Friday 31 October 2008

It is noon and I have just returned from my morning outing. Vanessa, Annie, and I had breakfast at Heidi's pies. Afterward we went to Beech's school for a Halloween party. Annie was dressed as Raggedy Ann and Beech was a Power Ranger.

Last night I watched the Sharks game. They beat Detroit 4-1. That means they have beaten both of the teams that played for the Stanley cup earlier this year Pittsburgh and Detroit). The Sharks promise to be the only nationally competitive team for the Bay Area this year.

Last night I also finished reading the book Vanessa gave me, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama. I had previously read her books Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden. Her new book is the best yet. I deals with three generations of a Japanese family from before World War 2 into the 1960s. It is not a really great book, but it is a pleasant read.

Thursday 30 October 2008

Last night I watched the Warriors play their first game of the new NBA season. Even though their best player, Monta Ellis is injured, and they were playing New Orleans, one of the best teams in the league, they kept the game close all the way and would have won if they had made their last shot, they ended up losing. While I watched the game I finished reading last week's edition of The Economist, and also last week's edition of Science. Now I need to get to this week's edition of Science.

We are about to enter a few days of rain, so maybe I better go for a walk today while it is still dry outside.

Wednesday 29 October 2008

Last night I watched the Sharks game. They beat the Pittsburgh Penguins. They are now 9 wins and two losses. It's the best start they have ever had. Between periods I watched a PBS program on savants. After the game I watched a Frontline piece on the war in Afghanistan

Tuesday 28October 2008

Yesterday I picked Beech up at school and took him to his gymnastics class. He and all the other kids changed into their Halloween costumes and paraded around and played on all the trampolines and rings and parallel bars. Afterward we went to McDonalds so he could get a Happy Meal with a toy. He now asks the counter woman if he can choose his toy from the collection.

I went to dinner with Larry and Judi at El Cerrito. They picked me up to go but Judi needed to do her grocery shopping after dinner so I walked home.

When I got home I watched another disk of The Wire

Saturday 25October2008

Vanessa has pushed me to use this blog to replace my daily email that I have been sending out. I will play with it for a while before I notify everyone of its existance.