This morning I had to drop some letters off in the neighborhood mailbox. I remembered as I was a couple blocks from my normal mailbox, so I decided to find one along the way. I dropped off the mail, then got back in my car and looked up at the street sign. It read “Ozone”. Just one or two seconds later, I heard the radio newscaster say, “Today is an ozone action day”. It was creepy. Stuff like that has happened a few times this past week.
Monthly Archives: May 2003
Central Texas Heating Up
Looks like we are in for a hot hot weekend!
Baseball in Austin
Tonight my friend Ryan and I went to see the Round Rock Express play against the Midland Rockhounds at the Dell Diamond. It was a pretty good game, with the Express winning the game 8-0. There was a pretty small crowd, which made it nice because there were a lot of open seats and you could stretch out. Plus, beer was cheap (Thursday night special). A big cup of Fosters was $3.00 (normally $5.75). Right after the Express scored the first run, there was a loud noise of a train running by the stadium. I thought it was something special that the stadium does after each run they score. Sort of like the homerun apple appearing in Shea Stadium. But, it turns out that it was a real train with good timing. Anyways, the Dell Diamond is a pretty nice stadium for double-A baseball. The prices are pretty expensive for what you get compared to other cities, but that seems to be par for the course for Austin.
Long Weekend Over
It’s Tuesday, which means the holiday weekend is over. I love having a holiday on a Monday. It makes Sunday so much better. This particular Sunday was fun. We had Mike, Tomoko, Karen, Hiroshi, Koya and Juna over for burgers. I made some burgers mixed with jalapeño cheese and topped with a spicy jalapeño-cilantro sauce. It was delicious!
Later that night (actually early morning) it rained like crazy! The thunder woke me up and the rain was hitting the windows sideways. I thought we might have left the bathroom window open, so I ran to check it, but it was closed. Otherwise our bathroom would have been flooded.
Anyways, Monday was relaxing. We just did some shopping and ate leftovers. Too bad the weekend is over, but at least it’s only a four-day work week. 🙂
Dodgers Tied for First
The Dodgers have won 10 in a row! And the Giants lost today, so now they are tied for first place in the NL West.
Cruelty to Cats
I really like cats, so it is almost too painful to look at this site. The nice Japanese-style English is wonderful, however. Here is a sample:
“The cat which became a hood figure is likely to have a broom at any moment, and is likely to begin cleaning.”
Text Messages
One of the coolest things, for me, about having a cell phone is the text messaging feature. Although you can compose text messages with the phone and send them to other people’s phones, the real value is in receiving text messages from other services. For instance, I am using Yahoo! Mobile, which is free. I have them send me breaking news from Reuters and the AP. I also have Lakers and Dodgers scores sent, the local weather forecast, and stock prices at closing. I used to have the winning lottery numbers sent to me using MSN’s service, but for some reason they kept sending me two of each message and they couldn’t figure out how to make it only send one. That was a year ago so maybe I will sign up with them again and see if they got it fixed.
Star Wars Kid
Weekend Curry
Mariko made some awesome curry yesterday. It had normal stuff in it, like potatoes and beef, but the curry was so tasty! It was a little sweet, and just the right amount of spiciness for me. Unfortunately there is only enough leftovers for one more meal. 🙁
Weekend Almost Here
Last night I fell asleep at 9pm and am refreshed today. I am looking forward to relaxing this weekend, maybe working in the yard. Today I am going to see The Matrix Reloaded. It should be fun. I am hoping to work a bit on my supercub this weekend, if I have time. I want to take off the wheels and clean them up. There is some rust on them (actually all over) that I want to get rid of. I ordered some stuff called Autosol which is supposed to work great at removing rust and polishing chrome/metal. Hopefully that will arrive today or tomorrow. Otherwise, I have some cheap Castrol chrome cleaner I can use.