Road Warrior

Greetings from beautiful downtown San Jose, home of the Embedded Systems Conference. I slept well, and our demos are looking good -- what more could you ask for?

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

or perhaps the kid-size variations on the theme. We've been on the stationary but bumpy rescue equipment in the Fred Meyer lobby. We've been around Oaks Park in a large plastic wagon. And we've been on the carousel -- Lucy chose a horse, and Charlotte chose a pig.

Spring Is in the Air

which means Lucy can smell a Saturday morning yard sale from 3 blocks away. She scored this very Audrey Hepburn black dress and shoe combination at a local resale event using all of $2 of her allowance money. When the going gets tough, leave the bargaining to the five year olds.