“Mack” Xu played amateur basketball for 19 years in China while following the exploits of American NBA players on television. He even borrowed part of Michael Jordan’s name when deciding on an English name when all Chinese businessman started to need them. For half his life (which means about thirty years) he had a dream […]
Gettin’ there
Saturday I joined Beverly and her father for a trip to the Getty Center. I’d been there many times before – but never in the winter. The changing exhibits were all video installations (which we all agreed were a waste of time). In one of the buildings there was a “classroom” setting where “students” could […]
technologic
Those of you that have ever talked to me about technology know my opinion on where computing is going. What my position is is that from a software/OS point of view we will no longer be bound to a “computer” but simply log in to “virtual” machines from any machine connected to the internet. This […]
which bearded old man…darwin, or god?
and also this sad news Gee, does anybody see the connection here? America is getting left behind in economic, educational and technological progress and SURPRISE! we all still think a magical bearded man in the sky is going to solve our problems. Historians will one day look back on our society and wonder how we […]
falling
found this interesting article this morning
Old Getty Road
On Monday I took my parents to the Getty Villa in Malibu. I never knew I lived a 15 mile jaunt down the mountain away from the ocean. I’ll have to take advantage of that in the future. I don’t know what my parents’ impression of the Villa was – but I was a bit […]
Japamerican Tough Guys
Sunday morning started with a trip to the Japanese Garden. I had already been rebuffed on two separate occasions by the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant and so I was ready to be wowed. I was thoroughly underwhelmed. Most of the vegetation was struggling to keep it’s green, and there didn’t seem to be much variation […]
The Pumpkin Charmer
Beverly came around noon with nice flowers for my mom. It was then that my weakness was exposed for all the world to see. We went to Target and found a vase to put the flowers in. Yaw and Justin rolled in before 4pm. And then – the feast (that mom, almost exclusively mom, had […]
Calendar Girl
More from the trip to Phoenix, including a photo me getting the ball-slap-handshake can be found here very soon.
locked and loaded
My thanksgiving weekend started on Thanksgiving morning with a heaping helping of Beverly’s veal Parmesan. I had to leave in a hurry though to go home and prepare for the imminent of arrival of some special guests. I picked up my parents at 6:30 from Bob Hope airport. They wanted to eat dinner, but our […]