Had to take a quick pic of my feet still wet and a little sandy, while dressed in a full suit. Have to trust me on the coat, it's there. Good times.

Found something else fun. After a good customer visit and dinner afterwards, myself, my wife, and our new Sales VP walked across the street to the beach. Once there, we all removed our shoes t dip our feet in the slowly rising tidal waves. Simply bliss.

Found some more fun on the trip. Oh, and bowling last night? A lot of fun. And I'm so glad the picture of me bowling backwards came out so blurry.

Landed back in California a couple hours ago, hooked up with a couple of our top sales guys, now Frances and I find ourselves watching the sunset in Oceanside. We're off the marina here, chomping down on calamari and lobster quesadillas. Bit of a haul from where we're supposed to be, but hey, adventures are fun.

The next few days are all about the sales and training meetings. Thursday sees us a little free, then flying back to Hotlanta on Friday. I'll keep an eye out for more fun. Unless you count the team-building bowling planned for Wednesday. That should be fun. And we'll find more.

Yes, yes it is.

Despite the rain we came down to Harvard Square for a little lunch and sightseeing before flying home shortly. Walking around we went through the Coop, venturing out to find this Brazilian dance & drum group pleasing a crowd in the square. Quite neat to see as we wandered about. I'm wondering if this was part of a Make music event, ought to look that up. There were a number of folks wearing black t-shirts with "make|music" emboldened on the chest and we came across several more musical performances about the square on this rainy Father's Day.

While we made the trip for less pleasant reasons than an audible tour of Harvard Square, it's been a wonderful trip. My grandmother lies at rest and the family commemorated her passing. She was my last grandparent alive, living a very rich life well into her nineties. I wish I'd known her better yet I know she touched my life in many ways.

Back to the grind tomorrow, out to Texas for a couple days.

And that's it. Construction of the sixth story took the tower to task. But, in this case, he can rebuild!

Jake's on a building spree as we discuss future brunch landings. All is good in the realm.

I had to get a few blocks back to snap this shot. That's after trying close to the base - no luck. Pretty good trip there, saw an old high school bud and the meeting that drew me there went swell. Home a day later, and maybe back before long.

Just picked Hanji up from the groomers. Wow, he is a large part poodle! Still cute, but really, is this our dog?

Nothing like a morning big shot even further up the Stratosphere tower this was shot from. It's been a sweet trip, but as they say, "what happens in Vegas, stays on YouTube!"

Hey rwdrake, this one's for you.

At an Elvis chapel no less! With streaming webcam. Be afraid, be very afraid...

Here we are. More to come...no time to write now.

Ahhhhhh... shame it ain't mine. Nice to see for a spell though.

Nothing like a Lamborghini on my tail to brighten my day.
"Honey, it followed me home. Can I keep it? I'll make the insurance premiums on my paper route..."

Frances and I are driving home from getting library cards (hi rwdrake). On the way we came across a couple of waterfowl (geese?) walking along Mt. Vernon Rd in heavy traffic. We were already slowed by the traffic going east so we 'goosenecked' a little. First, we noticed there were three baby quackers walking along between the two adult birds. Frances then noticed the flock was really headed our way! We stopped fully to give them space to pass in front, while a nice couple on the other side of the street helpfully stopped the fast oncoming traffic in kind. The family made it safely across, finally hopping up on the sidewalk on our side. Very neat!

Yup, Frances and I now own a set of golf clubs. Don't mind I've never finished even a single hole of golf, let alone a round. I did take classes once but my back went out before finishing. Frances finished 18 holes once, she and other friends will have to help me along.

They were a great deal though. We couldn't turn them down. Especially since last night friends of ours booked us for a golf double date in a few weeks.

Fore!

(Dunwoody house. Golf clubs. What's next?)

'nuff said.

US FIRST is a really cool organization helping inspire and teach kids about robotics, engineering, and teamwork. Today's the finale down at the Georgia Dome. Free to the public and well worth the visit.
Teams around the US built up these tractor trailer bots and compete in teams of three per side. the trailer is dumb, just a towed basket more or less. It's important though, all scoring comes from balls ("moon rocks") thrown or dropped into the baskets. The tractor sections are the robotic part. Remote controlled by a human operator they have four primary tasks:


1. Scoop up 'moon rocks' scattered around the playing field into a hopper
2. Dump the collected 'moon rocks' into an opposing team's towed basket
3. Dodge 'moon rocks' thrown by the opposing team
4. Dodge 'moon rocks' dropped by the opposing team's tractor unit

Each bot has a unique design within set constraints. It's neat seeing all the various design choices.

As Tom said, "Where was this when we were kids?" I'm glad I came.

Man puts on a show.
Thanks, TJ.