tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940712009-04-09T00:25:08.092-07:00The truth lies somewhere in-betweenyamnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1529125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494071.post-15965891437349445922009-03-03T12:08:00.000-08:002009-03-03T12:09:43.740-08:00

Yambiguity.com will be back with a New design in a bit!

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Winter Break in Las VegasLast week we spent some time in Las Vegas before Christmas. I posted up a few photos from our short visit here.If I don't do another blog entry before the new year (which I most likely won't), I want to thanks everyone who visited my blog this year and want to wish everyone a very Happy 2009!

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Winter BreakWoops, I forgot all about updating my blog since I made it through NaBloPoMo in November. I've been really busy with work, parties, Matthew's school and sports activities and other holiday events (shopping, eating, cooking, sending Christmas cards, gift wrapping, and more eating). But now I'm off work for two whole weeks and really looking forward to it! So, I'm not sure how much

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Yambiguity's Kingdom!Wow, look at what happened to me! I had to pull a lot of strings to get this done and it's going to be a really big deal. I know a certain someone who is going to be really happy about this news! *wink*

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Winter Band ConcertMatthew's first trumpet performance in the Middle School beginning band at the Winter Concert, playing the song "Mary Ann". For the past 3(?) years he's been playing the clarinet, and now in the 6th grade he changed to the trumpet. I'm surprised at how fast he picked up a new instrument, although he's no Louis Armstrong.

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Around Downtown L.A.Added the last batch of photos from our walk around downtown LA last weekend.

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My Cup Runneth OverActually it's my planner that is way too full of things to do this weekend. I need a couple of 40 hour days this weekend to do all of the things that I need to do. Here's my random list of things I have on my To Do list that I'm hoping to get done this weekend. Wish me luck.To Do List:-Laundry 12/6-Oil change 12/7-M's haircut 12/6-Finish baseboard trim 12/6-Patch crack in

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Here's an e-mail recipe that I received at work today. Perform at your own risk!Subject: Best Darn Cookies RecipeHello Everyone....As you all know this is the time of year I like to share my Christmas cookie recipe with everyone....I am sending this now so all of you can get an early start on your baking. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Cheers....and Merry ChristmasJose Cuervo Christmas

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LinkedHeh, my blog made it into some online mag called "Paste" when they were doing a review of blogs A-Z taking part in NaBloPoMo, and of course, I made the Y category.

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City Of AngelsAnother stop on Saturday's walkabout downtown Los Angeles took us to the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of The Angels. I believe this is the center of the Catholic community in Los Angeles. It was quite fascinating to see such a huge structure, but I have to say that the architecture is rather odd to me, reminiscent of a post-modern, post nuclear prison. Here are the photos from our visit.

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Walt Disney Concert HallYesterday I actually had some free time with Matthew out of town with his cousins and grandparents for the long weekend, so I spent some time sightseeing around downtown LA. The first stop was the Walt Disney Concert Hall. They give free tours (with limited hours), either self-guided or privately guided tours. We opted for the self-guided tour, which includes an

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Are you ready for the digital transition?Digital TransitionAre you ready for the transition from analog TV to digital TV? My big widescreen TV with the HDTV cable box is all ready to go, but I'm not so sure about the TV in the dining area or the little TV in the kitchen. I'm actually thinking about replacing the old tube TV in the dining room with a digital one for a reasonable price. But the

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Friday FotoThis was a photo inside the Men's room at Alan Wong's Restaurant in Honolulu. I really liked the look of this rustic faucet and the very unusual sink (the drain "hole" is just a slit along the corner of the sink). Day 28

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Thanksgiving ThoughtsHappy Thanksgiving to you all! For the second year in a row, I'm retired from making the entire Thanksgiving Day feast. While I truly love to make the ginormous feast, with all of the planning, preparations, tastings, and happy smiles from my guests, not having to do it all is kinda nice. Let me take a quick walk through history to how I got here.While I was growing up and

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Look at the Shirt I made! (in summer day camp)Wordless Wednesday Day 26

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Okra, Tomatoes & BaconBacon Follow-upThe Bacon Day Potluck at work today turned out pretty good, even though it was relatively small. Featured items (besides what I brought) were bacon-wrapped shrimp, bacon-wrapped potatoes, bacon-wrapped pralines & dried cranberries, bacon-stuffed serrano chili peppers (Wow, so hot, but so tasty!), bacon broccoli salad, and German potato bacon salad. There was

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Everything's Better With BaconFor those of you that know me or have followed my blog, you know that food has always been an important part of who I am. I'm an engineer by trade but if I had my druthers, I'd have a career in the food industry. But of course, it's a very competitive field, there's very little guarantee of success, usually requires long hours and usually doesn't pay that well. So

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Weekend UpdateI don't really have anything all that exciting to write about for this weekend as it was a fairly quiet one. Which, by the way, was a good thing because last week was exhausting, since I had to drive way out to Anaheim on 4 of 5 mornings for training, and then try and squeeze 8 hours worth of work into less than half of each day.On Saturday morning we skipped Matthew's early

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EboshiThe Eboshi Noodle Bar is always crowded for dinner whenever we've gone past this place, so we had to try it today for lunch. It was good, but not all that outstanding. The noodles were a bit over-cooked, but not too bad. The soup was tasty but I could detect a bit of MSG in the broth. The shared parking lot is terrible, as there are a few other Japanese restaurants in this tiny corner

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Is Elmo back on the radar again?Friday FotoIn order to make it easier to blog every day this month, I'm now introducing Friday Foto, to post some interesting (to me) shots I have taken over many months, that I never got around to posting. Day 21

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Three Things ThursdayOK, so for this week's Three Things Thursday, I'm going to randomly list three songs that make me happy whenever I hear them. There are definitely a lot more than these, but I just pulled these out of my head in no particular order.1. Time To Say Goodbye - Andrea Bocelli and Sarah BrightmanBoth of them have the most incredible voices; so smooth and strong, have such feeling

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Fry DaddyI have to admit that one of my favorite evil pleasures (there are more than I want to admit) are french fries. Yup, I have to try really hard to resist their temptation, knowing that they really aren't very healthy for me. Well, anyways I could go on and on about their golden yumminess, but I'll spare you the gory details. I was having lunch yesterday at my favorite french fry place

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MindstormTonight Matthew was lucky to be able to participate in a session of robotics where the kids got to learn about how robots work and how to build and program them. He had fun! Day 18

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Cranberry Pumpkin BreadEven though it doesn't really feel like fall here yet (we still have temps in the 80's!), I have been thinking about autumn treats, so tonight I made this recipe that definitely made me think of fall!Ingredients * 4 eggs * 2 cups pumpkin puree * 1/2 cup vegetable oil * 1/2 cup apple sauce * 4 cups sugar * 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour * 2 tablespoons

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The AftermathI went to bed last night watching all of the brush fires burning on TV, and woke up this morning finding everything outside covered with soot. Since my car is black, it really showed the aftermath of the fires burning east (about 40 miles) of us in the Orange County foothills. Actually, many of the fires were still burning out of control in the morning and we could see another

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