In The Wake of the Week March 14th

Gualberto's Taco Shop - Bar none, the best Mexican restaurant in San Diego (Clairemont Mesa Blvd). This place is a hole in the wall but had a line out the door. It seems like everyone else has had the same experience. I think what makes a great burrito is the rice. Almost every tacos and burritos usually contain the same ingredients. I realized the rice can differentiate the products. Chipotle used a different blend by using jasmine rice instead of spanish rice.

I had a carne asade burrito at Gualberto's and was amazed at the quality of the burrito. They used saffron rice and not Spanish rice. Yum. Salsa was fresh as well.

Cheetah's - I was walking around the smog place and noticed the parking lot at Cheetah's was packed full of cars on a weekday lunch. The cars in front were all very nice cars (maybe they belonged to the dancers?). I guess during the slow economic times, everyone's going to the nudie bar.

Fight Team Korea - It's good to see Team Korea in San Diego for the World Baseball Classic. I was fortunate enough to see them practice today and catch fly balls. It's going to be a tough match with the Mexican's tomorrow night.

Bernie Madoff - Looks like Mr. Madoff will be spending a lot of time in jail for his ponzi scheme. He deceited quite a few people and businesses and non profits. He'll have time to think about his actions in jail.

Muntader al-Zaidi - Looks like the journalist who threw his Iraqi Ferragamo's at then-President Bush, will be going to jail for 3 years. Looks like he lost a good pair of shoes and then gets jail time. Hope it was worth it, buddy.....

In The Wake of the Week - March 07

Happy Birthday To Rose - A very happy birthday goes out to my beautiful mother, Rose. She's such an amazing woman and I am thoroughly blessed to have her as my mom.

March Madness - I really enjoy this time of year as college basketball revs up for its playoffs. I will definitely be in Las Vegas for this event.

World Baseball Classic- I love the new world baseball classic. You have 16 different countries matched against each in different regional settings. Looking forward to the playoff games at Petco Park in San Diego.

San Jose Sharks - You can't forget about the mighty SJ Sharks. They are currently the West leaders and I look forward to great playoff action. I have my Sharks jersey ready to go!

"The Lights Aren't Flickering...."

I was watching clips from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and noticed one of the scenes where Clark (Chevy Chase) gets the outside Christmas lights turned on his house and was so excited that he was hugging his wife, kids, parents, and in laws. However, his father-in-law wasn't pleased with the lights and said to Clark, "one of the lights aren't flickering!". What the....?

It brought me to think about people who only seem to point out the mistakes in your life versus celebrate on the many good things that's happened to you as an individual. I mean, just the other day, I stated something in email regarding one of my favorite movies (Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay) and someone immediately corrected me in public because I had not typed "escape" (ie one of the lights aren't flickering). Another time I was at a bar (drinking H2O of course) and catching up with some friends while some geek comes over and immediately corrects me about shapes (ie octagon and hexagon)...I can see why he repels women since his only line towards them is, "Hey baby, I know shapes!".

In summary, the key is to surround yourself with people that appreciate your gifts and talents and celebrate your victories while avoiding the people who are quick to point out your little faults.

Catch Up Time....

I've been slacking on my blog and I have no excuse for it. All I can say is my writing has, um, sucked since.

Happy Birthday Chuck - What a wonderful time spending my birthday with friends and family in Las Vegas. Thanks to everyone for the abundance of gifts and 400+ well wishes. I also wanted to thank those that combined Valentine's Day with my birthday. Speaking of which...

KL - The Norwegian princess (and not the cruise line). Hopefully, you are enjoying your time back in Bergen... Look forward to seeing you shortly in San Francisco. In the meantime, say hello to PM Stoltenberg since you have 4 million people in your country. We'll make sure to have an ample supply of premium shampoos and conditioners at Wal Mart.

San Jose/Lake Tahoe - It was nice doing business in San Ho and cleaning up some of the manufacturing stuff as well. It was more of a treat skiing in Lake Tahoe. The added bonus was being upgraded to a suite at Harrah's. The place was HUGE. Not to mention, they provided complimentary Bulgari products. Now that's living large and in charge. Shout out to Ryno, Sheri and crew who I hung out with for sushi, skiing, and Tahoe. What's up with the shout out term? Am I like in high school?

Stock Market - What is up with the market? I know our economy is bad but 1997 bad? I guess it's a good time to buy since it has nowhere to go but up. I feel bad for those on fixed incomes. Their valuations have gone down half in the past 6 months.

A moment of silence - For the professional football players lost out at sea. One happened to be an Oakland Raider.