Month: April 2009

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Chatsworth Peak

Apparently that oil drum was just below (as in virtually the same thing) Chatsworth Peak as recognized by the US government.  Here is a google maps plotting of the GPS coordinates for Chatsworth Peak: View Larger Map What does that mean? Well, it means that yesterday I hiked to a vantage point of 2,314 feet […]

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I’m radioactive

My dad pointed out that the area I was in yesterday was the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.  Specifically I was wandering around Area 1 and the “southern buffer area.”  Apparently the land is still quite polluted and the fires last year released more toxic stuff. This morning I woke up with a stuffy head/runny nose. […]

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Adventureland

Sunday at noon Victor caught me online and we headed to Shamshiri for lunch.  I had the lamb and while it tasted good, it was … “chewy.”  Nothing like the super soft lamb I’ve always had at the Westwood Shamshiri.  Shamshiri always stuffs you (with rice, mostly) to the point of pain.  Today this would […]

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Dear Old Dad

So now I can be added to the burgeoning masses that blog about “OMG my mom and/or dad are on facebook!” Yeah, now my dad is on facebook.  Nothing wrong with that – dad has always* embraced technology, I remember seeing huge yellow books on our bookcases about learning C+ as a kid.   *except for […]

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Roger, you devil…

Seven months ago I railed against Roger Ebert because he was apparently a creationist.  Recently he has blogged again with an entry called “How I believe in God.”  In it he says he is not an atheist, believer or agnostic but rather some sort of mash-up.  His views are somewhat close to mine (which maybe […]

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