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Tuesday, January 25

Pekoe

Susan found this little guy on the Internet while in Phoenix. 400 miles and $400 later, we brought him home last night. Merry Christmas!

 

posted by Brad at 1/25/2005 09:39:00 AM | permalink | 8 comments

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• What's with this new dog phenomenon? You are now the fourth friend of mine to purchase a dog. Not to mention, the third to get one out of wedlock. That seems like a big commitment. Muck/Erin, John/Katie and now you two. What if things don't work out? Do you split the dog in half or just send it to a local restaurant to be added in the chow mein?
  
  OK. Enough with the sillyness. Congrats on the new mutt. Keep him away from the Cheerios and Peanut Butter.
  
  Vogts
  
  /Leaves blog site in search of a woman and dog to share with her. Or vice versa.
  //They now allow beer at my work.

  By  Anonymous, at 1/25/2005 11:41 AM 

• Pekoe: the white hairs of the new buds on the tea shrub
  
  WHAT?!
  
  What the hell is that about? Anyhow, I'm looking forward to new pics. Congrats!

  By  MICHAEL, at 1/25/2005 2:23 PM 

• Vogts has a good point, dogs out of wettlock are questionable. Dogs are cool and all...but I think you are forgetting two very important words---butt juice.
  Jason

  By  Anonymous, at 1/25/2005 6:30 PM 

• One thing I always wanted to do on my blog (and I still might, but would love to see yours) is a daily photo entitled: "What my dog chewed up today" Or "What the thing my dog chewed up a few days ago looks like when it comes out"
  
  haha.....
  
  Enjoy the puppy!!! :)

  By  Unknown, at 1/26/2005 12:55 PM 

• Bradley's Aunt MaryEllen Comments:
  
  Are you crazy? Do you remember Zacarie, thier (former) dog? David wanted a dog, both of them worked all day so the dog had to be locked up. Put him out side and he barked all day, neighbors complained, so they kept him locked up all day inside. He became an angry dog and about 6 months later he bit MaryEllen on the hand. That was the end of Zacarie. Good luck with you new dog! He sure is cute.
  
  MaryEllen Krezinski

  By  Anonymous, at 1/26/2005 1:42 PM 

• Seems as though the vacation to Vegas gets bigger billing than the new puppy. How about some better photo's of the dog with Brad and with Susan?
  
  I wonder which one of these recent events will have more lasting impact: Pikeo (sp) or the Las Vegas Trip?
  
  Bob (Brad's Dad)

  By  Anonymous, at 1/26/2005 1:47 PM 

• In honor of your new pet I enjoyed a cup of Orange Pekoe today. Let me congratulate you on a fine tasting dog!
  -Heffae
  PS - More dog pics please!

  By  Anonymous, at 1/26/2005 3:29 PM 

• Do you think they will actually get a dog? Sounds like a good idea but the kennel bills could hurt when they travel all the time.
  
  Jan Larson
  
  (This is cut from an email about Thanksgiving 2004)

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Monday, January 24

Enjoy Life

...feeding myself leftovers for lunch with a spork today - brings me back to the days of hot- and cold-pack school lunches (also known as the first and last time I ever ate a corn dog).

I spent my lunch helping Vogtman design this year's UP snowboarding trip sweatshirt logo, so I'll spare the Sin City details until I can get some pictures uploaded...

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• I am very fond of corndogs and take offense to your comments making the grand food that is "the corn dog" as something that is not to be desired. In preparation for my thesis class tonight (seeing as I am now pretending to be smart and attending grad school) I have decided to grace you with a few bits of info on the great food that is known as the corn dog.
  -Corn dogs were created in 1942 by Neil Fletcher.
  -Mr. Fletcher made said corn dogs for the Texas State Fair.
  -National Corn Dog Day is always the first Saturday of the NCAA basketball tourney (so you can obviously enjoy that wonderful treat while watching 48 basketball games at the same time).
  I would write more but I just realized I am now late for my night class.
  Jason

  By  Anonymous, at 1/24/2005 6:09 PM 

• I like corn dogs, too! By the way, the logo is a hit. All the guys seem to like it and the T-shirt shop said it would be one of their easier screen prints this year! You love it.
  
