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Weenie Royale

There is a restaurant in Sacramento called June’s Cafe. June’s Cafe is a small cramped coffee shop with 4 tables that can each seat 2 people max. However, most of the customers sit at the coffee shop counter on barstools in front of the cooking area. Most of the customers are old Japanese American men […]

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Christmas Cards

We’re late with our Christmas Photo Cards. I tried to do a quick photo shoot last Sunday night (December 16). The instructions to the girls were simple: Stand next to each other, look at the camera, smile. You can click on the photo below to see examples of the photos taken. I’ll reveal the final […]

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Hip Hop Show

Here are videos from Emily’s Christmas hip hop show yesterday: In Video 1, Emily is 2nd from the left. Video 2 is the show finale. Emily is somewhere among all of the kids in the video. The show was produced by Sacramento Show Biz Productions.

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Emily’s Birthday

Friday (November 30) was Emily’s birthday. She turned 6. In the evening, we went to Emily’s favorite restaurant in Sacramento, Nagato’s Sukiyaki. It’s located on Fulton Avenue next to Mel Rapton Honda. Emily had her usual Udon with fish cakes (which she always shares with Megan). We brought along a birthday cake and served it […]

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Fandemonium 2007

Every year before the start of the regular season, the Sacramento Kings hold an event for their season ticket holders at Arco Arena called Fandemonium. Although we are not season ticket holders, every year, we manage to get Fandemonium tickets from season ticket holders. This year, Fandemonium had a Halloween theme and had a lot […]

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CISSP

Last Sunday (September 23), I woke up at 4 AM and left home at 5 AM to drive to San Francisco to take the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam. The exam was from 8 AM to 3 PM and involved 250 questions. I left the exam thinking that I either barely failed or […]