Late last year, an Amatuer Radio Class was offered for free at our church. We just had to pay for the book and a small fee to take the test. Totally oblivious I was to what amateur radio was, I took the class. About a month later, I bought myself a Christmas [...]
Browsing Posts published in April, 2010
On April 19, Vera Rubin, a distinguished astronomer gave a lecture at the Huntington Library. She talked on her theory of Dark Matter. It was a very interesting lecture.
What I got out of it was
1. The existence of Dark Matter is a theory to explain why the rotations of the out-lying stars [...]
Use to play Monopoly all the time as a kid. Had no idea how my kids would receive it. So on Saturday night, we break open the new Monopoly game and set it up. After about 30 minutes, Desiree and Luke are both raving about the game. Three hours later, I had [...]
So we have a 12 1/2% unemployment rate in Orange County, CA.
Part of my extended family has been unemployed for 1 1/2 years – and all of my extra money goes to support that person.
I had 5 furlough days last year so the company could save money.
I was forced to use one week of vacation [...]
I am on a mailing list to keep me abreast of Roger Hodgson formerly of Supertramp. Thanks to the mailing list, I was able to learn of his concert at Pachenga which took place about a month ago. Today, I recieved an email from this listing and I would like to post it [...]
I am kind of late at writing this post but we took this trip on the Thanksgiving weeking of 2009. We wanted to go camping and we were looking at one of two spots. Keough Hot Springs or try some place up in the mountains near Bishop, CA in the Inyo National Forest. [...]
So we were digging through Desiree’s backpack and came across this in-class assignment from her 6th grade class.
If I Were In Charge of the World
If I were in charge of the world:
I’d cancel school (for you will be born with all intelligence), scratchy clothes, and also illnesses and pains.
If I were in charge of the [...]
I have come to learn over time that I enjoy music more than most people do. There are others like me. But it actually is very much the minority who love listening to it like I do.
Siobhan has been my favorite this season. Here are some of the best ones she has [...]
About a year ago, a friend of mine had me check out this application where I was to add a bunch of pictures and create a slide show. On my old blog, I put them in the footer of the blog. This time, they will go in as one post.
We have pictures of [...]
Tonight, My Mom, Desiree and I went to the Huntington Library to see Jenny Green talk on Black Holes. Did you know that all galaxies that are rounded in shape have at least one black hole? And did you know that only some of the flat galaxies have a black hole?
Desiree, my eleven year old [...]
