Category Archives: News

I thought yesterday’s weather sucked big time but somehow Mother Nature and Jack Frost teamed up to let me know, “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” During the offseason, they do reunion tours with Bachman Turner Overdrive (sic). Thanks to our … Continue reading →

My friend, gaming sensei and poet extraordinaire (of at least the Maggi Republic) celebrates his birthday up there in brisk Wisconsin. This birthday is very special for me because 2011 is the 20th anniversary of us meeting as co-workers at … Continue reading →

I wanted to get in a quick plug for my friend toughing it out through yet another Minnesota Winter. If you know her, drop her a line.

…and it was as spectacular (according to the main witness Jeremy) as it was painful. Visualize Superman jumping out a window. So what happened? I was trying to turn more gracefully by moving my feet as skilled skaters do. One … Continue reading →

It’s a relatively new year (17 days old) and a new start for a friend I don’t see very often, usually e-mail these days, but let’s all wish him a great birthday as he embarks on his private practice again. … Continue reading →

Rejoice! Everyone will be spared those mediocre binary jokes until October since today is the last day the date is kept exclusively to zeroes and ones. Meanwhile I had a stroke of luck with my treadmill acquisition. On Sunday evening … Continue reading →

This date I totally spaced on. I have it right there in a calendar to remind me too. Well, I’m sure they’re rather occupied with their new son Nicholas (another one, how will I keep the four in my life … Continue reading →

I totally forgot about this regarding my co-worker/friend. It’s alright though, she brought some treats to celebrate with us at Apple. Last year, Somara and I took her to Dave & Buster’s with her two kids, they had a great … Continue reading →

Cheers to the first new friend I made in my return to Austin. What are her plans? No idea. At least she doesn’t have to take a vacation day to get the time off to celebrate. Maybe we’ll all get … Continue reading →

It was great to see Sonia before Christmas but I didn’t have any luck seeing Philippe, he was still busy with work and the snow storm(s) prevented him from coming to Austin, maybe next year. According to her Facebook page, … Continue reading →

A New Year usually means resolutions which tend to fizzle out for the majority in a few weeks: the spike in gym memberships, the sales on exercise equipment, blah blah blah. In my case with a treadmill, fact chance! Maybe … Continue reading →

So far 2011 is off to an uneventful start. We took it very easy. Went to dinner with friends at Mesa Rosa and then to see a movie (Tangled, review coming later); full price is now $9.75/head, ugh. Somara and … Continue reading →

Ta dah! Introducing my 66th pair of Chucks and the only thing the Converse Store had in my size I didn’t already own or was under $25. I thought they were pretty funny. Will I actually write my name on … Continue reading →

Christmas 2010 around Chez Maggi was a Slacker holiday. We slept in (actually, I got up at 5 AM to feed the monsters, aka cats), had breakfast and lounged around the house, watching Netflix and DVDs. There was a brief … Continue reading →

It would’ve been nice if I had more advanced notice of getting the Holiday shutdown off, my first since 1997 and even that one sucked. As a contractor, I had to give up what little vacation time I accrued to … Continue reading →