The Couch Potato

Guh! Phil – my boss – went with me to the Niners game yesterday. We enjoyed ourselves at Candlestick Park, even though the hometown steam stunk up the joint. The ‘Stick was built back around 1960. I don’t care what they call it today, it’s still a quality venue. Plenty of season-ticket holders translates into [...]

We’re going down to Tucson for Thanksgiving this year. We usually head back to Missouri for this particular holiday, to coincide with deer season. But we thought we’d change it up this year. Ann and I started a tradition last year of having smoked ham on Thanksgiving. We’re not really turkey eaters. Sylvia and Fred [...]

Ann and I celebrated our four-year anniversary this week. Went to dinner at a place called Garibaldi’s, a swanky restaurant in our neighborhood. Our meals were great and we had a nice, relaxing evening. We also exchanged some small gifts. I got a Starbucks gift card and coffee mug, as well as a cool Mizzou [...]

Just got back from a (near) week-long conference in Toronto. Mucky-mucks from around the world – over 600 in all – met there to discuss the future of news. First off all, Toronto was pretty cool. I saw an awful lot of the block around my downtown hotel (pubs, fast food, ATMs, coffee shops, etc.). [...]

Celebrated the wife’s 33rd birthday yesterday. We dined out at her favorite sushi place – Sushiya – compliments of my folks. Then we went back home and Ann ripped into the rest of her presents and many gift cards. I got her some smart wool socks and a heart monitor sports watch. She’s still on [...]

Gary Pinkel, football coach of the mighty Missouri Tigers. On Saturday night – playing the hated Nebraska Cornhuskers – the Tigers held a 28-point lead in the fourth quarter and were rolling. They drove the ball down to the Nebraska ten-yard line or so before the drive stalled. On fourth down, they set up for [...]

This weekend is my 20-year high school reunion. Yes, that certainly does indicate my aging status. Some of my classmates called me this afternoon from one of the many sanctioned functions, but I was knee-deep in work at the time and couldn’t fully engage in conversational shennanigans. When I hung up I felt like an [...]

Last night was our regular Tuesday night social event. It doesn’t happen every week, more like once a month, when we meet up with friends at various East Bay watering holes. Last night we visited Beckett’s in downtown Berkeley. It’s an upscale Irish Pub with a great beer selection and decent food. Ann and I [...]

Had a great visit from my buddy, Ryan, last weekend. He arrived on Thursday, and pretty much occupied himself for a day or two while Ann and I worked. We met up on Friday after work and had dinner at Michaelangelo’s, our favorite place in North Beach. Then Saturday we hit the madness on Telegraph [...]