There are two times a day that the boys are (almost) guaranteed to be in good moods. The first moment that they wake up when you walk into their room to greet them, and right after their bath in the evening, when they get a half hour or so to play before they go to bed. Usually we put them both in the playpen for a few minutes while we’re finishing up the baths and cleaning things up.
This is a short video that shows them being goofy right after their bath. It’s in low light and was shot by my new iPhone, so the quality is a bit worse then usual. Still fun to watch though.
Fathers Day weekend was a combination of Fathers Day on Sunday, and our 6 Year Anniversary on Saturday. Thanks to Brenda’s Mom Jane and her sister Toni, we had a full 27 hours of freedom!
We left on Saturday at 10am, went to see a movie, checked into a nice hotel downtown, had lunch and then just relaxed in the room and ordered room service. We didn’t return until Sunday at 1pm and then spent the rest of the days with the boys at the park.
Below are a few photos, you can find the rest on SmugMug.
2 years ago I purchased the first iPhone the first day that it came out. I didn’t wait in line, but instead opted to stop at the apple store on the way home from work and get in and out in less then 10 minutes with my new phone. I paid the full price at the time, and while I could have waited and got it cheaper I’m glad that I didn’t. It was instantly one of those things I just couldn’t get through the day without.
When the second one came out (a year ago) I decided to skip the upgrade because it didn’t seem to offer enough over what I already had.
But this year when the new 3Gs came out, I pre-ordered on line right away. With all of the new features, improved speed and 4x more storage space I felt it was worth the upgrade price (which is half of what the first one cost me).
So in typical nerd style, I had to take photos of the unboxing on Friday when I received it.
Ever since I switched from driving a big Toyota Sequoia to the Prius, it’s not uncommon to have people (even strangers) ask “Hey, what kind of mileage do you really get with that thing”.
So a few weeks ago I decided to do a test, and see just how far I could drive on a full tank of gas with the Prius. I wanted to find out, definitively, how far I could drive once the “add gas now” warning started to flash. Here are the details.
The tank holds 11.9 gallons, but from what I’ve read online it’s difficult to fill the tank completely. There is a bladder inline between where you fill the tank and the tank itself to prevent fumes from escaping. The down side is you end up only fitting about 10.9 gallons in the tank.
The Details I used regular unleaded, 87 octane.
The miles are 90% highway, since the vast majority were on the drive to and from the office, which is just short of 50 miles round trip every day.
On the highway I would use the cruise control and set it to 55. The Prius seems to be tuned to get it’s peak mileage at 55, and the cruise control does a much better job and managing the overall mileage then if you try to do it yourself.
I had a one gallon tank of gas in the trunk, ready for the refill once I ran out.
So about a week ago Brenda received a ticket in the mail. The notice said that she was caught rolling through a red light while making a right turn. She was caught by a camera ticketing system in the intersection. Included in the notice was a photo of her car in the intersection, and a very nice shot of her license plate.
She was kind of upset about it since it is an automatic $100 ticket and argued that we should contest the ticket and see if they would let her off on account of her good driving record.
I started thinking and remembered that most of the time now, you can actually go on-line and see a small movie of what happened.
So I said “You know what, you’re right. Let’s go on-line and watch the video of what happened and then we’ll have what we need to fight it”. She turned around and said “What video?”. I explained, and slowly a sly smile appeared on her face.
So we both went over to the computer and I typed in the website listed on the notice and entered her license plate and violation number. Up came the following video. Her car is the black one all the way on the right.
You make the call. Did she make a proper and complete stop?
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