tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240053872024-03-06T23:54:23.226-05:00 California Dreaming - and the RealityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger346125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-48057952030668402442022-03-08T11:23:00.004-05:002022-03-08T11:26:28.848-05:00Mornings<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0Tk53AS-4Rcz80uSFlvm5ZkETDppBrbRJQo94CsPwVmaKz62_v1OYn-TyL_kJHQhZtMLjO3jOH3AJzI1J_6g_QZDjvn1wmt1z-yc9UXS4P_BHM1CAZ2rlH9O-a5kowL0SswYGClcDIY8-l5ZZ8lFgRG1j-l8IpgqbxgZ4b_A-j-rEQuVKQw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0Tk53AS-4Rcz80uSFlvm5ZkETDppBrbRJQo94CsPwVmaKz62_v1OYn-TyL_kJHQhZtMLjO3jOH3AJzI1J_6g_QZDjvn1wmt1z-yc9UXS4P_BHM1CAZ2rlH9O-a5kowL0SswYGClcDIY8-l5ZZ8lFgRG1j-l8IpgqbxgZ4b_A-j-rEQuVKQw" width="192" /></a></div><br /><p><b>March 7, 2022</b></p><br /><br />ME: Benny, have you been studying for your written driving test?<br /><br />BEN: Uh no.<div> <br />ME: the California test is really hard. A bunch of us at the business times were taking it around the same time and people kept failing it. They were dropping like flies!<br /><br />BEN: OK<br /><br />ME: you’ll have to watch that “Taxi” episode where Jim goes to the DMV.<br /><br />RON: Slooooow dooown<br /><br />ME: exactly<br /><br />RON: between your horror stories and “Taxi” he won’t be able to take the test. <br /><br />ME: he’s fine. After 18 years with me, his nerves are hammered steel.<br /><br />BEN: yes<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39k067hcgYY" target="_blank">"Taxi" scene</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>March 8, 2022</b><br /><br /><br />Benny following me to my desk to discuss why our country should have a higher minimum wage.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-90772727292765993372021-06-28T11:55:00.000-05:002021-06-28T11:55:09.103-05:00Last Year<p> After a two-year hiatus, I'm not sure if I have any readers left, but I'm back!</p><p>Despite the name, this is first and foremost a parenting blog, begun just months before I became pregnant with Benny. Now that his fraught, dramatic and borderline disastrous junior year has finally ended, we are entering our son's Last Year with us.</p><p>This stage of life does deserve some chronicling, and so here I am. A year from now, if all goes well and we pull some minor miracle out of our asses, Benny will be preparing to leave for a good four-year college. If things don't go well -- well, we'll save a ton of money sending him to community college and living with a disappointed, sullen young adult in some rinky-dink place in Daly City. Joy.</p><p>And TWO cats. We just acquired a kitten this weekend named Samson and while I had reservations because he's so young (two months) and he's an enormous pain most of the time, we are all crazy about him. He's not really that scared of Phoebe, maybe because he knows she can't get him through the glass door, so he shamelessly harasses her until she's beside herself. He's literally one-tenth of her size. </p><p>But he's so cute!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTf2pwCEangJmTmp-_xqpj8ozVEpWua9sumUPmaGLQfMe1GebClud6A_21DAVrT08S_KjK-GaeHVLmXLL3KFdmImK_vR0xbl1ZRPXCGUOdPiPRw-rIB-hfYNKb4v7kTwadgOd/s2048/IMG-0640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTf2pwCEangJmTmp-_xqpj8ozVEpWua9sumUPmaGLQfMe1GebClud6A_21DAVrT08S_KjK-GaeHVLmXLL3KFdmImK_vR0xbl1ZRPXCGUOdPiPRw-rIB-hfYNKb4v7kTwadgOd/s320/IMG-0640.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHziRwMdwuTHnpN6gBJyLPrLItCOW53r7Xis3vgXT49-hlXjHAMKTd4f26WAtFqMmb3bxVprep5xUCBk6OZ3lOsb_DOBuWnCcdwcaekKlEVq927WcU65omfIkTTtFUK-8lJlr/s2048/IMG-0634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHziRwMdwuTHnpN6gBJyLPrLItCOW53r7Xis3vgXT49-hlXjHAMKTd4f26WAtFqMmb3bxVprep5xUCBk6OZ3lOsb_DOBuWnCcdwcaekKlEVq927WcU65omfIkTTtFUK-8lJlr/s320/IMG-0634.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Anyway, like Benny's first year with us, his last year is hugely significant and so I plan to blog it with the same weird obsessiveness because I know it's the last one (one must be optimistic) and I don't want it to slip away unnoticed. </p><p>After all, how many times will Benny and I sit together in the living room first thing in the morning discussing Tour de France spoilers and the raging controversy of the name change for Boba Fett's ship?*</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>* For the record, I couldn't care less about Boba Fett or his ship. Frankly, I think Slave 1 looks like a Dust Buster. Vacuum up the dregs of the galaxy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqLFQbN2RVa7A7HIGQZGDKi1EtCi43XfW3yBp-MxcFZ9mqYmYqqZdZmw-NBHDDm0Uj54ctVX_uh0O0jw_kIONR7v3qBk0fZKFu-Uz_4cnyoNVHAyAzQiDD04mPjRfgK8k1pM_/s1201/Slave_I_DICE.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqLFQbN2RVa7A7HIGQZGDKi1EtCi43XfW3yBp-MxcFZ9mqYmYqqZdZmw-NBHDDm0Uj54ctVX_uh0O0jw_kIONR7v3qBk0fZKFu-Uz_4cnyoNVHAyAzQiDD04mPjRfgK8k1pM_/s320/Slave_I_DICE.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-29611943652424205182018-08-27T01:28:00.000-05:002018-12-22T01:29:44.786-05:00Benny on his first day of high school<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-88321918073441963192018-07-14T01:31:00.000-05:002018-12-22T01:32:26.744-05:00 Happy Bastille Day! Let us eat cake!