Laber Brothers and Sisters, vintage 1986

This video surfaced recently. Despite the 22 years that have gone by since it was taken, I think I remember this as the night I got a speeding ticket going south on 101 somewhere around San Mateo. It was fun being there when the brothers got together, this was taken...

ring in the new year

my family spent a quiet new years eve at home, something we haven’t done in years. Played Eric’s Settlers of Catan board game after going out for a simple meal. I started 2008 off in healthy fashion by taking a bike ride down Redwood, across Monterey and...

Tying up loose ends

So, here we sit at the edge of a year, about to slide into the start of a new one. Many memories of 2006, unfortunately I have neither the time nor energy to document all of them in a manner they deserve. However, among the notable include…Work continues to go...

Jake. Jake-mo. Jake-amo-J.

2005 has been a year to remember. A good year all in all, but one that has marked a number of transitions. Unfortunate as it is, we have experienced yet another passing. I look over some of the posts I’ve made here and almost think of renaming this RL’s Grieving Blog...

Homestretch

I read that James Doohan, Mr. Scott of Starship Enterprise fame, recently joined Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s final resting place – the final frontier if you will – when his ashes were transported via rocket into space. I’ve never given much thought about my...