breakfast at gasparyan's

greetings from gasparyan's house, where i'm staying this week while i'm in atlanta for work.

gasparyan and i shared a place in 2009 in nashville while we were both there for different assignments. i loved nashville because i could buy my favorite cereal there.

one weekend, mrs. gasparyan came up to visit, tried the cereal, and loved it so much that she asked gasparyan to buy it and bring it home. turns out that it is not sold in atlanta either. she's hooked.

and now i get to eat it when i'm here!

bloodninja's ipad

bloodninja bought an ipad (he would buy a 3rd testicle if steve jobs marketed it). it was pretty sweet, i have to admit. and apple's net income for the previous quarter was up 90% BEFORE ipad sales had really hit their pipe.

wow.

i don't see it as a workstation, i.e., it won't replace the laptop. however, it is the first real portable electronic way to read, get the news, etc. i foresee a day where a family sits at the table for breakfast and each person has one in their hands, instead of the days where they had a newspaper in hand.

reading the nytimes


reading an neil gaiman book


flipping through the journal

fun weekend in atlanta

big weekend. greetings from atlanta. i'm here for work, and dr. w arrives tomorrow night to hang with j-watt. she's on the same flight as the chief. he, bloodninja, and about 25 others are coming for a fraternity reunion, chi phi style. chief, bloodninja and me are staying with mcgru.ber in his one bedroom, one bath condo. three air mattresses. should be sweet.

recruiting dinner tomorrow night, then i pick up dr. wintermute and the chief at hartsfield 9:30. we will digging in at the little five points vortex by 10:30, hopefully.

friday, after interviewing students at the alma mater (i'm hiring an intern! hope they've seen the kramerica espisode), dr. w and i are catching up with dr. b (my college advisor and the officiant at our wedding).

friday night at manuel's tavern, then neighbors.

saturday bbq at the house, some pre-game at the georgian terrace, then food and debauchery in midtown.

the cheese and broseephus are at our house right now, hanging out before heading to chicago for a family wedding.

some more new orleans pics

chasing birds in jackson square park


i was walking by just as the officiant said, "you may kiss the bride"


it's amazing what people will do for cheap molded plastic on a string


this looked like the cast of office space launched their own parade


the three brothers--shan de la shan, hank, and mpg


i haven't met a lot of people who are as big of a fan of #17, keith hernandez. turns out a documentary has been made about him recently

new orleans, day two

abe lincoln is apparently roaming the french quarter with a friend



the bachelor and lil bro



i thought a flying tackle would make this wide receiver's pose more realistic. couldn't get anyone to take that bet.


jackson square's namesake, the major general


church on jackson square

lil bro and mpg

new orleans, night one

next stop: new orleans

greetings from dr. wintermute's office. i'm working from here today so i can ride the free shuttle to bwi, saving me an $85 cab ride (or dr. w 2+ hours of rush hour traffic on a friday afternoon). i'm headed to new orleans today for anakin's bachelor party. should be a great weekend. my brother and mpg (and anakin) got in last night, and hank, shan de la shan, other cousins and friends arrive today.

looking forward to good food and a little bit of debauchery. whenever we get together as a group we immediately revert to our roles and personalities from when we were eight years old.

should be fun.

i don't have a recent picture of all of us, so here's a shot from my wedding, with various spouses and significant others.

an elephant replaces tiger

did accenture pick an animal on purpose?

this shot is from monday morning at hartsfield airport.

seaside

man, i'm behind on posts. a few weekends ago dr. w and I went down to florida to celebrate her parents' 40th wedding anniversary (which was actually back in december). we got them a seaside cottage for a night as a gift, and we stayed at the inn a block away. seaside, which is about 45 minutes from where the live, is the town where they filmed the truman show. although it was a bit colder than we expected, just getting to sit on the beach, have lots of great seafood, and ride bikes around town was great. some pics:

dr. wintermute and her rents

the view from the cottage

doing what i do best...the hammock was calling my name

does it get better than this?

i liked the no tell motel sign made entirely out of license plates

the shrimp shack was delicious. dr. w got the lobster roll--fantastic

biking around a town that is five square miles is fun

the palace of wonder

one of my friends is in town for a bachelor party this weekend.

me: so what are your plans this weekend?

chuckles: we are going to the star wars strip show!

me: say what?

chuckles: it's real. i'll send you an email.

32nd birthday, in vegas

greetings from las vegas. am here for my company's annual conference, and it has fallen on my birthday a few times, so i got to celebrate vegas-style.

leaving las vegas, 6:45am

3 lb bag

chief chick went to hershey, pa last week, and brought me an early birthday gift: a 3 lb. bag of twizzlers. many know how much i love twizzlers. this will last me at least three movies (two if broseephus is with me).

vegas baby

greetings from vegas. i'm here for my company's annual conference. as usual, i wasn't that psyched about making the trip, but once i got here, i remembered how sweet it is. staying at THE hotel this year is pretty sweet.