Monthly Archives: September 2018

We both made it

Did I mention that Carmen was joining me in Rome? Our original plan involved us being here for 4-5 days, moving on to BCN and picking up Vision on of the Seas for a frolic around the Med before sailing … Continue reading

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Where did the day go

It sort of vanished. The 29th of Sept that is. Eaten up by flights and time zone changes. After all, when you board a plane in the evening, stay on it for 13 hours plus adding on the fact that … Continue reading

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Almost, maybe, yes a seat

It became rather interesting last evening when I received the usual 24 hours out notice from Turkish Airlines to check in for my flight. Admittedly, I don’t enjoy doing such things on my phone, but since I wasn’t home nor … Continue reading

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Why was I in class?

yes, I know that education is important. Certainly the US government is paying through the nose for me to entertain myself with attending classes. But really, one has to set priorities. My choice this afternoon was being a good kid … Continue reading

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Move, please

One of the challenges that I am facing four days a week is BART between Civic Center in San Francisco and North Berkeley. It isn’t that I love riding on a crowded system, but rather it is a better alternative … Continue reading

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Sept 11

This is the 18th remembrance of the Twin Towers, Pentagon and Flight 93. Any of us who were old enough at the time can identify where we were, what we were doing. For my generation, previously the impact had been … Continue reading

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Four Decades

Does that sound more impressive than 40 years? Not sure but that is how long I have been married. The advantage to using the above tag on the post is that the software doesn’t seem to be able to handle … Continue reading

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Lasted a bit longer

at the ball game. It might have been because I wasn’t as cold. It might have been because the As were obviously doing a lot better than the previous evening. In any case, had fun. We made a lot of … Continue reading

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Cold & wind

I didn’t last the whole game. It was cool. I can’t say it was cold; not when Minnesota or northern Sweden are my comparisons for what is really cold. Rather, my nose started to run, there ere way too many … Continue reading

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Interesting SPAM

most of the time I just delete everything that Askimet places in my SPAM folder. By and large, it is BOT produced comments that are about Canadian Pharmacies, penile enhancements, fund frauds, illiterate links and other fun stuff. I would … Continue reading

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Too much sports?

Since George went with me to the baseball game last night, I owed him. Well, sort of. Anyway, I went along to the Cal football game this afternoon. He has season tickets in Section E which turns out to be … Continue reading

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