… from the Alcatraz weekend.
Caleb, Nancy and their daughters flew into town for the Escape From Alcatraz triathlon weekend, which happened to coincide with my birthday this year. It’s become a bit of a tradition that we all get together for the weekend as an extended family, and this year was no exception. Although the focus was on Caleb…
Debi and I were spending a nice Sunday exploring San Francisco’s waterfront (Embarcadero) and were surprised to see this “Zipline” set up at Justin Herman Plaza at the foot of Market street. Here is a video of the tower and the setup. The second video is of a couple coming down — you will see…
dd END====================== Introduction: The Madison High School football team of 1964—anchored by the Class of 1965, supported by underclassmen, and guided by an extraordinary coaching staff—achieved something no Dodger team had ever done: they finished a season undefeated and untied. It wasn’t an easy road. The path was marked by critical injuries, dramatic…
California recently passed the point where Caucasians were a majority. We are now only a plurality. On walks in the park, you are likely to hear people pass, chattering with each other in langauges other than English. Spanish, of course. But frequently Chinese, Russian, undetermined Slavic-sounding languages and, around our neighborhood, Japanese. Further…
From 1950 to 1955, Dad was stationed at the Chincoteague Naval Air Station, which was on the road from US Route 13 out to Chincoteague Island. It forms my first memories. Here is a Google Earth view of the area today. The facility was decommissioned by the Navy and used by NASA as their…
On my “To Do” list is a rather daunting goal: “Move Into The Cloud by EOY 2012.” What I mean by that is to “dematerialize” my life as much as possible: to get rid of tangible personal property (of the sort stored in the garage!); to move family albums and other memorabilia online; to detach…
