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or “Things to bear in mind when taking advice from a small, Asian girl”
Joy and some animal I don't remember the name of.
Uploaded over wifi from my Eye-fi via my Mifi.
Our hallowe'en costumes this year. Joy picked up clothes from a thrift shop, I did signs.
Our hallowe'en costumes this year. Joy picked up clothes from a thrift shop, I did signs.
Our hallowe'en costumes this year. Joy picked up clothes from a thrift shop, I did signs.
Some footage from a rare occasion where I remembered that my DSLR camera can shoot video.
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(Follow-up: twitter.com/LaughAtlantis/status/4506356171)
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Number two in the official series "Biannual Photographs of Joy with a Soda Cup in a Fast Food Restaurant". Compare with two years ago.
(Photo title suggest by Joy after I showed her the photo)
Me: “Apparently, in the first draft of Back to the Future, the time machine was a fridge, but they changed that because they were worried about kids climbing into fridges and getting trapped.”
Joy: “How did they get the fridge up to 88 miles per hour?”
Frankly, I thought this was the best shot of the session. Joy disagreed.
Came third in audience voting. Cal wanted to smear it on his face and enjoy a bacon facial.
Joy starts working on her Bacon & Blue Cheese dip.
Joy is performing the The Un-Scripted Theater Company in their current show, Un-Scripted: unscripted, and they like to introduce puppets into scenes, so she's practicing with my Muppet Whatnot.
Joy dragged us back to the Imperial Palace, because she remembered winning big on this machine.
On Saturday, 24th October 1998, I flew from Glasgow to Boston, with little more than a suitcase of clothes and a credit card with a decently high limit.
It's now 24th October 2008. Ten years have gone by. Time for little personal retrospection. How have I spent these ten years?
A handful of photos from Joy’s and my trip in a hot-air balloon, high above “wine country”.
Took the dogs for a walk along the beach at Crissy Field this afternoon.
Me and Joy at Yankee Stadium. This is a screenshot of a zoomed-in portion of THIS photo, which covers the entire stadium.
My current mood is somewhere between mind-blown at the technology and terrified at the possibilities.
Today, I received the DVD containing scans of our wedding photos from ScanCafe. I still have to sort through them and organize them before uploading them to Flickr, but here's a taster which I think sums up the whole ceremony -- Myself and Joy (with our chum, TC) sat on the bleachers at ImprovBoston laughing uproariously at the excellent "Scottish" "accent" of our officiator, IB's Artistic Director, Will Luera.
Turning 35 in style
With the pups.
Joy and Mum walking with Bacon and Clyde.
Joy & I watched tonight’s Game 7 in different rooms (Joy upstairs in the bedroom, me downstairs in the living room), but we both had our laptops open, because we’re both massive geeks. Here’s some edited highlights from our IM conversations:
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| 8:57:00 | Joy Begbie: | tell us, Dane Cook! |
| 8:57:04 | Joy Begbie: | how many Octobers are there?? |
| 8:57:32 | Rod Begbie: | Frankly, I am So Fucking Excited about tonight’s game, even my distaste for Dane Cook can’t bring me down. |
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| 9:15:54 | Joy Begbie: | the commentator just said, “a base hit cuts the lead in half” |
| 9:16:05 | Joy Begbie: | uh, no… a RUN does that. |
| 9:16:08 | Joy Begbie: | fuckwad |
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(Mike Lowell catches the ball for a double-play, with runners on 1st and 3rd)
| 10:54:24 | Joy Begbie: | heart attack. |
| 10:54:40 | Rod Begbie: | That was 99% luck, 1% awesomeness. |
| 10:55:09 | Joy Begbie: | Mike Lowell was involved. There was easily 3% awesomeness. |
| 10:56:02 | Joy Begbie: | but also a HELL of a lot of luck |
| 10:56:10 | Rod Begbie: | Especially on Lofton’s base running. |
| 10:56:16 | Rod Begbie: | That should have been a run-scored. |
| 10:56:19 | Joy Begbie: | and many thanks to their third base coach for confusing Kenny Lofton |
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(Jacoby Ellsbury makes a great catch in left field)
| 10:59:51 | Rod Begbie: | Jacoby would be a good name for a basset hound. |
| 10:59:53 | Rod Begbie: | I’m just saying. |
| 11:00:01 | Rod Begbie: | “Jacoby Begbie” |
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| 11:02:47 | Rod Begbie: | Glimpses of Batshit in the dugout. I miss Batshit. |
| 11:02:58 | Joy Begbie: | me too |
| 11:22:39 | Rod Begbie: | Do you think Tito might include Batshit in the world series order, instead of Gagné? |
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(Jonathan Papelbon strikes out two to end the top of the 8th)
| 11:21:27 | Rod Begbie: | It was great, looking at the intensity on Papelbons’ face as he walked off the field… |
| 11:21:39 | Rod Begbie: | Knowing that in about 45 minutes, he’s going to be letting it all out by dancing around like an idiot! |
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(A Fox announcer mentions the MVP award)
| 11:30:21 | Rod Begbie: | Who do you think should get MVP? |
| 11:30:22 | Joy Begbie: | ooh, good question, who will be the MVP? |
| 11:30:26 | Joy Begbie: | Josh Beckett |
| 11:30:30 | Rod Begbie: | Almost definitely. |
| 11:31:20 | Joy Begbie: | Grand slam notwithstanding, there’s nobody else I can think of that has put in such a phenomenal performance |
