It seems our battle with the creeping crud still isn't over. Mason was lethargic and cranky all day New Year's Eve. Susan's had the worst of it; she's really feeling awful (I suspect sinus infection at this point, and trust me I would know). Mason had a sleep over at a friend's house, so it was just Susan, Morgan and me until Susan's sister and two of her three kids came over. Susan cooked a big pot of chili and made cheese dip and we ate a bunch of cookies and junk ... boy is the diet in sad sh
Last night, a friend of mine and I visited the new Vintage Stock store in Midwest City. While walking through the store my friend pointed out that they had copies of Videogame Collector Magazine on their magazine rack. For those who don't know, I write reviews for Videogame Collector Magazine and have my mug shot printed on the inside cover in the staff section.
While we were shopping I noticed a customer thumbing through the stacks of loose Nintendo carts. "I wish I could remember what it w
Link: Christmas 2006 Pictures
Christmas officially begins on Christmas Eve around our house. Growing up, my wife's family exchanged gifts on Christmas Eve while my family exchanged gifts Christmas Day. After Susan and I got married we initially tried to solve this problem by having her family over for Christmas Eve and my family over Christmas Day, but we ended up inviting my family over anyway on Christmas Eve too and her family stopped by Christmas Day, so these days in our house Christmas
Ol' Santa brought one of Morgan's gifts early ... a case of pink eye. The doctor at the weekend clinic yesterday said it spread from an upper respiratory infection she contracted. So along with some other medicine, we also have to administer eye drops to the 18-month-old. Fun. Last night that involved waking Morg up at midnigt and using a warm cloth to wipe the gunk from her eye so that we could open it and squeeze eye drops into her eyeball. And let me tell you, what child doesn't love being wo
PS3 (60 Gig) - $600
Second Controller: $50
Resistance: Fall of Man - $60
NBA 2K7 - $60
Ridge Racer 7 - $60
... with tax, = $900.
While it's definitely impressive, I still feel a little sick at my stomach over the price. I'll have a more in depth review after I get a chance to spend a little more time messing with it.
I first heard about Boba Tea earlier this year when my friend Justin mentioned trying it to me. Justin lives in Dallas; it takes a while for these trends to migrate to Oklahoma. Later in the year, other friends of mine (Pantechnicon and Ubikuberalles, both from Albequerque) also mentioned Boba Tea in their blogs. Finally, the excitement that is Boba Tea has arrived in Oklahoma.
I'm guessing more than a few of you are now wondering, "what is Boba Tea?" Apparently, "boba" is black, gummy tapio
I've been a member of eBay since June 15th, 1998. In the past eight and a half years I've not had a single major problem with an eBay transaction. There have been little gripes to be sure -- the occasional poor packager, slow shipper, and shipping overcharger -- but I've never had an out and out bad transaction. Over the past week, I've had two.
I recently put 100 CDs up for sale on eBay. Out of those hundred, around half of them sold. In the past I've had a couple of deals in which I drug m
"I'm not exactly sure why my demo isn't working," our presenter confided to me during a break. "It looks like your firewall may be blocking the ports I need to use. What all ports do you guys block on your network, anyway?" he asked. At any other conference on any other day to any other presenter I probably would have freely given up the information; this time, however, I hesitated. Despite his friendly disposition and warm smile, I cannot forget who he is: Kevin Mitnick, the world's most infamo
Yesterday was a bittersweet day. The up was that it was Mason's birthday; the down was that it was also Jeff Martin's grandfather's funeral. We have known Papa and Amma Martin for many years; in fact, they moved to Sun Valley (my old neighborhood) a long time ago and we used to stop by and visit them from time to time. Of course as time went by the visits grew further apart. I was glad to attend the service and be there to support the Martins, but in the same respect it was sad to see so many pe
Five years ago today, at this very minute, Susan and I were camped out at the hospital awaiting the arrival of our first child. To the hospital, Susan brought her favorite pajamas and pillow. I brought a duffle bag filled with clothes, a second bag filled with snack food, my laptop, 200 DVD movies, CDs, my Gameboy, and various other odds and ends -- none of which got any use that day (except of course, the laptop -- I had pictures of Mason online five minutes after his birth). It's funny that I
When I got to work last Friday, Susan called me from her cell phone and asked if I was the one who had gone through her van and ransacked it. I wasn't. Apparently, someone went through the (unfortunately unlocked) van Thursday night, rifling through all its contents and throwing papers everywhere. All our junk mail from the post office box had been opened and sorted through. "While visions of identity theft danced in their heads ..." As Susan was talking, my heart sunk as I remembered I'd left a
Saturday was Mason's 5th Birthday Party. This year we held Mason's party at Xtreme Mini Golf inside Crossroads Mall. It's the mini golf course we visited last week; everything's painted black or neon, and the whole place is lit with blacklights. Mason along with all the other kids who attended had a good time playing putt putt. The kids played golf for around an hour or so before heading back to the party room to have birthday cake (actually a giant birthday cookie), ice cream, and watch Mason o
If it were up to me, the O'Hara family Christmas tree would go up a few days before Christmas Day and would come down shortly after. But as I and countless other married men before me have learned, it is not in fact up to me. The only leverage I ever had in the matter went out the window when we made the switch from real trees to an artifical one. By delaying the real tree's delivery as long as possible and then constantly complaining about my allergies, dry pine needles and fire hazards, I was
Throughout the day I jot down ideas for blog entries in Notepad. When I get one completed I'll cut and paste it into my blog. When I don't update for several days, I end up with a backlog of entries that, reading back, don't seem that important now. So, without anything earth shattering to report this morning, I'll just summarize those entries to get you back up to speed.
