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Month: September 2007

Our Unexpected Golden Gate Bridge Adventure

Posted on September 29, 2007 by cjbickford

We’re having the typical spectacular Bay Area fall weather: this is the one time of year it’s sunny, but not to hot (or fogged over), and I love to get into the outdoors. This was one of those weekends with a multitude of fun things to do: the San Benito County Fair, the Morgan Hill…

Kitchen Nightmares US

Posted on September 21, 2007 by cjbickford

Peter is a big fan of Gordon Ramsey, and has followed his American TV show Hell’s Kitchen, as well as (via BBC America) his UK show, Kitchen Nightmares. So he was understandably delighted to find out Kitchen Nightmares was coming the US, complete with Gordon Ramsey as the kick-ass restaurant consultant. But the first show…

Family Haiku Night

Posted on September 21, 2007 by cjbickford

Neil dislikes his P.E. teacher. From his accounts, though, I can’t see anything that should concern me. She seems to have a boot-camp style of teaching, so Neil complains that she doesn’t care about him. I asked him whether she hated just him, or whether she hates everyone equally. He confessed she hates everyone equally;…

Lima Towing and the Insurance Shuffle

Posted on September 18, 2007 by cjbickford

As regular readers know, a few weeks ago, Peter’s VW Golf was caught in the middle of a multiple-car crash on 101. The CHP called Lima Towing, the towing company that has the local government contract to tow the cars to their lot, and told Peter the insurance companies would sort the whole thing out….

Puzzles of the Day

Posted on September 18, 2007 by cjbickford

I’m in a pissy mood today (see the post above), so I thought I’d throw out some conundrums I don’t understand. Oh, ok, I understand, but they still piss me off: 1) Why do the people with the worst-behaved kids always ask me why Kelly isn’t in a preschool, and then (unsolicited) advise me to…

The Emperor Jones

Posted on September 14, 2007 by cjbickford

Last year, Peter and I got on a Eugene O’Neill kick, mostly because I thought it would be cool to check out the playwright’s local former home, which is now part of the National Parks Service. To that end, I thought it would be wise to check out a few of O’Neill plays, especially considering…

A Musing on the Importance of Writing

Posted on September 3, 2007 by cjbickford

While we were talking about the Rosicrucian Museum afterwards, Peter pondered why the Egyptians had such an evolved religious philosophy, but hardly anything else. Well, perhaps it’s because the only real solid record that still existed by the time we were curious about them was writings on tomb walls. But it made me think why…

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

Posted on September 3, 2007 by cjbickford

Last week, we took advantage of a special extra benefit of our San Jose Museum of Art membership and took Peter to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. I’ve been there a few times before, but I really enjoyed it this year, when Neil was happy to show off his knowledge of Egyptian history, and I could…

Buying a New Car

Posted on September 1, 2007 by cjbickford

It’s been nearly 10 years since Peter and I bought a car. He and I come from two different classes of people. I come from the debt-averse group that scrapes together some money and buys whatever can be had for that: which usually means a used car. Peter comes from the class that buys a…

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