Jun 12 2012
After finishing going through “The Horse” exhibit at the Natural History Museum my mom and I decided to walk across the way to sit and have a nice al fresco sandwich lunch at The Village Grill. I had tried their tuna melt before and liked it quite a bit. Unfortunately they didn’t have it any …
Jun 11 2012
For today’s Apple keynote address at this year’s WWDC at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, I set up my computer with four browser windows, three in Firefox to watch live blogging from Engadget, The Verge and MacWorld, and one window in Safari to watch TWiT Live’s coverage of the event. Everything worked flawlessly. Just …
Jun 10 2012
Since finishing the ten-day Amoxicillin regimen for my tooth infections and after the resulting two weeks of…abby-normal…occasionally urgent…um, evacuating…and after discussing my oft-seated situation with my medically-trained brother, I cheek-clenched my way over to a nearby CVS to pick up some probiotic tablets to battle this unfortunate…Game of Thrones. Here’s hoping that in a few …
Jun 09 2012
Helped my friends, Sylvia and Rodrigo, tidy up some of the more aggressively growing vegetable plants in their garden. We started by added a plastic mesh to a portion of fence to coax a fast-spreading cucumber to grow upwards instead of outwards, some more mesh to surround another cucumber plant, and some clothes-line rope to …
Jun 08 2012
Took Lilo and Stitch to pick up their parents, Rodrigo and Sylvia, after a late night arrival at the airport to officially end their first-ever trip to Hawaii. The dogs were so good and patient as we sat in the cell phone lot waiting for the “we’re out on the curb waiting to be picked …
Jun 08 2012
Lilo was feeling so much better when we got up this morning. Although she was still being very careful about not jumping around like she normally does, she seemed not to be in any pain. She was even sleeping upside down on her back. Plus, her appetite had returned with a vengeance so I decided …
Jun 07 2012
After the nerve-wrecking morning with Lilo at the vet, the remainder of the day was spent very calmly and quietly resting. Lilo slept the remainder of the day on the mattresses I placed on the floor in the living room so she wouldn’t have to jump up on anything. Stitch really didn’t seem to mind …
Jun 07 2012
So on day five of house/dog-sitting for the Tapias while they were enjoying a much-needed trip to Hawaii, something unfortunate happened to poor little Lilo. After jumping off the bed she yelped in pain and seemed a bit afraid to move very much. I couldn’t find anything obviously wrong with her but noticed she was …
Jun 05 2012
My day started off with a fantastic blueberry muffin for breakfast. (For what happened after that please see my other blog posts about going to the Zoo with Heather (work in progress), lunch at Phil’s and the Venus Transit.) The evening brought a nice surprise in the form of a video chat with Sylvia and …
Jun 05 2012
Spent about five hours taking multiple photographs at fifteen minute intervals to capture Venus’ transit across the face of the Sun. It was a long, choppy process. Once the photos were taken I had to sift through them all and choose the ones that would work best when put into an animation. Then I had …
Jun 05 2012
After a fun morning spent at the San Diego Zoo with Heather and Lauren, our empty stomachs demanded that we head over to Phil’s BBQ for lunch. I had the amazingly good and filling Broham (pulled pork) Sandwich. Something about the food and ambiance at Phil’s that makes me feel comfortable. After finishing our extra-saucy …
Jun 04 2012
My day started off with a breakfast of champions: a bowl of Cocoa Puffs Brownie Crunch, Cap’n Crunch’s Peanut Butter Crunch and Honey Nut Cheerios, all mixed together in a Kellogg’s cereal bowl. Watching the dogs was more enjoyable today since I stayed here all day. They did come out with me a few times, …
Jun 03 2012
Ladies and germs (literally), may I introduce you to the latest addition to the hairy side of our family. He is the recently ejected son of Enzo, Stephen and Jeri’s feisty, four-legged child. He is…the adorable Oliver.
Jun 03 2012
Went to pick up my friend, Archie, and then drove over to Tierrasanta for our next Comic Fest meeting of organizers and volunteers. At fifteen people, it was the most individuals that have attended yet. Of course two of them lived in the house we met at. It was also probably the most productive, as …
Jun 03 2012
Dropped Sylvia and Rodrigo off at the airport here in San Diego this morning so that they can finally begin their almost week-long and much needed getaway to Hawai’i with Mary, Dave and Diana and so that I can begin my almost week-long stay at their house watching their fur-kids, Lilo and Stitch while having …
