Monthly Archives: December 2006

Saturday Afternoon

This afternoon Doug wanted to take a walk after lunch and little did I know that he wanted to walk to the top of Twin Peaks, a popular lookout over San Francisco.  From there you can see to the Berkeley … Continue reading

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Gays, Lesbians and new California Laws

The S.F. Chronicle today is reporting on all the new laws that will start up on Jan. 1 that have to do with gays and lesbians.  It is good news, especially since it will give us the exact same state rights … Continue reading

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We’re Back

We got home yesterday from spending Christmas with Doug’s family in Eugene.  As usual, we had a nice time.  We brought a game called The Settlers of Catan and weren’t sure whether it would be popular or not, but it … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!!!

We are here in Eugene, Oregon at Doug’s family for Christmas.  We’ll be here until Thursday afternoon and we are having a nice time visiting with family. I read a nice letter in the Letter to the Editor (The Register-Guard) … Continue reading

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Earthquake #4

I was just reading the comments by Hisan on my blog yesterday about earthquake #2 and #3, and just as I finished, the house shook briefly, the ceiling made a crackling noice and that made it #4.  Although I guess … Continue reading

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Earthquake # 2 and #3

We were at a friend’s house tonight and we had another earthquake of 3.7, which happened at 10:49.   This time the shaking lasted for about 2 seconds.  Like the one on Wednesday, it was located just south of Berkeley, or … Continue reading

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Jury Duty (2)

Well, my appt. was for 1pm today, and I got there a bit early, sat around for a bit in some very comfortable chairs.  The room was very nice and fitted with wireless internet and tables for laptops!  I didn’t … Continue reading

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Earthquake and Jury Duty

We were having dinner last night and all of a sudden I felt a bit dizzy and upstairs the floor creaked and I heard their dog bark.  I asked Doug if he felt anything and he said no, but since … Continue reading

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The Origins of Christmas

I see there is some discussion going around about the so-called fake holiday of Kwanzaa.  I don’t know all that much about it, but I certainly don’t trust a bunch of fundamentalists to describe it correctly.  Anyway, when I read … Continue reading

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Doug Update

It is hard to believe that it is a year today that Doug had his bike accident!  He reminded me this morning when he sent an email from work.  He ended up getting a flat tire on his bikeride to … Continue reading

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