Back from Oregon


Went to Eugene Oregon for a week. What a beautiful place. Here’s a photo of my view out my window as we were about to land.

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Dog Sitting


Nan and I watched Ivy over the fourth of July and gave Stella a buddy to play with.

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More pictures here.

Nan & Bridgett’s First Tri!


Nan and Bridgett swam/biked/ran their first Tri in Interlochen this past Sunday. Great job girls!

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More pictures here.

Wow. Crazy acrobatic Asians!


Thanks to Hongfei for this:

Coming back from Cleveland


Been traveling to Cleveland for my latest project. Had a few photo’s I thought I’d share:

This one I took during security checkout. What not to bring through I guess
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And this one at Detroit right before you walk through the metal detector. Good to know that TSA and the Homeland Security have top notch software. Damn Windows.
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Waiting for my flight to Cleveland


And enjoying some good food at the DTW airport. Of all places.

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Beckwith Softball Practice


Wasn’t really practice, but we got the ball and bat out at Melissa’s BBQ!

Aaron, Lexi and Cameron - New Start in Wyoming


Video created by Aaron and Lexi. Wishing them all the best, and a great start to a new life together.

New(er) car and the end of the 4Runner.


I love my car. Maybe a little too much. For about as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted a 4Runner. But first, a little history.

My first car was a half rusty 1991 Toyota Tercel. This thing had power nothing. Not even a cassette desk. Just the trusty radio for me. It also was quite possibly the smallest car a 6′3″ Asian could drive. Nevertheless, I loved it like my own, waxing it on a bi-monthly basis. Shame I don’t have a picture of that car.

I had the Tercel for a year before I found out that my mother was planning on trading in her old Camry Station wagon for a new car. I asked how much she was getting for a trade in. “$800″ my mother replied. Well shoot, I knew I could sell my Tercel for more than $800, so that was a no brainer. I gave my mom $800 the next day and proudly drove it to school. Now this car felt like a brand new Cadillac to me. Power windows, power steering, power locks, even a CD player! Oh yeah, the best part, it had AIR CONDITIONING. Oh, and a rear window wiper. Good lord, I was in heaven. And it only had 206,000 miles on it! Ok, so my mom tends to put a lot of miles on her cars due to her work, but they were all highway miles, so that’s ok right?

I kept that though my junior year at UofM when I decided that 300K miles was enough and purchased a barely driven 1999 Subaru Legacy from an old lady that never drove it. It had a power moonroof, power everything and a CD player that played MP3’s! And it was AWD which was a real bonus. I really had nothing to complain on this car. I got it for a great price, and it had really low miles.

And then.. it happened. While driving around town in my car that I barely had for 10 months, I saw a black 4Runner. Just wanting to take it for a spin, I left three hours later with a very very large auto loan and an unsold Subaru. Well luckily enough I was able to sell the Subaru to a nice couple from South Dakota on cars.com.

This past weekend, the wife and I recently bought a used ‘04 Prius. I love it. Too bad I’m not the one that gets to drive it. It gets between 45-50 mpg so far and is soo quiet. I have my beloved 4Runner for sale now, and am considering getting a Prius of my own. If anyone knows of someone that’s looking for a greatly taken care of 4Runner, let me know!

Miami taking Michigan’s Jake Long with the #1 Pick


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