Category Archives: News

Just the news, big deals, not-so-big deals, birthday, anniversaries, announcements, mostly timely stuff. The news that applies to the personal world around me, not what you watch on cable or listen to on the radio.

Sorry about my “absence”

Trust me, there are numerous things to write about lately, as they say, when it rains it pours which is fitting with Central Texas and all its droughts. I have a couple things to bang out with Gaming, there’s some … Continue reading

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Ten vehicle pile-up to start the morning

Around 6 am this morning, I heard a noise that sounded like something falling off a roof with one of my neighbors. Little did I know, it was probably one of the seven 18 Wheelers squishing one of the three … Continue reading

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Out Sick

Sorry if the site has been quiet. Matters lately have been uneventful and I got a really nasty sinus infection over the weekend. The joys of working in a closed environment. The medication also makes me sleepy and my mind … Continue reading

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Happy 1st Birthday (belated) to Owen!

In all the hype over KMAG being down, the D&D game hitting an adventure arc, matters at home and Somara getting things ready for a garage sale (held by her parents), I totally forgot to wish a happy birthday to … Continue reading

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Picayune , blog format, one year later

One year and 288 entries (this included) later I feel much, much better aboutPicayune with this change to a Weblog-based solution, without it being an online diary (my frequent complaint about blogs). What Mac OS X Server 10.4 offers through blojsom … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Rad!

Today is Rad’s birthday, or as I nicknamed him, the Radman. He’s a pretty cool dude who lives in the Phoenix area with his wife Kim and son Owen. We also got to attend his wedding in 2002. Nothing makes … Continue reading

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RIP Mitsuyoshi “Sam” Nishimura

This gentleman was one of my co-workers at Apple who handled Japanese calls. We all received the sad news of his passing this Monday late Wednesday afternoon (he had terminal cancer). I will miss him because he was a unique … Continue reading

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Bryant retourne aux États-Unis!

For well over a year, my e-mail had been bouncing whenever I tried to contact my friend and co-worker Bryant Beck over in France. It wasn’t just our work addresses, but even the personal stuff through our .Mac accounts. Being … Continue reading

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Progress for Somara’s culinary career

It’s official for Somara, she will be in training next month for cake decorating with HEB. I can’t remember if it’s for six weeks or four. Doesn’t matter too much, this is something important to her and she will be … Continue reading

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Good news from the dentist

I haven’t been terribly attentive about the saga of my teeth lately. The remaininging fillings I received aren’t very visible and I didn’t get Somara to take “before” pictures in time to contrast them with the after. But I do … Continue reading

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Kelly & Ethan are now married!

Hooray! Last night my friend Ethan tied the knot with his girlfriend Kelly and I’m rehydrated from all the drinking to finally write about it on Picyaune. What a great time it was. A very Austin wedding in my opinion which … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Anna!

Today is my niece’s fourth birthday! She is out of school according to my brother, at her age my guess is that it was preschool. What a cool way to kick off the Summer for her. School ends and then … Continue reading

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Two Hundred and Fiftieth Posting

Yeah, yeah, yeah, another shameless plug for reaching what may be a pointless milestone masquerading as a story. Once again I have joined the self-congratulatory ranks of other publications and have to blather on about as slate.com points out. At least … Continue reading

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Welcome Julia

I received this mail and picture today from Sonia (her mother) over in Switzerland.    Julia was born on May 12 (just in time for Mother’s Day!). So far she’s doing pretty well according to Sonia. It’s still the initial … Continue reading

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The Hoser is engaged!

The final member of my Marquette Circle of Friends is getting married in the near future. I guess that’s the inevitable goal when one is engaged. I received this photo and mail on Saturday morning but waited for permission from … Continue reading

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