I suppose I can't just type that Gregg Feinerman, MD is the worst ophthalmologist in the world, as that could possibly be construed as libel. However, he is certainly the worst ophthalmologist I've ever met; nay, Gregg Feinerman, MD is the worst physician I've ever met.

So I've had an eyeache/headache for over a month, most certainly the result of this here computer monitor and the evil, overhead fluorescent lights. I've seen my optometrist, who made me computer glasses. I've never seen clearer up to about 3 feet, but no eyeache/headache resolution. I saw the regular doctor, who eventually sent me across the hall to Gregg Feinerman, the worst ophthalmologist I've ever met. There I was given a prescription for Tobradex because my eyes looked red. For you non-pharmacists reading this blog, Tobradex is a combination antibiotic/steroid eye drop. Why would anybody prescribe a combination antibiotic/steroid? When your doctor is too lazy to figure out why your eyes are red, Tobradex will still fix the problem. After 2 more visits to said ophthalmologist, I was told my eyes are fine, and there's no reason I should be having these eyeaches/headaches.

Perhaps I should have visited Gregg Feinerman's website before now. Apparently he's a LASIK surgeon, and eye problems/diseases must be beyond his area of expertise.

In other news, it looks like I'll soon be working for United Health. I hope they do something about the lighting in here.

When the Vice President/Medical Director invites you to run a 10K, do you automatically agree? I had no idea I was so muddy.
Before and after photos:

Happy birthday Mr. Wright.



Back to work, I guess.

Has it really been 6 weeks? I need a vacation. Here is my favorite picture from the Big Island. This was at the beginning of our 2 hour hike to see flowing lava. They built this road so that tourists could drive to the lava. Evidently the volcano disagreed with the plan.



And here's some lava:

It's that time of year again, and once again I'm getting ready for a change.

Yesterday, I made an incredible find on a piece of Hawaiian real estate. If that link is no longer good, here's a picture of my reasonably priced ($16k) property:


Does anybody know what lava zone 2 means?

It will probably be a few years before I can afford to build something, so I'll be living in a Yurt for the near future.



You are all invited to visit me any time. Please bring your own shovel.

I usually don't pay much attention to the google logos; but this Vincent Van Gogh "The Starry Night" rip off is the coolest thing ever. Anybody know where I can buy a framed version?

To my 3 or 4 loyal readers: Please accept my most sincere apologies for my recent lack of blogging. To everybody else that was searching for Henry Winkler's sexual preference: As far as I know, Henry Winkler is not gay. I could be wrong, I really have no idea. But while you're here: enjoy the Arrested Development Drinking Game. Double episode tonight means double drinking.

On to other business. I have been extremely busy. I bought this new car, and it attracts dirt. I just washed it this morning. Have a look: For all you PT Cruiser aficionados out there: Engine is still stock, customizations to date are: Wet Okole seat covers (front only), Yakima removable roof rack (on), Yakima Sidewinder Tandem rack (off), 4 chrome valve stem covers (2 were replaced yesterday; crazy college kids: they were $2 at Pep Boys. Buy your own).

And most of you have probably not seen the new tandem bicycle yet. It's a Santana Noventa. Here's a picture in my new Ultimate Pro Stand, with a bunch of other bikes from out collection in the background:
We sprung for the stowaway model. Would you believe this baby comes apart? Here's me in the bike store learning the process. We have a hundred of these pictures, most of them featuring Leif (sp?) our salesman from Bud's Bikes. If anybody would like to learn more about the process, send me an email, and I'll tell you all I know.

Here's an aerial view of the suitcase it fits in...pretty amazing if you ask me:


Finally, I've had complaints that there are not enough pictures of Nico here. Here she is, along with my 2 licit sisters (if I knew what I was doing, I'd put in a random hyperlink generator, that would direct you to either of their blogs...randomly. But I don't know how to do that. Click on the link to the right if you'd like to visit either site>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>):

Oh, and I started a new job. A new salaried job. And I have to do some work now. Salaried work. Yes, it is Sunday night; and yes, I do hate being salaried.

Arrested Development Drinking Game
by Michael Lasko

I'm sure there's one out there already, but I sure couldn't find it. Feel free to post any additional rules in the comments section.

Take a drink for:

1) Any bleeping (presumably covering obscenities)
2) Any reference to incest (2 drinks if not involving Maeby and George Michael)
3) Gob has sex
4) Michael has sex (4 drinks)
5) Reference to Henry Winkler being gay (I can't remember his character's name)
6) Any Fonzie reference (2 drinks)...let's make that any Happy Days reference
7) You hear the term: "Nevernude"
8) Someone other than George Michael working in Banana Stand
9) Banana stand gets damaged or destroyed (2 drinks)
10)George Sr. tries to escape from jail; 2 drinks if he's successful
11)Clip of George Sr. infomercial; 2 drinks if it's in another language
12)Gob messes up a magic trick
13)Buster gives a massage
14)Annyong says: "Annyong"
15)Lindsay asks anyone for money
16)Narrator (Ron Howard) points out some misunderstanding between family members
17)Ron Howard narrates a flashback to a previous episode; 2 drinks for everyone that misses the flashback
18)Reference to the OC (I know it's coming)
19)Any Real footage of Newport Beach

My game is probably a little long. Please let me know what you think.

After much study, I was able to block Harry Potter from my computer. Certainly, this would have been an easy feat for Netscape or Internet Explorer, but since our hard drive crash, Nico has chosen to use Firefox. Firefox has absolutely, positively no parental controls. Like I said, this took much study. Does anybody else think this is pretty funny? Nico did not...and has now found a new hobby. That's right: sock puppets.

Hard drive crash!

Sadly, I never felt the need to back anything up. The good news is: Michael Lasko is multi-talented. (I need to type Michael Lasko a lot to ensure that I remain a top 10 Google search). For a mere $70, I replaced my own hard drive. The computer repair place, OC Computers (no joke, although they were called Irvine Computers until very recently) wanted close to $400...that did include an attempt at data recovery. My data was not worth $300. But takealotofdrugs.com is no more. If you've been a long time reader, you may remember my brilliant idea to host my own web page. This worked out well, except it required leaving the computer on/hard drive spinning 24/7. Anyway, since I still own the domain, I guess I'll forward it here. Unfortunately, most of my blog pictures were on that hard drive. If I can find copies, I will (slowly) put them back up.

In other OC news, tonight is the big Chrismukkah episode. I heard the yarmuklaus was sold out before the season started. In addition to work today, I've been reading about OC pop-culture references in USA Today. (Click on the annotated guide on the right for each episode). Something else I learned in USA Today: marketers have intentionally left the t out of Chrismukkah, so as not to offend us Jews.