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Dan's Life: May 2009
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Monday, May 18, 2009. I decided, out of the blue on Thursday, that we needed to go camping Saturday night. I knew we were really close to the true desert, but we've never had a reason to venture out there. It was the perfect opportunity to check out the Mohave, which starts just over the mountains from us and runs all the way through Las Vegas and into a bit of Utah and Arizona:. It's about an hour and a half from our door to Saddleback Butte State Park. A bit of the dazzling desert sunset, captured by K...
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Dan's Life: Back to the Simi Hills
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Saturday, May 1, 2010. Back to the Simi Hills. When Kimberly has class on Saturday mornings, it's a good opportunity for me to get up early and get in some outdoor exercise. Today was no exception. I biked with her to CSUN and then kept going to the western edge of the valley. I circumnavigated the back of what looks like a sizable lake on the map (Chatsworth Reservoir), but was actually an almost completely dry flood basin. I saw a family of bunnies. After a pleasant few miles riding through the Simi Hi...
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Dan's Life: Random Album Covers, Revisited
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Thursday, April 22, 2010. Random Album Covers, Revisited. Tonight we celebrated our friend Vicki's birthday by going to Pitfire Pizza in NoHo. With her and her husband Gavin. Afterwards we went back to our place for some homemade vegan ice cream cake a la Kimberly and somehow wandered across an old concept Kimberly and I explored in our. A couple of years back: using Wikipedia, Quotations Page, and Flickr randomizers to create a fake album cover. Here's the one we did for Vicki:. And our cat Keillor:.
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Dan's Life: China Visit - Day 1 - Tuesday, August 10
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Thursday, August 12, 2010. China Visit - Day 1 - Tuesday, August 10. Here are the notes I took from my first day of travels, typed on the iPad on my flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong:. The night before my flight, I stayed up all night doing chores, packing, playing games, and trying to avoid jet lag. I left with Kimberly for the Flyaway at 5:30AM. I was at the airport and through security by a little after 7, with over 3 hours till boarding. I'm on a 747 for the big flight. I slept for a bit aft...
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Dan's Life: July 2008
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Excerpts from my California Trip Report. I thought I would share my trip report from our recent trip to L.A. (company-sensitive info removed, of course). There's a lot in there that's only relevant for people considering relocation to our office out there, but it gives a pretty good idea of how we spent our time. We decided to take the job, by the way. E had an easy time renting a car and setting out on the 405 freeway, heading toward the San Fernando Valley. The 405 is one of...
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Dan's Life: Life List
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001 Hike to the high points of each of the 50 states. 002 Obtain a graduate degree. 003 Teach a college course. 004 Taste the Scotch at a distillery in each of the six producing regions of Scotland. 005 Travel from the Atlantic in Europe the the Pacific in Asia without a car or a plane. 008 Write, record, mix, and master an album (with help from friends). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). China Visit - Day 2 - Wednesday, August 11. China Visit - Day 1 - Tuesday, August 10. View my complete profile.
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Dan's Life: China Visit - Day 2 - Wednesday, August 11
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Thursday, August 12, 2010. China Visit - Day 2 - Wednesday, August 11. I'm writing this at 5AM on Day 4. I'll try to record as much as I can remember. The trip hasn't been entirely eventful so far:. We landed in Hong Kong almost an hour early, which was great because I had had my fill of sitting in coach for the time being. The views as we flew in were spectacular, with all of the little islands with steep, abrupt-rising hills and mountains and skyscrapers crammed in wherever possible. On the other side ...
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Dan's Life: November 2008
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Friday, November 28, 2008. Update from the Road #2. We ended yesterday in Chicago, where we had some Chicago-style pizza for dinner and explored the downtown Michigan Ave. area. We definitely want to go back for a longer visit to Chicago. Internet access is sparse on the road, so we've been communicating mostly with twitter. Our twitter usernames:. Update from the Road #1. Yesterday I finished up the rest of our errands, returning the cable modem to Comcast. It was kind of a crazy thought. We’re on...
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Dan's Life: March 2010
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Thursday, March 25, 2010. Review of the Echo. Here's a review I just posted to Google for the Echo, Los Angeles, CA, titled "The acoustics ruined my chance to see a band I love (2 stars out of 5) ". I'd consider reporting these guys to OSHA with purely artistic motivations. Wednesday, March 24, 2010. During our time so far in LA we've been getting more and more into the local scene, finding the best spots to hang out and seeing shows whenever possible. Tonight is no exception; we're going to the Echo.
