Kurt Groetsch @ OldTasty.com

Sheena and Kurt, originally uploaded by Oldtasty.
41 years ago, the United States Supreme Court declared any law restricting marriage between races unconstitutional. This includes a law that was on the books in Missouri prohibiting marriage between whites and anyone of Asian descent.
How things have changed.

New bike, originally uploaded by Oldtasty.
Did a test ride to the office yesterday, and rode in again this morning via the Stevens Creek Trail. Gas is up to $4.08/gallon out here, and I need the exercise anyway. But really, it’s just nice to be back on two wheels again.

So after reading Mark’s writeup of Patrick Wilson’s “Two Kinds of Power: an Essay on Bibliographical Control” I was intrigued enough to hustle off to Google Book Search to see if they’d scanned a copy already. They had. [Disclaimer: I work on the Google Book Search team.] Of course, because it’s still in copyright, it’s […]

Car’s in the shop so I decided to walk the 4 miles in to work. I’m walking like an old man around the office as a result, but I’m thinking I may do this more often. It’s a nice walk, it’s eco-friendly, and I really need the exercise. I think I’ve figured out the shortest […]

Well, I’ve just lived through my first bay-area earthquake, a 5.6 magnitude “event” not even 20 miles from my place. Nothing broken though, and all is well. Wheeeee!

DSC_2584.jpg, taken by Shane Beers and uploaded by Oldtasty.
Champaign-Urbana can be downright depressing this time of year, when students have yet to come back from Christmas break, the weather is wet and gray and, oh yeah, your wife of three weeks has been back in China for a week.
That’s right, Sheena and I were married […]

I am delighted to announce that Sheena Lu and I will be married December 22, 2006 in a small, private ceremony at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Urbana, Illinois. She is the love of my life, and I am humbled that she will have me as her husband.

It’s a remarkable story, and I’d have […]