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February 4, 2011

File under: That’s not how you’re supposed to wear your panda hat

File under: That’s not how you’re supposed to wear your panda hat

January 9, 2011

Exquisite Tweets from @RodBegbie, @junelin, @clizzin, @LaughAtlantis

or “Things to bear in mind when taking advice from a small, Asian girl”

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December 27, 2010

Christmas Day at SF Zoo

Christmas Day at SF Zoo

Joy and some animal I don't remember the name of.

November 21, 2010

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IMG_0315.JPG

Uploaded over wifi from my Eye-fi via my Mifi.

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IMG_0313.JPG

Uploaded over wifi from my Eye-fi via my Mifi.

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October 31, 2010

Tea Party Protestors

Tea Party Protestors

Our hallowe'en costumes this year. Joy picked up clothes from a thrift shop, I did signs.

Tea Party Protestors

Tea Party Protestors

Our hallowe'en costumes this year. Joy picked up clothes from a thrift shop, I did signs.

Tea Party Protestors

Tea Party Protestors

Our hallowe'en costumes this year. Joy picked up clothes from a thrift shop, I did signs.

August 9, 2010

Wayfare Tavern

Wayfare Tavern

Celebrating the Sloogle acquisition.

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July 10, 2010

July in SF

July in SF

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June 26, 2010

“Sox Addict”

“Sox Addict”

May 21, 2010

Joy in Eating Sushi Shocker!

Joy in Eating Sushi Shocker!

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May 20, 2010

Fallen Leaf Lake

Some footage from a rare occasion where I remembered that my DSLR camera can shoot video.

May 16, 2010

Lakeside Beach

Lakeside Beach

Lakeside Beach

Lakeside Beach

Lakeside Beach

Lakeside Beach

Lakeside Beach

Lakeside Beach

Big Pinecone

Big Pinecone

January 1, 2010

Snuggle

Snuggle

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Getting attention

Getting attention

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I’m shy

I’m shy

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Smooch

Smooch

Note the champagne in a margarita glass. I AM CLASSY!

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Failed Family Portrait, New Year 2010

Failed Family Portrait, New Year 2010

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Family Portrait, New Year 2010

Family Portrait, New Year 2010

How we saw in 2010: Lounging around in bed with the bassets.

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September 30, 2009

“Annoying IT guy likes naughty librarian. Why am I unsurprised?”

“Annoying IT guy likes naughty librarian. Why am I unsurprised?”

twitter.com/LaughAtlantis/status/4506198916

(Follow-up: twitter.com/LaughAtlantis/status/4506356171)

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“I look awesome today. I’ve gone with naughty librarian as my look of the day. Stupid business dress week…”

“I look awesome today. I’ve gone with naughty librarian as my look of the day. Stupid business dress week…”

twitter.com/LaughAtlantis/status/4503194957

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September 27, 2009

How did I get such a hot wife?

How did I get such a hot wife?

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)

August 22, 2009

Me & Joy

Me & Joy

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Joy

Joy

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They said “No Touching.” They didn’t say “No Licking.”

They said “No Touching.”  They didn’t say “No Licking.”

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Me, Joy and 2 World Series trophies

Me, Joy and 2 World Series trophies

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Me, Joy and 2 World Series trophies

Me, Joy and 2 World Series trophies

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July 16, 2009

IMG_1660

IMG_1660

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June 29, 2009

Asking the questions that need to be asked

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?”

May 25, 2009

Joy in the fog and wind

Joy in the fog and wind

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Joy in the fog

Joy in the fog

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Asthma Thumbs Up

Asthma Thumbs Up

Joy + Hiking == Inhaler

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April 19, 2009

Not a headshot for Joy

Not a headshot for Joy

Frankly, I thought this was the best shot of the session. Joy disagreed.

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Headshot for Joy

Headshot for Joy

One of the final three choices for Joy's headshot

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Headshot for Joy

Headshot for Joy

One of the final three choices for Joy's headshot. This is the one she decided to go with, after approval from her Facebook peanut gallery!

