Fringale

Kristen and I went to Fringale for dinner on Saturday night. It's a French bistro in SF. We ordered off the Dine About Town menu. It was a nice restaurant, but a little stuffy and crowded for my taste.

Kristen ordered the sole and I had the pork. Both entrees we very good. Also, my appetizer the beet and goat cheese salad was awesome.

Work Mishap

Ok, well, I need to share a little mishap I had this week at work. It all started on Wed afternoon when I got hungry for some popcorn. I had one of those small snack size bags of popcorn. I set it to go for 3 mins (normally it takes just 1.5 mins) but usually I watch it the whole time. Normally, I stop the clock when the corn stops popping just like the directions say.

But this time I stepped away to grab a quick cup of coffee. However, when I got to the coffee pot there was no coffee and our process engineering manager was in the office. So I made the next batch of coffee and talked with him. All the while my pop corn was popping away. By the time I remembered the popcorn there was just 4 seconds left!

When I took the bag out of the microwave there was so much smoke I set off the smoke detectors in the office. I soon learned these detectors are connected to the central refinery fire department. Once the alarm went off the entire refinery fire department was sent out to check things out. They came lights and sirens blaring.

Needless to say, I've taken a lot of abuse over the past few days.

Lesson Learned: Don't leave the snack size popcorn unattended while popping or be prepared to face the teasing from everyone you know at work!

Rediscovered Wedding Pics

Well thanks to Picasa we've rediscovered some really cool wedding pics. All of these pics are from friend's cameras. We had 2 CDs of photos.

This was a really awesome day! Thanks to everyone that helped make it so special!

Wedding Pics

Roy's

We had dinner tonight at Roy's in San Francisco. Roy's is participating in Dine About Town in San Francisco. This was one of the coolest things we've done in SF. The food was awesome and the atmosphere was great! Our server Nolan was very helpful and attentive. I would recommend Roy's to anyone!

Picasa Web Album

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Aggie's Pics

The Blind Side

I just got finished reading The Blind Side:Evaluation of a Game by Michael Lewis. I give it two thumbs up!! (It came to me highly recommended from my long time buddy Josh S.)

The book covers two topics. First, Lewis discusses the impacts Lawrence Taylor and Steve Walsh had on the NFL. Walsh's impact on the offensive strategy of increased passing and Taylor's (and players like him) impact on the passing game. Walsh's answer to Taylor was by improved play and importance of the left tackle (protecting the passer's blind side).

Second, Lewis discusses the story of Michael Oher. Oher was a homeless inner city kid from Memphis that through complete chance ends up being adopted by a rich white Memphis family. As Oher's life in a white Memphis christian school crosses paths with Tom Lemming (major national football scout for both college and pros) Michael's life completely changes. Lewis discusses Oher's recruitment by all of the country's highest profile college football programs. Interesting in the discussion is the different recruiting styles demonstrated by Oher's biggest suitors (Saban at LSU (just before he jumps to Miami), Cutliff/Orgeron at Ole Miss, and Fulmer at Tennesse).

Oher is now the starting left tackle at Ole Miss...

My new niece

This is Lady Josephine my new niece.

Picasa is cool!

Took this photo last year (2006) when Mom & Jess came to visit (picture of Cal. coast along HWY. 1)