Last Night's Speeches
Obama was inspiring, Clinton was delusional, McCain seemed to be saying “hey you kids, get off my lawn!”
Obama was inspiring, Clinton was delusional, McCain seemed to be saying “hey you kids, get off my lawn!”
This was the moment—this was the time—when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals. That man is an absolutely electrifying speaker. My god.
Our CEO, Scott, had us over to his house a few weeks back to celebrate our recent successes with Skytap Virtual Lab. Naturally, I wandered off for a while to take a few pictures. It was a stunning day, and I was able to get a few reasonable pictur...
My friend Rob, affectionately known as Rizzle, Robzor, or Robasaurus by me, turned 30 two weeks ago. To celebrate, a number of us spent the day on Lake Stevens north of Everett, WA barbecuing, boating, and goofing off. Happy birthday, buddy! ...
I was in Boulder, Colorado last weekend for the wedding of two friends of mine from high school, Afton and Abbie. Even though they had a professional wedding photographer at work, I still took a few hundred pictures. All told, I ended up with a ha...
I had dinner at Matt’s in the Market last week. As always, the food was fantastic, and the ambiance wasn’t far behind. Their bread pudding and scallops are absolutely to die for, and I ate so much that I thought I might (hah!). A little more is av...
[W]e may call ourselves Democrats and Republicans, but we are Americans first. We are always Americans first.
Dear TSA, Thank you for so carefully checking the toiletries contained inside my single quart-sized ziploc bag at the Denver International Airport on Sunday. I feel significantly safer flying the friendly skies knowing that you are so vigilant a...
I was in Japan last week. Great trip, lots of fun, took tons of pictures, and more pictures are still to come on Flickr. Here’s one to tide you over for the moment: Also, my employer, Skytap, came out of stealth two weeks ago with the announcem...
I’ll have much more to say this week than I have in a while. I hate these self-imposed quiet periods :P In other news, I attended the rockin’ 43rd LD’s caucuses, which was an absolute madhouse (but in a good way). I also finally got my hair cut to...