February 25, 2007 on 10:11 am | In sierra summit, snowboarding | No Comments
The first time riding Sierra Summit mountain (or as most affectionately refer to it as “Sierra Slumit”) I vowed never to go there again. The snow was hard and icy where there was coverage. Lines were long. The lift operators noticeably dislike their jobs. In short, all signs point to “go somewhere else” but Sierra Summit is the closest resort to SLO so what can you do.
Well, I gave it another shot yesterday because there was two feet of fresh snow from the storm on Thursday. Ben and Andrea invited me for a day trip and it ended up being a blast. I was able to ride through powder for the first time this season and it was sweet! The new Burton Malolo board I bought at the beginning of the season is working out great. It floats and cuts through the powder with little effort required.
Sierra Summit can be good and worth the trip….if there is fresh snow.
February 18, 2007 on 5:05 pm | In ball python, feeding, rat, snake | No Comments
Eric’s ball python slurping down a rat. Watching this never seems to get old. Mmm, mmm, good.
February 18, 2007 on 5:02 pm | In Cinder, cat, water | 1 Comment
Our cat Cinder is very much like a plant because we water her almost daily.
February 18, 2007 on 3:24 pm | In taxes | No Comments
Almost a month in the making and I have finally completed my taxes. I started a few weeks ago and have been waiting for all the tax forms to come in. This was my first year preparing my own tax return and I must say it’s more intimidating than it really is. TurboTax made it so easy to do…the only hard part is figuring out what to do with the refund.
February 3, 2007 on 10:23 pm | In movie review | No Comments
Meghan and I watched Pan’s Labyrinth a few days ago at the Palm theater in SLO and I was impressed. All I had to go by before seeing it was a recommendation from a friend and a disturbing photo of a monster who’s eye balls were in it’s hands on the front page of the New Times. The movie takes place in Spain during their civil war about 60 years ago so it is in Spanish with subtitles. The subtitles were easy to follow and didn’t distract from the movie. On a whole the film is well done and extremely entertaining. An interesting fact is that some of the special effects were done by a local SLO company called Cafe FX. I won’t give any plot away but I will say that you should see it.
