Free lunches
We worked through lunch reviewing architecture materials my team have been creating; we’re taking on a bunch of new responsibilities and this is the best way I know to learn enough to start taking responsibility – start at the top and bottom and work to the middle. So we brough in lunch, from a local […]
December 14th, 2008 by alephnaught
Chakra Restaurant
Yesterday we ran errands, purchasing a new iPod for me (I could have done with a black and white screen and a better scroll wheel, but having 120Gb is a huge upgrade given my old, dead iPod as a 20Gb model – hey, I use it for music, I put photos on my phone; I […]
December 7th, 2008 by alephnaught
Pasadena flea market
We visited the big flea market at Pasadena City College – they take over four floors of the parking structure; its really big! A B2 bomber flew overhead for a while – must be a big airbase nearby A sculpture on the (long) walk to the flea market from the parking area We got a […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
November 15th, 2008 by alephnaught
November 11th, 2008 by alephnaught
Freedom or fundamentalism?
Interesting article in today’s New York Times, “For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics.” The Republican Party has become a mouthpiece for Christian fundamentalists that want to force everyone to live their life just like they do. How is this any different than Muslim fundamentalists that want everyone to live their life like they […]
November 9th, 2008 by alephnaught
What to do with an economy on the rocks?
In today’s New York Times, there are four articles by four noted economists suggesting alternative approaches for improving the current economic conditions: It’s a Time to Listen, and to Obey the Laws of Arithmetic Put Away the Wish List, and Help Households Bounce Back The Mood Always Matters, So Restore Confidence First The Real Mandate […]
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+Bob Hays
- I'm a father and husband, have two schipperkes, like to read, compose music, travel. And I manage a couple software development teams at DIRECTV.
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December 14th, 2008 by alephnaught
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