Sunday, August 12, 2012

Carbon 14 dating myself


Carbon 14 dating myself
Man, I really feel old now.
I got a save-the-date card from my high school reunion committee. The committee set the date for my class’ fiftieth reunion next year. It ought to be fun. It will be in July in Newport Beach.
This sort of activity brings home how old we are now.
National S’Mores Day
I dint know we had a National S’Mores Day until I got an email from the folks at Hershey’s. It was Augusts 10th. I can’t say that I am a S’Mores kind of guy.
Maybe next year, I’ll remember and celebrate.
Feeling Guilty
I confess.
I’m one of those 82 million Facebook users with more than one account. I don’t know how I managed to attain two accounts. If I could, I would happily merge them and only have one account.
Earthquakes
We have earthquakes in Southern California. I know. I have lived here since 1950 and have lived through all of the really big ones starting with the Tehachapi quake in 1952.
There was a Richter Scale 4.4 quake on Tuesday night at 11:30 PM. I slept right through it along with the 2.7 quake that followed.
I must have been very tired.

Be well and stay happy  

Sunday, August 05, 2012

July by the Numbers


July by the Numbers
Another month has come and gone. I suppose that I ought to look forward instead of backward. Maybe I will try that next month.
Balancing Checkbooks
The blog had some good numbers again. I think they are good numbers since I no longer feature the Woman of the Moment, actresses in bikinis mostly. The blog had 527 visitors for the month and it has had 66,291 visitors since I started keeping track. The blog had 961 page views this past month.
MINI Cooper
July was the best month so far this year for top down driving. I had 28.25 hours for the month and I now have 118.75 hours for the year to date. The MINI has a cumulative top down driving time of 413 hours.
I do love driving with the top down.
Teaching
I was talking with the Associate Dean this week. He asked me to take over a class during. I would have loved to take on the class except that it was on Thursday night when I take a class. The class was one that I have taught maybe eight or nine times.
Anyway.
He did speak to me course he had me penciled in to teach next quarter. I maybe teaching Business Law, a class I have taught before and enjoy, and Business Negotiation. The last one would be a new one but comes right after this quarter’s course on Procurement and Contract Management.
One has to realize that any teaching schedule this early has all of the permanence of  a sand castle built on Stimson Beach at low tide.
I know it will change.

Be well and stay happy.