  Vogts

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Dreary

SO exhausted today.

We got back from Vegas around 1 AM, which obviously means that I recovered my wallet after 10 panic-stricken minutes of separation, during which I almost swallowed my cigar...

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• Are you working today? Or are you just spending all your time working on blogging and snowboarding sweatshirts? I know what one I'm doing.
  
  Vogts

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Sunday, January 23

Photo ID Needed

We hit up the Fremont Street Experience tonight, and I had a great time...

...except for the fact that I lost my wallet.

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Thursday, January 20

Beautiful Babies

I just accidentally learned that Ferrari Carano Winery was launched from Don Carano's Nevada gaming fortune. How convenient that Susan and I leave for Las Vegas in a mere 26 hours...

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Wednesday, January 19

Gallo Gallo Bo Ballo

The LA Times has a rare interview with Joe Gallo today. Susan's friend actually works there, but we haven't hit him up for any discount wine - yet. This sounds like my dream joarb - designing a computer program that plots Pinot Noir flavor profiles against the world's Pinot producers, visually telling you what combinaSHONs scored highest with consumers.

Derek's into wine marketing as a potential new career - he could have plenty of fun inventing new wine brands that become 1+ million case shipments seemingly overnight. Maybe you should come back to CA for some more "research"?

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• You're stealing my career - Julie told me in Sept/Oct that wine should be my new job :)

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Countdown

Only 3 minutes until I have to pry myself away from my beloved computer. Last night was the first attempt at getting myself in bed by 11, and I actually got out of bed at 6:30 today (which was key since I had a big presentation at 8 AM). I hit a wall around 2 PM, but my good friend Sulawesi helped me power through...

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Tuesday, January 18

Hot Stuff

I went through all the trouble of getting a CF Card Reader for free, I might as well use it...

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• So what was in this package? My lunch was leftover salad. Mom

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Monday, January 17

Not Keen on Tower

My first trip into Tower Records is likely to be my last - they had 35,000 albums on sale for $9.99 through tonight, including Keane's new one. Listed as $9.99 online, it rang up as $12.99 in the store. The cashier didn't seem to realize that most of the store was currently on sale. Whatever.

As a result, I'm in the process of buying my first complete album from iTunes - kind of a weird feeling, since I won't be able to turn around and sell it for most of it's value on Half.com. Um, I hope the RIAA doesn't read The Myth...

Now Drinking: 2004 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau

Now Downloading: Keane - Hopes and Fears [mp3]

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• If the RIAA read 'The Myth', you'd have been screwed a LONG time ago...

  By  MICHAEL, at 1/18/2005 12:09 AM 

• As long as you're claiming all that income from Half.com on your taxes you should have nothing to worry about. The IRS and RIAA aren't that powerful anyway.

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Weekend Update

Rebooting my laptop, time to start assembling some highlights from the weekend...

• Uncle Paul & Auntie Pam were in town, we hit up El Dorado Wine Country tasting at Coulson, Madroña, Lava Cap (pronounced "cop"), Boeger, Sierra Vista and Holly's Hill
  
• Dinner at Il Fornaio in Sacramento, where Paul and I continued the bender with a bottle of 2002 Saintsbury Carneros Pinot Noir. My ribeye was good, but not amazing.
  
• Eagles 27, Vikings 17
  
• Paul let me beat him at golf, 106 to 101.
  
• Susan rolled my car over 30,000 miles - and didn't take a picture!
  
• Dinner in Old Sac, where Paul and I were overcharged for a surprisingly delicious 2002 Ravenswood Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel that paried nicely with my Kung Pao Shrimp in a bold yet flavorful sauce
  

posted by Brad at 1/17/2005 12:35:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• If this is a weekend recap I can only imagine how much wine tasting will go on when I come visit for the month of August!
  
  (Just kidding, Susan.)
  
  See you this summer.

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Ziggy

I was going to stand on my soapbox about an article I just read on Bush's proposed privatization of Social Security, but then I got an e-mail from Katie. I thought they were getting a golden retriever?!? I thought they were waiting until this summer?!?

