Monthly Archives: October 2007

Verizon Wireless wants to sell your personally identifiable data: here’s how you can stop this

One more reason I will probably drop Verizon in a few months, when my contract is up. Verizon is now requiring it’s customers to » Opt Out in order to have your personal data not be sold! They claim that … Continue reading

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Local Fires

For those of you outside of Southern California, you may or may not of heard that there are many fires burning. The earliest one started this morning, and all are fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds. There is a Google Maps area … Continue reading

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Birthday Cruising

My father’s birthday was earlier in the month. However, my mom’s sister was in town last week, so we held a large birthday party last Friday. A few years ago, we had a surprise boat cruise birthday party for my … Continue reading

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Late wedding photos

Last month, in September, William got married. His parents introduced mine, and of course we went. Ed was one of the groomsmen. The wedding was down in Laguna Beach, and a foggy morning, but wonderfully sunny afternoon. Bride and Groom … Continue reading

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Chased by wind and rain

In leaving Corvallis on last Tuesday, I had originally planned to drive straight back to Los Angeles. However, with a winter storm approaching, and a late start behind me, I decided to add another day to my trip, and hop … Continue reading

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Drizzle, driving and pizza.

After helping Andy move north last weekend, I visited two sets of cousins, one in Washington and the other in Oregon. I had never visited either of them at home before, as they had always been generous to drive south … Continue reading

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On the road again…..

My friend Andy has decided to move up to Portland. Can’t say that I understand why. It rains there, the sun doesn’t come out, and they still have earthquakes. Oh, and the occasional volcano near by. Not to mention, no … Continue reading

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Hopefully the planes will fly on time

There are a few good reasons to hate to fly. Bumpiness, airsickness, crying babies. Planes not arriving on time, that sort of thing. Now though, the  US demands air passengers ask its permission to fly. Under the new proposal, the … Continue reading

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College Football upsets

I don’t usually write anything about college football, since I went to a school that had some pretty bad flag football players. However, for the sake of family rivalries, I will note that Stanford beat USC by 1 point. Underdogs … Continue reading

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iPhone it in

In addition to recently upgrading to WordPress 2.3, I installed a new plugin called iWPhone. Hopefully, this will make reading this blog easier for people with iPhones. Now if only I had something people with iPhones wanted to read!

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