The Seattle Coffee Meetup got a tour of Caffe Vita last night. They roast 2,000 to 4,000 pounds of coffee daily. Many coffee shops and restaurants use their coffee in the Seattle area. Unlike Victrola, they pre-blend their espresso prior to roasting.
Photo Gallery For Caffe Vita Coffee Tour
Just got word that our old pet cat RainMan died. I think he was either 15 or 16 years old. After a few days of being lethargic, he passed away last night. Rainman was the best pet I’ve ever had. He actually came when you called him and could even hand-shake. In January 2007, he [...]
One of my favorite genres of reading is financial history and nobody does a better job than Roger Lowenstein.
Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing by Roger Lowenstein takes you through the economic history leading up and covering the stock market crash of 2000-2002. This book is outstanding and I enjoyed it [...]
Between the big fires of 2003 and 2007, there was a small fire in the Rancho San Pasqual valley that was contained quickly.
Photo Gallery For Bandy Canyon Fire
Amateur bodybuilding competition held at Venice’s Muscle Beach on Labor Day 2003.
Photo Gallery For Muscle Beach 2003
Photos from my 2004 trip to the Arnold Expo.
Photo Gallery For Arnold Expo
I visited Denver and Boulder Colorado from May 29-June 1, 2004.
Photo Gallery For Colorado 2004
Today was Presidents Day, which meant that I was off work and the stock market was closed. The weather forecast for Seattle was 57 degrees and sunny. Perfect conditions for an urban hike. I’ve urban hiked Manhattan, San Francisco, Auckland, and Buenos Aires. I decided to urban hike Seattle armed with my camera and [...]
Not sure how this book ended up on my reading list, but I’m glad it did.
The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God is by David J. Linden. It’s a book about the brain. At points it is a very tough read with lots of science, however most of [...]
I’ve been with Blogger since April 2000 and I’ve finally had enough. It is clear that Google has no intention of repairing the code that runs the FTP accounts. It is slow and buggy. They have no intention of making their code XHTML compliant or conforming to MicroFormat standards. All they care about are the [...]
