Watch This

After posting yesterday about the long-missing vintage watch rather accidentally found as a result of a plush toy rescue, I brought out its matching partner for a reunion and then did a little e-digging to find out more details about the dynamic duo. To accomplish that I had to remove the mechanisms from the cases …

Kitchen Renovation Slideshow

A wee bit o’ the tardy in arriving, but here’s a 70-frame slideshow I just tossed to YouTube from beginning to finished-product end of our roughly 10-week kitchen renovation that took place from the middle of August to the beginning of November:

Two Days-Plus Without Social Media

… and counting. Deleted all related apps and deactivated all related accounts. Make no mistake, given the withdrawal I’m experiencing it is an addiction I’m battling. But at least I’m winning.

Timelapse: 02 Of 50 Ride (Roundtrip Work Commute – 05.30.14)

As part of my commitment to ride my bike every day during the first 50 days of my 50th year, I met coworker Gary at Union Station when he arrived via Metrolink train from Orange County. We then biked to the office that morning and back to Union Station that afternoon.

Timelapse: Ride 01 Of 50 (Downtown & Back – 05.29.2014)

I turned 50 today. Yeah… Rather than dwell on it I decided to tie that landmark achievement to some continuous daily activity going forward, and as such I came up with doing “50 Rides In 50 Days.” This inaugural ride took me downtown to the LAPD Metropolitan Property Division where I took possession of something …