Autumn in Pasadena

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Autumn started this year on December 6th and ended on December 9th.  It was beautiful.  This is a picture of the Liquid Amber tree in our front garden. Now we are settling in for the horrible winter... Read More

Unintended Consequences

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Here is an example of unintended consequences. When this new mall was built the parking spaces were made on the small side. It is not clear why this was done. Was it to meet a City of Pasadena require... Read More

Prom Night London

My nephew Robert B and his beautiful bride, Theo, have organized a series of occasional “Prom Night” events in London. Robert and Theo By every report they are great, fun, over-subscribed ... Read More

Wooden Pipe

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When we were in Alaska we were hiking one day and saw an old piece of pipe. On closer examination it turned out to be Wire Wound Wooden Pipe. It was unusual enough that I took a picture of it, with Ge... Read More

Drinking is…..

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Here is an idea that requires going backwards to improve things. In the 1970’s and 80’s the drinking age was raised from 18 to 21.  The expressed purpose was to reduce the number of deaths and in... Read More

A Nice Weekend

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As those of you who read this blog regularly know my brother Tom, who lives in Derby, England was visiting over the weekend. Tom and Simon We did all of the things we like to do. Argue, eat, play with... Read More