文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Archive for September, 2005I knew today was the 11th, but I forgot that it was "9/11" until the priest mentioned it at mass. I first heard of the events that 9/11 morning as I pulled away from my driveway in Cupertino, CA, and turned on the all-news radio station that I listened to during my commute. The announcers were watching live coverage on TV and not long after I started listening reported that the first tower was collapsing. At first I just assumed that I must be misunderstanding something, but by the time I arrived at work in Sunnyvale 20 minutes later, the [...]
I learned some new words today: 唾液腺daekisensalivary gland お多福風邪otafukukazemumps 雀suzumesparrow 蝗虫battagrasshopperThe first two I learned because one side of Anthony's face was swollen and painful this morning, as if a balloon under his ear was slightly inflated. That's apparently a classic symptom of mumps, as the salivary glands enlarge (so I find out during this continuing-education class known as "parenthood"). Anthony has had all of his US immunizations, which include MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) but apparently (according to our doctor here) that even those immunized can contract mumps over and over, if you seem prone to it. That doesn't [...]
We had the most pleasant late-summer storm this afternoon. What was left of Typhoon #14 had blown through the other day, and as always after a typhoon, today was a spectacularly sunny and clear (and hot) day. Thus, it was with great surprise that we were greeted by a late-afternoon (~4:30pm) short but fierce thunderstorm. It suddenly grew very dark, and the dark heavy clouds rolled in quite low, as if you could reach up and touch them. Then it got a bit lighter, as if it has passed us, but then the sky opened up with a [...] 
View full post » I had a miserable day fighting with networking issues today. You don't want to hear about it, unless I ended up solving the same problem you have (which is why I'm writing this -- for the search engines to pick up). A few days ago, some web sites suddenly seemed mostly unaccessible (accessible, say, 5% of the time), while others were just fine. Since most Yahoo! sites were among the missing, this was a big problem. The other day I was able to pinpoint that the problem occurred when I used my router (Corega BAR-SD) inline between my ISP [...]
Wonderful news: my sister Marci Kreta is now pregnant after years of trying. This follows on the heels of my niece Grace's birth three months ago. It certainly seems that a lot of friends have become pregnant or had babies in the last year or so. I sort of thought I'd hit this age when I was 25, but I'm glad I didn't, as it wouldn't have meant much to me then. (Your world view, and what you pay attention to, certainly changes once you have your own kid -- it's like you can suddenly see in color, but hadn't [...]
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