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Tuesday, December 30, 2003

New Years Resolutions

By Michael B. Lasko

1) Learn to play the guitar. This one is a requirement, as I made the mistake of walking into Guitar Center tonight. Here's what I walked out with.

2) Spend more time sailing.

3) Spend less time at Crescent Healthcare.

Monday, December 29, 2003

This last Saturday, I practiced the fine art of no wind sailing. It's much more difficult than it sounds. To make things even more difficult, I had invited along a friend from work and his daughter/nieces (for a total of: two nine year olds and a five year old). Things were going better before I decided that it would be funny to ask if they had seen Finding Nemo. From that point on, there was a chorus of: "Mine, mine," every time a seagull flew past us. But on to the no wind part: After floating around in the jetty for a half hour, the very kind captain of Mom's Attic offered to give us a tow. Unfortunately, Mom's Attic is equipped with what appeared to be a 2 stroke trolling motor. Upon making the turn out of the jetty I mistakenly reached the conclusion that we could sail faster without the tow. Casting off the towline, we proceeded to sail backwards against the outflowing tide for another 20 minutes until a fantastic looking boat named, "Elan" gave us a second tow. Thank you Doug and Sandy Mills. If I ever see you guys again, I owe you each a beer. My new goal in life is to never require tows from two separate boats on the same day.

On a completely unrelated note, I have completely sworn off mad cow burgers. I am, however, allowing myself grilled cheese sandwiches from In-N-Out Burger. I am sure there is still some risk of contracting mad cow from the grill, but I guess I'll take my chances. I know what you are all thinking, "In-N-Out makes grilled cheese sandwiches?" Yes they do. They have a whole hidden menu that they don't want you to see. And I have a copy!

Thursday, December 25, 2003

How I spent my Chrismukkah.

By Michael B. Lasko

In spite of the forecasts, I did indeed go sailing this morning. Aside from the fact that it was a little gusty, and that Columbia's reefing outhaul had been removed (I think I'll start checking for that before leaving the dock), things went pretty well. We did not even get rained on. Unfortunately, it was so windy (we had her at hull speed on a broad reach going up harbor) that we were done sailing in 90 minutes. I needed something else to fill up the rest of the day.

As it was Christmas, this meant going to lunch at Denny's with my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew. I had pancakes. Afterwards, I went over to my mother's, who needed help with her com-pu-ter. I believe that in the future, computers will become even more important. I know I'm going to get one. For dinner, I was trying desperately to avoid eating at Denny's again. I had already exhausted the pancake angle, so that does not leave a whole lot on the menu other than mad cow burgers. We drove around for an hour before settling on El Pescadore, some weird Whittier Mexican restaurant. I had a vegetarian burrito, sans cow.

All in all, I must admit that this was the best Chrismukkah ever!

Wednesday, December 24, 2003

I seem to be spending a lot of time (money) in Starbucks lately. I am not sure why. The coffee is not particularly spectacular, and I do not really care for the atmosphere. I think, for some reason, I keep ending up in the vicinity with an hour to kill. That is how they've taken over the world.

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

I remember once, many Christmases (sp?) ago, my sister-in-law was playing Space Invaders on her Gameboy. Handing the machine to me, she asked if I knew how to play. "I've been playing Space Invaders since before you were born," I replied. Several hours later, I realized that this was probably true.

Japanese game machine maker Taito said Friday that it plans to restart sales of "Space Invaders" in the United States, almost 25 years after the video game first appeared in arcades.

Wow, it costs 50 cents now. Hey, how old are you Tricia?

Monday, December 08, 2003

Can you believe that I am not the number one result on yahoo for search term: Michael Lasko? It makes no sense. But anyway, here is the cool OC link of the week: The OC Drinking game.

Sunkist Regatta #2 was yesterday. My boat came in third if anybody is interested. It was only raining a little, and there was a pretty cool rainbow across the peninsula.

Tuesday, December 02, 2003

New Hotmail sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this some scam to get me to add people to my address book? As far as I can tell, that's the only way to tell if there's new mail from the start up screen. All I can say is, they're pretty lucky I'm so cheap.

Saturday, November 29, 2003

Tonight, I was going to take Nico ice skating. It was going to be a surprise. As we're probably the only people in Southern California who own our own ice skates, it was not an easy surprise. But after a mere two Mai Tais, I was able to convince Nicole to walk six blocks to the Huntington Beach Pier, carrying ice skates, to take my picture wearing said skates. Unfortunately, it was an unseasonbly 72 degrees in paradise today, so the rink was closed. Oh well, it's the thought that counts. Did I mention we walked six blocks carrying ice skates?
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Wednesday, November 26, 2003

After years of trying, I'm finally listed on yahoo! Anybody who might be looking for Dr. Michael B. Lasko is advised to shoot an email here. That's Michael Lasko, formerly of the Monrovia Laskos, currently of the Newport Beach Laskos. No relation to the Lasko Fan Company, or the Lox company, which I think is spelled Lascco, or something like that.

Thursday, November 20, 2003

I confess, this is what I was doing at work today: http://www.uksailmakers.com/RulesQuiz/
You need to register to play, or feel free to use my email address: sunnyand72@yahoo.com.
I am now searchable on Google! Or rather this page is searchable on Google. Takealotofdrugs.com is not. Go figure. Will this bring more people here than the link from Tricia's blog? Millions of visitors, please sign the tag-board and contribute to the boat fund.







Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Ed Stevens: "They sure do punch each other a lot in Orange County." Can you dig it?

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

God save California. In his infinite wisdom, Gray Davis decided to sign a bill eliminating the old California Boards (with an overall pass rate of 50%), with the much, much easier Naplex (North American Pharmacy Licensure Examination). How much easier? Well, I've been working on getting licensed in Hawaii for the last half year, and finally got around to taking the exam. Now I'm not the smartest guy in the world, and it's been a while since I last opened a textbook, but I still managed a whopping 130 (passing=75). God save California.

Wednesday, November 05, 2003

So I was thinking I'd start an OC watch, to compete with ocweekly. The OC is, after all, the greatest piece of television ever made. Episode 9 line of the week was all Summer: "Sailing? That's like, so not the fastest way to get anywhere."

Tuesday, October 28, 2003

SearchKing is officially the best search engine around. It is also the first to include takealotofdrugs.com. Just type in "sailing tandeming drugs" and it'll bring me up. I can't imagine the traffic this will generate. It boggles the mind.

Saturday, October 25, 2003

Sailing in hell today. Newport must be 50 or 60 miles away from the nearest fire, but we've had a stream of snowing ashes all day. Obscuring the sun, burning my eyes. The boat was filthy.

Speaking of fires, what's with these million dollar homes in Cucamonga?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-24-calif-fires_x.htm
The fire in Rancho Cucamonga, meanwhile, jumped down a hillside into an area of $1 million homes Saturday. It marched into the northern edge of the city, burning at least two homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate.

Who the hell would buy a million dollar home in Cucamonga?

Friday, October 24, 2003

I'm really going to try and update this more often than once every 6 months. I might have to quit my job.