Weekend Update

Friday night Erin and I had dinner with her parents, brother and sister in-law, and our good friends. It was a marathon of a dinner. We closed the place out. Hadn't done that for a while.

Saturday we worked on cleaning Erin's parent's attic. We took three cars worth of cardboard boxes to the recycle center. That's when I got to drive the beauty in the picture above. It's a Hydrogen Fuel Cell car and it costs about a million dollars to build. They're still perfecting the technology... and the cost to produce the vehicle.

 

Saturday night we went with the family to Burroughs on Broadway at John Burroughs High School in Burbank.  I love going to the choir shows there.  It's always a lot of fun. And, it's amazing how talented the performers are.

 

Sunday was church, a nap, and preparations for this coming Saturday's Fall Family Festival. It should be a good time.  Come on out to the Glendale Church of Christ this Saturday at 7pm if you're looking for something to do.

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Weekend Update

Friday night the wife and I went and saw Where the Wild Things Are. It was dark, haunting, moving and simply amazing. I loved it. Go see it.

Saturday I spent the morning helping a friend with a project for his soon to be born son's room.

Saturday evening Erin and I went to dinner with her parents.

Sunday was consumed with church, an afternoon nap, and a disappointing Dodger game.

Monday I didn't have to go to work, so I got some good yard work done in the morning and did laundry all afternoon. The evening was spent watching an even more disappointing Dodger game.

*The image of the rose was taken during my gardening time on Monday.

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Free Coffee Alert

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf will be offering free 12 oz. Pumpkin lattes or Ice Blended drinks this Friday, October 16th from 4 to 7 PM.

Weekend Update

• Friday Night a friend and I went to see Paranormal Activity, while the wife was out of town on business.  I really enjoyed the movie. It was simple and well done.  If you're a fan of the horror genre I recommend you see it. Just don't see it if you are going home to an empty house by yourself.  That was my mistake.
• Saturday was the big Fall fundraising event at work.  We put on a jazz concert in a local park.  It was a lot of fun, even for those of us working. 
• Sunday was a big day at church.  There a wedding shower pot-luck for a new couple, and a big announcement from our Preacher and Elders. The announcement was that our Preacher and his wife will be relocating to Australia to take care of their ailing parents.  It's news that's a little sad and surprising, but it's also exciting because the Elders selected our Young Adults Minister to take on the role of preacher. 

Google Latitude Notice

I received this notice from Google this morning.

 

Hi,

To protect your privacy we would like you to know that Google Latitude is running on your Android-powered device and reporting your location.
If you didn't enable this or want to stop reporting your location please open the Maps app on your device. Go to 'Menu' > 'Latitude' > 'Privacy' and change your privacy settings.

Thanks,
Google Latitude Team

 

I wonder what prompted this message?

A Very Important Event

It was brought to my attention last night that a very important event came and went without mention this week. In fact, the person who brought said event to my attention even went as far to check my blog for confirmation of the event and was left confused because of my silence. I am so sorry to let everyone down.

 

The ever-important event I failed to post about was National Coffee Day.  Please accept my apologies.  Of all things for me to miss. I even had a post about coffee this week with Starbucks release of VIA, their new instant coffee. What a shame.  Opportunity missed.

Starbucks Instant Coffee

Starbucks is launching their new instant coffee called VIA Ready Brew.  This weekend, October 2nd - 5th, you can participate in the Starbucks VIA Taste Challenge and get a free cup of coffee.  They claim you wont be able to tell the difference.

 

I'm not sure what I think about the whole instant coffee idea, but I'm willing to try a free cup.

Taste of Downtown Burbank

It's here again. Taste of Downtown Burbank is this Thursday, October 1st from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm.  It's a great event that I look forward to each year.  You get to taste the best Downtown Burbank has to offer while supporting the Burbank Community YMCA.  Come on out.

Weekend Update

• Friday night Erin and I went to the Feast of San Genarro Los Angeles.  We had a great time eating greasy Italian food and listening to some live music. The entry fee to the feast is really reasonable, and the price of the food is pretty good too, but it’s hard to get out of there for less than $40. I totally recommend trying the zeppoles though.  Amazing!
• Saturday I mowed the lawn and we did a few things around the house, but mostly we just vegged.
• Saturday night we went out to dinner and the theatre with Erin’s parents.  We saw Lucky Stiff at the Glendale Center Theatre.  It was a relaxing and enjoyable evening.
• Sunday was church in the morning and small group in the evening.  In between we had lunch at Noah’s Bagels and did a little shopping at Costco.
• Small group was a lot of fun.  We had a nice sized group and a lot of food and dessert. I gorged myself on chocolate silk pie and pumpkin pie. It was a good night.

Free Music

If you have a twitter account, and like Jack Johnson, you can get a free mp3 from his new album simply by going to twitter.jackjohnsonmusic.com and sending a tweet.