D for Dependable

I was pleasantly surprised that it’s only been 2 months or...

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:17:00 -0700

I was pleasantly surprised that it’s only been 2 months or so since my last post (I thought it may have been 4-5 months ago). What brings me out of my non-posting stupor? Our new dog!

This is Seal. We’re going to bring him home tonight from the Milo Foundation for a “trial adoption”. If all goes well, he’ll be here to stay! He’s a 5-month old Corgie mix…who kind of looks like a seal or platypus. He saw him on Sunday at the George store in Berkeley and fell in love with him…he was great with other dogs and kids, and he liked to explore and meet people, but was also okay chilling with us.

Here’s more on him:

http://www.milofoundation.org/adopt.cfm?AnimalID=12380&Name=SEAL

Should we rename him? What does he look like to you?

Seal (1 vote)
Beebo (veto)
Bah Zhang (or BZ for short)
Harry the Haribo
Platty
Maxie
Snickers
Scooter
Oopie (wtf??)
Baxter (veto)
Smoochy (veto)

You know it’s been a great weekend for sports when the...

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:50:52 -0800

You know it’s been a great weekend for sports when the Super Bowl was the 3rd-best sporting event of the weekend. Steelers-Cards was a very very very distant runner-up for me, behind Federer vs. Nadal at the Australian Open final and the fight of the decade at UFC 94 between welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre and lightweight champ BJ Penn.

Last week, Del Monte’s Pup-Peroni team launched their...

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:52:23 -0800

Last week, Del Monte’s Pup-Peroni team launched their first-ever national TV advertising blitz with this 30-second spot. The ads are called “Dogs Just Know”. I love this ad…they did a great job of playing up the emotional connection that dogs owners have with their dogs. I want a dog too!

The Butterfly

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:36:15 -0700

Inspirational story. Don’t take the easy way out, or you’ll end up fat and...

What a great ad… szymon: Pure evil: Durex: Father’s day

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:57:26 -0700

What a great ad…

szymon:

Pure evil: Durex: Father’s day

Advice please?

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:12:00 -0700

Friend: okie dokies artichokies. i'm pretty busy in the next couple weeks! :o) i'm going to watch...

This isn’t the longest run (it’s really a 3 mile...

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:02:00 -0700

This isn’t the longest run (it’s really a 3 mile walk) that I’ve done, but it may be the most important. As a semi-participant in Larry’s 6-pack Challenge and taking this summer to work out and eat healthier, I’ve started to realize how important my health is to both my happiness, confidence and really, my future. Yes, I want to be able to enjoy the nice things in life, and great food is definitely one of them…but at the same time, to be a good husband and father, I need to be able to live a healthy life.

So I’m trying to raise at least $250 for this week’s SF Heart Walk, which is (bonus!) locally sponsored by Del Monte. The proceeds go to the American Heart Association. Click here to pledge me! I realize it’s short notice, so don’t make this one of those “I’ll decide on it later” things…we all know we’ll forget! Make a small donation now!

In a twist of fate, I also learned that my uncle (my mom’s older brother) had a stroke last week and fell off his scooter. He’s currently in the ICU. Thankfully, he come out of his coma and can now answer simple questions, but he still fades in and out and has trouble staying awake. We’re hoping that he hasn’t suffered much permanent damage to his brain. So I’ll be thinking of him on race day and wishing him a speedy and full recovery.

Do you have loved ones who have been affected by stroke or heart disease?

Culture Shock?

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:38:38 -0700

Can you believe it? I’ve been working for 6 weeks now…how time flies. So far...

If they actually constructed a whole, workable Super Mario...

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:41:23 -0700

If they actually constructed a whole, workable Super Mario Brothers world where you could hit boxes, collect coins, jump into pipes, climb vines and beat up turtles, wouldn’t that be the ultimate playground for people from our generation?

szymon:

real world Super Mario Bros

As a newly-minted working stiff, I can say that this watch...

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:01:59 -0700

As a newly-minted working stiff, I can say that this watch pretty much mimics by life from Monday to Friday.

I like how the afternoon lull between 4-5 pm is in there, along with happy hour, and bumming out in front of the TV.

szymon:

Average Day watch designed by Crispin Jones

“Homey, take six…and take this…haters” -...

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:42:26 -0700

“Homey, take six…and take this…haters” - Kanye West, Stronger

Who’s done now? 5 straight US Opens and his 13th Grand Slam. I don’t fault Federer for losing the French again (that’s Nadal’s surface), and the Wimbledon final was one for the ages, but also one that could have gone either way. Who knows what would have happened if the sun didn’t set.

And don’t tell me that this Grand Slam isn’t legit because he didn’t play Nadal in the final. He still went through Djokovic and beat the guy who sent Nadal home. The surface is still too fast for Nadal, as is the Australian. And Wimbledon is going to be a toss-up between them. So he still has a better at winner Slams going forward than Nadal.

This was my get-up for Cleaning Day — Doraemon apron,...

