Archive for September, 2004

Scuba Certification: Class 1

September 25th, 2004

We thought the last pile of money we gave to the scuba school would be cover most of our expenses…man were we wrong. That $100 was just a small fraction of what we coughed up today, with the start of the first of our six classes. The “basic equipment” we had to buy today — […]

Dr. DRE

September 21st, 2004

As part of our continuing process of preparing to become doctors, we learned how to perform a male genital exam tonight. No, not from books, not on plastic models, but from the real thing…on “standardized patients”, of sorts (I think they were called HHA — human health advocates. These were trained people who at medical […]

Lobsterfest 2004

September 19th, 2004

For the second year in a row, we travelled down to Port of Long Beach for the annual Lobsterfest. We stuffed our faces with lobster flown in fresh from Maine, big bowls of shrimp, and other festival foods. We weren’t alone, though, because this year there were lines that were unheard of last year. Not […]

I love Old Navy commercials!

September 7th, 2004

“History? No way, I love history! First, something happens. Then something else happens. So sequential! Thank you, first guy, for writing history down! Let’s study!”
And that’s the transcript of one of my favorite commercials of all times. Every time it airs I go as crazy as the girl and start yelling along with her…if you’ve […]