Droid Review
I’ve been living with my Droid for about a month now. Friends have been asking for a review, so here it is. Note, I haven’t used an iPhone so I can’t do a comparison between them. […]
Alan Parsons Project at the House of Blues
After the NAMM show in Anaheim this week (post and pictures coming soon) Jason and I headed up to Hollywood to catch the Alan Parsons Project at the House of Blues. Alan led the band from a riser at the back of the stage. In addition to being great musicians, each member of the band [...]
More Food
Hot Chocolate - Kevin stole my mug We spent a lot of time cooking this holiday season. Most of our family gifts included homemade breads and other goodies, plus we cooked our usual holiday meals. In honor of our new kitchen, most of my gifts were cookbooks. (The cookbooks are also great photography books!) Highlights [...]
Rolly Pollys
Sarah's grandfather would make Rolly Pollys from scratch on occasion. Though they seem to be a lot like cinnamon rolls, her grandfather would prepare them for dessert. Tonight we did the same. The dough is simple, and more like a crust than bread. Here's his recipe: ROLLY POLLYS 4 cups sifted flour 1/4 teaspoon salt [...]
Moved from Movable Type to WordPress
Hey, it works! I moved my blog from using Movable Type over to WordPress. I had two reasons for wanting to do this. First, I wanted a link at the bottom of the main page to older posts. This seems trivial, but Movable Type builds static pages so it's a lot of work to get [...]
Sleeping happy tonight!
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Clapton’s Guitar
My buddy Tom lent me this book over the summer. It's a wonderful read - you get to know Wayne Henderson, one of the world's premiere guitar builders, as you follow the process of him building a guitar for Clapton. Wayne only builds a handful of guitars a year, and if you happen [...]
How Not To Do A Dipped Cone
We went to Fosters Freeze today to satisfy my craving for a chocolate dipped soft serve, only to find out THEY WERE CLOSED TODAY! On a Sunday! We then headed over to 31 Flavors, which I normally like. The guy behind the counter warned me not to get dipped ice cream on a cone, but [...]
Animation Show of Shows
Ron Diamond of Acme FilmWorks brought his Animation Show of Shows to Electronic Arts today. The 85 minute show included 11 different shorts, plus a Q&A session with two of the directors afterward. Koji Yamamura (left) directed "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor", and Alexi Alexeev (center) directed the (very) short "KJFG #5." Ron Diamond is [...]
Belly Bomb
I got no sleep last night - zip, zero, nada. Don't know why, my brain just wouldn't turn off. So I'm not quite sure why I thought it would be a good idea to eat this for breakfast - I blame my foggy state. Taken at Porto's Bakery in Burbank, which I love. This is [...]