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this is a large movie (4mb) slide show of all of the pictures that amy and i took during our last trip to san francisco for a wedding. these pictures were all taken on advantix film with our canon elf sport camera. the pictures were later processed in iphoto and turned into a quicktime slide show.

hello all … well amy and i made it back from san francisco safely. it was a really good time and the weather was perfect. it was a bit foggy and cool on some of the days in the bay area but in sonoma and nappa is was picture perfect.


while we were there we did a ton of different things. we went to wine country, did an afternoon tour of the city, went to alcatraz, went to the wedding, and did a ton of shopping. we took 4 rolls of film. i’ll try and get em up here when they get them back from being developed.


the wedding was really nice. it was short and to the point. the captain of the boat did the ceremony and then when it was over we sailed around the bay for about 3.5 hours. we went under the golden gate, around a few of the islands including alcatraz, and then under the bay bridge. should have some nice pics of that.


while we were out there we went on one of those wine tours and did some tasting. we picked up some nice bottles of wine that we both enjoyed. it is such a night and day difference between premium wine and lower end wine. my mouth was thoroughly enjoying it. we were able to taste the difference between different years of the same wine as well as different aged vines used to create the same wine. i could hardly believe it but it was extremely noticeable. the older vines (100 years) tasted remarkable better then the younger vines (60 years). on the tour there was a slight driving incident where i almost went through the front of the van but otherwise it was uneventful and extremely relaxing. i would gladly go out there again and could easily spend a week in wine country.


we ate reasonably good last week. no not workout healthy but we didn’t really go overboard at all. with all of the walking i didn’t feel bad eating the way we ate. i was amazingly tired the first two days of the week and was unable to get my workouts in but i ate well. this morning i got in my cardio. no worries, i am on track, just getting caught up with my sleep is taking longer than expected. look for some kick ass workouts next week.


my fantasy tour team is doing less than good. i went from averaging 350’ish place to around 500’ish. during vacation i wasn’t paying as much attention to the racers standings as much as i should have. that and after today 3 of my 15 riders have dropped out of the race. now all i have to work with are 12 riders of which 4 are sprinters. so now i’m stuck sticking sprinters in climbing stages, arg. lance is doing well however. after today he has a 7 minute lead on his closes rival. for more info on the tour check out velonews tour coverage or cycling news tour coverage.


no new news on the wedding.


ellis and christina are coming into town for a gaming conference for my brother. we plan on meeting up with them a few times for dinner and other things. amy and i picked up some tickets to see the new austin powers flick at the “premium” theater. sounds yuppy doesn’t it.


that’s all for now.

on wednesday amy and i are going on vacation to san francisco. we’re headed out there for a wedding but plan on spending some time to ourselves on a winery tour and other things. we’re really looking forward to the time off.


i’m kicking ass on my workouts and weight loss again. i started 5 weeks ago at 405 and just weighed in on saturday at 384. that means that in 5 weeks i’ve lost 21 pounds. not to shabby … i’ve only missed a few workouts and a few meals. otherwise i’m pretty hardcore. i plan on creating a new timeline page again when i get back from vacation. i’m not going to focus on it as much as in the past and let it take over my goals but i really want to keep track of my progress. so, look for that to come again soon.


the tour de france is ongoing right now for those that are interested. lot’s of biking fun for everyone. my fantasy team is in 282nd place out of 1300 teams. not to shabby but i can do better.


amy and i have been biking a bit recently. we were out on the trails today actually … my bike’s front derailleur was acting up. since they used new cables on the new frame there is some stretching going on which is causing my shifters to not work as expected. after a few adjustments by the bike mechanic it was working perfectly.


job is going well, doing some interesting new things. two more people left divine and came to cme. rumor has it that two more people are leaving the old team we well. not to come to cme, but they are leaving. i think that will leave 6 or less of the team left, pretty sad. divine has really screwed themselves this time … but what else if new with them. their stock is down 84% for the year including a reverse 25 - 1 stock split.


i still have another 9 - 10 months to go before i get my telescope. i haven’t been out viewing much recently because we have been so busy. i hope to get out soon with the club. we have an event in wisconsin in early august i hope to attend with amy, we’ve gotta break out the tent and sleeping bags.


amy took her gre this weekend. she kicked ass … improving her verbal, analytical, and quantitative scores by almost 100 each over the last time she took it. now she has to keep up her volunteering and get her application together for the fall. i’ll keep you all updated with her progress. for those of you who don’t know, she is applying to physician assistant school for next year.


the wedding planning is going well. we now have a hall, church, and dj and are really close on a photographer, florist, and a priest. again, the date is may 2nd 2003. that’s a friday for those of you that were wondering. anyhow, more on that in the future as more information is obtained.

i’m well into week 3 on body for life and i feel amazing. i’ve got killer energy, i’m focused on my goals, i sleep soundly, and i’m amazingly focused all throughout the day. in short i’ve never been better.


i started a fantasy tour de france game recently. i’ll post my team when i decide on it. in short you pick 15 riders and choose 9 to ride each day. you earn points based on how them place on any given day. the person with the most points at the end win’s some nice prizes. i figured it would be fun since i’ll be watching it a lot anyhow. it’s my summer hobby … cycling that is. both participating and watching.


i’m working on getting some hotel discounts for those that are planning on attending our wedding. we plan on sending out an announcement soon so people can plan the trip, set up reservations, etc etc. look for more on that soon, including a web site for wedding information.


i recently moved all of my domains to new servers. i will now be able to better support them including adding new features. gone are the days of linux on an ancient cobalt qube. i’m now on a wintel box running iis with a soon to arrive isapi connection to tomcat 4.1. then soon to follow that look for a redesigned java enabled site. woohoooo ….


did i mention that i love registerfly and their configurable dns. they also have a extremely affordable $9.95 per year domain registration fee. it easily beats network solutions crappy service and astronomical rates.


i’m headed to michigan for amy’s grandmothers family reunion this holiday weekend. it looks to be fun, and we may even meet up with my dad and kelly.