Hiking Greenland

Shot on the same hike as seen a few entries ago, the picture on the left shows thedude holding a piece of ice. Why? I guess because ice was so hard to come by in Greenland. On the right, thedude and friends walked out onto the Greenlandic ice cap and decided to walk “just out…

No More Excuses

You now have no reason not to use the world’s best web browser. Opera is now free. Install it. Learn how to use it. Rejoice. While you’re at it, be sure to install the latest version of Google Earth. It’s amazingly cool and also free. You’ll need it to get the most out of this…

thedude’s Fiddieth Birthday Party Invitation

It just dawned on my that some of you might not have seen the fabulous party invitation. 🙂 Thanks to Apple for supplying the terrific iPod ads and to this great blog for a helpful tutorial. BTW, if you like iPods and PhotoShop, give this fun tutorial a spin. You are guaranteed to learn something…

Back to Greenland

Both of these were taken on the day of the big Thule Open Golf Tournament atop Mount Dundas. Along the way on the hike to the mountain, we encountered this cemetery. I wish I knew a little of the history of it. The helicopter was shot from the top of the 900 foot “mountain” as…

Winter in Diego Garcia

I ran across these images while scanning Greenland photos and just had to put them on the blog. The contrast is nice. These images of me and my friends lounging in the Indian Ocean may give you some idea why I chose to spend a year in Diego Garcia after my 17 months in Greenland….

Summer in Greenland

Thanks to recently reconnecting with a couple friends from my Greenland adventure, I’m once again motivated to hunt through my archives for cool arctic images. (Pun intended.) That’s me in the summer of 1986 at J-Site – about 13 miles north of Thule. You can’t tell from the image, but the cliff I’m standing on…

Half a Friggin’ Century

Wow. It’s hard to believe, but true. Fifty big ones. We celebrated the auspicious event at the Conga Lounge. (Where else?) A few dozen of our best friends and coworkers, a few pizzas, mai tai’s and a delicious German chocolate birthday cake at our favorite tiki bar. Perfect. I was busy pressing the flesh and…

Birthday Party Number Two

We celebrated Elise’s 39th last night at the Conga Lounge. Elise has been one of thedude’s favorite coworkers for the last five years. Gotta love that smile. Happy birthday, Elise! We’ll be back at the lounge again tonight for thedude’s *gulp* 50th. Whew!

A Big Week for Birthdays

We took the train to Fresno to help celebrate Wendy’s 45th birthday – the first of four birthday celebrations this week. The party was supposed to have been a surprise, but you know how these things go – she knew all about the it. However, Wendy did not know that her pals Kelly and thedude…

Art and Soul in Oakland

Oakland’s Art and Soul Festival takes place this weekend. Our city streets are blocked off and stages are setup throughout the downtown area. We ran into our excellent friend Julie, and watched performances by Carbon Leaf and Aimee Mann at the KFOG stage. Both were very good. We decided not to hang around for Blues…

Happy Birthday Terra!

2005 is a big year for 50th birthday parties, and Terra’s will no doubt be remembered as one of thedude’s favorites. The party’s hosts have a stunning and eclectic home in the hills above Orinda. The home has an enormous multi-level deck with views from Mt. Diablo to Mt. St. Helena. The entire compound is…