One of my book groups recently read The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather. It was a bit of a slog getting through the book but it lead to an unusually animated discussion about whether the p...Read More
“Most of us make an instinctive decision, then build an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense.” The above quote is from the book The Sense of an End...Read More
Nurit and I went to the Huntington Library twice last week. Once to see the train exhibit and once for a special members tour. No photos were allowed in the train exhibit. What a beautiful place. ...Read More
I went with Lillian, Barbara and Gordon to watch the Amgen Tour of California bicycle race a few weeks ago and had a terrific time. It took all day but it was great fun to be up in the mountains at Mt...Read More
“I always give my future self way to much credit when it comes to remembering passwords” Every month in The Funny Times there is a column of one liners called Ruminations by Aaron Karos. ...Read More
Things change. This little change will have big repercussions. In a remarkable coincidence my old iPhone was dying and going out of contract at the same time. So I took the easiest path and stoppe...Read More
I went on a tour of the County Arboretum in Arcadia with Lilli B. She is working as a volunteer there helping with the Garden Festival. The specific purpose of the visit was to see “Grommet&...Read More
When someone comes to your website you have four seconds to make then feel: like they are in the right place. like they want to know more. good entertained angry Feel Something But you only have four ...Read More
Last month I went to the meeting of the California Map Society at the LA Public Library. It was my first visit inside the building since the fire about 15 years ago. They have done a super job ble...Read More
The opening of the map exhibit at CECUT in Tijuana last Friday was wonderful. Carlos Garcia, Armando Orso, Simon Burrow Carlos and Armando were the prime movers in getting the exhibit approved and ins...Read More