Roasted Coffee Beans (106/366)

"Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second."
~ Edward Abbey
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Done A "Photo Shoot" (105/366)
Sat, Apr 14 2012
| Life
Dyed My Hair A Crazy Color (104/366)
Fri, Apr 13 2012
| Life, San Francisco

"It's a little bright, but … I think I like it!"
~ Jeremy Affeldt on the Orange Friday home jersey
Read Jason Harvey's Book, "Achieve Anything In Just One Year" (103/366)

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Played Dominoes (102/366)
Wed, Apr 11 2012
| Entertainment, Life

"If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!"
~ Zapp Brannigan, "Futurama"
Painted A Landscape From A Blank Canvas (101/366)
Tue, Apr 10 2012
| Life

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."
~ Edgar Degas
Made A Baking Soda And Vinegar Volcano (100/366)

"Cooking is chemistry … it's essentially chemical reactions."
~ Shirley Corriher
Eaten At All Of Thomas Keller's Yountville Restaurants (99/366)

"Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow."
~ Honoré de Balzac
Dined At The French Laundry (98/366)

"When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy, that is what cooking is all about."
~ Thomas Keller
Used An Absinthe Spoon (97/366)

"Let me be mad… mad with the madness of Absinthe, the wildest, most luxurious madness in the world."
~ Marie Corelli
Gone To An Exploratorium "After Dark" Event (96/366)
Thu, Apr 5 2012
| Education, Entertainment, Life

"Come eat with your eyes, taste with your nose, and savor through your fingertips … explore how surprise and innovation can transform our experience of food."
~ Exploratorium, After Dark Presents: Gastronomy
Lifted In Weightlifting Shoes (95/366)

"Wearing the proper shoes for your style of lifting and training will not only increase the efficiency, form and comfort while training, but will also increase your safety and prevent possible injury."
~ WLShoes.com
Eaten Frozen Grapes (94/366)

"My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.'"
~ Demetri Martin
Watched The TV Show "Destination Truth" (93/366)
Mon, Apr 2 2012
| Entertainment, Life

"Adventure rewrites the routine of our lives and wakes us sharply from the comforts of the familiar. It allows us to see how vast the expanse of our experience. Our ability to grow is no longer linear but becomes unrestricted to any direction we wish to run."
~ Josh Gates, Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter
Ordered From A Swim Up-Bar (91/366)

"Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming … "
~ Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, from "Finding Nemo"
Tried Softshell Crab, And Scallop And Mackerel Sashimi (90/366)

"I learned the first night that IHOP's not the place to order fish."
~ Larry David
Ridden A WaveRunner (89/366)

"Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean."
~ Christopher Reeve
Swum In An Infinity Pool (88/366)

"To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour ..."
~ William Blake
Been To Mexico (87/366)

"The moment you land at the Los Cabos airport, the adventure begins."
~ VisitMexico.com
Eaten "Baked Salmon With Cheese Sauce" (86/366)
Mon, Mar 26 2012
| Food

"What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin."
~ Dave Attell
Made Corned Beef Hash & Eggs (84/366)

"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."
~ Calvin Trillin
Gone "Back To School" (83/366)
Fri, Mar 23 2012
| Life

"Back to school, back to school, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool. I've got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight. Ohhhhh back to school, back to school, back to … school …"
~ Adam Sandler as Billy Madison in "Billy Madison"
Done A Chest To Bar Pull-up (82/366)

"Every personal best pull-up is an event worthy of celebration."
~ Coach Greg Glassman
Attended A Tasting Table "Dinner Tales" Event (80/366)
Tue, Mar 20 2012
| Entertainment, Food, Life

"Perbacco - Italian interjection: (ex.) 'By Jove!' or 'Good Heavens!'"
~ Wiktionary.org
Painted "By Number" (79/366)
Mon, Mar 19 2012
| Life
Watched The Editing Documentary "The Cutting Edge" (78/366)
Sun, Mar 18 2012
| Entertainment, Film

"The sad fact was, the shark would only look real in 36 frames, not 38 frames, and that two frame difference was the difference between something really scary, and something that looked like a Great … White … floating turd."
~ Steven Spielberg, on the editing of "Jaws"