Category Archives: General Musings

When you grow up in Illinois, the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day is as magical and foreign as Disneyland.  When I was a kid, all we knew of Disneyland was the Sunday night TV staple, “The Wonderful World of … Continue reading →

As usual, I don’t care what anybody says.  The Royal Wedding was a breath of fresh air in a dreary world.  First of all, the two young people are clearly quite fond of each other.  No fear in their eyes, … Continue reading →

“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for. ” Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Such was the daily quote on my Google front page today.  This just cracked me up, it is so … Continue reading →

Today the Google icon tells us it is the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight. Yuri Gagarin blasted into space on April 12, 1961. 1961.  I was six years old.  I think it must have been that spaceflight, … Continue reading →

The Google icon this a.m. tells us it is the 119th anniversary of the ice cream sundae!   What a great day it is!   I am still working on not eating ice cream in a (so far successful) attempt … Continue reading →

This on my Google daily quotation: “I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in … Continue reading →

How could I have been fooled again?  How could I have not realized that it was a way to fill up news time?  Not even a flippin’ flurry that I could see.  Nothing on the bay area hillsides. As usual, … Continue reading →

Last time it snowed in San Francisco was 1976, I was a senior at Marquette!  Now it is predicted again.  Last year we had some beautiful dusting on the surrounding hills.  We almost always get snow on Mt. Diablo as … Continue reading →

I have been putting off admitting this, because whenever you get a ticket from a peace officer it’s a drag.  But this…this is so…so…so…  I had my phone on speaker.  My friend  said “I can’t hear you” – so I … Continue reading →