Monthly Archives: August 2004

Granite

Posted on August 26, 2004 by frank Comments Off

We just got back from a quick vacation and it was much too short.  Monday morning we headed up to Yosemite.  We came in on highway 41 from the south so we could stop at Glacier Point.  The road to … Continue reading →

Travel

Horizontal Tasting

Posted on August 17, 2004 by frank Comments Off

Last Saturday Nickel and Nickel Winery set up a special tasting to celebrate their release of their new cabernet sauvignons.  It was free for wine club members so we drove up to Napa for a taste. Most of the cabs … Continue reading →

Food & Wine

It’s Showtime

Posted on August 11, 2004 by frank Comments Off

Since the company buys our network hardware from K-mart’s Martha Stewart Living collection – it may not work worth a damn but the case colors are aesthetically pleasing – I’m sitting here watching work pile up so I decided to … Continue reading →

Television

Random Stuff Since I’ve Got No Time

Posted on August 10, 2004 by frank Comments Off

Last week Janet saw a bobcat walk out of the woods in front of our house and sit on the rocks.  Not a bobcat skid-loader or excavator like you’d see working around a construction site, but the kind of bobcat that is … Continue reading →

Food & Wine, House & Garden, Pets

The Modern Version of The Man Who Sold The Moon

Posted on August 6, 2004 by frank Comments Off

Robert A. Heinlein wrote a short story, published in the 1950′s called The Man Who Sold the Moon in which wealthy entrepreneur D. D. Harriman, decides to privately finance an effort to put the first man on the moon.  Harriman … Continue reading →

Space