A few weekends ago I flew up to Anchorage to visit my brother. I always enjoy visiting him because we have such a good relationship. While there, we decided to go to Alyeska, both Saturday and Sunday for some snowboarding (Aaron skied). Saturday the weather was reasonable, although the mountain was pretty crowded. Sunday was a different story. Being that [...]

So it’s been awhile, but I am back. 2008 was a hard year for me, with only the very beginning of the year being truly happy times for me. The rest of the year I spent slowly spiraling down into a dark existence, hitting rock bottom right around the end of the year. In the past year, I’ve lost most [...]

So it seems Californians: want a high speed train (this sounds good, but i somehow imagine tickets will initially be so expensive that hardly anyone will use it, plus i can also imagine it will take forever for any of this to become a reality) don’t like confining farm animals (i can see the price of veal, pork, and eggs [...]

I remember it like it was yesterday, it was two days before Valentine’s Day and we were sitting on my bed talking and laughing together. She was wearing her pink & white striped tank top, still one of my favorites to this day. Unexpectedly, three little words slipped from her mouth. It was clear she hadn’t planned to say that [...]

On this 12th day of Cheshvan marks my mother’s yahrzeit. It’s difficult to fathom that’s it’s been a year since she passed. Sometimes it seems like I was just talking to her on the phone the other day, but most of the time it feels like an eternity. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t think of her. So [...]

Fifty-three years ago today, Bernard & Leona Davidson gave birth to Marsha Hermione Davidson, my mother. I know exactly what I would give her, a big hug. I wish I had made more of an effort to hug my mom more. I wish had spent every year with my mom on her birthday. The more your mind matures, the more [...]

On the last day of August, I flew to Vegas for the day to go to my friend Svihla‘s wedding. Svihla and I worked together in Germany. I’ve always really enjoyed going out for drinks with him and his stammtisch group. This year, Svihla brought his wife-to-be over to get married in Vegas. The ceremony was short, sweet, and performed [...]

It’s funny how geeky and “connected” I am, yet I have never been one to use a flash drive. I’ve had one a couple times in my life, but I never really used them and ended up leaving them somewhere, never to be used again. Surprisingly, a few months ago a woman emailed me and said she had my flash [...]

I’ve been sitting on my stoop in the evenings the last couple nights to relax. What I’ve noticed is, if you ignore the crickets and the slight buzz from the ocean air hitting the nearby power lines, you can hear the waves crashing on the beach. Pretty nice, especially considering it’s about a 5-minute walk down to the beach and [...]

12:59 PM Aug 30th, 2008: is wordpressing