I was surprised by my own reaction, considering they "beat" us to owning a dog by a stinkin' week...

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I'm A Very Sad Guy

On the way home from dinner in Old Sacramento tonight, a cat ran out in front of our car and I hit it - twice. That was horrible enough, but I will never forget looking in the side view mirror to see it writhing around, the reflection of my brakelights in its eyes. I couldn't bring myself to go back and make sure it was dead, I just sat and felt helpless before resigning to myself that nothing could be done and proceeding home...

It happened in a fairly deserted area, so I'm praying that there isn't a family out looking for their kitty as I write this. I get sick every time I think about it - cats are the only pet I've ever had, and I would be devastated if something like this had happened to Tiger. If Bailey or Matisse are reading this - stay out of the damn road!

It was a sad ending to an otherwise great weekend - more on that in the AM.

posted by Brad at 1/17/2005 01:09:00 AM | permalink | 4 comments

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• Oh, Brad....I'm sorry. I've only ever hit one animal and it was a chipmunk. It just gave me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. No fun!
  
  Can't wait to read about the good parts of your weekend.

  By  Unknown, at 1/17/2005 8:36 AM 

• In HS, I hit a rabbit. As I was the driver, I got to decide, contrary to my friends' pleading, that we were not stopping to save it. I'm with you, when there's nothing you can do, there's nothing you can do.

  By  Laura, at 1/17/2005 10:10 AM 

• Laura, I too, hit a rabbit in HS. After hearing its head clunk underneath my truck, I saw it wiggling helplessly in the middle of the street. My friend forced me to turn around and drive over its head to put it out of its misery. It's never a fun ordeal.
  
  Vogts

  By  Anonymous, at 1/17/2005 8:08 PM 

• Wow... that's amazing. The SAME thing happened to me tonight on my way home from work. Except that it wasn't a cat and I missed it.
  
  While it is really too bad that these things happen, I'm sure the cat is better off that you did not pretend to be a veteraparamedic.

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Saturday, January 15

Susan's Home, Yaay

I snapped 401 pictures today on the way to the airport (thanks burst mode). Here are the ones I believe to suck the least...


PeopleSoft: 6,000 employees laid off today via USPS Express Mail pink slips.


Dublin BART Station.


Modest Mouse.


Howie Day.


Dave Matthews.


Objects in the mirror include my knuckle.


Next season.


BART.


Sun spots.


San Mateo Bridge.


The road less traveled.

posted by Brad at 1/15/2005 01:11:00 AM | permalink | 2 comments

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• You suck really good at taking pictures. You better bring that camera with you to the UP. Check out my new Web site enjoylife.com.
  
  Vogts

  By  Anonymous, at 1/16/2005 1:58 PM 

• I thought your camera could take color photos, too. Oh well... guess not.

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Friday, January 14

Oh My Blog

It is for this exact reason that I installed Movable Type on my dad's webserver earlier tonight. I think my days of blogging on Blogger are numbered...

Now Playing: Green Day - American Idiot [mp3]

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Cashed

I suppose a picture is worth about a thousand words, so why even write at all?



I took down this Punch Rothschild earlier this evening, along with some real high quality Foxhorn Cabernet. $2.79/bottle, anyone?

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Thursday, January 13

Talk About Delicious...

Carlson School Graduate Business Career Center Director Clare Foley has a message for aspiring graduate students such as myself...

Don't Look at the Hot MBA Jobs

At the risk of having an opinion, I wasn't a big fan of a leadership program she described that examines students' strengths & weaknesses and attempts to balance them. I've somewhat recently adopted the belief that unless one exhibits a catastrophic weakness (such as my inability to get out of bed in time for 8 AM meetings), one should focus on their top few strengths and develop them to the point that they differentiate one from "the pack."

PS: Business Week classifies The Carlson MBA as a "second tier" (top 30-50) program.


yum.

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Wet Grass

Straight from my front yard to you...

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Tuesday, January 11

Wicker Park

I don't care if it's only 22% fresh, I really enjoyed Wicker Park. Oh look, now it's 8 PM and I haven't exactly accomplished anything tonight. Unless you count going through a week's worth of mail. Which I don't.