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Headshot for Joy

Headshot for Joy

One of the final three choices for Joy's headshot. This was my favourite.

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April 15, 2009

Waiting for the BART home

Waiting for the BART home

My wife? She is a cutie.

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Joy, behind the screen

Joy, behind the screen

She *might* like the Red Sox. Hard to tell.

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April 2, 2009

“…and Pawtucket Red Sox”

“…and Pawtucket Red Sox”

My wife is funny.

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March 21, 2009

Joy’s dip

Joy’s dip

Came third in audience voting. Cal wanted to smear it on his face and enjoy a bacon facial.

Bacon Preparation

Bacon Preparation

Joy starts working on her Bacon & Blue Cheese dip.

March 8, 2009

Dr. R. S. Candle PhD pets Clyde

Dr. R. S. Candle PhD pets Clyde

Joy practices her puppetering on an uninterested audience

Joy practices her puppetering on an uninterested audience

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.

February 18, 2009

My Charming Wife

Joy getting nebulizered

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December 27, 2008

Pooped Pooches

Pooped Pooches

The bassets celebrate their return from Planet Pooch with a good cuddle.

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December 25, 2008

Joy watching the Bellagio fountains.

Joy watching the Bellagio fountains.

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Birthday “candle”

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December 23, 2008

Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino

Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino

Joy dragged us back to the Imperial Palace, because she remembered winning big on this machine.

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October 23, 2008

Ten Years in My Life: My Love Life

Ten Years in My Life: My Love Life

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?

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October 19, 2008

Hot Air Balloon Trip slideshow on Flickr

A handful of photos from Joy’s and my trip in a hot-air balloon, high above “wine country”.

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Balloon Trip

Balloon Trip

Balloon Trip

Balloon Trip

Joy imitating the Shepard Fairey/Obama poster.

September 22, 2008

WTF‽

WTF‽

(You might need to turn up your volume on this one)

Another test video. As I was playing around with my Zi6, filming the dogs, a sudden shout from the bedroom distracts Clyde.

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August 10, 2008

Bacon & Clyde meet the Pacific

Bacon & Clyde meet the Pacific

Took the dogs for a walk along the beach at Crissy Field this afternoon.

July 28, 2008

San Francisco, Jul 27, 2008

San Francisco, Jul 27, 2008

July 10, 2008

Yankee Stadium GigaPan

Yankee Stadium GigaPan

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.

March 22, 2008

Joy throws rock for @sepiateam

Joy throws rock for @sepiateam

March 13, 2008

“The Bride Wore Bowling Shoes”

“The Bride Wore Bowling Shoes”

A great shot from our wedding reception. After Joy & I had our first dance, we had our first bowling frame as a married couple.

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My favourite wedding photo

My favourite wedding photo

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.

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December 8, 2007

Joy lurves Mike Lowell

Joy lurves Mike Lowell

Joy at the Baseball Hall of Fame

Joy at the Baseball Hall of Fame

Turning 35 in style

November 23, 2007

Joy Ahead

Joy Ahead

With the pups.

The Family

The Family

Joy and Mum walking with Bacon and Clyde.

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October 22, 2007

Game 7 — An IM conversation

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:

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.

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

(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

(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”

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?

(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!

(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.

(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!

(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!!!!!

(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…..

(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!

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.

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.
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October 5, 2007

The Happy Couple

The Happy Couple

Celebrating 4 years of marriage. Linen and/or silk not pictured.

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August 11, 2007

Twit-B-Q

Twit-B-Q

This afternoon's New England Twitter/web/podcast geek meetup.

July 30, 2007

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (LaughAtlantis)

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?

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June 13, 2007

Joy enjoying a cola at Carl’s Jr.

Joy enjoying a cola at Carl’s Jr.

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.

