We're sitting in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library in San Jose, California. Since I didn't bring a laptop and my PDA keyboard is not working this is the only real opportunity I have to blog until I pry the laptop from Rob's cold, dead hands. Read the rest of this entry ...

§238 · March 20, 2006 · GDC, Life · Comments Off on GDC Trip 2006: Part One ·


Well, our twin sons, Joshua and Jacob are two years old today. Two years ago at this time I was trying to wrap my head around the concept of being a father for the rest of my life after meeting the boys for the first time face-to-face, meanwhile my wife was being stitched back together after her scheduled C-section.

At the time, I didn't really know what it means to be a father. Although I had excellent examples in my own parents, it was still just a label. It was something that had never applied to me before so I had no way of knowing what it truly meant. I think I'm only beginning to understand that responsibility and that makes me appreciate my parents even more. Sam and I still turn to each other every few nights and say to each other "Can this really be happening?"

It's been a challenging two years in many, many ways, but we consider ourselves very blessed.

Check out my photos on Flickr for some pictures I uploaded this morning.

§236 · March 15, 2006 · Kids, Life · Comments Off on The Two-Year Mark ·


Yep, I'm still alive... Taking a break from technology for a bit, here's some personal news: Read the rest of this entry ...

§233 · March 8, 2006 · GDC, Kids, Life · Comments Off on Checking Pulse ·


Nice commencement address speech by Bill Watterson, artist/author of Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Kind of as a follow-up to my earlier post. Truth: "It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.".

§220 · February 1, 2006 · Life, QuickLinks · Comments Off on Some Thoughts On The Real World By One Who Glimpsed It And Fled ·


Here's an article at Variety.com that gives a pretty positive revew of "Things To Do", that movie my brother and his friends made last year. The film is currently competing at the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah, which I mentioned a few days ago.

I noticed the Variety website might have some formatting issues (the article doesn't start until halfway down the page in Firefox 1.5).

§213 · January 24, 2006 · Entertainment, Life, Movies · Comments Off on Variety Is the Spice ·