We were playing our own version of Scattegories around the dinner table last night: Name a Japanese food that begins with the letter B. Mike: B special! Too much Tokyo Lobby…. 🙂
I read this: The stock market took a beating yesterday, and investors were sorely disappointed as the excitement surrounding the historic swearing in of Barrack Obama as the nation’s 44th president was greeted on Wall Street by the worst inaugural stock market performance in the nation’s history. Investors ran for the hills as the Dow […]
Saw this on IndianaGrain.com: Craigslist has been accused of single-handedly killing the newspaper industry by conditioning people to pay as little as zero for classified ads. The traditional lifeblood for newspapers for your used car is being drained dry by this international classified ad network and by slightly-more-expensive-and-more-complicated auction services like eBay. You can’t blame […]
“OH, I think It’s an earthquake! An earthquake is happening right now!” I was talking on the phone with someone in Riverside. In the middle of our conversation, he said his house was shaking. I didn’t feel anything, about 60 miles away from him. Then about 15 seconds after he felt the earthquake, I felt […]
On Monday, we went to Mountain High to ski. I skied vicariously. I can’t remember when I last skied. I am sure I have not skiied since I had kids, which would be at least 21 years. So on Monday, I experienced skiing again through my children as they skied for the first time. I […]
“Vacation is like a bunch of Saturdays put in a row.” – Amy It’s nice to stay home, stay up late, and stay in bed in the morning. One more week left!!
One of the all-time favorites – Horton Hears a Who – now on DVD. It was so good we watched it twice in a row. Most notable are: ASAP = Acts Swiftly Awesome Pachyderm I meant what I said, and I said what I meant; an elephant is faithful 100 percent A person is a […]
I read this in Amy’s Social Studies book: Many inventions of the Industrial Revolution simply made life easier. When Alexis de Tocqueville of France visited the United States in the early 1830’s, he identified what he called a very American quality: [Americans want] to be always making life more comfortable and convenient, to avoid trouble, […]
“Fort Lupton Municipal Judge Paul Sacco says his novel punishment of forcing noise violators to listen to music they don’t like for one hour has cut down on the number of repeat offenders in this northwestern Colorado prairie town. About four times a year, those who plead guilty to noise ordinance violations are required to […]
1. Tried a new recipe of mini pumpkin pecan pies. Let’s just say I am not going to make them again. 2. Stayed up past midnight 2 nights playing Ticket To Ride. The first game was won by the youngest in the family; the second game was won by the second youngest. That goes to […]
Thanksgiving Dinner at my house: 21 pounds of Butterball Turkey Turkey Gravy Fresh cranberry sauce Chinese Roast Duck Chinese Roast Pork Chinese Sticky Rice Special Jiffy Corn Bread Mixed Vegetables Green Bean Casserole Potato Salad Marshmallow Yam California Roll Mini Pumpkin Pecan Pies Pastries from my cousin Friday Dinner: Ditto
It’s interesting how a slower economy effects everything. Recycled paper is the biggest export by volume from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It is bought mainly by paper mills in China and made into packaging used to box up goods for exports. (Los Angeles Business Journal, November 10, 2008) Recycled paper was […]
This was a press conference held in Santa Ana last Friday. Well said and well represented. http://www.youtube.com/VoteYesonProp8 It makes me sad seeing what people has become, what our country has become. We don’t need to worry about Al Qaeda; we are our own worst enemies. Did the main media cover this?
Every year we hear of fires in the Southern Cal areas due to the warm and gusty Santa Ana winds. My dad’s house at the foothills of Pasadena have seen fires close by in the San Gabriel mountains, but never close enough to have to evacuate. This year, it came close within about 5 miles […]
I showed Amy my yearbook dated 1972. “Look at these 2 people. They were friends of mine.” “They look like twins, except one has long hair and one has short hair.” “Yeah. The one with short hair is a boy.” “Aren’t they both boys?” “No. I thought they both look like girls. But the one […]
Obama continues to oppose tax-supported voucher programs to less-fortunate parents who also would like their children to attend a quality private school. It’s rather ironic who opposes school vouchers. From ChicagoTribune.com, by Clarence Page, on private school vouchers: …The question of vouchers as an alternative to public schools crosses color lines, but it is particularly […]
Twenty-five years ago today, I said “I do.” My image of marriage was a fairy tale picture of bliss. In fact I was right! But it took me 25 years to learn that marriage can be so happy – if you allow it to be. You can focus on the disagreements, the irritating habits, the […]
From Gary Bauer: Perhaps the biggest disappointment at the ballot box last night was the defeat of every initiative related to the sanctity of life. Parental notification failed in California. Expanded human embryonic stem cell research was approved in Michigan. Euthanasia was legalized in Washington State. And efforts to expand legal protections to the unborn […]
NAACP Los Angeles President Alice Huffman Sells Out Black Families Media Advisory October 30, 2008 Contact: Chip White, 916-446-2956 LOS ANGELES, CA – Campaign finance records reveal that Alice Huffman, President of the California State NAACP, the only major African American leader in California to endorse legalized gay marriage, has received nearly $200,000 from the […]
A friend sent me this story: Yesterday, on my way to lunch at Denny’s, I passed one of the homeless guys in that area, with a sign that read ‘Vote Obama, I need the money.’ Once in Denny’s my waiter had on a ‘Obama 08’ tee shirt. When the bill came, I decided not to […]