Archive - Personal

Fat Man Riding

July 15 0 Comments Category: Outdoor Life, Personal

So the walking thing didn’t go very well.. Bad knees, no time, walking takes forever, and it’s gawdawful hot no matter ho early I go out.. My friend Mark recently took up bike riding and has done wonderful things with his weight so I figured I’d give it a try.. I’ve owned this nice Trek [...]

Fat man walking

September 22 1 Comment Category: Personal

I don’t post much on this blog any more, I’m just too busy with life and projects and other blogs to keep up with it.. Its sort of sad in a way.. Anyway, I’ve decided that its time to drop some of this weight.. Its been a long time coming, and a long time putting [...]

Think different for Mother’s Day

April 24 0 Comments Category: Events, Personal, Whatever

I’ve never rally been accused of being a part of the crowd. But for Mother’s Day I usually cheap out and give my mom a piece of jewelry that I made (its cool – I’m really a jeweler, but you knew that), or a plant that she will manage to kill in short order. So [...]

Ch – ch – ch – ch – changes

October 04 1 Comment Category: Business, Personal, Whatever

Seems like just a couple months ago I was talking about re-opening my internet marketing company, Metal Monster Marketing, and here I am again with another change. It’s time to leave the jewelry business entirely. Effective Christmas Eve I’ll be leaving Images Jewelers as a full time contractor. I’ve loved the last 6 years there [...]

Movin’ right along

Wow, look at all the categories this one drops in to. Just a quick note to let the loyal readership, all three of you, that I’ve decided to expand my company again and branch out from a single customer jeweler / web guy and hang out my developer shingle again.. Large Orange Pop is the [...]

I Quit

February 09 0 Comments Category: Business, Obsolescence, Personal

I don’t say that very often.. It’s sort of anti everything I try to do.. But it’s time.. I have been a partner at ForTheWeb.Com since it was founded more than 7 years ago.. We started out as a small web design and hosting firm with 4 partners in Northern California and we have done [...]

Somebody’s watching me.. ..

Cue the Rockwell video.. A little background before we start.. I am a partner at ForTheWeb.com, but I also own my own design studio (no website – gasp) and do jewelry / CAD design over at Images Jewelers.. I came back from lunch today to my office at Images to see some mail sitting on [...]

Happily Ever After

September 24 2 Comments Category: Personal

Well it’s official, my daughter is now a wife.. It was a very non traditional wedding at a local state park and we were fortunate enough to have a wonderful day after it looked like it was going to storm in the morning.. It was a small gathering of close family and a couple of [...]