R.I.P.

25 November, 1911 - 24 November, 2011
Almost made it to my 100th birthday :(
I will be posting directly from Limbo after Black Friday.

My busted car, part 2

Window smashed and car ransacked.
New York: I love you and hate you.
Oh well, that GPS unit was 3 years old anyway.


And the repair process ...


"All this has happened before and will happen again", BSG

Orient "Blue Mako" automatic dive watch

My other new watch - the Orient "Blue Mako" automatic dive watch. Orient is Japan's largest producer of automatic watches.

Blue dial and Day-date complication.

Uni-directional bezel. Engraved screw-down crown and weekday pusher.

New glasses

Got new glasses delivered from ZenniOptical.com.
Frames and lenses online is the way to go; brick and mortar retailers like Pearle and LensCrafters are a rip-off.

Invicta pro diver automatic watch

I received my new wrist watch today. It's my first automatic watch. Looks great, feels great!


Close-up of the crown and coin-edge bezel ...


On display: the Miyota 21-jewel automatic movement ...

New York City cloudscape

It had just poured rain and lightning. The rain stopped, the sun set and it looked like War of the Worlds outside. Everyone on the street was taking pictures. Surprisingly, the T-mobile Dash camera did a decent job of catching the light and color.

Macro cranberry and seltzer

Frozen cranberry ice cube melting in seltzer water.
Procrastinating on Labor Day afternoon when I noticed the cranberry melting in juicy streamers.

On the way home
Vietnam Airlines flight attendants wearing traditional yet contemporary Ao dai uniforms.


The full moon follows us home. I'm not too tired to take a photo.