Zoo Trip

While Dad was fulfilling a life long dream, Dillon and company went to the San Francisco Zoo.


From left to right: Carolyn, Christina, Michelle, Warner, and Dillon.


Dillon really loved the zebras and giraffes. He is also an expert in the sounds of bears and lions.


"Mom, this thing is uglier than Otis." Dillon was the only toddler brave enough to hand feed the goats.


He must like his tractor at home a lot better.


Aunt Michelle and Dillon in front of the polar bear pen.

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Mission Accomplished

Dillon, Christina, and I went to the Bay Area this weekend. James was able to snag four free tickets to the Reds-Giants game. We were able to convince the Cranchs to also come over because Paul had never gone to a baseball game before. James also invited one of his old small group guys.
Here we are after the game. From left to right: James, David, me, Paul. It was fan appreciation day at AT&T Park, which is why there is a Toyota truck parked at second base.


After the game it was announced that all fans were allowed to run the bases. This is the first time I had ever heard of adults being allowed to participate. Normally, it is only children that is allowed to have the joy of pretending to be a major leaguer.

James went ahead of me to set up shop with the camera. The ushers standing by all the bases kept repeating, "No sliding!" My goal was simple: ignore the ushers and do something every baseball fan dreams of, sliding into home plate. As I rounded third, an opening was created. This was my chance. I could slide into home and not disrupt the other fans.






Team Nixon 1. Giants 0.


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Railtown 1897

Last weekend Grandma Sharon and Papa came to visit Dillon. Grandma Sharon has always wanted to go to Railtown 1897 in Jamestown. Grandpa Mike and Grandma Ginni decided to join us for our trip. The historic park is home to an old steam engine that takes visitors on a 40 minute trip. Here is our journey in pictures.


Dillon is anxious for the train to start moving.

Papa taught Dillon that the train goes "Choo Choo."

Of course when the train really did go "Choo Choo" Dillon got scared.

Dillon on one of the cabooses used on the set of Back to the Future III. Most of the movie was filmed up near Sonora. Here is a good scene that shows the part of the train tracks we were on. (We have another connection to the Back to the Future trilogy. Christina went to school with the kid who hands Marty McFly his guns in Part III. She also babysat the baby that played Marty's grandpa.) Railtown has been used in many other movies and tv shows. The famous water tower in "Petticoat Junction" is one of the first things passed on the tour.


Father and son working together.


This cuteness could stop a locomotive dead in it's tracks.

The Office Game

It appears The Office has created a fun online game. It allows for groups of fans to run a branch for Dunder Mifflin and earn Schrute Bucks.

Here is what you do: Go to DunderMifflinInfinity.com and sign up for an account. Apply as a regular worker in the Upland, CA branch. Use the worker code htokuksnn2 to get into the group I set up. If we are the first group to get 15 workers then we will run the branch.

Go now and sign up. And get as many people as you can to join.

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I've been absent for the past few days because my parents left today. They have been here since Thursday. If there was one thing my mom taught me it was to "never blog when you have company." I will post pictures of their visit later in the week. For now I have some awesome links.

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Can you find the 38 Seinfeld references in this picture?

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Another awesome robot.

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Homer meets Darth Vader.



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When I hear "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins I previously thought of Vice City, now I think of an guerrilla.

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Internet People! I think I may have only seen half of the references in this song.

Internet People! - The Meth Minute 39

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Here is a clever site in response to Miss Teen South Carolina, and such.

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Today I found this awesome Firefox add-on called FoxyTunes. It allow you to control your music through your browser. It's much better than toggling back and forth between the internet and iTunes. I can even show what song is playing as I blog (see below.)

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A First Time For Everything

On Saturday my buddy Tyler took me and Paul out on his Sea Doo. He has an awesome three seater that is great for tubing and wake boarding. (I know what you are thinking. Three guys stuck on one Sea Doo, gross. It really isn't that bad. The key is being the driver or the guy on the back because he has to face backwards. You don't want to be the one in the middle of the manwich.)

Many times in my life I have gone out on a lake with the intentions of learning how to water ski, wake board, or knee board. Many times in my life I have wasted hours of everyone's time trying to get up and out of the water. But Saturday was different. Saturday I go up on my third attempt. I was stunned.

I didn't want to bring my camera out on the lake so I don't have any pictures. However, there was a guy standing on the shore filming me.





Update. Paul got upset because I didn't mention that it was also his first time to wake board. He wasn't quite as graceful as me.

Labor Day

Christina, Dillon, and I joined the Cummings, Evans, and Cranchs at Pinecrest Lake Monday for a Labor Day picnic. Grandma couldn't resist sharing her icecream with Dillon.