Category: Life

The Disneyland VIP Experience

To paraphrase the Walt Disney quote, it was all started by a text. On Friday afternoon, Ann received a text from longtime friend Colleen (pseudonym). She said she was in town for the week and had a question for her: would you and the family like to join us at Disneyland on Saturday? We immediately … Continue reading The Disneyland VIP Experience →

2013: My Year In Review

Since this is a personal blog, I figured that instead of writing a year-end review about other things, it would be better suited for me to give a year-end review of things that actually happened in my life. It’s much easier to do something like this now since chances are I captured those moments with … Continue reading 2013: My Year In Review →

Singing with Heart

Last Friday night I attended our monthly Karaoke Night at our usual spot. Sadly, not all of the usual former coworkers could make it as they had prior engagements. It’s easy to see why with the holidays now upon us. To summarize, here’s the list of songs I “sang”: Tainted Love by Soft Cell. Always … Continue reading Singing with Heart →

Loafing Around

Believe it or not, there was once a time when memories had to remain just that. If you saw something that was beyond words and had no way to document it then a memory was all you got. If you were really lucky (or strange for that matter), you might have had a camera handy … Continue reading Loafing Around →

That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

The image you see to the left is how the front yard of our house, the one we’ve lived in since 2004, starts to look as the leaves begin to fall from the sweet gum tree situated in the parkway. It’s a big tree on city property that yields shade in the Summer and as … Continue reading That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore →