Our good friends’ daughter just had her first birthday. It was fun. I have been to first birthdays before, but as a non-parent, they’re often very loud and not much fun. Usually they don’t have a crate of beers you can delete either. As a parent, today was a blast. Fun in the park, with…

99% of people only pay attention to track and field during the Olympics, and I’m one of them. Today, however, I make an exception. I sat next to a rather odd person at dinner a little while ago, and he told me about this running phenomenon out of Australia called Gout Gout, who may very…

I had a small kitchen fire today. While searing some prawns, the oil in the pan caught alight and before you know it, I had a mini flamethrower in my hand. Crazy! Fortunately, I knew what to do, and most importantly, not WHAT to do. For those unsure, whatever you do, don’t use water to…

Note: this post should have gone out last week, but it got stuck in drafts. We are on the plane home. Occi is asleep, so is Ky. It’s been a busy holiday. I’m glad we came. London, despite its many faults, is a second home to me. Every time I touch down, it feels comfortable.…

Something cool happened yesterday, some of my shares at Innovera vested. It’s worth $0 at the moment, and possibly might stay that way for a while, but most people’s work anniversaries come and go without much fanfare. Not this time.

It’s never fun, but it doesn’t last forever. Occi decided that 3am was time to party, which was fine, but here’s hoping we make it to past 6 tomorrow morning.