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Simon and The Grand Master!!

On November 1, Simon competed in his first Kuk Sool Won (Korean martial arts) tournament in Oakland. There were teams from all over the country and our Alameda-based team placed 4th overall.   read more »  

Henry scares it up with the gals

October was a fully loaded month. Henry turned 5 and he enthusiastically celebrated the 31 days of Halloween: he'd dress up after school, go out in the front yard, and either a) practice scaring people as some sort of skeletal hobgoblin; or b) whiz around as Spiderman. Henry -- no doubt -- has developed a Spidey Sense about what's for dinner (that he doesn't like).  read more »  

Unfortunately, I didn't have the energy to make it down to see my pal Matt's (aka Stinkbait, aka by co-conspirator in Holeworld) band open up for the Dandy Warhols at the Warfield on Saturday night, smack in the middle of Hardly Strictly weekend. A near miss. And then Datnoff (another friend from Hood River) passed through town the following week, but another near miss.   read more »  

There, now you know my secret.  read more »  

Here is a trio of youtube movies we made from this summer, including:

1. Yosemite by Bike in 2 minutes, 16 seconds

2. Boeger Boys Swimming Demo

3. Santa Cruz Board (w/ the Florance family)

Yosemite by Bike in 2 minutes, 16 second

Here we are riding our bikes around Yosemite. The waterfalls were dry but we had a blast cruising around.  read more »  

Heatwave Man ?

We just ticked September (Northern California heat wave!) and Henry is already sifting through his costumes. Last year, he went through 7 different configurations on Halloween night... scaring the BEJEEZUS out of trick-or-treaters on our haunted porch with his various accessories (fangs, masks, reversible cape, fog machine, microphone/amp rig, spiderman gloves, etc.)

We actually had to apologize to a girl from school the next day at school for scaring a bit too much.   read more »  

After 10 years in California, we finally made it to Yosemite Valley and stayed in a tent cabin at Curry Village. I think we finally figured out that you either have to luxury camp or backpack in California because typical car-camping simply sucks. I can get along w/ this luxury camping... we are already booked for a heated cabin this coming winter at the same place.  read more »  

You never know who you'll run into on the streets of San Francisco

Summer cruises along in grand style...   read more »  

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In late June, Simon tested (and achieved) his blue belt in Kuk Sool Won.   read more »