Archive for 'Musings' Category
We are still above water!
5 January 2008On Thursday night, after Encounters, we went back to our trailer at the Westchester Elks Lodge, expecting it to start raining. We were surprised when it didn’t.
Encounters is an interesting experience. It is supposed to feel like you are dining in a flying saucer, floating above LAX. In fact, the food and service were quite […]
On to LA
3 January 2008We drove up to Los Angeles today, and parked our trailer at the Westchester Elks Lodge in Playa del Rey. No hookups, but convenient to where we needed to be.
We drove into the Pico/Robertson area again, and picked up my new Tefillin. I plan a post on what we found inside the old tefillin and […]
This week
2 January 2008Shabbos services at Chabad of Santa Clarita Valley was very nice. We had a nice minyan, good chulent, and good people. Highly recommended.
On Sunday we moved down to Thousand Trails Pio Pico, about 15 miles east of Chula Vista. For New Years Eve, we saw the movie “Enchanted,” which we enjoyed very much. It’s fine […]
Technical note
2 January 2008I’m told that there is a problem with displaying some of the photos on this blog. I have not yet figured out why. I’ll work on it.
Back on the road again
25 December 2007We’re back on the road, and so far, things are holding up mechanically. Readers of this blog will recall the many maintenance headaches we had last summer. In fact, when I stated that I had done some routine maintenance, one of my friends misunderstood, and thought that I had once again been stranded. Not […]
Old Family Photo
20 December 2007This photo is of me, at 2-1/2, with my cousin Roy. Roy must be the oldest friend I have. Also show, in order, are Roy’s father, my mother, and Roy’s mother.
The photo was processed in January, 1958.
My trip to Phoenix (another Chanukah Posting)
16 December 2007I went to Phoenix, Arizona to participate in a 2008 planning meeting for my company. I flew Southwest from and back to San Jose. In this case, the air travel was blessedly uneventful and comfortable. I think Southwest is getting it right.
Since this was the last two nights of Chanukah, I brought my menorah to […]
Chanukah Menorah (Chanukiah)
8 December 2007My grandmother gave me this Chanukiah when I moved to California. Before she gave it to me, it sat in her china closet for longer than I was alive. She always told me it was for me, and she kept her word.
I don’t like to let religious items sit without use, so we […]
Happy Chanukah
5 December 2007Well, it’s Day 2 of Chanukah. Yesterday, we went to the Chabad of San Jose Menorah Lighting downtown. Rabbi Cunin had quite a shindig going. Music, dancing, etc.
Tonight we made potato latkes for dinner and lit our Menorah. We had some nice Chanukah, and generic Jewish folk music CDs, and a very pleasant time was […]
Docked at the ISS
21 November 2007I’ve been playing around with “Orbiter” which is a simulator for orbital and interplanetary space operations. I just conducted my first two successful dockings at the International Space Station. This is an interesting psychomotor skill, like flying. It involves controlling the spacecraft in it’s three axes - pitch, roll and yaw, while also managing […]