I have two friends named JJ. The JJ in Phoenix has a band called A Save for the Cameras, and he sent over some of his songs tonight. My favorite is "Paper Plate Bean Shakers", which I've embedded above. I asked him where he got the band name A Save for the Cameras, and he said: "Me and the other guitar player used to always play FIFA together on PlayStation, and when a guy kicks...
The Dog and the Bone is a fable ascribed to Aesop. According to the story, a dog was carrying a bone over a bridge. Looking down into the water, the dog saw its own reflection, which looked to him like another dog carrying another bone. Wanting the other dog's bone as well as his own, the dog opened his mouth to bark at the "other" dog it saw, but in doing so, the dog dropped...
— Author Unknown
Sunday was Laura's wedding, so we decided to head down early and have some well deserved fun. The drive down from the Bay Area on Friday was long and we ran into Friday LA traffic, but it wasn't too bad. Friday night we ate at Javier's Cantina & Grill at The Spectrum in Irvine, CA, which was probably the nicest Mexican restaurant I've ever been to. After dinner, we saw Cloudy with a Chance of...
Lessons in maintaining hunger and drive from Billy Mays, Sylvester Stallone, and the world's top performers The relentless pursuit of excellence means never losing your hunger for success Last week, I was watching Pitchmen on the Discovery Channel because they were playing every episode in the series, which allowed me a chance to watch all of them (filled up my DVR). It is a great show and I really like Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan,...
My mom, dad, and sister took my nephew Evan to Dozer Day in Vancouver, WA today. There were about 75 different dozers, back hoes, etc that the kids could 'help' operate. As www.djcoregon.com describes it: "The Nutter Foundation will put kids in the driver’s seat of bulldozers, dump trucks and other heavy construction equipment this month as part of its annual Dozer Day fundraiser. Dozer Day, which benefits the Clark County Parks Foundation, allows children...