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Gumbilist: June 2011
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Sunday, June 19, 2011. 76 and #82; Play Tennis and Walk to the Mall for Lunch. Nicholas is back in town from Italy, having returned on Wednesday evening. I haven't blogged about it, because it was his trip and I'll let him give the update on his blog. After a full set of doubles we played a little cutthroat, one-on-two, with one person rotating out to the bench each game. We played to six games, with Nick winning, but I was close with five. This is a good shot of me. From Williams-Sonoma we moved over to...
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Gumbilist: June 2012
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Saturday, June 23, 2012. 31 - Take a Cooking Class. A few years ago, Denise gave me an IOU for a cooking for my birthday. Last night I finally collected. Earlier this week I registered online for a class at the Sur La Table. In Carlsbad. I elected to turn it into a sort of date night and registered Denise as well. The topic of last nights course was " Quick Dinners from the Italian Pantry. The menu called for Quick Parmesan Polenta with Thyme-Scented Mushrooms. She's not even bleeding. The instructor/che...
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Gumbilist: #58 - Investigate solar power for our house (and #59, sort of)
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Friday, June 21, 2013. 58 - Investigate solar power for our house (and #59, sort of). I guess I should have signed this one off some time ago, since I "investigated" solar some time ago. Investigated to the point where we actually signed up with SolarCity. Although the installation was completed today, it's not actually operational yet, because a) the city needs to sign off on the permit and b) Edison needs to approve. And on another note I should also have signed off on. In fairness, this wasn't much of...
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Gumbilist: February 2013
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Sunday, February 24, 2013. 38 - Learn to make neon signs. Another item a long time in the making. After a significant amount of searching I found a neon sign design class offered by the Museum of Neon Art, http:/ www.neonmona.org/. The museum was setting up a temporary at the NHRA museum. At the Pomona Fairgrounds, kind of a poke from Temecula, but better than driving to Glendale, the planned permanent home of the museum. And here - http:/ www.californiastudioglass.org/? It is a small world. I hadn't ful...
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Gumbilist: July 2012
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012. 4 - Go Somewhere Where I Need My Passport. Technically, I completed this one last April with a one-day trip to our manufacturing plant in Juarez, Mexico. So, the stamp at right was the first to adorn my shiny new passport. I was thinking that Denise might like a stay at some resort, maybe south of France sort of thing. Came up with something much better; CANADA! As proof of my being in Canada, I submit the following;. Exhibit A: Westjet boarding pass. Exhibit C: Canadian beef.
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Gumbilist: #66 - Decorate with a home-grown Christmas tree
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013. 66 - Decorate with a home-grown Christmas tree. Fortunately I was not too specific about what I meant by "decorate." My original intent was to use a home-grown tree in lieu of a store bought, farmed tree. Turns out those Christmas trees take a lot longer than three years to reach any kind of size (at least the way I grow them.). Anyway, I nearly got through the holidays without finishing this. Finally on Christmas Eve I got up in the morning and started "decorating" the tree.
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The Scenic Route: #20: Lucy Oliva
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Thursday, May 31, 2012. 20 on our list is "Rescue a Puppy" and although we did not rescue a puppy from a shelter, we will not be getting another puppy within our 1,001 days, so Lucy will just have to do. We decided to name her Lucy Oliva because we thought the name fit her well. Nick loves to say, "Lucyyy. you've got some 'splanin' to do! Oliva means olive in Italian, and Lucy was born on the Patton's olive ranch in Northern California. More posts coming soon. June 5, 2012 at 7:43 AM. What a lovable face!
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Gumbilist: #27 - Eat a Hot Dog at Pink's
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Monday, February 4, 2013. 27 - Eat a Hot Dog at Pink's. Eating a hot dog proved to take longer than originally expected. I've wanted to try Pink's. I nearly cheated on this one; when Denise and I took Nicholas to LAX for his trip to Italy, nearly two years ago, we discovered a Pink's in the Bradley International Terminal. So I could have legitimately said I did eat a hot dog at Pink's way back then, but that would have been a definite violation of the spirit of #27. So, the verdict? Oh, good idea to go d...
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Gumbilist: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Updates on some overdue postings. Another of the several list items that I've finished, but have been too lazy to update in the blog. Some of these were only marginally completed, but I'm going to count them anyway. 45 Build a media server. 68 Mow the grass with a push mower (don't tell any co-workers). 75 Dress up and go out. 79 Listen to podcasts/audiobooks on the commute. I'm currently listening to " The Guns of August. Both on the commute and at bed time. At bed time it...
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Gumbilist: April 2012
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Friday, April 27, 2012. 8 - Weigh what is says on my driver's license. I may have bent the truth a little bit the last time I had to update my driver's license. Didn't really lie actually, just didn't update the part about my weight. The fields for my height (6'-2") hadn't changed nor sex (rarely), so I figured I'd just leave the weight where it was, even though that particular number was well back in the rear view mirror. Who is the FAT F K in those pictures? Well, that was me. Actually, I have about an...
