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| Palo Alto Cafe - May 3rd, 2003 | |
| A guy goes to order a coffee drink from a busty barista. He says to her, "Can I get a D-cup, uh, I mean deCAF espresso." |
| Palo Alto, CA - May 4th, 2003 | |
| I just updated the site for the first time using the new database. It's so easy. I know I'm harping on this, but it's going to save so much time and make things so much faster. Now I just need to get some sleep. I've been working on this all day. Nice way to spend a Saturday :( |
| Shoreline Cinema - May 4th, 2003 | |
| I saw 'Confidence' this afternoon with Dustin Hoffman and Edward Burns. I like movies where there's a big con game going on. I think this one was entertaining enough to be in the same company as 'House of Games' and 'The Sting.' Go check it out. |
| Palo Alto Cafe - May 10, 2003 | |
| Finally got past the security perimeter in the final level of James Bond: Nightfire. Sniper rifle and sneaky manuvering to the rescue. |
| Pacbell Park - SF, CA - May 14th, 2003 | |
| Saw the Giants get creamed by the Expos. Not only beaten by Canadians, but French Canadians. Garlic fries are still tasting good though... |
| Sonoma, CA - May 24th, 2003 | |
| Went to a wedding in an old movie theater. Popcorn and Coke were served while you walked in for the ceremony. A slideshow of the couple was playing on the big screen. They got married with a giant red curtain behind them. Very cool, original wedding. Two thumbs up! |
| Palo Alto, CA - May 27th, 2003 | |
| I'm supposed to be going to a Coldplay concert this Friday but I realized I don't know any of their new songs. I wonder if Gwenyth Paltrow will be there. |
| Palo Alto CA - May 28 2003 | |
| I figured out how to update the journal from my phone. This is coming from my nokia 3595! |
| Redwood shores - May 29 2003 | |
| This is 2 show quang it works |
| Shoreline - May 29 2003 | |
| I'm @ coldplay waiting 4 it 2 start. No sign of gweneth |
| Palo Alto, CA - June 4th, 2003 | |
| I'm getting ready for a work trip to London. Once I'm there, I'm going to have one night where I stay out all night and do stuff. I plan on updating this journal as the night goes on. Hopefully I can get a video phone too and send photos or video of the night as it happens. How cool would that be? Stay tuned! |
| Palo Alto, CA - June 7th, 2003 | |
| The big news this week was that I got a phone that allows me to take pictures and short videos. This could change the face of the London trip. Hopefully I can figure out a way to get the pix and videos on the site easily. Otherwise, I'll send email updates live to the mailing list. So sign up if you haven't already. |
| Palo Alto, CA - June 16th, 2003 | |
| I'm in the preparing stage for my London trip. Over the weekend I purchased two disposable cameras for taking pictures during my adventures. I'll still be taking pictures from my phone, but the camera is for some higher quality and less technologically encumbered photos. |
| SFO - June 19 2003 | |
| Getting on the airplane for london. Pray it does not crash. |
| London - June 20 2003 | |
| I am standing on Tower bridge which was up to let a ship pass under. There are bugs flying in my face from the lights. Nice, quiet night. Phone-tograph |
| Stonehenge - 6 27 2003 | |
| When the ancient druids built this monument thousands of years ago, they hoped it would someday be used for updating journals using wireless technology. Phone-tograph |
| piccadilly circus - 6 27 2003 | |
| Friday night in piccadilly circus. Just saw a play called Hitchcock Blonde. Murder, blondes and some impressive effects with projected film. Now I am hanging out under the lights of london's times square. Phone-tograph |
| Knightsbridge - 6 28 2003 | |
| Had a huge breakfast Knightsbridge cafe right across the street from a woman on a hunger strike. Should I go tempt her with my leftovers? Phone-tograph |
| buckingham palace - | |
| Do any royalty actually live in buckingham palace? It looks like a city hall. Phone-tograph |
| Natural History Museum - | |
| The dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum look like they've been on a hunger strike. The coolest skeleton so far is either the triceretops or the Dodo bird. The naked Neandrathal woman is a close third. Phone-tograph |
| Westminster Abbey - | |
| Someday they will want to bury me in the poets corner of Westminster Abbey for all of my mikevogel.com haikus.
