Conflicted about the Pope, circumnavigating MP, a Linux mini-laptop

The Pope has expressed some admirable sentiments since arriving in the U.S., but there’s one phrase I have a problem with. Commenting on faith in a secular democracy, he said ‘faith is not a private matter,’ suggesting, I am guessing, it should be enforced, presumably by the Church. Judging by some of his previous comments, […]

The to-do list

On today’s to-do list: shop for a new WordPress template for gulker.com (!) We need a way to better handle the short-post format.
The Pope, in Washington, called for “Americans and their leaders… to base their political and social decisions on moral principles and create a more just society. ”
Calendar spam: Can it be? An appointment […]

Tuesday musings

Mike Spillane’s passing leaves me very sad, but to be true to his spirit, life, and the blog, must go on. Thusly:
The Pope is visiting the U.S. this week, and I am very interested in learning more about this man and his ideas. I have been a little leery of Benedict, given some of […]

Sad news

The rector of our church, the Rev. Mike Spillane died this morning. Mike was 58 and leaves his wife, Julie and their school-age children Kim and Brendan. My deep sympathies go out to all three. Linda and I really feel a deep connection with Julie and the kids - we know some of what […]

Another drive goes down

We finally had to shut down the 500 GB LaCie HD hooked up to our Intel Mac Mini. The drive is performing fine, but the machine’s fan is making such a loud and annoying noise that it was no longer good company in our family room. Its control circuitry would appear to be in a […]

Return to Arastradero, spring 2008

We walked for a bit over an hour today, in Palo Alto’s Arastradero Preserve, long a favorite jogging venue for Linda and I (and the late, much missed Cassie, the Australian Shepherd).
Arastradero is particularly delightful in the spring, and I was very happy to be walking its trails again. Linda jogged her 5+ mile loop […]

New home: prime Silicon Valley location

Here’s the Robin Red-Breast who’s taken up residence in our new patio umbrella. It was a bit tricky shooting her from inside the house, through a window, so not to scare her. Her nest is the second on the premises, the first being in the spring wreath adjacent to our front door. A cool snap […]

A segue from shop to walk

We tacked our daily walk onto a little shopping expedition to the Stanford Shopping Center where the ’safety officers’ have taken to riding around on Segways. Our loot: a fry-pan splatter shield from Williams-Sonoma, The iPhone Missing Manual from the Apple Store and 2 Nike shirts (on sale)…

A day in the city

Our day started with the usual Wednesday Caltrain/Muni journey to UCSF: there was a bit of added interest when the N Judah streetcar was halted for 15 minutes near the Bay Bridge and we glimpsed a group of pro-Tibet would-be torch watchers, seen above. We were late for our 90-minute physical rehab session, but very […]

Geekin’

So, we came home this afternoon, after a shrink visit and an hour’s walk (a loop through downtown Menlo) to find that one of our hard drives had failed. It was kind of like coming out of the clinic yesterday and finding a flat tire on our car. So I’m digging through my box of […]

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