Archive for November, 2008

November 29th, 2008 by alephnaught

Pictures of Basil

Basil is our little schipperke.  He’s almost 15 1/2 years old and still going strong (as long as he gets his meds regularly). Four new pictures of our little bear.

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November 25th, 2008 by alephnaught

Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-11-25

@amyhoy When travelling in Italy, I needed to sign up for something in an Internet cafe and there were people around me. #
We should find out today if our bid on a house in Van Nuys has been accepted #
@PPureIndulgence I won by default (the other person spoke too long), good feedback, audience seemed to [...]

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November 24th, 2008 by alephnaught

Pictures from Palm Desert

We drove out to Palm Desert to visit Aviva’s mom and her boyfriend Dave.  They’re snowbirds – they spend the winter in Palm Desert and the summer outside Detroit.
We walked on El Paseo on Thursday (lots of closed stores, not a good sign for the economy), and walked around Palm Springs on Saturday (the Sunday [...]

November 23rd, 2008 by alephnaught

Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-11-23

We just got back from visiting Aviva’s mom in Palm Desert #
Watching 24: Redemption #

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November 23rd, 2008 by alephnaught

Tales From Nowhere

Title: Tales From Nowhere
Author: Don George (editor)
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Lonely Planet (September 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1741045193
ISBN-13: 978-1741045192

I saw this book in a travel bookstore in Burbank and figured it would be a good read for Italy.  We put off our vacation (so we could spend the time searching for a new home).  So, when [...]

November 21st, 2008 by alephnaught

Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-11-21

Finally leaving for Palm Desert #
Aviva, her mom and I are window shopping on El Paseo in Palm Desert #

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November 20th, 2008 by alephnaught

Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-11-20

Finally back to work – I hate the flu #

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November 18th, 2008 by alephnaught

Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-11-18

Finally caught a flu; everything just moves so slowly #

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November 17th, 2008 by alephnaught

Tweets from purplehayz on 2008-11-17

@1god “Santa Claus wears a red suit – he’s a communist” – Arlo Guthrie #

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November 16th, 2008 by alephnaught

Pictures from Renton, WA and Venice, CA

I was in Renton, WA on a business trip, visiting the main office of Classmates.com (I manage a satellite office in Woodland Hills, CA).  It rains a lot there, and while the weather was clearing, we had a rainbow.

Saturday (yesterday) we went to Venice to check it out again; we both really like the Venice [...]