5 Things

5 things you may not know about me…

1. I had a killer mullet in the 80’s. But my hair was really frizzy kinky curly Seinfeld-ish. Jana was happy when I lost my hair – she said my hair didn’t add any value.

2. As a summer job in college I was a singing waiter on a harbor cruise boat.

3. I’ve always wanted to be a game show host. And I still think there’s a chance it will happen.

4. I know all the words to Staying Alive and once had a custom jumpsuit tailored for me (doesn’t fit anymore – Jon Hartley wears it on occasion).

5. I’ve known my wife since second grade. we grew up 1 mile apart. we went to prom as friends. while she was finishing college I mailed her a job posting for a graphic designer position at the local newspaper Highline Times – she applied for the job – was hired – moved back to Burien – we started dating – and 13 years later we’re still together!

This "5 things" is a crazy chain letter running around the blog world... Ted tapped me (as a form of revenge after Jana tapped him) - and I'm tapping UpTheBlog! :-)

The Bears

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Originally uploaded by B-TownMom.

12 bears took a dunk in the drink on New Years at Three Tree Point... it's still the best cure for a hangover.

first butt-kicking in '07

I just limped off the water - I got POUNDED by huge swells in the shore break and liquid smoke completely leveled me several times... what a way to start '07! I was riding my 4.7, but i could have easily been on my 3.7. I should have seen the warning signs - while i was rigging my sail my board flipped over and scooted down the street... that's a classic sign from the wind gods to rig small!!

I just checked the ferry wind speed - it was blowing 40mph at Fauntleroy while i was out there!

I'm seriously doing the happy-dance. It was a great morning. Now, off to work!

3 days without power

3 days without power
Originally uploaded by Andy Kleitsch.

It was an interesting three days... in retrospect, I'm happy we didn't have power. I'd like to reenact the experience next year... perhaps we could have "Pioneer Days" one weekend every year... living w/o power really highlighted how addicted to electricity we are... and then, when the power finally came back, it seemed ridiculous to watch people piss it away by powering inflatable snowmen in their front yards...

The holiday party

Some companies host lavish holiday parties, give fancy gifts, etc... not us. We took the crew to the Bodies exhibit. Jeff thought it was a strange holiday party theme, but the other pagans in the office loved the idea.

It's been 4 days since our holiday party and I'm still thinking about it... the exhibit was fantastic. loved it. My favorite parts: the knee joint. nervous system. babies in jars. and looking for the best piece of "steak" on each body (the calf usually looked nice and meaty).

Golden Gardens goes off

I pulled into Golden Gardens just in time to chat with Wes before he launched his 3.2. Minutes earlier his board was blown 15 feet across the lawn. I rigged my 4.2.

The wind dropped down to 4.2, the sun came out... it was GREAT! Wes snapped a few shots of me while he was rigging his 4.2. Then a Seattle P.I. photographer came over and asked Wes for our names, i guess he caught a few photos of us out there. :-)

Typical Andy - the game

No, I did not hire a "dynamic Ukranian company" to build a mobile game for the German market where I "get out of the labyrinth"... damn, why didn't i think of that?!

From the press release:

Happy Tube, being a dynamic Ukrainian company which specialises in the production of mobile content and also focuses on outsourcing services, is pleased to announce a release of "Typical Andy" which has been developed specifically for Snapgames, a German company which is considered to be a new force in the development and publishing of games.
"Typical Andy" has proven to be a very successful project of Happy Tube and is going to strengthen its cooperation with Snapgames.

The idea of the game is to help Andy to get out of the labyrinth, which is a great opportunity for the player to develop the logical way of thinking. Happy Tube's developers have a lot of experience in the development of the games for the mobile phones, so they have provided the game with a convenient control and 2 modes of 15 levels each.

Having a friendly graphics and enriched with the animation, thanks to the hard work of the Happy Tube's designer, the game is ported to the majority of the mobile phones available on the market.

Happy Tube, being a developer of the games for mobile phones as well as an aggregator, is also attracted to the domestic and foreign companies by its outsourcing abilities. So, Snapgames is not an exception, because the outsourcing is rather cheap, but the quality of the products is high. That is why "Typical Andy" is once more going to prove the reliability and quality of the Happy Tube's products and we are very much hoping that the game will be enjoyed by all its players.