New Olympic World Record in the “Bobbled Bilodeau”

March 1, 2010
Bobbled Bilodeau

I had to start over. Twice.
By the time we took this photo, I was pretty chuffed with my progress and was gunning for the gold in the event. (Rick is still waiting by the phone for the modeling contract offers to start pouring in. As I said in the post, he’s very patient.)
However, when the [...]

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The Real After Shock? No Tsunami in Half Moon Bay

February 28, 2010
Waves Half Moon Bay

Well, one out of three isn’t so bad.

Of my three predictions yesterday, only the final one came true: Rick and I now have an additional 317 fabulous wave photos in our archives.
We’re gonna need another external hard drive.

There was plenty of drama, but it was more of the “sun streaming through the clouds on breath-taking [...]

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Tsunami Prediction

February 27, 2010
Tsunami Cartoon, Half Moon Bay, Pelican Point

A short summary of pertinent facts:

There was an 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Chile today.
There is a tsunami advisory for the west coast of North America from Mexico to Canada.
We live on the west coast of California, a short walk up hill from a pretty wild and woolly section of beach.

A few more relevant [...]

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Sticky Pedals

February 26, 2010
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This is hilarious.
Rick has created a delightful cartoon about me sitting in front of a runaway keyboard, I just got back from a communications conference, and this morning I have “blinking cursor syndrome.”
I got nothin’.

But that’s life sometimes, right? First you can’t get things to stop: whiners… snow… a nosebleed in public… Bob Costas…

… but [...]

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Rick’s Kicker Cocktail Sauce

February 25, 2010
Cocktail Sauce with Wasabi

Necessity is the mother of invention.
When we started prepping lunch on Sunday and noticed that the deli-style horseradish in the fridge was six months beyond its “Best by” date, we had a situation. Do we pause the Olympics and make a run to the market, or settle for the underwhelming flavor of cocktail sauce straight [...]

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Other People’s Puns

February 24, 2010
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About once a week or so, Rick will declare he’s annoyed by puns. This statement usually springs forth unprompted, out of the blue, with vigor.

This from the man who woke up on Saturday and began the day with, “Good morning! What do you call a hysterical cow with delusions that she’s a camel?”

I know better [...]

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Lunch At The Flying Fish Grill

February 23, 2010
Flying Fish Grill

We drive by it on every commute over the hill, just a tiny place, tucked in beside Tom & Pete’s Produce and the Half Moon Bay Fish Company.

Last Saturday we were hitting the fish market anyway, so what the heck?

It was gray and threatening soggy. Otherwise, we would have sat on the wee patio.

Inside it [...]

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Jarvis Architects

February 22, 2010
Jarvis Architects

Rick and I are avid fans of good design. If only we had a few more lifetimes between us, we would have been architects. One of us might even have been good.
Good architects build upon ancient design principles and guidelines for pleasing aesthetics.
They also know and adhere to contemporary building codes, navigating the whole potential [...]

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