If your coworkers aren't working you should suggest that they do one of two things: 1. Go into the bathroom, lock the stalls and put your feet up so nobody knows that you're there. 2. Get a clipboard and walk around purposefully. -Even though your friends won't be getting any work done, at least they'll be out of the cubicle.
Last night Kenny, Kazuko and I enjoyed watching "Joe Millionaire." (Well, Kenny was there, but he wasn't really paying attention to the show.) I am really going to miss that show when it is over. I suppose that I will just have to look forward to watching "American Idol" next. "Joe Millionaire" is really turning into a weekly emotional roller-coaster. There is a lot of tension and suspense built into that show. Assuming that what is going on is real: I imagine that it is difficult
We chose Kentaro because he can call himselk "Ken" in the USA, and "Kentaro" in Japan. Since he is half-Japanese, he'll need to be able to use both names. (I also had a student that I liked with that name.) We only visited about three stores at the mall this time. I wonder how many of them I have actually been to...
My wife's parents are visiting us from Japan. This is their first trip to Minnesota. They came to meet the new baby, but I am sure that they are interested in seeing some of the sights around Minneapolis and Saint Paul (as well as around Monticello.) On Sunday, my parents, Kazuko's parents, and myself went to the Mall of America. (The Mall of America is the largest shopping center in the USA. There are about 450 stores and restaurants, as well as an indoor amusement park.) At the m
Hello there. I am at homewith Kazuko and Kenny. My mom and dad and Kazuko's mom and dad are also here. We're having a nice time. It is interesting that our parents are able to communicate somehow without speaking each-other's language. On Saturday night, we had a little party at our house to welcome Kenny and Kazuko's parents. I cooked some ribeye steaks outside on the barbecue. Ribeye steaks are awfully good! This afternoon we may go someplace nice for lunc
Hello there! We have just taken little Kenny home from the hospital. He is such a cute, good little boy. Here are a few photographs that we have from our stay in the hospital. I will write more in here after I take a nap! Enjoy the pictures! <img src= "http://www.
Hello there my friends! Here I am back at the library. I took my computer into the repair shop yesterday morning. They said that they'll call me when they get to it. (I imagine that I will have it back and running within a week.) It will certainly be nice to have that thing working again! As soon as I get it up, I will post pictures of baby Kentaro on this page. Speaking of Kenny, he is doing well. He is eating every two hours. He seems to be a very happy baby. He doe
Hi there! Well, the big news is that Kentaro Burnside was born on November 12, 2003. He was born at 8:20 in the morning. He weighed 8 lbs 3 ounces (3750) grams, and he was 20.25 inches long (51.43 cm.) He is a big boy. Mother and baby are doing well. Kentaro is eating well, and seems to be a very calm and relaxed baby. Kazuko is as good as one can expect after having the cesarian section operation. I am really enjoying the time that I can spend with them in the hospital.<
Hi there friends! The biggest news is that the baby will be coming tomorrow! How exciting! The time really flies by between the time we found out about it and the time that he arrives. It has been really hard to concentrate on my work during these past two days. An impending delivery is a really big thing to be preoccupied with. I hope to be able to post a picture of the baby on this very weblog tomorrow evening or on Thursday. It depends on when I am around my computer nex
Hey there Jill User. Thank you for writing a nice comment on my weblog. I decided to read your things too. Have a happy day.
Hey there Jill User. Thank you for writing a nice comment on my weblog. I decided to read your things too. Have a happy day.
Well, Kazuko and I just watched Joe Millionaire. We went out to dinner at Bonanza during the show, and we watched it on tape. (The show is a lot more enjoyable if you can fast-forward through the commercials!) The show ended with a cliffhanger. Who will be coming back next week? Let the speculation begin. I am becoming a Petra fan now. I think that she seems like an interesting lady. Have a happy evening!
Hey there friends. I hope that your day is going well. It is lunchtime here in Elk River, Minnesota. I think that the menu reads "Pizza Burgers." We'll see how those taste! After lunch I am going to have an important meeting, then I will probably be on my way home. We'll see how it all shakes out. Did you see the Christmas lights? Scroll down. Kazuko and I put them up yesterday. That was a lot of fun. They look so pretty in the dark! I think that I am enjoyi
Yes Masato. Kazuko and I have a television station called TV Japan. TV Japan is a satellite station that we pay extra money to get at our house.
Happy Sunday Everybody! Kazuko and I had a busy day today. Our biggest accomplishment was putting up our Christmas lights. These are some lights that we put on a really tall pine tree in our yard. I wasn't able to reach the very top of the tree, so there aren't any lights up there. Eventually I think that I will have to get a ladder to finish the job. These a
Hey there! Kazuko and I took a trip into The Twin Cities today. Per usual, we stopped at the Krispy Kreme on the way home. I had been looking forward to getting a cinnamon-covered apple jam-filled doughnut. Sadly, that particular doughnut wasn't in stock today. I hope that the apple cinnamon doughnut isn't just a seasonal thing. If it is, I will have to find an alternate favorite doughnut. So I ended up getting three originals. I ate one of them in the store. I will prob
Hedgehogs usually live three to eight years in captivity. (I have never actually seen one that is eight though.) In the wild, they usually live to be one-and-a-half. They're ready to live alone when they're about two months old. They're fully grown at about six months.
It is Friday again. I am surprised at how quickly this week passed. Now it is lunchtime, and I only have half-a-day left. Amazing! Kazuko and I have some plans for the weekend. Tomorrow we will be in Roseville for our friend Julie's baby shower. Her baby will be coming in January (maybe December...) That means that her baby will be pretty close in age to our baby. Maybe they'll have something in common when they are able to talk. Since we'll be in the Twin Cities area on
You're saying what I was thinking about that movie. The previews said the movie was bad, yet I was pleasantly surprised. Much better than expected. Those robot suits were poorly designed. They could have put those emps outside of the dome or something. Of course, that doesn't make for very good action sequences. The way it turned out, lots of stuff got shot up. I bet the robot bullet reloaders wished that they had Segues (Seg-ways.) That way they could rol
My oldest hedgehog Chippy died today. He was almost three years-old. We will miss him.
Hello there! I hope that you are all having a happy day out there. I am doing well. I finished another day at work. I only have three workdays left until I can meet our son. That will be exciting! It is hard to concentrate on anything else. I am really looking forward to all of that stuff. This morning I woke up to two surprises associated with owning an old house. My first surprise was that my kitchen sink wasn't working. Apparently the pipe that leads to the kitchen s
I liked it. I thought that it was a lot better than I had expected it to me. Maybe my low expectations caused it to seem to be better. As the story went along, it really started to remind me of "Star Wars."
Hey there! Kazuko and I just got back from the movies and from grocery shopping. When we got back home, the temperature on our thermometer said 10 degrees (-12C.) It is cold outside!! The movie that we saw this evening was "The Matrix: Revolutions." I enjoyed the movie. It was a lot better than I had been expecting according to the reviews in this morning's paper. (I will have to check Roger Ebert's website to see what he had to say. He is the movie critic with whom I
We live in Minnesota. I am surprised that it is so warm in Michigan.
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Hey there Rob Burns. I think that you've got good picks there. I am a big "Caddyshack" fan too. I don't know how many times I have seen that! "Happy Gilmore," "Pulp Fiction," and Monty Python movies (especially "The Life of Brian") are fantastic. Surprisingly though, I don't think that I am able to watch "Pulp Fiction" over and over. It didn't age as well for me as I would have expected. "Kill Bill" is an interesting movie because the more time that passes from the time th