Monthly Archives: April 2007
Voodoo Doughnut
A coworker brought in a box of doughnuts today. “Ho-hum”, I thought, until I looked into the box and saw a maple bar covered with two bacon strips.
Meh?
Turns out his wife had been to Portland, OR recently and visited the Voodoo Doughnut store. They make all kinds of crazy doughnuts, sell t-shirts, and perform legal wedding ceremonies underneath a large portrait of Isaac Hayes. The fee for the wedding is $175, and includes doughnuts and coffee for 10 people. AWESOME.
BTW, I tried one that was covered in crushed Oreos. It was pretty good, and definitely better than a doughnut you’d pick up at your local Safeway.
Anyway, just wanted to give you a heads up in case you’re ever up in the Pacific Northwest. Check it out!
One and done
Heh. That was fast.
Eric Musselman was fired as Kings coach after one season on the job, Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie announced Friday.
“I want to thank Eric for his engery [sic] and effort,” Petrie in a statement. “I wish him the best of luck in the future. There is no particular joy in making this decision. However, I feel it is in the best interest of everyone going forward.”
I think it was the right decision. Once Musselman got that DUI at the beginning of the season, I had a hunch that the players would lose respect for him, and, by all appearances, they did. Of course, only the players and Muss himself know what really happened during the 2006-2007 implosion.
Ah, well. Let’s hope that Petrie can find us a good coach, and fast.
Wonder what Rick Adelman is up to these days?
Pulitzer Prize photography
A Sacramento Bee photographer recently won the Pulitzer Prize for her work chronicling a mother’s last days with her dying son. If you haven’t yet seen the photos, do so now. It is heart-wrenching, so if you’re a crier, make sure you have a box of Kleenex nearby.
First paw
The pacifier works entirely too well. After inserting this little miracle into his mouth the other night, I wrote three short novels while he slept. Except replace “wrote three short novels” with “grabbed a beer and watched Futurama reruns”.
My parenting skills kick ass.
Troy vs. Babar: Week 4
Week 4. Just in time for Week 5.
Answer: This much
Question: Based on the first four weeks of your life, how much confidence do you have in your dad’s ability to raise you into a functioning, well-adjusted member of society?
Roll on!
We have a roller. The past two nights, little 4-week-old Troy has decided that he doesn’t like to be on his stomach, so he flips himself over onto his back. I have video evidence, but, of course, I don’t have the necessary equipment to transfer my proof to the Internets. A Firewire adapter and cable are on order, though, so beware, fearless reader, that you are about to be inundated with Sagara Home Videos.
Stay tuned…
I’m Scottish, bitch!
My grandparents are leaving next month to go on an 18-month mission for the Mormon church. Grandma and Grandpa are big into genealogical research, and supposedly Scotland has a huge geneaological research center, so they volunteered to go over there and help the church sift through the mountains of data. Very noble of them.
My mom and her siblings threw a nice little going away party for Grandma and Grandpa this past weekend, and it was there that I found out about my Scottish heritage. Apparently I descend from the Gillespie and MacDonald clans, so if anyone knows how I can exploit this newfound information for untoward financial gain, please contact me immediately.
Zander Daniel Gimenez
Phillip and Angela Gimenez welcomed their new son, Zander Daniel, into the world this morning at 2:51am. He weighed 6 lbs 8 oz, and was 19 inches long. Phillip reports that everyone is tired, happy, and healthy.
Congrats!!!