Yesterday was Jessica Loveman (my cousin) and Kevin Morten’s wedding in Newport Beach, CA. Here are a few shots of us. Welcome to the family Kevin!
Shawn, Jessica (gf) and Michael (step-bro)
Mom and Maer
Jessica and Shawn
Reception centerpiece. Pretty.
this is an attempt at my first mobile post to the blog. i’ll say i’m very impressed with the mobile site… i had no idea. it is cumbersome writing in T9 (remember that?). i still own the samsung m610, pretty much the best non-smartphone made.
I recently served as a juror on a month-long criminal trial in Sacramento County. The defendant was charged with committing 3 home-invasion robberies in the Sacramento suburbs. Being a juror is fascinating. A wise co-worker once said that “a month at work will be easily forgotten, but a month in jury duty is something you’ll always remember.” There are a few lessons I took away from jury duty worth sharing (in no particular order):
We found the defendant guilty for 13 out of 20 counts, and mis-trialed on the other 7 (see first bullet point above).
If you’re reading this it means you’ve either added shawnlavoie.com to some kind of rss reader or you never lost hope that I would someday post again. Good for you! I’m back. Actually, Wayne recently informed me that my site was f-ed, so I had to come (do the bare minimum) and set the theme back to default. While I’m here, check out these things online that I like: Pandora, W00t, S&C, HousingMaps. That’s all for now.
I spotted these three Priuses lined up outside the synagogue last Saturday and felt it necessary to capture the all-American memory. It appears three separate parties happened to park in ’flag’ formation and it wasn’t some Toyota gimmick. Sorry for the poor quality of my camera phone. You get the general idea.
My friend/co-worker Arjan is responsible for this glorious creation. Bless his soul. Then buy books through the site.
Yay! And since I’m being political, watch this awesome video about the scandalous attorney firings, pointed out to me by Lauren.
Went to the REI flagship store in Seattle over the weekend, which happened to be during their anniversary sale. The place has a waterfall, bike and hiking demo trails and a huge rockclimbing wall. It was glorious. I bought the Solomon Techamphibian water shoes in camo using my $40 gift card, given to me when signing up for the REI Visa card. That, combined with the 20% anniversary sale discount and another 10% or so back in dividends made them way affordable. And I’ll look like a badass hiking Mt Fuji.