I have this vision in my head of the perfect jellyfish picture. Actually, it’s not just in my head. I’m not sure exactly where I saw it first, but I know it’s a picture from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It’s a single jellyfish with a long tail trailing off the…
I can’t help but mention another bit of Microsoft culture shock. Of course, it’s less shock now, more amusement. When Brian (from Oracle) went on his honeymoon in Honduras over a year ago, Kevin had the brilliant idea of doing… something… to Brian’s office when he was gone. Kevin’s inspiration:…
For the past two weeks, I’ve been trying to replicate my commute experience at Oracle. In San Francisco, I was one of dozens to put my bike on Caltrain at 22nd Street, and, when I wanted some exercise, I would get off at Burlingame or San Mateo and bike the…
This weekend was Festering Oktoberscoot. When I first heard of the rally–a scooter-based tour of Seattle breweries–I thought this would be a singularly bad idea. A half a glass of alcohol on a two-wheeled vehicle feels like two to three full glasses when driving a car. There is just so…
The Microsoft company meeting was held this past Thursday, 21-SEP-06. At Safeco Field. For those of you who are not familiar with baseball, Safeco Field is the home stadium for the Seattle Mariners. In other words, it probably holds 40-50,000 people. Now, we didn’t take up the entire stadium. A…
I bought a replacement for my Vespa yesterday. Same model: ET4. Same year: 2002. Same color: platinum. Of course, it has 7,700 fewer miles, it doesn’t have this little rattle when I start it up, and it doesn’t ride quite as rough. Those are all to the good, but I…
Apparently, I live in a hotel. This is according to Finn and Ellie, who don’t know anyone who lives in a multi-story, multi-unit building. I tried to explain that I live in an apartment building, and I thought the message got through. Until the next morning, when Finn asked if…
Geico has stepped up to the plate now that the G****s have accepted responsibility for the accident. I had a rental car for a few days, which helped with the move and made my commute easier (I’d rather be stuck in the 520 parking lot on a 1.25 hour commute,…
Almost all of my close marketing friends at Oracle are pregnant: Kevin, Mike, Nelly, Brigitte and Brian are all expecting in the next couple of weeks/months. Well, Kevin, Nelly, Brigitte and Mike are expecting soon. Madison Louise D***** was born yesterday at 3:42 pm to Brian and Julie. Yeah!
My old Oracle buddy Brian found this article on the rising popularity of scooters in the US. I must say, I’m a little shocked at the age skew, but then again, I’m a little shocked that I’m only a couple of years away from being in that age skew. As…
