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Funny, in Kansas – I played Nintendo Wii when it came out. Fally had some rockin’ game nights at her house in Lawrence. Wario Bros ruled! Here in Cali, we kicked it old school with an Atari Game Night at the Davis Public Library. Bring on the 8-Bit Gaming Good Times! It was so cool [...]

Today, I caught a new episode of Bourdain’s No Reservations: Tokyo. I slurped on my chicken-flavored instant ramen noodles as Anthony Bourdain ate handmade soba noodles with Chef Morimoto. One big difference, the Tokyo restaurant he was eating at has been making soba noodles since 1789. So yah. I suppose that’s a big difference. I [...]

I called my dad about my first experience using the live chopper for a breaking news segment this morning. It was a crazy time. Thankfully, folks in the booth didn’t let me crash the segment (not the chopper…the actually show). My dad said I sounded happy. I am happy. I’m still training but I’m thrilled [...]

We got a late start to the weekend. We spent Friday night toasting one of my co-workers who’s moving on to bigger and better things. The farewell party involved lots of people, alcohol and dancing. It was the first time I went dancing in a while. Granted, it was in somebody’s living room and the [...]

Tha man behind instant ramen died this week. For the people who wanted something hot and easy to whip up…for the dorm students who wanted a quick pick me up during all-night study sessions…for campers who wanted something hearty on their outdoor adventures – Momofuku Ando made it possible. .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; [...]

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We didn’t have a car in San Francisco and we took advantage of BART and Muni. SF has a decent public transportation system. It’s not as rockin’ as London’s Tube (not as timely, reliable and not as far-reaching) however, it’s also nice to give our wallets a break from the crazy gas prices. Here in [...]

CLAREMONT — Currently trying to stay awake at the station. I skipped lunch and my body’s paying the price….I want to chew some gum, but I’m worried about the chewing getting picked up by the mic. Grrrr….the sugar will help though… Sweet people calling in – digging the random mix of Indian sitars and Japanese [...]

OK…I’ve been worried about uploading pix to this blog after the “incident” with our baby…the cannon elph. Today – I got over that hang-up, attached the camera to my iMac with it’s USB cord and let iPhoto do it’s magic. Yeah! I got all my pictures up to my hard drive for the month of [...]