http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/ Manserisms Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:10:04 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/47.html Thu, 07 Apr 2005 18:10:07 GMT For those of you who saw me on one of the first times I climbed (Thanks Jeff for both introducing me and scaring the absolute crap out of me), you found out a few things. One, I have no talent for climbing and two, I have one of the more respectful stances with regards to gravity that you will ever meet. Basically, heights bother me when I feel exposed. Yes, I know I live 400ft off the ground, but the view and bullet-proof glass make it worthwhile. Regaling some months back, at the top of my first climb, every muscle in my body was completely tensed so that I wouldn't fall off. Too... (more) http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=47 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/46.html Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:48:37 GMT Kasia - To find out about what's happening with Polonia w Atlancie << click on the underlined Polish words! http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=46 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/44.html Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:58:46 GMT It used to be that even though the game might be a boring blowout, you could always count on the commercials for entertainment during the Superbowl. Seems like the tables turned this year, as except for some highlights, the ads this year just didn't live up to par. I blame this on Janet Jackson's warddrobe malfunction. Only GoDaddy.com took a shot at making fun at last year's lapse in judgement and gave a full frontal (literally) assault on the "sex sales" adage. Most everyone else played it extremely safe. The NFL's pendulum swung the hardest trying to sell Sir Paul's aging star power... (more) http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=44 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/42.html Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:53:43 GMT We have finally been given our come uppance as this week's competition proved stiff. However, if a couple of points go the other way, it could just have easily been our win this week. Beth and I lost 7-5 in the third, while our twos, Greg and Fran, were even closer; losing in a tiebreaker in the third! Arghhh. Our guy opponent, Ken, did share with me the fact that his claim to fame was that he had taught Pam Shriver to hit an American Twist serve. He kept me nearly in the other court all day returning that crazy thing. Our lone bright spot of the day was our threes: Jim and Jenny... (more) http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=42 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/41.html Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:28:56 GMT ALTA mixed doubles season is once again upon us. And man, was I ready for it to be back. Not so much for the play, which is fun, but mainly for the heckling and camaraderie on the sidelines. By finishing second in level A-3 last season, we've been pushed screaming and shouting two levels above at A-1. There are only 3 levels above that one in the league where eighty thousand of us weekend warriors play! Our team was nonplussed going into week one against stiffer competition however, picking up where we left off at the end of last season. It seems the majority of our women had just... (more) http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=41 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/40.html Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:52:29 GMT I've just returned from two weeks in Belgium visiting my fiancee' and son. The trip was amazing in so many different ways, but none more than watching Alex go to the next level. Objectively speaking, he is such a great kid! He sleeps a minimum of 10 hours a night and then doesn't mind lounging in the bed with us for another hour before getting his first milk of the day. Of course, he's a handful during the day, as you've got to watch him pretty constantly if you want stuff not to break. It's better when he's got something like wafers in his hand, as he loves gumming them to death. ... (more) http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=40 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/37.html Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:42:36 GMT This by far is my favorite picture as it shows the two people I love the most. Katarzyna, or Kasia (kasha), holding Alex, both smiling, both having fun. Kasia is from Poland, as many of you know, but now lives in Antwerp, Belgium with Alex. We're currently working through the Department of Homeland Security so that she and Alex can be granted permanent immigration to the States. Ever since 9/11, I believe this must have gotten increasingly harder to do. More background checking is necessary, a crapload of documentation had to be put together, and then, of course, you have multiple... (more) http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=37 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/39.html Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:49:06 GMT I had the most enjoyable time last night seeing a comedy play and having dinner in Little 5 last night. The play was at the Horizon Theatre, a neat little theatre tucked away behind a school just off Euclid. It was called the Santaland Diaries, a nice one act that follows our protagonist through the anguish of a Christmas season working as an elf at a large department store in NYC. Harold M. Leaver does a great job of taking us through the misgivings, frustrations, antics, and touching moments his role "Crumpet" goes through. Crumpet has two "helpers" as he takes us through his December... (more) http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=39 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/36.html Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:13:22 GMT Websters defines the verb form of "to civilize" as: "to cause to develop out of a primitive state; especially : to bring to a technically advanced and rationally ordered stage of cultural development" Obviously written and envisioned by a type A control freak. But, if you look all around you, everything's always marketed as bigger and better, new and improved in our "instant gratification" society. But are all of these "improvements" creating an "advanced" environment for us to live in? Before just blatantly answering "yes" and clicking the back button on your browser, might you... (more) http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=36 http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/archive/35.html Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:31:16 GMT Come join the cycling group for a relaxing night of fun listening to fellow cyclist Doug Walter's band, The Commitaphobics, at Front Page News this Friday night. Doug plays the bass and will try to get us some premium seating if I can tell him how many of us are coming. So come out and be a band groupie! Please comment back if you think you can make it! http://manserisms.blogdrive.com/comments?id=35