Archive for the 'General' Category

Hospitals and falls

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Without going into too many details, what is it with many people falling and getting hurt recently? In the past 2 weeks, at least 5 people I know ( or friend of a friend sort of thing) have fallen or been injured in someway. None are connected or related, though none are young.
 
Is it just [...]

Civic Duty: Jury Duty

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

In addition to voting today, I’ve been selected for Jury Duty Wednesday morning, at the Compton Courthouse.
 
With any luck, it’ll be like last time. Sit there all day, read two books, watch two movies I’ve already seen, and get a bad practical joke run by the guy in charge: telling everyone they’ll be sequestered for a 4 defendant/jury mass [...]

Trusting the weatherman

Friday, October 31st, 2008

So up to last night, the weather report said just a chance of rain on Sunday morning. Looking at the satallite radar image, I was pretty sure we’d get rain before then.
 
Guess what I woke up to? That’s right, rain!
 
Not a lot really, but enough to wet things down a bit. Good thing I changed [...]

Cool Free Software tomorrow!

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Codeweavers says cheap gas = free software tomorrow - The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW
 
Need to run a Windows program on your Mac, but don’t want to pay for Parallels or VMWare? Codeweavers is giving their version away for free, one day only! There are some catches, but why not go for it?

Season is over, go home

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

I did my best to cheer on the Dodgers in their failed attempt at the National League Championship. I went to games 4 and 5 of the NLCS, and they lost both. Wednesday’s game 5 was a dramatic shut down, with 3 errors by Furcal in one inning! The game was lost by then, but [...]

Wild Horses couldn’t keep me away

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

I have no problem driving long distances or hours with few to no stops. Most people know this, and are confused by it to some degree. Last Thursday for instance, was 860 miles. Up to the Amargosa, across to Mammoth, and back down to LA. In 24 hours, I had 4 hours of sleep, and [...]

More travel

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

On the heels of driving 660 miles on last Saturday, I’m prepping to do 1000 miles tomorrow morning.
 
South Gate to Nevada to Mammoth back to South Gate.
 
I should pack a bag incase I need to spend the night….. but I think I’ll go to bed first. Wake up call is at 3:45!

Is California On Fire?

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Is California On Fire?
 
Click above for the answer!

Dodger Playoff Tickets!

Monday, October 13th, 2008

I have 4 tickets to tonight’s game, and for Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies. So far, only I’m spoken for on each set of tickets. Ed’s looking to see if he’s available. If you’re interested, drop me a note. I plan on leaving South Gate/Downey area no later than 4pm, hopefully by 3pm if possible.
 
Update: 2 tickets available for [...]

Mammoth Trip

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

12 hours and 15 minutes to do 660 miles. That’s including time for breaks, fuel and food. Not too shabby I think.
 
I did hear on the radio, but wasn’t able to see in person, that the bridge over Lake Mary road collapsed last night. I’m glad we don’t live on the Chair 15 side of [...]