Had a great barbecue lunch at Phil’s BBQ in San Diego with my two great friends, Sylvia and Lannie. Tried the Baby Beef Rib with two onion rings, french fries and cole slaw. The meal was really good but the dish could have used a second rib.
Jul 27 2011
OK-Go Does It Again For Weirdness
Jul 26 2011
Comic Con Photos Going Up
Slowly I am starting to post my Comic Con photos from this past weekend to my Flickr photostream. I have A LOT of work ahead of me. Good thing I enjoy it.
Photo by Sylvia
Jul 25 2011
New Personal Flickr Best
A couple of days ago I reached a new personal high with views of my Flickr photostream. More importantly, they were accommodating enough to give me a beautifully even number. Monk would be happy.
Jul 24 2011
Din-Din At Oz’s
On the way home from Comic Con we stopped at my brother’s house for dinner. Had fun talking with everyone but didn’t stay too late since I was exhausted.
Jul 24 2011
Comic Con 2011: Day Four
For the last day of Comic Con there were noticeably fewer celebrities and costumes. Started off great with going to the Conan Art Museum with Randy. We got free t-shirts, poster and pin, plus we got our photo taken and superimposed in a Flaming C scene that we could post online and also had printed out. Lunch today was at The Tin Fish and I had my usual delicious Fish and Chips. For celebrity/artist sightings there was Claudia Wells again, Suzie B, the voice cast from The Cleveland Show, Marina Sirtis and Michael Dorn. Friends hung out with/said hi to were Randy most of the morning, Lannie and David for most of the day, Jason and Sarah, Javier and his wife Johana, Mary and David, Lisa, Maria and Ramon. Took mostly display shots today, with still a bunch of girlie costumes as well.
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Jul 23 2011
Comic Con 2011: Day Three
Today’s celebrity sightings included Joss Whedon, Adam West, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Jorge Garcia and Leonard Maltin. Terrific lunch was at SyFy’s Café Diem with Randy. (Had my annual Jo Lupo’s Top Secret Tuna Melt.) Friends from today included Randy, Ramon, Lisa and David. Took loads of costume shots all around the convention center. Another full day of adventure-packed fun.
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Jul 22 2011
Comic Con 2011: Day Two
Today’s second eventful full day at Comic Con was spent adventuring with Sylvia, spotting or taking pictures of and/or talking with the cast from Big Bang Theory, Lee Meriwether again, Nicholas Brendon (Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Zachary Levi from Chuck, Stan Lee, Jeffrey Weissman (George Mcfly from Back to the Future Parts 2 and 3), Erin Grey, Billy Dee Williams in a wheel chair, Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Richard Hatch, Saul Rubinek from Warehouse 13, the cast of The Guild including Felicia Day, Jon Cryer from Two and a Half Men, Amber Benson (Tara, also from Buffy), Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter, and the artists Olivia, J. Scott Campbell and Nei Ruffino. Friends I ran into/hung out with were Sylvia, or course, Olivia, Archie and his friend Todd, Ramon and David. Finished the day off with a great dinner at Joe’s Crab Shack with Sylvia, Rodrigo, Archie and Todd. Pact day of crowd surfing, celebrity spotting and fine dining.
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Jul 21 2011
Comic Con 2011: Day One
Started out the day meandering through the streets of downtown San Diego looking for off-site Comic Con venues. Then met up with Lisa at the SyFy Channel’s Café Diem on Fifth Street for breakfast. We got lucky and we were able to sit outside and people watch as we ate. Spent the entire rest of the day walking the exhibit hall and upper levels taking pictures and talking to “celebrities.” Chatted with Dick DeBartolo, MAD’s maddest write as well as The Giz Wiz, Lee Meriwether who, among many other roles, played Catwoman in the original Batman TV series, Clare Kramer who played Glory on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, April Wahlin who is the new Elvira, actress Teresa Ganzel who’s been in dozens of TV shows, and Cindy Morgan who starred in Caddyshack and the original Tron. Every single one of them was wonderfully friendly.
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Jul 21 2011
End To The Final Shuttle Mission
Sad that early this morning the Space Shuttle Atlantis landed for the very last time bringing with it a close the entire Space Shuttle program. No more “Right Stuff” adventures for a while. And now we have to rely on the Russians.
Official NASA photo
Jul 20 2011
Comic Con 2011: Preview Night
Starting with badge pick-up this afternoon, this Preview Night was well-run, no-pressure, smooth and ultimately very satisfying for me. Already took plenty of photos, had a chance to have decent conversations with artists J. Scott Campbell and William Stout as well as actor Peter Mayhew and even got to see Stan Lee already signing autographs. His energy is amazing. And this was just a few short hours in the evening. Tomorrow starts the first all-day affairs.
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Jul 20 2011
Lion On The Loose
Apple finally released it’s latest operating system OS X 10.7 Lion today, available for download from their App Store for $30. A major problem that I and others have, which causes me to hold off until I find a solution, is that some legacy programs that I use like Quicken will not run on it.
Jul 19 2011
New Canvas Print Order
Was scrounging to choose a decent enough photo to use my Groupon canvas print coupon from Picture It On Canvas for. Got a little tired of looking through all my animal and city pictures so I settled on a recent shot I took of some old west decor that was sitting outside the entrance of a restaurant in Old Town here in San Diego. It was different enough for me to be refreshing and it didn’t take long to get it to look how I really liked it. I’m thinking the canvas texture will make the shot look even better.
Jul 18 2011
Vote For Stitch!
My friends Sylvia and Rodrigo have entered their doggie, Stitch, in a local “Dog Days of Summer” photo contest. I ask anyone reading this to go and place their vote for Stitch. It is a perfect picture.
Jul 18 2011
Today’s Silly
My iNaturalist-ings
My Flickr Photostream
