Archive For January, 2009

Armageddon in California

By | January 24, 2009

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What is this wet stuff falling from the sky?  It’s crazy that 9 months of rain never seemed to bother me in Seattle, but 3 days of it here is a little much.

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Vegas for Affiliate Summit West

By | January 23, 2009

So I went almost 24 years before my first trip to Las Vegas, and now I’ve been 3 times since then, with another trip planned for May (Jing Jing’s bachelor party).  I’m not much of a gambler, but I love the scale and atmosphere there.  They’ve built an artificial world in the middle of the [...]

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This is Chris

By | January 23, 2009

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This is my brother Chris.  We can communicate in a strange dialect of Spanglish and Simpsons quotes that no one else understands.

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Selling Candy at Summer Camp

By | January 23, 2009

When it comes to my entrepreneurial history, I was getting a little smarter by the time high school rolled around.  Before heading off for a week at scout camp when I was 15,  mom and I stopped at Costco and picked up a box of skittles bags and a big bag of caramel apple pops.  [...]

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Victory is Mine!

By | January 22, 2009

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Last night I earned a gold medal on the Mirror Special Cup for Mario Kart Wii, completing my License.  Strange how there still seems to be characters and vehicles to unlock though.

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My First Birdie

By | January 21, 2009

tigerwoods

During an otherwise pretty crappy day at the links last Saturday, a miracle occurred.  On the Las Positas Executive Golf Course, Par 4 Hole 6, I shot my first birdie.  It was a money drive, a nice chip, and a clutch 12-foot putt for the bird. Amazing. I’ve been golfing (poorly) for a while now, [...]

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