Well, we're making our final transition step to this very-different family lifestyle by closing in on a 2002 Toyota Sienna minivan. Only 30,000 miles and in excellent shape from what I can tell. The couple that own it were transferred to China for 3 years, so her sister is trying to sell it for her.

It means I get to sell my sporty red 1997 Ford Probe GT to some guy who will finish running it into the ground. Or maybe he'll supe it up and make some good coin on it in another decade or two when the Probe is considered a "classic".

I wonder if I should perform a ritual of sorts as this would be the definitive end of my free-wheeling lifestyle and the beginning of my middle age (or the Dark Ages as some people call them). Or maybe I'll just go on a bender...where did I put that 15-year bottle of Bowmore Mariner now?

My 25-year old cousin recently took a job with a high-profile internet company in Silicon Valley and he moved to San Jose, CA from Calgary, Alberta this weekend. He was a little bummed because he's in a new city in a (somewhat) different country, doesn't know anyone, doesn't know the area at all, needs to find a permanent place to live in 28-days (and counting), and has never owned a car nor had a cellphone (which the company is getting him for 30 days use). The previous week had been a flurry of paperwork for him trying to get all the i's dotted and t's crossed for his Visa/Passport. Needless to say he's a little stressed. Read the rest of this entry ...

An entry in which I ramble on about my blog, California, my basement and my Linux Server. Read the rest of this entry ...

Well I spent some time last night trimming the fat on my old PC (PIII-450 MHz, Win98) including removing applications and MP3 files I no longer use and then starting a defrag of the 3 different hard disks. This is all in preparation for a re-install of Mandrake on a bigger Linux partition with hopes of running the box as a fileserver for my LAN.

Anyway, my Dad and his girlfriend are coming to visit the boys this weekend. It should be a fine time, though and I have to figure out what the menu will be...