Archive for July, 2007

Scholarly Sources?

I have never been a huge fan of Wikipedia because I often question the quality of the contributors. I by no means think that knowledge and truths are absolute, but I also believe that factual data should have some level of consistency. I recently read that one of the co-founders of Wikipedia has now created […]

Apple news & home theatre update

So, Apple is opening up an Apple Store in Rome! Yah! I also read that Apple is going to start a movie download service through iTunes. It might be time to get that Apple TV…
Last night, Gian and I bought a new DVD player and sound system. It’s sounds great. Our seven year old XBOX […]

Vicky Letwin

When my brother and I were young, we spent nearly afternoon at our neighbor, Amil and Vicky’s, house. Sadly, Vicky passed away Wednesday evening after a long battle with cancer. She was such a remarkable woman and taught my brother and I so much. She was a talented artist and a kind, funny, and Christian […]

It’s like they read my mind…

So, I complain about riding Route 48 on the Metro. It looks like there are FAR crazier routes out there. This is the kind of stuff that provoked us to get a scooter…
Read “Real Stories of Metro Transit’s Meanest, Weirdest, Cheapest, Horniest, and Smelliest Passengers” in the Seattle Weekly.

Scooting to work

For the past two years, we have been riding the bus to work and I’ve hated it. Our route is slow, noisy, and has really rude passengers. Last week, Gian and I decided we had enough and were determined to find a quicker and calmer route to work. We decided to purchase scooters! We got […]

Camping!

Gian and I had an incredible time camping in the Olympic National Park. We spent a couple nights in the rain forest near Rialto Beach. The views were spectacular despite it raining (it was, after all, a RAIN forest). We hiked to a tide pool and saw all sorts of interesting aquatic life. It was […]

Funniest movie review I’ve read

This statement from The Stranger on Hairspray cracked me up:
One is John Travolta, hideously miscast as Tracy’s mother, Edna. This is drag as your dad would do it, if your dad were developmentally disabled, wedged in a state-of-the-art fat suit, and drunk on Robitussin. Between the mincing and constantly mutating accent, I found Travolta unwatchable. […]