Viewing Category: Living
2008 Jun 23
Swearing
I rarely swear or use the F-word, especially not in normal conversation. But when I am working in the yard, the “gloves come off”. Those weeds really bring out the worst in me. I’d say that 95% of the times I say the F-word are when I am weeding. Just thinking about those weeds is making me mad. Time to think about something else.
2008 Jun 10
Waiting Room Laptops
The waiting room at my kids’ Kumon school has free wi-fi, and many parents bring their laptops to pass the time. Yesterday there were one MacBook, one MacBook Air, three Dell Inspirons with work bar codes on them (lots of Dell employees in Austin, of course), and one Toshiba. I felt a bit old fashioned since I was just reading a book. On a related note, I did see someone reading from her Sony Reader at lunch. It was pretty neat.
2008 Jun 09
Fast Food
Before I stopped eating beef, pork, and chicken, I used to visit BK or McDonald’s quite often at lunchtime, and get something off of their value menu. It was so tasty and cheap. Nowadays, fast food for me is a Veggie Delite from Subway or fish tacos from La Salsa. But, last Friday I decided to stop by BK and get a fish sandwich and fries. It tasted pretty good, but that afternoon, I felt awful. That “food” was just sitting in my stomach… not digesting. I don’t think I’ll be visiting there again. But I have the craving for some fries again. I guess it’s time to pull out the deep fryer and make some homemade fries!
2008 Jun 04
Koa’s Funny
The kids and I were at the pool last weekend, when Koa says to me, “Papa, you have a moustache under your arm.” I thought that was funny.
2008 May 26
Kids at the Pool
I took the kids to the pool a couple times this long weekend, and they both can swim on their own (using water-wings)! A major milestone has been achieved. They can move around the pool, albeit at a snail’s pace, which is good for me because I can relax more instead of having them clinging to me the entire time.
2008 May 21
Supercub at 60 Million
The Honda Supercub has surpassed the 60-million mark of total units produced! It’s the 50th anniversary of the legendary bike. It’s the highest selling vehicle of all time, and it gets ~100 mpg.
Article at Yahoo! Japan
Translated (to English) article
2008 May 12
Motocompo Chase
A fun little anime clip I found from The Scooter Scoop:
2008 May 05
Go Go Curry
Mariko sent me a link to a fantastic article by Chris Kohler about the opening of a Go Go Curry restaurant in NYC. It’s got me craving Japanese curry so badly! His description of J-curry is right on the money, and I was so glad he mentioned the practice of topping the curry with cheese. It’s my preferred method of eating kare-raisu (curry rice).
“Go Go Curry Brings Japan’s Authentic Comfort Food to NYC”
2008 May 01
Conversation with Koa
An excerpt of my conversation with Koa (4) this morning on the way to daycare:
Koa: I want old McDonald’s.
Me: Mom’s cheeseburgers are much better. She makes them with love.
Koa: No, french fries!
Me: Oh yeah, and french fries.
Koa: And poop!