Partial Solar Eclipse: May 20, 2012
Check out the posting on my Council blog at http://council.olbert.com/2012/05/21/on_public_comment/.
Romantic Comedy Done Right
I’ve been an avid Chuck fan for the entire time the series was on the air. When I first heard the concept — nerdy guy becomes living database of national security secrets who has to be protected by a beautiful spy — I thought it was nuts. But there was
Making Some Days
Today I went to the Department of Motor Vehicles and Traffic Court to fix a ticket I got for driving with expired registration tags. That’s a correctable offense in California, albeit you have to pay a processing/paperwork fee. Along the way I experienced two more examples of the old adage
Whistler and Chalet Beau Sejour
Arthur and I did our second annual father/son skiing trip to Whistler, BC a few weeks ago. Unlike Tahoe at the time, Whistler had plenty of snow. Even better, it was pretty much all on the mountain and not on the roads :).
That’s My Boy!
Only he’s not a boy anymore. He’s a fine young man, and a damn fine guitarist. This past weekend Barbara & I flew up to Bellingham, WA to see Walking Stick for the Giant perform at a local nightclub. That’s the band Arthur and his friends created. We had a
Way Cool Photos
One of the things I find fascinating about the internet is that it’s enabled wide-spread sharing of some amazing “assets”, at no charge. This morning, for example, my friend Bruce sent me a PowerPoint file that contained a bunch of fantastic photos that someone just launched into cyberspace. We’ll probably