My trip to visit friends in Arkansas last weekend got cancelled due to the weather. Hopefully we'll be able to reschedule
The Rules: Go to the the following site: http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Pop-Modern/2006.html and check out the songs from the year in which you turned 18. Bold the songs you like. Strike the songs you don't. Leave the ones you're indifferent to alone.
1. Unforgettable - Nat and Natalie Cole
Yeah, I get it and all, but I just wasn't a fan. Through the magic of computars a girl can now sing (and later appear in the video) with her dead father. Total buzzkill.
2. Summertime - DJ Jazzy
While Winter hasn't officially arrived yet on the calendar, someone forgot to tell Mother Nature. Starting early this morning in central Oklahoma we received a layer of sleet and freezing rain followed by six inches of snow. Right on cue, local weathermen issued every warning they could think of -- blizzard warnings, slick and hazardous road warnings, low visibility warnings ... you name it, we were warned about it through a constant barrage of scrolling tickers and program interruptions. Despit
What do Russian sluts and computer viruses have in common? You get both of them installed on your computer for free if you run stupid software off the Internet before scanning it for viruses first. Oops. Yes, even the FAA Antivirus guy gets caught off guard occasionally. Multiple sadness. It wouldn't be so bad if every time I opened Internet Explorer I wasn't immediately redirected to a Russian porn site. This stupid virus is making me hate computers and want to move to Russian at the same time.
Last night's sleep study went well. For those who haven't had the pleasure, here's what having a sleep study is like.
Participants are instructed to arrive at the sleep study center (mine's at Integris Hospital) at a specified time (mine was at 8:30pm). When you arrive you'll sit in a waiting room with a bunch of other people with sleeping problems. Everybody's nervous, which means some people will be talking nervously and asking a bunch of questions while other people sit quietly, reading
Anyone who says they love Christmas can not possibly have as many battery-operated Christmas-related items in their immediate living area as we have. Any act of clapping, yelling, or simply walking from the kitchen to the living room is enough to set off a chorus of animatronic Santas, snowmen and reindeer, all singing different tunes at the same time, competing for our attention and pounding my last nerve.
The real issue tonight is my impending sleep study, which I don't particularly want
Yesterday I got calls from two different friends needing help. First was my friend Tim (aka Tim Dog). Tim's father-in-law passed away on Thanksgiving. We are also friends with Tim's wife and Tim's mother-in-law. They are wanting to put together a slideshow of scanned photos for the family luncheon after the funeral service, and I told them I'd be glad to put it together. Last night I scanned in around 150 photos into the computer (about a minute per photo). This morning I'll begin importing them
Susan and I went to lunch with Johnny, Emily, and Emily's daughter Cecily today to Panera Bread. While a bit on the expensive side (their lunch special is $7, before taxes and a drink), it's a great place to go if you're on a diet. For lunch they sell sandwiches, soup and salad, and the lunch special allows you to pick two items from any of those categories. Today I got half a salad (around 200 calories), half a bowl of soup (around 50 calories), and a chunk of bread (around 150 calories). Yum y
(Note: All my diet entries are posted at robohara.com, under the "Diet Log" tag (there's a link on the left hand side of the main page). Occasionally these get cross-posted across all my blogs, but more often than not they just get entered and archived in there. If you want to read more of my diet-related entries, be sure to check the above link for the complete archive.)
In the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, one of author Stephen R. Covey's suggestions is to plan your sch
In October of 2000, my wife and I sat overnight outside the Mustang, Oklahoma Wal-Mart sitting in two cheap lawn chairs, waiting in line for the Playstation 2 to be released. It was a cold night; we wore winter coats and shared a blanket between us. We spent from 10pm one evening until 7am the following morning chatting with other hardcore videogame fanatics, holding our coveted positions in line (first and second, for the record). By calling ahead, we already knew the score -- the Mustang wal-M
I got a new work laptop to replace my old work laptop. My old work laptop has served me well over past three years and really doesn't seem that old -- in fact, it's still the second fastest computer in our house, second only to my new workstation. The new laptop however is by far the fastest we now "own". Its 3ghz, dual-core processor coupled with 2 gigs of RAM and a zillion other bells and whistles ensures that it'll be the "king of the proverbial road" around my place for quite some time. I've
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