The Vibrator Play

Last night, Kristen and I along with another couple went out to the Berkeley Repertory Theater. The Berkeley Rep is a small independent theater group that we've been trying to visit for a while.  Our friends Randy and Mandy, from Texas, are out for work so we met up to catch a show.  Our choices were "Crime and Punishment" or "In the Next Room."  I wasn't sure about "In the Next Room," but I knew "Crime and Punishment" wasn't a comedy so I went with the alternative. 

The play is hilarious.  It's about a Victorian era doctor who cures women (and a man) of their "hysteria."  He uses a new electronic "instrument" to induce an orgasm!  The wild ride the characters have after their sessions are humorous.  Everything was going great for this play until the last few minutes. Then things really got strange. Lets just say we saw way more than we bargained for from the leading man.  

I imagine I'll probably need to see a hundred more plays to witness an ending like this again.

Elf Yourself!

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends! If our Christmas postcard lead you to our blog or if your one of our few repeat visitors welcome back! If you just stumbled onto our blog then welcome!

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Halloween

After years of out doing Kristen with my Jack-O-Lantern carving skills, Kristen finally stepped up to the plate and knocked one out of the park!

Blue Angels and Fleet Week

During the annual fleet week in San Francisco, we went up to Grizzly Peak to watch the Blue Angels perform over the bay.  Turns out the idea was better than the actual.  Normally, we go to Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge to watch the Blue Angels.  We didn't realize that the Blue Angels don't fly that close to Grizzly Peak so the jets were really just specs in the sky.

But, it was a really beautiful day to ride around with the convertible top down!  I was even able to apply some good old fashion Boy Scout skills and help bandage up a little kid that cut his leg.  I used my handy Chevron first aid kit that was in my trunk.  This led to a rather long conversation with a complete stranger about crude and gasoline economics.  I think I was a good ambassador for Chevron that day.

If you can make gasoline you can make beer

After a year of talking about brewing some beer, I finally got around to doing it.  I had some help from my friend Randy Miles.  Randy and I did Chemical Engineering together at A&M.  So you'd figure two chemical engineers should be able to brew beer.  Turns out the process of brewing beer was actually pretty easy. Now, I can't say the art of making good beer is all that easy.  Our beer was basically drinkable, but I think we'll need to refine our techniques before we quit our day jobs.

New Fabric

Check out the handy work we did today. Recovered all our kitchen chairs for less than $5, total!