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Seinfeld to Pitch for Microsoft? SERENITY NOW!

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:34:47 -0700

“Serenity now! Serenity now!” - Frank “What is that?” - George “The...

August 19, 2008 - I designed and wrote this ad, which appeared...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:01:56 -0700

August 19, 2008 - I designed and wrote this ad, which appeared in this month’s InformationWeek magazine. I just picked up a copy today. Since we do so much online work, it’s rare (and cool) …

August 18, 2008 - Seattle, WA - Big or small, airplanes really...

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:00:40 -0700

August 18, 2008 - Seattle, WA - Big or small, airplanes really never cease to amaze me.

August 17, 2008 - Gig Harbor, WA - A relaxing afternoon out by...

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:59:08 -0700

August 17, 2008 - Gig Harbor, WA - A relaxing afternoon out by the water.

Today, we hear the pitter patter of a little heartbeat.

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:07:35 -0700

Today, we hear the pitter patter of a little heartbeat.

Claudia and I got married on 07/07/07. Today, 08/08/08, we got...

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:55:00 -0700

Claudia and I got married on 07/07/07. Today, 08/08/08, we got our first chance to meet our little one. What an amazing sight to see. I was floored, emotional, ecstatic. Claudia, as always, was calm and centered. I had no idea there was so much movement, but there he/she was, planting his/her little legs on the side of Clau’s uterus, and springing up. A couple of times, he/she did little boxing moves with the tiny little arms. Incredible sight to see.

Clau is 12 weeks along - a bit further than we thought. Either that or the kid is growing extra fast. Two arms, two legs. A heartbeat of 168. You can see the tiny ears, nose, and jaw being formed. Even the little stomach was visible in some of the photos.

All of our friends told us how breathtaking it would be to see our little one for the first time. They were totally and completely right.

3rd fairway from the US Senior Open at the Broadmoor in Colorado...

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:44:05 -0700

3rd fairway from the US Senior Open at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO

Every Day Matters.

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:03:00 -0700

Dr. Randy Pausch passed away at his home last Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He...

Last month, I was preparing to give a presenation to a group of...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:32:00 -0700

Last month, I was preparing to give a presenation to a group of people. I was late, as usual, in my preparation, so I woke up early to finish it. My wife wanted to join me that day, so I woke her up at about 7:30 so she could get ready. I was typing away, my face planted into the screen of my computer. Without saying a word, she walked towards me, and set an object right in front of the keyboard. This is what I saw.

Today is our one year wedding anniversary. Yesterday and today...

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:01:00 -0700

Today is our one year wedding anniversary. Yesterday and today I was looking through some photos of our wedding, thinking today might be the day to post one of the tons of great photos that were taken last July 7th. Then I thought maybe it would be better to pick one of the hundreds of photos (maybe thousands) we have taken together over the last couple of years from all over the place.

But then, as we were walking back from dinner tonight, I saw this sign, and took a picture of it. It sums up exactly how I feel each and every day having Claudia Fatzinger as my wife.

Happy Anniversary, Baby. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us. ;-)

My wife, my lover, and my best friend. Happy Birthday, Claudia....

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:12:02 -0700

My wife, my lover, and my best friend. Happy Birthday, Claudia.

"We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled,..."

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:04:22 -0700

“We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress,...

Photo of the Day Tomorrow, a new law goes into effect in...

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:32:28 -0700

Photo of the Day

Tomorrow, a new law goes into effect in Washington prohibiting the use of cellular phones while driving without a headset or Bluetooth device. Naturally, it was time to get the headset charged up in preparation for the day.

Photo of the Day It was over 90 degrees in Seattle today. Can...

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:00:00 -0700

Photo of the Day

It was over 90 degrees in Seattle today. Can you believe that? Granted, some of the heat was being generated by the nearly 200,000 people marching in the Seattle Pride Parade down 4th Ave, but mostly it was becuase there were no clouds, no rain, and no wind. For a city that seemed to be in a state of perpetual grey and rain, it was an awesome break.

My wife and I took the opportunity to relax at a small park on the waterfront, where this herring was searching for his (or her) Sunday brunch. The bird waited extremely patiently before pulling out a fish three times the size of its head. He waited for about 20 minutes until gulping the fish whole.

Photo of the Day Had a nice visit with our good friend Treva,...

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:47:00 -0700

Photo of the Day

Had a nice visit with our good friend Treva, who’s been up from Denver for the weekend. This is a photo of Claudia and Treva in front of the gum wall at Pike Place Market before the Ghost Tour. More pics of the evening, including Lindsay’s birthday party, to follow.

Photo of the Day Chalk drawing on the stairs of Beneroya Hall.

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:55:50 -0700

Photo of the Day Chalk drawing on the stairs of Beneroya Hall.

Photographer Rights

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:48:18 -0700

I got a lot of good feedback on my post last week regarding taking pictures of airplanes and the...

RIP George Carlin I should have written about this yesterday. ...

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:07:00 -0700

RIP George Carlin

I should have written about this yesterday. It’s hard when anyone passes away that you feel like you had a connection to. And by connection, I am speaking of a personality, not someone close to you. Someone who is good enough at being a personality that, in a tiny way, seems to allow you into their life. Even if it is through a screen or speakers. Tim Russert was like this. His passing was a shock because he was so young.

George Carlin? Well, I was a little less shocked, I guess, when I heard on Sunday that he had passed away. After all, he had endured a few open heart surgeries, had bouts of drug addiction throughout his life, and so on. So from a health perspective, I wasn’t shocked.

But it has really saddened me to see him pass on.

For three or four New Year’s Eves when I was in my early teens, my best friend Jamie and I would stay up to watch the ball drop from Times Square, and then, magically, George Carlin would appear on HBO. It wasn’t a live show. It was one of his most famous performances at Carnegie Hall. The one with all the chairs stacked up behind him on stage.

I loved that performance, and not just because I was 12 and he was saying all the words that would have resulted in my mouth being washed out with soap. It was more than that. Anyone can get up on stage and say the word “fuck”. Fuck, Eddie Murphy practically reinvented the word’s pronunciation. But George Carlin was a linguist. He was fast. On the one hand, his routine seemed totally improivational. On the other hand - more amazingly - you knew he had been thinking and rehearsing it for months in advance.

So thanks for the memories, Mr. Carlin. And thanks for your competely unique love of the English language.

PodCamp Seattle

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:42:09 -0700

PodCamp Seattle

Sorry Safari. Firefox just leap frogged you.

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:39:53 -0700

I’ve been using the beta version of Firefox 3.0 for about two weeks. The final version 3.0...