Phone-tograph |
| Brick Lane - | |
| Drinking beer with a bunch of Aussies and Kiwis drinking stella artois. |
| Shoreditch - Midnight | |
| I am in line for cash that is no less than 20 people long. Just had a good Indian dinner in Brick lane. Once I get cash I am off for a club called Fabric. Phone-tograph |
| St Pancras - 6 29 2003 | |
| I spent the last four hours in a club watching people dance and a nice young man sell drugs. Then I walked for an hour until I found the worst part of town--the train station. Now I am waiting for the bus to come or the Tube to open. Phone-tograph |
| Heathrow Airport - 6 29 2003 | |
| Getting ready to board the flight home. After getting no sleep last night I think I am going to be out for most of it. |
| Palo Alto - July 12th, 2003 | |
| Just got back from watching Douglas Coupland speak and read at Keplar's books in Menlo Park. I saw him almost ten years ago and he ended with a Krusty the Clown impression. This time he did Selma and the zitty french fry cashier. I like his books, you should go buy them too. |
| Palo Alto, CA - July 23rd, 2003 | |
| Getting ready to leave for vacation in Armenia and Turkey. Flight leaves on Saturday night, arrives Monday morning. Not sure what to expect but if there is GSM coverage, expect updates and possibly photos. |
| AsiaSF - 7 24 2003 | |
| I am eating dinner in a restaurant where all the servers are transvestites. They are going to do a show soon. I'm very confused. Phone-tograph |
| SFO - 7 26 2003 | |
| We are in the airport getting ready to leave for Armenia. I have a Carl Hiassen book ready to keep me entertained for the next fifteen hours. |
| Munich - 7 27 2003 | |
| Thunderstorms have delayed us in Munich. We have a connecting flight in Vienna that we need to make or we'll be stuck there for 24 hours. |
| Yerevan, Armenia - August 3rd, 2003 | |
| I'm in an Internet Cafe in Yerevan. After about a week of no running water and bucket flushing the toilet, it's nice to be in a (sort of) big city. Tomorrow it's off to Turkey in a Russian jet. I can only hope we'll make it. |
| Bozcaata, Turkey - August 7th, 2003 | |
| Another internet cafe, this time on an island in Turkey. We were in istanbul and saw the blue mosque. i love turkey. Tomorrow another day snorkeling in the sea.
Phone-tograph |
| Caltrain - 8 22 2003 | |
| I finished my Elmore Leonard book so I dont have anything to do on the train. I wish I was still reading Tishomingo Blues. If you dont love Elmore Leonard, there is something wrong with you. Phone-tograph |
| Pacbell Park - 9 16 2003 | |
| Giants are up 2-0. I am hanging out in the luxurious suite provided by Macromedia. Oh you poor riff-raff in the club seats!
Phone-tograph |
| Pacbell Park - 9 16 2003 | |
| Bonds just hit #656! |
| Palo Alto - October 6th, 2003 | |
| Got another trip coming up, this time to Paris. Check back for updates and photos. Departure date is the 17th, so check back soon! |
| California - October 7th, 2003 | |
| I can't believe we just elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor. This is karma payback because I voted for Nader and put Bush in office. Maybe Schwarzenegger will mandate free movie day every Friday. |
| Paris - 10 23 2003 | |
| On the metro yellow line going to the eiffel tower. Cold outside but hot on the train. Phone-tograph |
| Paris - 10 23 2003 | |
| Saw a guy whose staring up at the eiffel tower caused him to step in dog crap. Who says the french dont have a sense of humor. Phone-tograph |
| Paris - | |
| Went to a shakespeare and co. bookstore that was not the real one owned by sylvia beach. That one was destroyed in the war--or so he said.
Phone-tograph |
| Paris - | |
| At the Notre Dame Cathedral. Ring those bells you crazy huntchback. No really, ring them. I want to hear them. Phone-tograph |
| Paris - | |
| The louvre may be closed for looking at paintings but I am inside under the glass pyramid. Who needs that smirking mona lisa anyway. Phone-tograph |
| Paris - | |
| Drinking espresso in a place called Frequence. Phone-tograph |
| Redwood Shores, CA - 10 29 2003 | |
| Back home and settled but I've been fighting some sort of Euro-flu. Fortunately Greg can come through on the site when I cant. I love his Halloween 2003 collage. |
| Palo Alto, CA - November 19th, 2003 | |
| The website has been down for about a week due to a billing mixup. I was panicked because I thought I was going to lose my entire database but I only ended up losing all my email. Which isn't really that bad because I never use that account except to send out updates. We're back online! |
| Portland OR - 11 25 2003 | |
| Hanging out at Gen's house waiting for Nicky to get back from the store. Phone-tograph |
| Sandy, OR - November 26th, 2003 | |
| Joe's Donuts - The legendary donut shop in Sandy, Oregon. Rumor has it the new owner (not Joe) is married to a cop. Best donuts on the planet.
