Say what nasty things you want about Fry's, and they'll probably be true, but nevertheless I must say that my visit today to the Sunnyvale location was like a kid in a candy store. I hadn't been to an electronics superstore like Fry's in a long time, and there was just so much stuff to enjoy.

My main reason for going was to pick up a cheap router. The old Netopia R9100 that Steve had given me long ago finally seems to have bit the dust and stopped serving DHCP clients. After spending a few days futzing [...]
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On Sunday we made a short visit to our next-door neighbors, a pleasant retired couple with grandkids ranging from a bit older than Anthony to adult. Fumie and Anthony had plans, so we intended to stop in just to say "hi" and show off Anthony, whom they hadn't seen in two years.

We stayed for about 15 minutes, and left as Anthony started to get a bit fussy.

Five minutes later, as Fumie got Anthony situated in the car for them to go out, we realized why he was getting so fussy: his entire face was breaking out [...]