starting to cool at night in California a little bit. Cool when I left the house and when I got home.  It makes it really hard to get out of bed in the morning. When I got work, I gave my dad a call.  Of course, I caught him watching his nightly news and he filled me in...
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And the papers today

…do not tell of war or of waste, but about a fan blog called Temple of Fresh & Easy. Yes, sirree! Finding Nirvana at Salad Bin ran in the Business Casual Column in the Torrance Daily Breeze today. (Folks reading this 2 weeks from now may not see the link. I’ll be sure to post a PDF later.) Thanks, Muhammed again for coming down to my humble abode last week! ETA: Muhammed also posted my picture on his blog and described me as “vivacious”.  That’s the biggest word anybody has ever used to describe me!  😀 Photo by Muhammed El-Hasan....
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Hurt so good

I rode my bike to Seal Beach with Brandon. We rode from our house to Seal Beach and hopped on the San Gabriel River trail on our way there, but we decided to take Seal Beach Boulevard back because it was a lot easier and much shorter route. That’s 15-ish miles total with hills, y’all! And I didn’t die. Well, except for a wall and an uneven road that tried to eat me. On top of that good little hurt you get from a perfect work out, I have the following injuries which would give you a picture of what...
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Bits of (Olym)’Pics

I am sad to inform you that my cousin May and her partner Eva lost to the Singaporean team. Eva also lost women’s single earlier, so the US Badminton girls are all out of the running. ETA: USA Network is now re-broadcasting May’s match with commentators. Of course, I was waiting to hear how badly they would butcher May’s long last name, Mangkalakiri. That’s pronounced Mang-ka-la-kee-ree, folks. But the commentator went crazy there with. Mang-gala-CARRY. Carry? Really?  How did the “I” become “A”? The former USA Badminton president is the one going with the safe way, having known May, calling...
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