News and Views

Here’s a graph of our power usage from SRP so far for the Feb 22 – Mar 21 billing period. We’re just about breaking even, as the days get longer and warmer. We’re getting more sunlight and therefore more power, and using less for heating. The days stand out when we do laundry or a […]

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One of Devon’s fans started a Facebook Fan Page for him. It wouldn’t hurt him if you went to his page and clicked “Like” in the mid-upper right area.

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That’s how much my electric bill was this billing month (which ends on the 17th). Last year it was $174.09. I guess my solar panels are starting to pay back! And $15 of that is a fixed fee, so we really only bought about $15.71 worth of electricity from SRP. Of course, it’s not really […]

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Here’s a picture I took out the window of the plane on our way to Taiwan. It is Alaska, near where the Kenai Peninsula joins the mainland. It may seem surprising that we flew over Alaska going from San Francisco to Tokyo, but if you stretch a string between those cities on a globe, you […]

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It only took 22 hours from Hotel to Home. That involved changing planes in Tokyo and San Francisco. Interestingly, we got to celebrate Valentine’s Day twice. We left Taiwan and Tokyo in the morning of February 14, and as we flew east the sun set and then rose again — and we arrived in San […]

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Yesterday we went on another tour. First to the “Floating Market”, where we went out in a little boat to other little boats selling things. Mostly fruit and tourist trinkets. Certain members of our party had to buy things, of course, but everything was cheap so the $10 or so won’t break us. Then to […]

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Yesterday we rode an elephant. It was a long, 45 minute ride through the jungle, up and down a hill and across a river. It was fun. Here’s a picture of a picture I took with my camera phone. It’s not very clear, but it’s the only way I have to upload pictures right now. […]

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I didn’t get a chance to post a blog while we were in Taiwan last week, but having been there several times it doesn’t seem too “postable”. Devon had the week off for Chinese new year, so we got to spend lots of time with him. We went to the Taipei Costco, which is very […]

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We’re going on a trip. Wednesday morning Gisele and I leave for Taiwan where we will spend a week (and part of the Chinese New Year holiday) with Devon. Then we go to Thailand for a week, where Gisele’s nephew is getting married. The wedding is on the resort island of Phuket, but we will […]

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Devon was the main actor in a commercial for a new video game. The commercial was just filmed yesterday and won’t be published for a couple of months, but here’s a picture of him in costume. I didn’t recognize him at first. He said it was just about the most fun he has ever had. […]

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