Blog Master G

On April 21, 2003, while living in our San Francisco apartment, Jen and I each wrote down ten personal goals. During our recent spring cleaning, I came across the sealed envelope at the back of my top dresser drawer. We decided to open the envelope. Some of the goals were funny and were stretches, but […]

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On June 7, 1984, I wrote what very well may be my first-ever blog entry. I was seven years old and had attended Donald Duck’s 50th Birthday Party with my Dad, who was a reporter for The Sacramento Union. We flew aboard a chartered PSA Airlines 727-214A dubbed Duck One that sported a giant logo […]

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Three years ago today I was writing about having seen Star Wars: Episode II. Three years?! Where does the time go? It’s been two years since attending my last Bay to Breakers (we got a phone call from Shannon and photos from my cousin Sararose, who both went to Saturday’s 94th annual foot race, though […]

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There’s a small square vent on the east side of the house facing the back yard. If you’re a human, you have to remove four screws before you can go into the crawl space under the kitchen. But if you’re small enough, you don’t need to remove the screws. Just slip through the cracks. Travel […]

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After the last mouse snuck into our house a couple weeks ago, we thought it was cute — a one-time thing. (Previously, we had battled a mouse problem in the pantry.) Since then, it’s become more of a problem. We looked the other way when I was down in the basement about a week ago […]

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“You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event — it is a habit.” -Aristotle As I complete my third week of daily push-ups and sit-ups, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to consistency. It’s a powerful concept and often how we achieve goals in life. Whether it’s accumulating more than 1,100 […]

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Tradition goes on Here come the birthday haiku Three years in a row Small gathering of Friends tonight to celebrate With sushi Gabe’s birth Gorgeous and thoughtful Wife I have gives me great gifts Party, vines, Star Wars Past year has brought much Home, new town, cool friends, good fun Here’s to many more Twenty […]

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We spent Easter at my grandparent-in-laws’ (if that’s a word) south of Kinderhook. It was a gathering of about a baker’s dozen of us, two kids included. Jen’s cousins’ kids are simply adorable, the younger calling his grandpa “grandma” all day while hunting for eggs and eating chocolate and jelly beans. We hung out with […]

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I played the alto sax from fifth through twelfth grades. I was never very good at it, but I enjoyed it. I was in all kinds of bands, including orchestra (yes, on sax, playing cello parts) and marching band (my freshman year of high school). In college, I signed up for sax lessons and went […]

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I’ve never been big on formal exercise. I’ve gone through periods of my life where I’d hit the gym (in college) or even took fitness classes (in college), but mostly, I enjoy physical activities over traditional gym-bound exercise. Historically, those things included running, skiing, soccer, football, basketball, and even sailing (I ran track in high […]

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