Michael's post about capturing every day of your life in a photo was inspiring, and the four thousand and ninety fourth picture taken with my Canon Powershot A60 (below) is my first attempt. Taken from my lap on the way home from work today, note the wonderful cold sore I'm recovering from.

I make no claims that this will happen on a daily (or even ongoing) basis, but I can recall countless times I've wished I had my camera and did not...

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• Who's driving this vehicle?

  By  MICHAEL, at 1/11/2005 10:33 PM 

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#2: Do not eat iPod shuffle.

Gimmie it.

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Monday, January 10

New DMB Album

I can't seem to place what the posted video clip soundtrack reminds me of, but it's definitely more Everyday than Busted Stuff, and we all know how well that turned out last time...

www.dmbnewstudioalbum.com

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ClearType - Who Knew?!?

I've been using a Windows PC for 6 1/2 years, and just today realized that you can use ClearType to fine tune your on screen fonts. It apparently works best with LCD monitors, but it definitely improved my 19" CRT (Cathode Ray Tank) at home. Thanks Scoble - I bet that site is getting hundreds of times more hits today than yesterday :)

PS My font of choice is named after a medieval catapult, how about yours?
PPS The site doesn't work properly in Firefox, I suggest you install IE View

Now Playing: B.B. King & Eric Claption - Riding With the King [mp3]

posted by Brad at 1/10/2005 10:28:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• Seriously - all this talk about computer nerd stuff is really a buzz kill...

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Jeff = 26 = OLD

The old fart in the picture = Jeff
The cat with creepy glowing eyes = Sophie
Salsa aficionado = Susan
Sophie aficionado = Sarah
SAFA Golf Tournament aficionado = Moi

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Saturday, January 8

Bowling With 12 Year Olds

Rock 'n Bowl at Pacific Avenue Bowl Inc was key, especially the dance party in the bar and a ridiculous amount of children bowlers. Lane 6 results for the evening:

Game #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Average
Derek	90	140	140	113	145	141	87	130	986	123.25
Brad	80	106	155	90	107	104	123	75	840	105

In addition to subtly mentioning that I rolled the highest single game score, my ball speed topped out at 21.14 21.26, while Mr. Derek failed to break 20 MPH... Sally.

posted by Brad at 1/08/2005 03:25:00 AM | permalink | 1 comments

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• Derek definitely is a Sally. Derek Sally Holl. Nice ball speed Brad. Was there any bowls of cheerios near the lanes? Off to Colorado, blog ya later.
  
  Vogts

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Thursday, January 6

Miscellany

Last night, Jeff asked me to be in his wedding - I was honored.  That's #3 for me within 10 months, after a 25 year drought...

mjohn058 (5:16:49 PM): where do you work out when in town for just a few days?
mjohn058 (5:16:54 PM): l'hotel?
bradleypjohnson (5:17:15 PM): no, general mills has a fitness center
bradleypjohnson (5:17:21 PM): where i should be right now
bradleypjohnson (5:17:28 PM): i'm staying with my buddy dmitry, not in a hotel
mjohn058 (5:17:36 PM): nice
mjohn058 (5:17:49 PM): how many cheerios can you squat?

posted by Brad at 1/06/2005 06:20:00 PM | permalink | 3 comments

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• You posted at 420. Haha.

  By  Laura, at 1/06/2005 9:25 PM 

• I hope that you enjoyed your time in MN! How many times during the day were you asked: What are you doing back here? It was certainly nice to visit with you over lunch! Hope to see you back this way again soon!
  
  Love ya,
  Rebecca

  By  Anonymous, at 1/07/2005 7:46 AM 

• Way to go Brad. I just love blogging on your site. You never should of told me of this place. It's a great way to act like I'm working when I'm actually slacking.
  
  P.S. Want to be in my wedding in 25 years? That should snap any long droughts you have by that time.
  
  Vogts

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Free* BlackBerry

Since I'm currently driving around in an Impala rented from Avis, I am eligible for a free BlackBerry - yippie!

