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The Getty Villa
We went to the Getty Villa to celebrate Aviva’s birthday. The Villa is located in Malibu across from the ocean on a hillside. The building is modeled after an Italian villa; one part is designed after Hadrian’s villa. The collection is centered on art of the ancient world. There are two gardens, call peristyles, one […]
May 11th, 2008 by alephnaught
Found a cool store in West Hollywood, New Stone Age
While killing time before dinner, we happened upon a cool little store in West Hollywood called New Stone Age, 8407 West Third Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, 323.658.5969, frannie@newstoneagela.com. We bought two cool things, a glass object with what looks like a jelly fish inside (its just glass, but its very cool looking), and a […]
May 4th, 2008 by alephnaught
The Good That Men Do
Title: The Good That Men Do (Star Trek: Enterprise) Author: Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Star Trek (February 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743440013 ISBN-13: 978-0743440011 The first (and as far as I can tell only) pulp fiction book based on the Star Trek: Enterprise TV series. It uses […]
April 24th, 2008 by alephnaught
Soda Can Robug
I assembled a soda can Robug from a kit. I bought the kit at a book sale in the lobby of my office building yesterday; I had to bring in a small philips head screwdriver to complete the project. I built it while waiting for the post-release meeting to start early today (we rolled our […]
April 22nd, 2008 by alephnaught
Arrived in California
We drove five days from Chicago, Illinois, to Westlake Village, California. Here are some pictures we took along the way. View Larger Map Some of the boxes in our former living room Loading up the moving van Aviva in Colorado A Pizza Hut in Nebraska A Shell station in Utah
April 5th, 2008 by alephnaught
My first tattoo
Got my first tattoo today! This morning while pondering my breakfast of waffles, it suddenly dawned on me what tattoo I should get. You see, Aviva and I have talked about getting a tattoo for years, but we’ve never settled on a design. And, you do have to live with it (and if you’re Jewish […]
March 23rd, 2008 by alephnaught
Moonshadows Restaurant
Moonshadows Restaurant in Malibu, CA 20356 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu, CA 90256 I’m moved into my temporary housing, Aviva goes back home Monday to finish getting the house ready to vacate, so we decided to drive to Malibu and have a nice dinner. The service wasn’t great; I think our server forgot about us a […]
February 29th, 2008 by alephnaught
24 Declassified: Collateral Damage
Title:Â 24 Declassified: Collateral Damage Author: Marc Cerasini Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: HarperEntertainment (February 26, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0061431184 ISBN-13: 978-0061431180 A very guilty pleasure of mine – I love the TV series 24, and the books are just as good, maybe better. This one is set in the new NYC Counter-Terrorist Unit […]
February 27th, 2008 by alephnaught
Tom Clancy’s EndWar
Title: Tom Clancy’s EndWar Author: David Michaels Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Berkley (February 5, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0425222144 ISBN-13: 978-0425222140 I finished my interview early out in LA (great job opportunity, I hope I get an offer for this one), went out to Burbank Airport (Bob Hope), and had about five hours to kill […]
February 27th, 2008 by alephnaught
Beginning TiVo Programming
Title: Beginning TiVo Programming Author: John Brosnan, Kyle Copeland Paperback: 298 pages Publisher: Wrox (February 12, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0470054271 ISBN-13: 978-047005427 I read this book on the flight from Chicago to Phoenix to Burbank. Really good – I highly recommend this book. It includes everything you need to know to build TiVo applications, […]
May 12th, 2008 by alephnaught