Last Day in Wisconsin

On my last full day in Burlington, I set the Wayback Machine to the late seventies and shared a few memories with friends that I haven’t seen in a l-o-n-g time. I can not say for sure when last this group was in the same place at the same time. My best guess is that…

Sad, Mad, Bad

You know, I just have to say this – Jeff deserves better. No headstone? No marker of any kind? What the shit? Clearly, he made many, many bad choices. But I’m pretty sure that I will never laugh as hard as I did with Jeff. I am very sure I will never meet a human…

Yes! Family Photos

And now – for those who say their aren’t enough pictures of my family on thedude.com.

30th Class Reunion

Then of course, there was this class reunion – Burlington High School Class of ’73. Yikes! I’ll admit that I was a bit nervous before the big party. I was afraid that I would not recognize anyone. It turned out that I did recognize about half of the classmates who attended – and most of…

Steve and James in Williams Bay

Whew! I have a lot to say about my trip to Wisconsin. Lucky for you, I don’t like to type. I’d rather let my pictures do most of the talking. I will say that my trip was pretty well scripted before I even got on the plane. I had three hours here, exactly four hours…

Happy Birthday, Dude!!

Thanks so much to all who came to thedude’s party. Jim and Kelly are blessed to have the best friends (and neighbors!) in the world. We love you all!

Bocce Ball and Warm Beer

So, I had a really good time yesterday with my fellow sysadmins from work. We took the afternoon off for a “team building event”. I know – sounds horrible, but our new manager Karl came up with an excellent idea! He suggested we try our hand at bocce ball. Turns out the game suited us…

Broooooce!

Our dear friend Bruce dropped by in the middle of his annual trip to the states. Kelly and I took him out for dinner one of our favorites – Le Cheval. We had a hoot reminiscing about the past and planning for the future. Unfortunately, it does not look as though we’ll have time to…

In The Zone

It would be easy to get the impression from my pictures that all we do out here in the bay area is eat and drink wine. Well, it’s just not true. During the day, we all work very hard – so that we can spend our evenings with friends enjoying fine food and wine. The…