News and Views

I got an email from Derek. He wasn’t able to post to his blog yet, but I’ll put some excerpts here, edited to fit your screen and for grammar. (He was in a hurry with limited internet access.) Hi Dad! Hi Mom! I arrived here fine, my plane was a little late but it was […]

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We put Derek on a plane to Russia this morning, for his 5-week Study Abroad. He has a 2-1/2 hour layover in Chicago, then takes Polish Air (LOT) to Warsaw and then on to St. Petersburg. He arrives around 2:00 pm their time, around 3:00 am our time. I hope he waits a few hours […]

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I am now a member of the faculty at ASU (Arizona State University). I’ve been helping my friend Les, who is a Professor of Biology, with some computer programming on some of his biology projects. He thought that as long as I was working for the university I might as well be on the faculty. […]

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Since Derek is going to be in Russia during June, Gisele and I thought it might be nice to take a trip at the same time, kind of a second or third honeymoon, maybe. We have reservations for June 19 on a 10-day cruise that departs from Copenhagen, Denmark, and visits Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia, […]

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Devon finally has a new job, working for Spectra Sensors. He’ll be doing programming as an intern, for a 3 month term. I guess it will be renegotiated at that time. He still lives in Pasadena near his old company, but the new job is about 30 miles away in Rancho Cucamonga. Good thing he […]

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No, he didn’t go anywhere yet. I’m talking about his spine. He went to see a neurosurgeon last week, and was told that he is not a candidate for surgery. He’s too young, and his back is not bad enough. So it’s back to the “pain specialist” to see what our next option is.

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Derek has started a blog here. Look for some interesting posts this summer from half way around the world.

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A few months ago I reported that my City League basketball team had an “undefeating season”, and ended at 0-8. In the off season we picked up a 6’7″ center and have done much better this time around. We are currently 4-3, and last week we beat the previously undefeated first place team by 19 […]

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Gisele flew to Pasadena to spend a couple of weeks with Devon. Her brother and several other friends live nearby, so she will have lots of people to celebrate Chinese New Year with (Feb 7). Derek and I are still in Tempe, bach’ing it.

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Mom got a phone call yesterday from someone who told her that Donald J. Lafferty had won the Publisher’s Clearing House sweepstakes for five million dollars. However, she had to first send them some “insurance money” before they could release the check to her. She immediately recognized that it was a scam and told them […]

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