| 11:31:12 | Rod Begbie: | No-one is as responsible for the comeback in game 5 as Beckett. |
| 11:31:41 | Rod Begbie: | It was almost like “Hey! Beckett’s pitching! We’re bound to win this one, so let’s have some fun!” |
| 11:31:52 | Rod Begbie: | Set the tone for the games back at Fenway. |
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(Dustin Pedroia hits a three-RBI shot off of the Green Monster)
| 11:43:44 | Joy Begbie: | I am GRINNING right now. |
| 11:43:49 | Rod Begbie: | PETEY! |
| 11:43:59 | Rod Begbie: | He may suck at cribbage…. |
| 11:44:04 | Rod Begbie: | but I’ll take that hit! |
| 11:44:12 | Joy Begbie: | hot dog! |
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(Cameras show David Ortiz in the dugout, already wearing goggles in preperation for the champagne shower)
| 11:56:13 | Rod Begbie: | GET THOSE GOGGLES OFF, PAPI! DON‘T JINX IT!!!!! |
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(Coco Crisp smashes into the bullpen wall, making the catch that finishes the game)
| 11:57:59 | Joy Begbie: | SMART defensive move from Tito… |
| 11:58:07 | Joy Begbie: | ouch |
| 11:58:12 | Rod Begbie: | So glad that Coco got to make his mark on the game. |
| 11:58:33 | Joy Begbie: | he is going to feel that later, i think |
| 11:58:47 | Rod Begbie: | If only we had someone else who could take his place in the lineup….. |
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(The Sox win)
| 12:02:02 | Joy Begbie: | that was a DIRTY slo-mo of Tek and Pap |
| 12:02:06 | Rod Begbie: | I want Papelbon’s crazed star jump as my wallpaper! |
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| 12:12:09 | Rod Begbie: | “Is that Papelbon? He’s a little whacko, isn’t he?” |
| 12:12:23 | Joy Begbie: | ah, such insight |
| 12:12:25 | Rod Begbie: | Why yes, Fox idiot, yes he is. |
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| 12:14:28 | Rod Begbie: | Losing manager doesn’t get a press conference? Looks like they’re interviewing him round the back of a concessions stand! |
| 12:14:46 | Joy Begbie: | sad, really. |
This afternoon's New England Twitter/web/podcast geek meetup.
My wife, in an email to a total stranger: “Rod and I have been married for three and a half years. He has not done a single load of laundry in that time. […] His hairline has receded, his waistline has expanded, he has stopped wearing his contacts, and his beard is more scruff than anything else.”
True love, non?
As part of our tour of California, we've been attempting to sample the fast food at the chains that are only found on the west-coast.
The Six Dollar Burger at Carl's Jr, the Double-Double Animal Style at In-N-Out and a Jumpin' Jack at Jack in the Box have all been devoured. Plus shakes and/or malts at each -- The Carl's Jr. Caramel Malt is my favourite so far.
The weight-loss starts when we get back home.
The largest tree in the world (note: no longer considered the largest living thing in the world -- a field of fungus is)
The giant forest at Sequoia National Park
With a bridge in the background
Joy and I sat on the beach for a while, watching some local dogs frolic in the waves.
At the Jelly Belly factory.
Joy wearing her hard-hat, before we went a-adventuring on the Winchester Mystery House behind-the-scenes tour.
Looking through the list of "Things To Do In San Jose" that was in our hotel, Joy immediately went "Oooh!" when she saw a mini-golf course.
...and a shark.
I jest, of course.
Joy and my parents at Fenway Park.
You'll note that my dad (who's never been to a baseball game before) and my mum (who's been once) are both wearing Red Sox jackets. I'd mentioned to them the night before that it can get kind of chilly in the evening, so they should maybe bring a jacket. So when they happened upon Red Sox jackets at Marshall's earlier in the day, they snapped them up.
Classy!
Raking through some old photos, I found this one from when Joy & I took an Alaskan cruise in September 2002.
I brought along a fake plastic dog turd from Boston (which originally was sent to me from Scotland by my mum as part of my Christmas presents one year) *just* to take this photo of the "poop deck".
“Does it have Minesweeper?”
Joy savours the delight that is the "Berry Smoothie" barium stomach liner, prior to her CT scan today.
Bacon doing his best Rudolph impression by hiding behind a carnation.
Picked up from New England Basset Hound Rescue, Clyde is a 9-year-old male, and a gentle sweetheart.
Now, I don't want to suggest that our back garden (sorry, "yard") is neglected. But when Joy decided to weed the garden this afternoon, the main tool at use? Our hedge trimmer.
Beat my suggestion of a can of petrol and a fire extinguisher, I suppose.
Joy hadn't had enough sleep, and her epilepsy was playing up, so for her, the walking tour of Kilmainham Gaol was more of a napping-and-leaning tour.
My lovely missus is doing a 24-hour sponsored blog. She’ll be blogging every thirty minutes for 24 hours, starting at 8am tomorrow. Go throw some cash in the direction of her charity!
Joy bowling at King's. For a crappy cameraphone shot, I think this turned out pretty good!
Joy attacks me on the dodgems at Canobie Lake.
I bought the DS Lite that I've been craving for so long this morning. Joy's been quite taken with Brain Age.
I'm hoping to get it back off her soon so that I can indulge in a little more Super Mario.
Joy on the Green Monster. As opposed to next to the green monster.
The missus and the Green Monster
This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.
I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.
