I think most people who meet Emily are often surprised because … how to put this? Well, they think I’m an anti-social ass, and she strikes them as the opposite of an anti-social ass.

It’s not uncommon for people to make remarks that dance delicately around this main point. They show considerable restraint in not inserting the word “actually” in the phrase “You’re wife is cool” between the words “is” and “cool.”

What they don’t realize is two important things:

1. She eats all the time. 35% of my take-home pay goes toward feeding the girl. Emily at work:

2. She is very lazy. the following is actually such a common occurrence that I don’t bother taking photos of it anymore:

You see? I’m a much better man than you think.

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I managed to finagle a wristband from this guy at work and was allowed up into the balcony area where I could get a good view of the stage. Don’t miss the next secret show! Add MySpace Secret Shows to your friends list.

I haven’t really gotten into the whole live-blogging thing, so I live photo-streamed the show instead. Check out my MySpace or flickr photos to see them.

Some caveats:

• The iPhone takes really crappy photos (as you can tell from the photos I’ve got here)
• I don’t know any songs they released after “Wish”
• I didn’t change my position all night, so it’s all more or less the same photo repeated many times

Some highlights of the show:

• Pictures of you
• From the edge of the deep green sea
• Push
• Just like heaven
• Close to me
• 10:15 Saturday night
• Killing an arab

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This was at the Old Bank District Holiday Block Party. They had lights strung up for a single block.

The greenish tone on City Hall always reminds me of the Lord of the Rings because I’m a big dork.

Note the detail on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building; you don’t see that anymore on new buildings. We’ve lost our capacity (budget?) for the little fussy bits.

Tribune filed for bankruptcy protection today! I wonder what the Chandlers think.

I like this one the best.

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Here’s a taste:

NaBloPoMo 27

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F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot, Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif. (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress.

The Library of Congress has this and thousands of other photos on Flickr, featuring a lot of color photos from the WWII era.

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Paul Potts came back for the finals last night:

Paul Potts Final Performance: Nessun Dorma

Results of Britain’s Got Talent Final and winning Performance

The former cell phone salesman has won 100,000GBP and will perform before the queen. Congrats!

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Tulsarama!

Unfortunately, the water that leaked into the chamber completely destroyed the car.

The chamber was built to withstand a nuclear attack and included containers of oil and gasoline, in case the vehicles of the future didn’t use these substances. However, the people of 1957 had no idea that something as simple as water would ruin their gift to the future. They probably also had no idea that Plymouth would cease to exist as a brand, a decision made at the turn of the century by Chrysler’s German owners.

The Tulsarama! site has more photos in their gallery.

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MacArthur Maze Tanker Fire

Finally, it turns out that sometimes government agencies can get it together enough to get a vital piece of infrastructure rebuilt in 25 days. It also helped that they offered a $200,000 a day bonus for early completion, capped at $5m.

Full coverage at the Chronicle.

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It’s a 2003 S2000 with 49k miles. Many thanks to my wife who let me buy it even though she thinks convertibles are stupid.

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San Francisco Chronicle: Tanker fire destroys part of MacArthur Maze
2 freeways closed near Bay Bridge

The heat of a dramatic gasoline tanker fire destroyed an overpass and closed two major roadways in the MacArthur Maze at the East Bay access to the Bay Bridge early this morning.

A section of the roadway taking traffic from the Bay Bridge onto eastbound Interstate 580 fell onto the connector that brings East Bay traffic from Interstate 80 to Interstate 880 southbound toward Oakland and San Jose.

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The tanker, which was traveling from I-80 full of vehicle-ready gasoline, seems to have disappeared. One Caltrans worker at the scene held up his thumb and forefinger an inch apart to describe how big the tanker is now.

The driver, who got out of the truck on his own after it overturned, hailed a taxi to a nearby hospital, where he is in critical but stable condition with burns.

Here are some Chronicle photos of the interchange:

Here’s a Google Maps satellite shot of the interchange:

It may not be obvious, but this is where all the East Bay traffic funnels together to become the gridlocked mess waiting to cross the Bay Bridge into San Francisco. According to the article, the collapsed section affects eastbound and southbound traffic–not sure what the impact, if any, will be on westbound traffic.

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Wedding Day Photos I

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Wedding Day Photos V

Wedding Day Photos VI

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