Phone-tograph - Donut Cam |
| Redwood Shores, CA - December 2nd, 2003 | |
| I just saw this headline and it made me laugh: "Marilyn Manson Faces Swiss Criminal Probe" Doesn't that sound like something Marilyn Manson would enjoy? Not only a probe, but a Swiss criminal probe. |
| Palo Alto, CA - December 23rd, 2003 | |
| I won three Quake games in a row today (four, but the last one isn't offical). I also started a little blog for my Quake character. Someone please kill me before I turn into a total nerd. Satan McDaniels Quake Blog |
| Palo Alto, CA - 12-31-2003 | |
| It's New Year's Eve and I just gave the site a little makeover. Happy New Year! Phone-tograph |
| Redwood Shores, CA - January 16th, 2004 | |
| Last day of work for a few weeks. Got a Krispy Kreme donut on the way and an empty Inbox. Phone-tograph |
| Menlo Park, CA - March 1st, 2004 | |
| I'm confused as to if Leap Year started yesterday or Jan.1st. It was a normal year up until Feb. 29th. So is this officially Leap Year? Ribbitt? |
| Menlo Park, CA - March 29th, 2004 | |
| New journal entries have been suspended until further notice. Please check out the archives to see fun pictures from around the world. |
| Menlo Park, CA - August 25th, 2004 | |
| Five months later and it's time to bring the journals back. I missed my chance to do updates from Japan, Singapore, Brazil and Shanghai. Am I purposely trying to make the site boring? London is around the corner so expect another round of cool photos and updates from my favorite city in the world. |
| Menlo Park, CA - August 25th, 2004 | |
| Happy 25th Melody! Have a Cosmo with that parrafin wax and Graduated Bob. (Now that's what I call Higher Headucation - bwa ha ha!) |
| Menlo Park, CA - August 26th, 2004 | |
| I recently got an iPod. My current playlist includes lots of R.E.M. and Alison Krauss. |
| Westminster - 9 9 2004 | |
| My favorite part of the Abbey is the Coronation Chair. Some of the most prestigous asses in England's history have sat in that chair. Amazing when you consider it does't even recline. |
| Notting Hill - 9 9 2003 | |
| This place is a sham. I dont see Julia Roberts anywhere. How am I supposed to spill my coffee on her then win her over with my charm if she isn't here? |
| Covet Garden - Soho - 9 9 2004 | |
| Ate a waffle while listening to the terrible sound of street musicians. At least the waffle was good. Currently downing a pint before going to a movie. |
| Paddington / LHR - 9 10 2004 | |
| If you are going to leave London, leaving out of Paddington is the way to go. Maybe if Paddington was called something else like Thistle-Pancras, I wouldnt enjoy it as much. And the Thistle-Pancras Bear probably wouldnt ever have caught on. |
| Redwood Shores, CA - September 16, 2004 | |
| I was just thinking about how Donald Trump tells everyone on his show "You're fired!" But if the show is supposed to be a big job interview, then he really can't fire anyone. He can say "You're not hired!" Or "You're underqualified!" But I demand that Donald Trump stop firing people who are not his employees. |
| Redwood Shores, CA - September 30, 2004 | |
| I'm getting ready for the debate tonight. Apparently Bush will be on a step stool so he doesn't look short next to Kerry. Bush doesn't actually debate, he just repeats the same misinformation as usual. Kerry better learn the America doesn't like politicans smarter than they are. Sad that nuanced, intelligent positions get shot down by psudeo-cowboy taunts. |
| Menlo Park, CA - September 30, 2004 | |
| Just got done watching the first presidential debate. Kerry did everything he needed to. Bush showed he's incapable of expressing anything more complex than a bumper sticker. |
| Menlo Park - October 2, 2004 | |
| It's amazing how after the debate, all the news organizations gave a slight edge to Kerry, as if Bush did almost as well. Public polls all show voters thought Kerry did much better, something like 66% to 16%. If I were a bootlicking pundit for some cable news station, I'd be worried about getting paid so much to be so useless. |
| Redwood Shores - October 5, 2004 | |
| If I had to choose between being able to watch Mount St. Helens erupt or SpaceShipOne launch into space, I'd prefer to see SpaceShipOne launching off of Mount St. Helens to escape a giant plume of volcanic ash. |
| Menlo Park - October 5, 2004 | |
| Best geologic anthropomorphization headline of the day: "Volcano Appears to Rest After Letting Off Steam" |
| Menlo Park - October 5, 2004 | |
| The Nobel Prize for Literature is supposed to be announced by Thursday. I'm pulling for Phillip Roth, although if you've read Portnoy's Complaint then you know maybe I shouldn't say "pulling" for him. Good luck, Mr. Roth! |
| Menlo Park, CA - October 6th, 2004 | |
| I've spent a few hours tonight doing crazy Google searches to figure out how to turn mikevogel.com into an RSS feed. Almost midnight and I've passed the RSS Validator! Validator sounds like a late 80's economy car model that never made it. |
| Menlo Park - October 7, 2004 | |
| Tonight, the Apprentice. Tomorrow, the Debates. I wish Donald Trump would bring George W. Bush into the Boardroom and take him to task for mismanaging America the past four years. Carolyn could tell Bush "You just can't admit you failed" in that warm, gentle way she has. Trump would say, "You mismanaged Iraq, you've failed on the homefront and divided the country. President Bush, you're fired!" |