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:38:07 -0700

This was my get-up for Cleaning Day — Doraemon apron, yellow gloves, mask and froggie shower cap. I had to clean Winnie’s apartment today, for losing the bet that we made 3 years ago after Rob & Nancy’s Wedding. The bet was on how many of our friends would get married between that day and Chuck and Catherine’s wedding (3 years). I bet on 0-1, and she bet on 2-3, 4 and above was a tie. The final number was 2 (Drew and Andy)…thanks Andy. That fast-track proposal after 8 months of dating did me in!

Fresh off my loss, I decided to make another bet with Winnie…on the next 3 years. This time, we threw Ian, Raf and Debra into the mix to keep the # of candidates at 15. Winnie bet on 0-4, 5 is a tie, and I bet on 6 and above. Notice has been served! You all have to get my back!

Guys (8): me, Will, Larry, Jeff, Ian, Raf, Marshall, Yugi

Girls (7): Debra, Jen, Wendy, Elaine, Hsin, Felice, Linda

Btw, here are the results from my SUPERCOMPUTER, with my assessment of your risk of getting married:

High: me, Raf, Yugi, Debra, Wendy, Elaine, Felice

Medium: Ian, Marshall, Jen, Linda

Low: Will, Larry, Hsin

Spotted:

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:51:00 -0700

Healthy Boy’s girlfriend hopelessly addicted to a certain CW television series. Cheers to...

I’m a lead farmer, motherf*cker!! Watched Tropic Thunder...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:28:45 -0700

I’m a lead farmer, motherf*cker!!

Watched Tropic Thunder this weekend. It was 2 hours of pure, fun ridiculousness, but with lines like this — “I’m like a little boy, holding his dick when he’s nervous”, who could complain?

There were plenty of GREAT cameos, Ben Stiller was his consistent funny self, Robert Downey Jr. was awesome, and thankfully, there was a manageable dose of Jack Black.

Here’s my running good/bad movie tally:

Good:
Tropic Thunder
The Dark Knight
Be Kind, Rewind
Inside Man
Get Smart
Wall-E

Bad:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Happening
Blueberry Nights

Hey Chief!

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:59:02 -0700

Hey Chief!: Hilarious post! THe one that really, really bugs me is “Hey big guy” for...

Tripod+1 now has an official Tripod+1 blog. We fully expect...

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:41:14 -0700

Tripod+1 now has an official Tripod+1 blog. We fully expect that no one will understand what the hell we’re talking about, but that’s half the fun!

Tripod+1’s deeeeee bloooooooooooooooooooog

Note to Tumblr: We’ll transition this blog over to Tumblr when the group blog functionality makes an ounce of sense.

Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:13:00 -0700

Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross: I’m captivated by this book I just bought on Alex...

During my first week at work, Bill Pearce, Del Monte’s...

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:22:07 -0700

During my first week at work, Bill Pearce, Del Monte’s CMO, called the marketing department in for a meeting on our long-range plans. At the end of the meeting, we were surprised when he asked us if anyone in the room had seen a movie called “Balto.”

Balto is based on a true story of an Alaskan malamute who saved an Alaskan city from an outbreak of a disease called diphtheria in 1925. The anti-toxin serum that could stop the outbreak was located in Anchorage, which was 1000 miles away. Anchorage sent 20 dogsled teams to Anchorage…soon after, all of them had turned away except for one lead by Balto, the black and white malamute, who reached the city of Nome in 5 days and 7 hours.

To Bill, the story Balto represents courage, determination and perserverance. As a kid in New York, his parents would also take him to Central Park, where kids loved to pet a statue of Balto. He then revealed that he had a replica of the Central Park status made, and that little Balto trophies would be awarded to people in the company who display those same qualities.

He gave one out to the manager of the Starkist team, for his hard work in getting the company ready for sale. He gave out another one yesterday to a manager on the Pet Snacks team for leading his team even while moving his family from Pittsburgh to San Francisco.

One of my goals for the next 3 years is to win a Balto!

Josh pointed me to this note was left on a car in Noe Valley in...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:35:24 -0700

Josh pointed me to this note was left on a car in Noe Valley in San Francisco. How Berkeley! I guess Berkeleyans aren’t really respected for their manners…they’re known to campaign for the greater good without much consideration for individual welfare. Just look at the tree people!

At the same time, anyone who has the time to compose a note like this clearly has too much free time on his or her hands. Notice how “two” is repeated numerically just to be crystal clear. The ending is especially magnificent — “may the fleas of a 1000 camels invade your armpits.” I don’t have a good grasp on how many fleas that would actually be, but I assume it would be a lot. Sounds pretty horrible.

What do you think about the Spanish national basketball team...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:59:41 -0700

What do you think about the Spanish national basketball team posing for a picture while using their fingers to make their eyes look slanted “like Chinese people”? While I don’t think they had bad intentions, it’s still an incredibly ignorant thing to do. Calderon even referred to China as the “Far East”, I guess that’s how they still think of us. I guess we still sport Fu Manchu moustaches, queues down our backs and smoke opium all day.