Visited the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab the other day. They have the world’s largest and highest energy lasers. Using 192 giant laser beams focused on a tiny…
June 2010 Trip
Warm humid weather. All play and no work. What more can I ask for? Spent a week on a Caribbean cruise, visiting Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Conzumel, Mexico. The weather was…
The Kitchen is almost done
It’s been a year since we first thought about remodeling the kitchen, 10 months since we first started demolishing the kitchen, and 6 months since we had a functional kitchen. Now if…
Updates
Disneyworld was hot and humid as expected. Stayed at the Grand Floridian last time, so we stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge this time. Great place, with views of the Savannah from…
Ship on a Stick
That’s right, I joined a volleyball tournament, and my team won. The prize? A 24k gold colored plastic ship on a stick trophy! But I’ll be honest; the competition was…lacking. My strategy…
Just Back from Vegas
This time, it was for business. VMworld was at the Venetian Hotel. So were a lot of people. Too many people. Or so it seemed. Maybe the place wasn’t designed for so…
Toy Story Midway Mania
Wow it’s been so many months since my last update. Too much going on, so I’ll talk about what we did recently…Toy Story Midway Mania! The ride doesn’t officially open until June…
AVP Las Vegas & San Francisco
Last weekend we were at the AVP Best of the Beach event at Pier 30/32 in San Francisco, and the weekend before we were at the AVP Gods & Goddesses of the…
Rome, Italy
Hmmm…after watching the movie Gladiator, the Roman Colosseum just doesn’t look quite the same. I wanted to see barbarians with swords, maces, shields, and javelins. Maybe even a tiger here and there….
Tuscany
Wine, wine, and more wine! That’s what I remember most. It wasn’t all the same wine though. We had a white wine, 2 types of red wine (something simliar to merlot and…