Archive for April, 2006

Derby Day and Microbrew Festival

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Saturday afternoon, after I ran the 5k, I went back to Santa Anita Park with Paul, Roger, and Adam for the KROQ Microbrew Festival. The festivities started at 12:00noon, and we ended up arriving shortly after 1:00pm. Mike met us there about an hour after we arrived. General admission was $5, ...

Santa Anita Derby Day 5k

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Yesterday, Ariele and I went down to the Santa Anita Race Track with Bert, Katie, and Ted to run the Derby Day 5k. I had never run an organized race before, so I imagine I was looking forward to the race a little more than most of the others out ...

Usher Is In The Mix

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Ariele and I have just finished up our trial subscription to Blockbuster Online, and we've decided to continue to the paid subscription. Our trial offer allowed us to have three DVDs at any given time, but we're changing that to the two DVD option now that the free trial is ...

Florida Dominates NCAA Tournament

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

The University of Florida beat UCLA tonight 73-57 to win the men's college basketball national championship. Here are Florida's other opponents during the tournament and the final score in each game: (11) George Mason 73-58 (1) Villanova 75-62 (7) Georgetown 57-53 (11) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 82-60 (14) South Alabama 76-50 Besides the relatively close call against Georgetown, Florida ...

The Pistons Turn It On

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

I watched most of the second half of the Pistons-Suns game today, and wow, are the Pistons good or what? At halftime they were down by 14 points, and they ended up winning the game by 7 points, 109-102. At the very end of halftime, Hubie Brown was talking about ...