http://soopahviv.net/blog/ The online musings of an ex-Bostonian would-be superhero. 2008-08-27T12:39:09-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/tire_rotation_a.php A couple weekends ago, while trying to rotate the tires on my car, I got stuck. Stuck, as in, the bolts on the wheel I'd had replaced last February would not come off. Freakin' bolts! I'm coming back with a... GTI soopahviv 2008-08-27T12:39:09-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/chihuly.php That name is fun to say. Aaron and I went to see the Chihuly exhibit at the de Young this weekend. The full Flickr set is here, but I thought I'd share a couple of my favorites with you below.... soopahviv 2008-08-26T11:48:24-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/friday_night_at.php I missed a couple Blue/Maroon clinics while away last month, and decided to crash the Maroon/Red clinic this month to make up for it. On the way there, however, I realized that I had no idea where the rink entrance... Hockey soopahviv 2008-08-25T13:52:40-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/this_makes_no_s.php I'm talking about the following sentence from this article, which revealed Obama's running mate a day early. The official who spoke did so on condition of anonymity, saying they did not want to pre-empt a text-message announcement the Obama campaign... soopahviv 2008-08-23T00:47:38-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/hello_where_is.php Headed to Chabot after work yesterday for the Wednesday evening ride. Pulled into the parking lot just uphill from the marina and found it empty. Where was everyone? Was I early? Nope. Got my stuff together and decided to go... Mountain soopahviv 2008-08-21T19:02:03-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/amazingly_it_wo.php This morning with zero notice I had to deliver a demo over WebEx using a VM running on a Remote Desktop host accessed through the VPN. The only visible side effect of this less than ideal setup was the sluggish... soopahviv 2008-08-19T15:30:49-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/last_lollerskat.php All too soon, the season has come to an end. We played our final game today, and in typical fashion the Tami and Kristen line (today with Theresa) put in goal after goal, securing us a 9-5 victory to close... Lollerskates soopahviv 2008-08-17T21:45:48-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/mmm_tasty_ride.php After my 17 mile road ride a couple weeks ago, I said I'd go for 34 the next time around. 34 miles happens to be the approximate distance of the Portola loop from home, so Portola loop it was. A... Road soopahviv 2008-08-16T17:50:39-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/pleasanton_ridg.php Finally rode this park today with a former coworker who now works near me. It's conveniently located just off the freeway on my way home from work, but I don't think I'll be spending much time here after today. Despite... Mountain soopahviv 2008-08-13T23:14:16-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/happy_birthday_6.php My grandma turned 80 today. I spent most of the afternoon busy at work, but remembered to call her before it got too late in her time zone. We had a nice long conversation about all sorts of things, and... Famidotes soopahviv 2008-08-11T23:08:00-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/arastradero_tra.php I'm over a week and a half late with this post, but I'm backdating it to August 10th, when Aaron and I paid a visit to Arastradero. It's an easy park, but I wasn't really feeling it that day, and... Mountain soopahviv 2008-08-10T23:19:56-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/theres_somethin_1.php Last summer season, I missed 6 weeks of hockey, came back raring to play, and scored a bunch in the next three games. This summer season, I've just missed 7 weeks of hockey, and came back thinking I'd get my... Lollerskates soopahviv 2008-08-09T21:32:31-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/learn_to_pave_c.php 680 South got a little road repair this summer. The result? Transitions between old and newly paved stretches of road so rough that it makes my CDs skip. And for parts of the road where they simply filled in the... Rant/Whine soopahviv 2008-08-09T15:20:08-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/it_seems_weird.php Went to Starbucks for the first time in a couple months this morning. It was already pretty warm out when I arrived, so I decided to give their new Vivanno a try. Banana chocolate, with a shot of espresso. 270... Drinks soopahviv 2008-08-09T14:32:30-08:00 http://soopahviv.net/blog/archives/2008/08/muscle_memory_f_1.php No thanks to a mild case of golf elbow coupled with a wicked case of tennis elbow, I stopped playing golf in May. Since then, the golf elbow has healed and the tennis elbow is refusing to. It frustrates me... Golf soopahviv 2008-08-08T22:46:49-08:00