We are in deep

Switched to Chrome... dang it.

Today was a big step for us as a couple... we got our Costco card

and after dropping cash at Winco we ended up buying what amounts to our year's supply of groceries and then some. We ended this American ritual of excess with a little song and dance tradition I call "the Pizza Shuffle". There are some things that never cha

nge and that is my love of the pie from the sky but it was so weird to scarf a few slices with anything on top because every time I went with my dad (tradition that I love more than the shopping trips themselves and one of my happiest moments was a few months after I got back we got to take Michael out for a day with the guys and I believe I was the first to share the sweet morsel that is pizza with my favorite nephew) favored our taste buds with some cheesy tastiness. When you get married it's weird what carries over from your life and what bonds you begin anew but I hope this will remain a strong part of who we are, making sure to spend time with our family, regroup ourselves wherever we may be and share in the endeavor that is life.

But as it seems in the big box that is Costco. The parade of good feelings ended when we had towithdraw cash from an ATM to pay for the pizza which tasted a bit off in the first place (I think they may have changed their sauce and put on less cheese, another sign of treason, for shame Costco, for shame). And to think for all the money we spent buying food there we didn't even hit the middle of the store where all the goodies are (though Brynn had to tear me away from the many big tv's when we first got in.) I love Costco because everything just tastes better in bulk.

In other news we have teamed up with a few members of our ward to form a coed momo team over at SoccerPlex. If there are any aspiring Mia Hamm's who read this we need the bodies.

The company man

Yesterday I checked my inbox only to find an invitation to join Google voice. It's a service that basically assign you a new phone number which will ring your existing phone number(s) all the while giving you access to snazzy features such as transcribing your voice mails to text and sending a copy of I through email and onto your cell by text message. Really neat service and yet another in a growing list of products that I depend on them for. Add email, maps, contacts, calendar, blogger, YouTube, search, and my desire for an Android phone, I'm into them big time. Funny thing is I haven't paid red penny to use any of these things but as one of the biggest advertising companies on the web I give them the most valuable commodities in the business, information about their customer, and as the saying goes knowledge is power. But what does this mean for the regular Joe who signs up for an gmail account are they selling their souls to the big G? Will I see my electric bill bearing a return address to California soon? What does it matter because they have proven that they are capable of turning out fantastic products that are serviceable and accessible which all my price quota of FREE!? What's interesting will be how the next ten years treat Google as they begin to mature as a company will they face the same fire from government agencies that Microsoft weathered for the past decade. Until that I will stay hooked up to the machine dripping sweet Internet juice into my veins.

- Clifford "I love Google" Eiffler