K: Thank you for fixing the squeak on the bathroom door.
J: How did you know I did that?
K: Because I opened it this morning when you were asleep, and anticipating that terrible squeak, but it was gone. You clearly put some WD-40 on it, so thank you.
J: That’s crazy. If that had happened to me, [...]

Categories: Home Sweet Home · Jef · R-R-Rambling

As I was watching the opening ceremonies for the Olympic games in Beijing tonight, I found myself reminiscing to 20 years ago. I was 9 years old when the 1988 games were happening in Korea and Roger was there with a skydiving team to jump into the opening ceremony. They built the Olympic rings in [...]

Categories: Skydiving · The Fam · Video

My friend’s son told me I HAD to download the Light Saber app for my iPhone so we could duel. Then he proceeded to school me on all the different saber colors, and then he killed me.

Categories: Friend-ish · Giggin' · Tech-ish · Video

These are links from my del.icio.us feed for August 4th:

FOOD: Rosemary-Lemon White Bean Dip - We almost always have Cannelloni beans in the pantry, and my Rosemary bush is a faithful friend in the garden, so all I'd need is a lemon! I have a feeling this will become a standby recipe.
TECH: SXSW Interactive Panel [...]

Categories: delicious

My friend and co-worker, Sueann, and her fiance, Michael, were married on Saturday at a castle in Burnet. Did you know we had Castles in Texas? I didn’t either. But we do. And they are HUGE (take that Europe!).

The wedding was part fairytale, part Texas, and completely perfect for the these two people. I [...]

Categories: Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Shutterbuggin'

These are links from my del.icio.us feed for July 30th:

HOUSE - Recycled Windshield Wine Glasses - I love my stemless wineglasses, I use them for everything - water, juice, WINE. I love the sturdy look of these.

Categories: delicious

There is a restaurant in East Austin called Vivo that gives roses to the ladies when they bring the check. It’s such a nice, memorable touch. This is my rose from last Saturday, its just now starting to fade (the tattered bits on the top right are from Shorty, she tried to eat it).
I should [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Shorty · Shutterbuggin'

I’ve been slacking on the daily photo recently, but here are some of my favorites from the past month.

My Name is Meeko, I wear a hoodie
Meeko is a little bit gansta and a little bit pirate. Apparently his mama (my co-worker, Amanda) got this hoodie for him at Walmart! I told Jef I was going [...]

Categories: Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Shutterbuggin'