| Palo Alto - October 9th, 2004 | |
| After watching the debate last night, I voted in two online polls (Fox & CNN) saying Kerry won. The response was around 88% for Kerry, surprising for the Fox/CNN crowd. But the headlines this morning say polls taken immediately after showed it was a virtual tie. It certainly makes a better news story if it's a close "horserace" as they like to call it. But why defend Bush's poor performance just because he's the incumbent? Sure, he did better than the first debate, but it would have been difficult to do worse. |
| Redwood Shores - October 12, 2004 | |
| With Sinclair Broadcast Group ordering affiliates to air an anti-Kerry documentary on public airwaves, it's just another case of Bush's corporate friends coming to his aid. Apparently Kerry's recent poll numbers and his promise to tax only those who make more than $200,000 has got them worried. I wonder if they'd be willing to air Fahrenheit 911 to keep things balanced? |
| Menlo Park - October 12, 2004 | |
| This election is consuming me. I find myself checking Yahoo! headlines for the latest polling numbers. I look forward to each debate like it's the Superbowl. I feel like an election addict and I'm going to either be elated or severely depressed when it's over. How anyone can still be undecided at this point is beyond me. |
| Menlo Park - October 17, 2004 | |
| If America has the best health care system in the world, then why are so many Americans buying their drugs from Canada and making bus trips up to Canada for the flu shot? Sure we have great doctors, but if you don't have insurance it's like telling a homeless person the restaurant they're begging in front of got Zagat's highest rating. |
| Redwood Shores - October 19, 2004 | |
| I don't see why everyone is making a big deal about whether Bush will re-instate the draft. He's already successfully avoided one draft. |
| Redwood Shores - October 25, 2004 | |
| About an hour ago, I saw a story that said Kerry had a one point lead in an ABC News poll. Now the story has disappeared and there's just the poll about Bush with a three point lead. I wonder how many of these polls include new voters, the ones eager to get Bush out? |
| Menlo Park - October 27, 2004 | |
| I'm becoming more convinced the befuddled Undecided Voters won't be the deciding factor in the election. It will be the newly registered voters, the ones who don't show up in the Zogby polls. |
| Menlo Park - November 1, 2004 | |
| I just a Reuters poll that gave Bush a one point lead. Really? One day before voting starts and you're doing a poll that everyone already knows is a statistical dead heat? Tomorrow is the only poll that matters, only this one includes new voters too. Kerry will win the popular vote by at least a million votes. Only the Electoral College or the House of Republicans, er, Representatives can over rule the majority of Americans. Or the Supreme Court. True Democracy in America is about fourth down on the list. |
| Menlo Park - November 1, 2004 | |
| I realize the networks are probably underplaying the whole Osama bin Laden videotaped message to Americans due to the election. How insane is it that ObL is telling Americans it's specific policies that make them hate America. Shocking, it's not that terrorists hate our Freedom, like Dubya insists. They love their freedom, hate our policies. I suppose 100,000 Iraqi civilians dead might be what you'd call bad policy. |
| Menlo Park - November 4, 2004 | |
| ITEOTWAWKIAIFF |
| Menlo Park - November 4, 2004 | |
| England is going to have a reality show where a human corpse decomposes over time. They are taking applications from terminally ill patients. Sad to see people literally dying to get on TV. Ba-dup-ching! The Fox version is going to be an X-treme version where they take the corpse bungee jumping, give it a nose job and swap organs with other corpses (Trading Livers). No word yet on what the prize is once the corpse fully decomposes without being fired by Donald Trump. |
| Menlo Park - November 11, 2004 | |
| It's now exactly 11:11 on 11/11. In case you don't know, 11:11 is the only time of day where all the numbers are the same on a digital clock. I'm not sure what it means, but it's kind of cool. |
| Menlo Park - November 11, 2004 | |
| As much as I'm trying to ignore post-election news and analysis, I found one thing that gave me hope. All the electoral maps you see on the news shows depict a sharply divided electorate. Red states, blue states. But someone at Princeton has made a map with finer gradation that shows a Purple America. A nice even blend of red and blue. Hopefully it's a coincidence that purple is also the color of a really deep bruise. http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/purple_america_2004.gif |
| Menlo Park - November 25, 2004 | |
| Everyone knows today is the biggest eating day of the year. Tomorrow is Roto-Rooter's biggest toilet unclogging day of the year. They do twice as much business the day after Thanksgiving than any other day. Happy Thanksflushing! |
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