Stepping out of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Pacific Science Center with Dad, Mom and Danielle. No pictures allowed of the 2000-year-old manuscripts so this will have to do. A new-years experience that has left us in reverent awe.
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I hope your Christmas was merry!
Posted in December 30th, 2006 07:00pm MST
America's…
Posted in December 30th, 2006 11:57am MST
On our way thr…
Posted in December 25th, 2006 01:14pm MST
On our way through the city to Tim and Carol's for Christmas dinner. I guess Mom and Danielle had too much fun opening presents this morning. :)
Only three mor…
Posted in December 22nd, 2006 08:09am MST
Only three more days until Christmas, gang. Thanks to Clint i'm properly attired today. Are you?
The front page…
Posted in December 20th, 2006 05:27pm MST
The front page of the Seattle times: it's disaster preparedness instructions in the city's prominent languages. One windstorm and Seattle goes into full apocalypse mode. Drama queens!
One more item on my wishlist.
Posted in December 19th, 2006 09:54pm MST
I didn't do the live site countdown this year - mostly because I don't need to be reminded how few days I have left to finish all these gifts, distribute them, and get my house clean before Mom and Dad show up. A little mental math tells me we're getting pretty close, though.
It’s not too late to pick me out something off my wishlist, you know. If it arrives the week after its festive deadline it will still buy you another whole year of my love.
I picked out a couple nice things from my bank today, as well - don't worry, they weren't off the wishlist. Citibank is awesome and awards me points all year for doing things I'd do anyway - paying bills, depositing paychecks - and then I spend them on myself every December. I ordered a sweet poker set and blew the rest of the points on Shell gas cards - who says I'm not practical?
There’s one more item unofficially on my wishlist, too, after my visit to the gym this morning. I want hot water in the shower. I don't think this is a lot to ask, you guys. It’s supposed to be one of Allstar Fitness' “premium" locations, 14 floors up in the Seattle Municipal Tower with a sweeping view of the city, mountains, and harbor from any of the cardio machines, the pool, or (oddly) the men’s locker room. It’s twice the price of Pure Fitness, supposedly due to the caliber of the facilities and equipment, but I bet Pure Fitness doesn't surprise their members every few days by blowing out the pilot light on the locker room water heater. A member I met in the elevator told me it’s been a problem for years (not encouraging) and despite that I've been complaining about it every time it happens, it still happens. I'm not a plumbing expert, but I think I could fix it.
My ironclad contract is up in January - ironically, the only way a gym will guarantee your loss of a pound of flesh in writing is in their early-termination clause - and this will definitely affect my decision to renew. Unfortunately, I'm equal parts lazy and habitual, so I'm dreading finding a new gym, learning my way around a new gym, and potentially having to walk farther to/from a new gym, especially in the wee hours of the morning when I'm already cranky and easily confused.
While I was toweling away the hypothermia in the locker room this morning I crafted this limmerick that, had there been a sharpie in my gym bag, I would have written across the bathroom mirror:
- There once was a gym in a tower;
It was no place to spend your lunch hour.
The management’s cheap,
The tile floors all leak,
And every third day a cold shower.
Six more days until Christmas, everyone. Be merry, be blessed, and may all your showers be hot ones!
Headed across …
Posted in December 17th, 2006 04:24pm MST
Headed across town after helping Sean and Julia move. It turned out to be a pretty great day to be out driving my Z.
The power'…
Posted in December 15th, 2006 06:54am MST
The power's out at my house, along with 1.5 million other Seattlites, after last night's epic storm. Downtown there are lights, but a slight debris problem.
With Tyler at …
Posted in December 10th, 2006 11:25am MST
With Tyler at the top of Crystal mountain. Great snow, great day to be up here early. :)