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-66427441682476460132018-06-20T01:45:00.000-05:002018-12-22T01:46:11.109-05:00Jazz Concert<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Benny with Grandma at Jazz Band Concert and Ensemble Night</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-1348327018256178502018-04-14T01:50:00.000-05:002018-12-22T01:51:36.947-05:00Playing Statues<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It was great to see family in New York City -- that made the trip perfect. That statue, by the way, is of General Sherman with the goddess of wheat (!).</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-28200746224295129102018-04-14T01:48:00.000-05:002018-12-22T01:48:54.766-05:00New York City<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Headed to New York last week for a few Engineering News-Record events. I was so excited after getting to my hotel (at 10 pm) that I immediately headed out to Times Square. Also met up with some interesting folks from South Haven, Michigan. I really liked this city -- perfect for night owls and Snapple on every corner! My people!</span><div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-13852175877902918062018-03-21T01:53:00.000-05:002018-12-22T01:53:56.723-05:00Bad Attitude<span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I've been reading around-the-world travel blogs again. This can be risky, since so many like to present cute versions of "Eat, Pray, Love." If I ever write a travel blog, I'll call it "Drink, Brood, Complain."</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-10018494709944138722018-03-19T01:55:00.000-05:002018-12-22T01:59:19.818-05:00Never Tell Me the Odds!<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Sometimes, it's better not to know the odds. Benny was accepted to San Francisco's School of the Arts in the creative writing program. To apply, he had to submit two essays, five poems, two short stories and a play. Then he went to the school for an interview and some timed writing. He worked so hard and he's so happy!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-69463459450269317782018-01-30T02:00:00.000-05:002018-12-22T02:00:42.640-05:00Happy Birthday Benny!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-23217502960668556102018-01-09T02:03:00.000-05:002018-12-22T02:04:04.793-05:00Time with Callisto<span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif;">Bad news today: Our beautiful Callisto's kidneys are failing. We don't know how much time we'll have with her, perhaps as much as a year. All we can do is continue to enjoy being together.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-65217140975198788902018-01-07T02:05:00.000-05:002018-12-22T02:07:52.899-05:00Skate!<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Benny joined me at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships this weekend in San Jose. Note the tub of Bribery Popcorn.</span><div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-34876083561608486782017-10-06T15:21:00.000-05:002018-12-22T15:22:12.223-05:00Grease Is the Word<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Enjoying Sing A Long Grease at the Castro Theater.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-42904500966603491062017-06-06T13:48:00.000-05:002018-12-25T13:56:16.414-05:00Camping With Teens<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Summer camping season has begun! Last weekend I took Benny and his friend Noe to Big Basin Redwoods State Park. They set up the tent, built the fires and cooked the breakfasts. With two teenage boys around, I didn't have much to do!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-83327893459564945512017-05-14T14:03:00.000-05:002018-12-25T14:05:29.608-05:00Goodnough Confirmations<span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif;">Same Uncle Andy ... different niece's confirmation ...</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">We went to a baseball game Friday night at the Giants ballpark by the waterfront. Note the Detroit flag flapping in </span>the breeze. <span style="text-align: start;"> </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-83067203649297557972016-08-26T20:09:00.003-05:002016-08-26T20:09:49.406-05:00Picture of the Day: Benny and MarleyThis is Benny the cat sitter and his new friend Marley. Benny and a good friend run a cat-sitting business called Tatesitter. It's really taken off, with eight clients already. Today Benny and his business partner had three separate cat-sitting jobs to complete after school. It's a real operation.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005387.post-42421191062815716412016-08-25T19:40:00.002-05:002016-08-25T19:40:42.275-05:00Picture of the DayHello, I'm back!<br />
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I'm easing into blogging again with a Picture of the Day feature.<br />
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Today's photo was taken at a cafe after I dropped Benny at his morning carpool. The letters on the white truck spell "Clutter." This startup stores your extra stuff in its secret warehouse. You can manage your "online storage unit" on their website, because they take pictures of everything they store.<br />
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Another high-tech solution to a low-tech problem. It also comes under the heading of "Startups That Do Things Your Mother Doesn't Do for You Anymore," such as driving around (Uber), laundry (Rinse), shopping (Amazon), etc.<br />
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Anyway, this is a really cute cafe (note the little heart drawn on the window) and a nice place to sip hot tea before the day gets crazy.<br />
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