June 10, 2007

Us at General Sherman

Us at General Sherman

The largest tree in the world (note: no longer considered the largest living thing in the world -- a field of fungus is)

Joy in front of a Sequoia

Joy in front of a Sequoia

The giant forest at Sequoia National Park

June 8, 2007

On Crissy Field beach

On Crissy Field beach

With a bridge in the background

With the dogs on Crissy Field beach

With the dogs on Crissy Field beach

Joy and I sat on the beach for a while, watching some local dogs frolic in the waves.

June 6, 2007

Jelly Belly

Jelly Belly

At the Jelly Belly factory.

Hard Hat

Hard Hat

Joy wearing her hard-hat, before we went a-adventuring on the Winchester Mystery House behind-the-scenes tour.

June 5, 2007

Mini Golf

Mini Golf

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.

June 4, 2007

A big nasty thing that’ll bite your head off…

A big nasty thing that’ll bite your head off…

...and a shark.

I jest, of course.

“The Travel Book Co”

“The Travel Book Co”

Joy in front of a replica of Hugh Grant's bookshop from Notting Hill

June 3, 2007

Joy in Hollywood

Joy in Hollywood

(sign almost visible in the background)

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May 3, 2007

Spot the life-long Sox fan

Spot the life-long Sox fan

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!

February 19, 2007

On the Poop Deck

On the Poop Deck

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".

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February 17, 2007

Joy’s First Question to Me, As I’m Showing Off My New MacBook Pro That I’m Really Excited About

“Does it have Minesweeper?”

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February 7, 2007

Yum!

Yum!

Joy savours the delight that is the "Berry Smoothie" barium stomach liner, prior to her CT scan today.

December 25, 2006

Joy & Bacon

Joy & Bacon

Bacon doing his best Rudolph impression by hiding behind a carnation.

September 24, 2006

The Family

The Family

You can start to appreciate from this photo just how much larger Clyde is than Bacon.

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Introducing.. Clyde!

Introducing.. Clyde!

Picked up from New England Basset Hound Rescue, Clyde is a 9-year-old male, and a gentle sweetheart.

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September 23, 2006

Gardening of a Saturday Afternoon

Gardening of a Saturday Afternoon

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.

August 24, 2006

Joy & Larry Tish

Joy & Larry Tish

Joy taking part in a late-night improv show, so she can now add "Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival" to her resume, if only on a technicality!

Top Trumps

Top Trumps

I introduced Joy to the wonder, amazement and excitement that is Top Trumps.

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August 19, 2006

Joy, Asleep, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin.

Joy, Asleep, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin.

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.

July 28, 2006

LaughAtlantis

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!

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July 22, 2006

Steee-rike!

Steee-rike!

Joy bowling at King's. For a crappy cameraphone shot, I think this turned out pretty good!

July 15, 2006

June 11, 2006

Joy trains her brain

Joy trains her brain

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.

April 19, 2006

November 18, 2005

I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me…

I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me…

Any suggestions for what I should write on Joy's head when she's sleeping?

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EEG (Opp Ork Ah-ah)

EEG (Opp Ork Ah-ah)

The lovely Joy models this season's designs in noggin-affixed cerebral wiring. Maybe now we'll be able to work out why the hell she married me.

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October 18, 2004

it’s a mite cold at Fenway tonight

it’s a mite cold at Fenway tonight

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October 17, 2004

Joy and Wally

Joy and Wally

The missus and the Green Monster

October 7, 2004

Packing

Packing

All good things...

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October 4, 2004

Crammed on Le Metro

Crammed on Le Metro

Like les sardines

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Under Pont du Carrousel

Under Pont du Carrousel

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October 3, 2004

SET!

SET!

See www.setgame.com for an explaination of what's going on.

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September 30, 2004

At the airport

At the airport

Joy studies a guidebook

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September 21, 2004

Joy, at the Tragically Hip concert

Joy, at the Tragically Hip concert

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September 20, 2004

Joy, in Trafalgar Square

Joy, in Trafalgar Square

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Bride in Jacket

Bride in Jacket

Rather sadly, this is the only photo I took on Joy's and my wedding day, in the brief minutes between the reception and heading off to our hotel for the night.

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Puppy Love

Puppy Love

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About This Site

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.