Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2007
Finally back home in Austin. I arrived here Saturday afternoon after making the 2700+ mile trip from Bellevue. All together, I put in 6,295 miles in the two weeks I’ve been gone. I spent Monday and Tuesday visiting friends in the area and began the drive home Wednesday afternoon. I had intended to drive down […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2007
I’m in Seattle. I can’t believe I’ve driven to Seattle. I took a little over two weeks off of work for Burning Man and to use up my time before I lose it next week. Thursday before last was spent frantically running around town picking up last minute suppllies, errands and packing. Friday morning I […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2007
Japan isn’t the only country that suffers from engrish. Apparently there’s also dunglish too. I often wondered, if english is a mandatory subject in Dutch schools, would people needlessly slip it in trying to be hip and cool? I’ve seen some odd phrases here and there, even in the Rijksmuseum where they used ‘of’ instead […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2007
Back home. Several things decided to break while I was gone; both my home and colo fileservers went down and my truck battery was completely drained after sitting three weeks. The latter required a lengthy jump to get it to successfully start, but there wasn’t enough spare amperage to run fans much less the AC […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2007
I’m beginning to take for granted things here that I’m sorely going to miss back in the states: Street-side cafes and pubs for quick casual drink+eats and people watching Incredibly pleasant Dutch people. They’re always laid back, friendly and willing to lend a hand to a foreigner. 6′ tall blonde Dutch girls who can not […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2007
What a night! Yesterday I was so sleepy I kept dozing off on the ride to lunch. We got to the hotel and instead of sleeping, I went downstairs to hang out in the lobby and met up with Stefan. Stefan began teaching me the intricacies of pool and how to plan shots. Around 23:30 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2007
The most awesome thing we’ve seen this trip is seeing a driver getting flipped off in a spectacular manner. A pedestrian was crossing Middenveg, a car was creeping up on him and the driver honked at him. The pedestrian immediately turned, got into this rock n’ roll star stance facing the driver with a menacing […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2007
Groeten uit Amsterdam! It’s been a busy the last couple weeks. I never made it to STP. Two weeks ago I went to Seattle to visit Alex & Victoria and for STP. I met Lux the dog, spent much time playing with her. At some point Victoria and I went to lunch at Alki Beach. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 18th, 2007
The plan was to put in a 120+ mile ride on Saturday. Friday after work I drove down to New Braunfels to do some road recon. The roads through NB were amazingly less busy and better than Google Earth would have me believe. Passing through Gruene was interesting as well. The problem was, by the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2007
Busy week, busy weekend, the first of many. After having the 4th off, leisurely feasting, partying, and fireworking at Ryan’s parents, Thursday was busy as hell. I was one of the few in the office since everyone took Thursday and Friday off. I spent a good chunk of the day working up export paperwork for […]