*The catch is that it will cost me $25.83/month for 12 months minimum to try it out, which is slightly more than I've invested in my SPOT watch and PDA combined. I've heard that people who own BlackBerrys (BlackBerries?) are rabid enthusiasts, but I need to decide if I'm willing to take that plunge...

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• I, for one, welcome our Blackberry overlords. I think that the deal is totally worth it. It's not like you have a special Batman watch that tells time, sports scores, movie times, weather and works really well when snowboarding during the Vikings game! Enjoy Life and Deez.
  
  Vogts

  By  Anonymous, at 1/06/2005 11:01 AM 

• I vote no on the Blackberry. I'll guess that's about 1/2 your cell phone bill - you really think that's necessary? If you're a CEO or Wall Street bigwig, you need a Blackberry. The rest of us don't. Plus, you can access your email on your phone w/ pull rather than push technology if it's that important to access your email when you're away from your laptop. Which, in your case, is rarely. Vote is now at 1-1. Who else will vote?

  By  Laura, at 1/06/2005 9:20 PM 

• I just don't get how $25.83 a month is free. ANYWAY....that's just me!

  By  Unknown, at 1/06/2005 10:19 PM 

• What if you already have a cell phone. Is it possible to just extend your contact for another year and get the free blackberry??

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Wednesday, January 5

Embarrass, MN

I'd like to thank the guy who printed out "Storm dumps snow, ice across several states" from MSNBC.com and left a copy in the handicapped stall of a nearby restroom. Not because I was particularly interested in how thick the layer of ice on power lines in Kansas City is, but I did discover that Minnesota apparently has named a town after the Vikings...

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• Haha...very funny. I agree the Vikings are an embarassment. And Randy Moss is a spoiled brat. I still hope they win, but my outlook is quite negative.
  
  I bet you miss all that nice cold snow living out there in Cali. Don't deny it!

  By  Unknown, at 1/05/2005 4:47 PM 

• From the MSNBC article - Anne Panzica, 27, never read the memo that you can buy windshield washer fluid at 99% of gas stations. I'm embarassed for a fellow Bostonian sounding so dumb on record (I bet she's from the one of the crappy suburbs and just says she's from Boston).

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Tuesday, January 4

http://yu.mm.y?

No silly, it's http://del.icio.us.

What is that exactly? Well their about page sums it up nicely...

del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others.

So I've been playing with this service, and decided to join another bandwagon by setting up a linkblog on del.icio.us. Instead of posting every interesting link I find on The Myth, I'll stick it up on the linkblog, so you may want to check it from time to time. A permanent link is available under "Google Food" on the right sidebar.

Bon Appetit!

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My Fingers Are Frozen?

Boy, do I turn into a blogging slacker once I show up in this city. I don't think I posted one time on my last trip, but yet I somehow find the time to read countless posts on "other" blogs.

I've always had issues with my extremities being cold, so maybe I can blame the lack of typing on chilly fingers. I'm currently trying to revive them by wrapping 'em around a warm 16 oz. Caribou Blend...

posted by Brad at 1/04/2005 08:18:00 AM | permalink | 1 comments

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• You're up at 6:18 am???? I'm impressed! Mom

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Sunday, January 2

Sleeping In Young Boys' Beds

Shockingly, bloggers are all over this story - don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.

I'm looking forward to my first prix fixe experience next weekend.

The holidays have come & gone, and tomorrow brings national "get back to work day" for more than a few of us. I'm in Minneapolis now, and was fortunate enough to spend part of the day riding the glorious man-made snow at Afton Alps. Susan is on her way to Phoenix for another two week training stint, and the Chronicle's website is telling me my account is invalid when trying to stop delivery of the paper.

We had a nice New Year's Eve with some new friends in Modesto, and even got to crash in Spencer's bed - decked out in sweet Scooby Doo sheets. I really need to start pulling my weight when it comes to harvesting friends for Susan and I to hang out with. That's going to have to wait though, since this week is all about hanging out with old friends (oh and work too). Time for bed now though - don't want a repeat performance of the last time I was in town on business, even though 10:30 sounds like a good time to roll out of bed...

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