Dude! Joe's Jottings, Mostly Junk

I've kinda been busy, first with the SubFire player, then with prepping for a vacation, then finally taking said vacation in Orange County, CA (incl Discovery Cube, Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Disneyland and DCA, Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, a Signing Time concert for my kid and a friend, and walking through Crystal Cove State Park (incl a Beach with interesting tide pools we don't get on the east coast).

So, watch the photo blog, 'cause lots of pics are coming in the next few weeks.

Plus here I may recap my thoughts on Disneyland.
About JWS :: Been Busy Doing...Nothing Much?

so after packing to 2am, 3 hours sleep, a 1hr delay, 4 hour flight, a 2 hr layover, half an hour to get the luggage, dinner, and walking 3 blocks for advil, we are now ready to...

...see the new (now somewhat old) Alice here at the cinemas in The Orleans.

sleep will happen someday...

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The ascent from the nothingness of Golden Valley through the low hills, to the tunnel at the main entrance of Yosemite Valley, on a day that was getting increasingly rainy and having us worry that Yosemite would be a complete washout...
So was the day a washout? We'll soon find out...

Just the best 100 or so (out of 1300), but WOW...

of why Fripp calls p.a. music in hotel breakfast rooms "noise pollution".  i utterly pissed off 3 people here 'cause i was having to yell to try to talk on the phone with someone @ work while here.  the business center is open-air embedded within the breakfast bistro, and there's little carpet so all the loud music double-echos.  pain and misery of the inner ear canal.

at least our room was facing away from I-8 and was reasonably quiet...