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It’s my wife’s birthday today, and we’re celebrating with a bottle of 2008 Gustavo Syrah, personally inscribed by Gustavo Brambila himself, and homemade enchiladas from our new, fully operational gas cooktop. Gustavo’s famed for his character in the movie Bottle … Continue reading →

RCOB. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

A reminder: on January 1st, 1996, this happened just over the border. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

@SF Asian Art Museum for the last day of the Cyrus Cylinder exhibit. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Remodeling our kitchen with help from my brother in law (on floor). – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Rawles’ latest, Expatriates. This should be good. Thanks to Dutton and The Penguin Group for the review copy! I’ll post a review shortly. A measure of how hectic things are in Cali at the moment: CGF forgot the “i” in … Continue reading →

The Obama Administration is going to re-re-re-focus on the economy. The White House is signaling it wants to shift back to the economy after two weeks in which the Syrian crisis has dominated President Obama’s schedule and workload. Obama will … Continue reading →

Cough Companies lay off thousands, then demand immigration reform for new labor On Tuesday, the chief human resources officers of more than 100 large corporations sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging quick … Continue reading →

When you hear passengers on the video rather nervously telling the kids, “Don’t be scared,” as they hit cruising speed and the trees become an indistinct blur so fast that your eyes cannot catch up, (minute 5 or so) you … Continue reading →

It could, I suppose just mean that the War on Terror is going very well for us, but I don’t think that is what this signifies at all. Hat tip: Satyricon. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad