On Labour Day, David and I celebrated the working class by visiting the California State Fair in sunny Sacramento. David purchased tickets online weeks and weeks ago, but with my surprise travel to NC and other activities this was the first chance we had to go to the fair together.
We arrived around 4pm and it [...]

The big news for our country and the world is of course that Barack Obama has won the presidential election. I would imagine that Europe and Asia are enjoying a collective sign of relief. I think it was one of the most inspirational speeches I’ve ever heard in my life. Simply amazing.
The big news for [...]

National Election Results – of course the big one here is president. I’m not sure how many people are really even thinking about their local representatives and issues this year unless it’s hotly contested (like the mayoral race in Sacramento, writing discrimination into the constitution, abortion, etc.). I’m certainly not paying nearly as much attention [...]

Last week while I was supposedly on vacation – I say supposedly because I wound up being online nearly every day and answering questions and solving problems instead of relaxing – I drove down to Yosemite to meet my parents who had just made their way up from Bakersfield.
They are on their Round-The-Country camping trip, [...]