Excellent announcement regarding Mario's Italian Subs, soon! On an entirely different note, ever dealt with the U.S. Trademark/Patent office? Avoid it, if you can. Actually, the government's trademark attorneys aren't bad at all -- as helpful as they can be. It is just dealing with all the legalese and endless forms involved in getting a trademark registered and getting that nice little ®!

I think the temperature soared to around 95 degrees in SF, earlier today. It was just too hot to stay in Marin County today, though. Around 4PM it was decided that a quick trip to the Marin Headlands was in order to enjoy the cool air in the vicinity of Baker Beach. The coastal air was more than comfortable -- it was near perfect. A few annoyed surfers spotted the blue ocean; annoyed since the waves were not very large and the surf was calm.

I basically spent an hour or two doing nothing, just enjoying the cool air while I could. Getting some relaxation, here and there, is probably the best way to recover from burn out and negative stress. During the twilight hour, just before departing, I took a few snapshots and uploaded them for viewing in the photo gallery (http://gallery.bubbo.com) under the title: Baker Beach. I also took a few MPEG videos of the surf and a small child getting served a face of sand by the waves; which, unfortunately, are not online.

I have been attending some Wado Ki Kai workouts at CoM Kentfield over the last few weeks. It is an interesting style, and different than what I can recall from attending Ito's, which was like Koshu Ryu Kenpo.

In the summer & the overwhelming heat though, you sweat like mad doing the Wado Ki Kai excercises -- even the stretching. Earlier today, I was checking out wadokikai.com. I noticed they have some QuickTime videos of each Kata (movement excercises, varying by belt ranking) which might be of some interest to view.

At my personal Blog page, I've placed an indicator on the sidebar that keeps updated with what I am currently reading, listening to, and supporting, etc. All of these features are updated via the same layout I am using for daily log entries -- so expect updates on a semi-regular basis.

Also of interest, is the "Upcoming" area -- featuring events and any travel I might be undertaking this year. There is a great interactive map, named IndyJunior, that I picked up from Bryan Boyer indicating Upcoming items. It is definately well worth making the donation of $5 via the Amazon Honor System that Bryan is requesting. Go Indy!

I am thinking about moving over some older logs I was keeping at LiveJournal, sometime in the near future. Nice overview of my time spent at Agilent Technologies.

The entirety of bubbo.com is broken into several sub-sites, denoted by subdomains. For example, as you may have already gathered, michael.bubbo.com leads here, to my blog.

I feel sorry for anyone who wants to copy or attempt to replicate what I have developed here via my code. Let me tell you, it is a mess. But a customized-mess! I can always seem to easily recognize my html layout, no matter what condition it may be in. I went all out on this site and I am positive it will serve me well.

Well, another year has passed -- I feel a year older yada yada. As my gift to myself this specific year, I decided to move on creating bubbo.com -- so, here it is.

Bubbo.com itself will attempt to be the gathering of several experiences, wrapped up into one website with several sub-sites -- all reflecting different lives and logs of different folks associated with the domain. Think of it as an experiment in digital media -- a mix of life's experiences, daily happenings (mundane or otherwise), entertainment, photography, writing, and news all coming together in one place.

I thought it would be nice to start with some posts mostly updating the final design and layout aspects of the site as we progress towards going live. Comments are open for now.