Category: Friends

Seems like while we’re in Colorado visiting my sister’s new edition to the family, that we’ll be minutes away from Mike.

Mike was kind enough to invite us to stay with him an evening; if this is anywhere close to our eariler days, it should be a hoot!

I’m now doubly excited about heading Westward.

Last night I’m given to understand that a young girl, an indirect friend of the family, got a call from the North Pole. She’s six years old, and after talking with various elves, having a special present put on order, and talking with Mrs. Clause herself, she’s now firmly a rigid believer.

Pete Kallan can provide more details…

Got a very happy surprise this afternoon. Mike Wise, a friend from highschool gave me a call today!

Aside from the usual, “what have you been doing the last 20 years,” we discovered that he now lives minutes from where I’ll be taking a vacation. We’re going to try and use the opportunity to catch up with him and his wife. Should be fun!

Got to see Mike today! He managed to get off work, and so we skipped out and went to see Aeon Flux this afternoon.

Turns out the Regal canceled it’s afternoon showing due to a fault with the climate controls in the theater. So, we skipped lunch and headed to the Tyson’s AMC. Turns out we bought tickets, bought snacks, and walked right in and the movie started. No waiting.

I understand why the reviews of this flick are mixed. It’s a fairly complex story as far as PG-13 movies go, and while it’s pretty, there could be more action. Better reviews would fall out if it had an ‘R’ rating. I only encountered two clear points where I thought the characters acted out of character for themselves. All in all, it was an entertaining story. Would I buy it on DVD? Strangely enough, no — not unless it had gobs of extra features and deleted scenes.

Last night I got word from a sobbing mother that my childhood cat, Inky, had died 1:30pm yesterday (Dec 11, 2005).

Back in the mid to late 80’s I was working at GE, and some lady was at the front desk with a kitten in a cardboard box. She had rescued him from the middle of I-270, where he was wandering the lanes. It was a miracle he wasn’t hit. She was going to take him to a shelter, but I asked if I could have him. Back in my cubical, he quietly slept. Around lunch, he woke up, I fed him a burger and some milk, and he perched himself on my shoulder, and for the rest of the day he stayed there.

When it came time to go home, I put him in his box, closed the lid, and put him in the back seat. About five minutes into the drive, when I could do nothing about it, he chewed his way out of the box, climbed under the front seat, popped out on the passenger side, came over and crawled in my lap for the rest of the way.

He loved human company, he loved to play, and he loved to perch on shoulders. He grew into a very strong, jet black, panther like cat that had incredible street smarts. He never lost his playful side and was always gentle.

I suppose love does sustain, because he lasted almost 20 years, which is impressive for a feline. His passing was quick by means of mother nature while he was embraced in human arms.

Today I was going through Orkut and seeing if there were any new friends I could add to my network. It dawned on me that I have phone, address, and email lists spread all over the place. Every so often, if I encounter something fun to play with or some new service, I’ll forward it along to my techon-savvy friends.

I got a pleasant surprise when I got notified that Brian C. had signed up. So, I wandered over to his website, not the old one, and saw their baby is really close to due.

I happened to be cleaning my room with my wife, and we stumbled across an interesting little piece of paper from our visit to Epcot. Our good friend Dan Fahs passed away, and we left him a permanent memorial on the black megaliths.

Standing at the Spaceship Earth and facing the planter, go to the East side (it should be on your right). Next, walk in two rows, with the count starting at Spaceship Earth. From the planter, walk outwards to section ‘E’. In the lower left corner of each panel, there is a number, locate panel #7. Count upward six rows. Finally, pictures 3 and 4 to the right should be what you’re looking for.

Sadly, Disney seems to have pulled the Leave a Legacy locator site, so it isn’t possible to view the images online anymore.