Today I’ll be going to an office Christmas lunch at Buca di Beppo. It’s a late lunch at 2:30pm. So this morning at 7:30am as I was driving to work, I thought I should stop by McDonald’s or something, and grab breakfast on the go. I was hungry anyway since I was up way too [...]
We went to Tri-Village Irvine. It was a warm sunny day when we talked about:
Paternity Leave. The company allows for 3 weeks of paid leave. But the State of California also adds partially paid paternity leave for upto 6 weeks (with exceptions)! However, caution for taking State benefits because an employee can lose his/her job.
What’s [...]
Once again, my favorite show from the UK is back! Season 13 started two weeks ago, and there will be (only) 7 episodes. In Top Gear tradition, they started off wonderfully, with fun challenges (racing with a coal powered steam train), and testing fun cars like the Lotus and Ferrari FXX.
Of course, this time around they [...]
We went to Islands last Wednesday. It was a warm sunny day when we talked about:
The golf game at Dad Miller Golf Course. It was my annual outing for my friend’s birthday. We seldom play, so our progress is stagnant.
Possibly going golf in an early tee time (6am) for half-a-round back-9. That way, those of [...]
I’ve written a post about driving delays caused by people pressing the brakes too much. I described the problem with freeways coming to a crawl, with no apparent cause.
Stephen J. Beard1 and Rich Exner2 came up with a traffic shockwave illustration that clearly explains the problem.
Renowned illustrator [↩]Reporter and editor of The Plain Dealer publishing [...]





