Peter miraculously had some time off from booth duty on Thursday afternoon, so we strolled off to explore the convention hall. Just steps from our booth, we discovered a freaking long line of people. I asked the person on the end what was the line for: people will stand in line for anyone, and I’m [...]
I originally planned to leave the San Diego on Sunday morning and skip the last day of the show, but when I was looking over the program guide, I saw an ad for the Hamlet 2 panel on Sunday morning, which would include an appearance by Steve Coogan.
As I’ve blogged earlier, I seem to have [...]
I skipped out on the last two years of the San Diego Comic-Con because it’s just to freakin’ huge for my comfort: in particular I loathe being caught in a huge crowd. But this year, Neil needed a ride to the show, and like his dad, he’d be heartbroken if he missed out on it. [...]
Presidential candidate Barack Obama recently said “Instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English, you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish.” He’s been criticized for that comment, but I agree with him. As I’ve found, having to put up with gringo efforts at Spanish (like mine) encourages Latino immigrants to pull [...]
Last night, Peter and I went to San Francisco to see Stan Ridgway perform at the Great American Music Hall. It was one of the most enjoyable concerts I’ve seen in a long time, and the acoustics at the Great American Music Hall (which I’d never been in before) were great.
I haven’t really been in [...]
When the San Francisco Symphony played at Plaza de Cesar Chavez in October, I thought it would be a once-in-a-lifetime treat. So I was incredibly thrilled to find out they were putting on another free concert on Tuesday: and now it’s just foosteps away from our office.
In a way, the outdoor concerts are nicer for [...]
My friend and college roommate Nancy emailed me her list of seven songs she’s into right now. For some reason (even though she likes to write), she doesn’t have a website of her own. Here’s her list:
“Down to Earth” by Peter Gabriel (from the soundtrack to “Wall-E.”)
“1492,” “Hanging Tree,” “When I Dream of Michaelangelo,” and [...]
I do go on and on about how jazzed we are to have our offices downtown now. We end up seeing a lot more of downtown San Jose, and there’s always more fun to be had.
The weekend before, we’d gone downtown to see the fireworks and thanks to our office building, were able to drive [...]
When I went to Germany in February, Peter and I discovered Skype. It’s so much fun that it inspired Peter to buy us (as well as his parents) high-quality web cams, and upgrade my computer so it could handle said webcams. Like other technologies we’ve embraced, it’s so revolutionary that it by far surpasses other [...]
This morning, I got up early to go to the DMV office downtown in order to pick up my new vanity license plates:
Peter and I ordered it after Wizard World LA reminded us about how we feel about the big city down south. And I’ll be driving it through LA in, um, just about a [...]
