The Wife and I took yesterday off work and drove up to Santa Barbara. It’s paradise here. Even back in the high desert, it’s cool and windy — sweater weather. In Santa Barbara, in the middle of January, it was… Continue Reading
Saturday night, The Wife and I went to LACMA and met up with our friend, who works as a curator there. Her work is in the contemporary exhibits and I’ve had difficulty with contemporary art in the past. I found… Continue Reading
The Wife and I were going to meet a friend at the art museum last night to tour some exhibits and have dinner together. However, we were all trapped on this side of the Newhall Pass by a wildfire that… Continue Reading
My in-laws enjoy playing board games when The Wife and I come to visit. Last night, with my brother-in-law around, we had five for dinner and games. So the game of choice was Clue. They have a classic game —… Continue Reading
Well, first we’re leaving on a turboprop, and then on a jet plane. As this post is published, The Wife and I should be on a plane to San Francisco and then on to Chicago to rent a car and… Continue Reading
Last night was my twentieth high school reunion. My class was small enough that by graduation, pretty much everyone knew pretty much everyone else. That doesn’t mean we were all close friends; a lot of the people I was with… Continue Reading
The author of this book is a blogbuddy, so I admit I’m somewhat biased in his favor. But I mitigate my admitted affinity for the author on a personal level with the fact that the style of the book is… Continue Reading
Looks like now that Obama is the Democratic party’s nominee, and he needs to run to the center and otherwise appeal to middle America for votes, he’s retiring another part of his campaign: fist bumps. And it’s a shame. I… Continue Reading
I had a deposition today that took less time than I had anticipated it would. The deposition was held in beautiful Chatsworth, a denser-than-suburban neighborhood between Van Nuys and Granada Hills. It feels hot in the Valley this time of… Continue Reading
We’ve made arrangements to visit our families in Wisconsin in mid-September. What I want most now is to get some tickets to the Green Bay-Dallas at Lambeau Field on September 21 so I can take my dad to a game… Continue Reading