General
Comments are working again
A special thank you to IanD, who showed me where in the admin application I had the wrong settings that were keeping everyone from being able to leave comments.
Europe
The U2 Vertigo Tour
I finally saw U2 in concert. This Friday Ann and I and two of our friends (Ian and Katja) saw the Vertigo tour at Heysel stadium in Brussels. It was a beautiful day which turned into a cool night. There Read more
Entertainment
Series of Unfortunate Events
This movie was GREAT! Five stars. I can’t believe I didn’t go see it in the theater and didn’t hear more about it. It was a unique and original story, a great cast, looked beautiful (both the cinematography and the Read more
Europe
My Second Blackout
It was 9:30. I was running late, just about to head out the door, when all of a sudden the light in the bathroom went out. Like an idiot, I pulled the plug a few times, just to make sure Read more
Entertainment
Sin City
Just saw it yesterday (when we had the power outage). I have to say, I really liked it. The music track and some issues with the pace kept me from saying that I LOVED it, but it was still a Read more
Europe
God I Miss Bagels
I miss them so much. I miss their dense, bagely goodness. I miss sesame seeds, poppy seeds. That smooth glazed exterior of a good kettle-boiled bagel. We used to buy ours every Saturday or Sunday from Wegmans. Fresh from the Read more
Ramblings
The Day The Music… Died
It may very well be that years from now people will look back at this week and say “that was the turning point for the European Unionâ€. On Wednesday the French, whose former President DRAFTED much of the constitution, voted Read more
General
New Blog Design Coming
Sorry I’ve been so remiss with my postings. The thing is that I have been spending many nights up until 2am working on the design for my new blog. I am going to move the blog to mochasteak.com and just Read more
Europe
I’m So Bad
It’s come to this. I’m back to playing poker online. About two years ago I tried out an online poker site for about a week or so. Lost almost two hundred dollars before I realized how stupid I was being. Read more