my life

i am a long-suffering fan of the golden state warriors. i have never been to hawaii. i suck at golf. i have a good-looking wife and kids. i miss driving a car with a stick-shift transmission. i donate money every month to the aclu and eff. i am a board member of warm springs baseball in fremont. my right shoe wears down differently than my left shoe.

my show


breaking bad

my rides


    toyota mr2


      geo prizm


        volkswagen passat


          bmw z3


            volkswagen gti


              bmw z4


                audi s4


                  honda civic hybrid (ouch!)


                    ac transit van hool a300


                      the silver bullet

                        honda civic hybrid (again!)

                          vta gillig phantom 9813

challenge accepted

the google nap pod

google provides these nap pods around their campus so workers can freshen up with a short nap. i vote that we get the same thing at work. my only requirement is that it muffle the snoring so people can get their work done.

i didn’t even know they had electricity?

AP Vietnam to Launch 1st Satellite Wednesday March 12, 4:18 am ET Vietnam to Launch 1st Satellite to Improve Country’s Telecommunications

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is preparing to launch its first satellite, hoping to improve the country’s telecommunications to keep pace with its rapid economic development, officials said Wednesday.

Vinasat No. 1 is scheduled [...]

wobbly hand karate chop

i like these slow-mo cameras.

pretty neat how you can see the small wave go through the concrete block. if only i could have a camera like this capture me blocking some fools basketball shot to the street or capture marcos when he does a surprise face slap to daddy.

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proof that canadians have taste

after shipping us pamela anderson and molson ice, they do something like this to regain their world standing:

on google maps:

marcos is a good drummer

look at the passion in his eyes!

serj tankian’s “sky is over” song started playing on the radio and marc just caught fire. he’s not yet as good as me, even though i also have to steer the car with my knee as i drum. he’s definitely in the top 2% nationwide in his [...]

the giants are going to suck this year

so, i had some initial optimism about how the giants would do this year but after seeing some of the box scores from the cactus league, i’m reconsidering my expectations of how they might finish. this, coupled with the fact that the dodgers hired joe torre, is making me think that it’s going to [...]

good-bye hillary

by the end of the day today, we will have our democratic competitor to our gook-hating john mccain. let the real fun begin!

i think it’s safe to assume that hillary might have done better if she had a better campaign team, maybe being a little tougher on proofreading some of the official promotional [...]

muni harshness

its been years since i rode the bus, but most of my county transit experience back in the day was mostly unremarkable, which is probably a good thing. seems like some muni drivers are the repeated targets of complaints, but muni management doesn’t do much to get rid of them.

consider this:

“Hey, she’s [...]

am i getting old?

i usually watch channel 2 news at night, but the remotes were across the room and the cost/benefit ratio wasn’t enough to get me out of the chair, so i stuck with channel 7 news. during the segment, i saw a commercial for a volvo c70 convertible:

man, that’s a good looking car. i [...]