News and Views

Devon drove in from Pasadena yesterday. He’ll be here until sometime in the week between Christmas and New Years. His job is still up in the air. He’s working without a salary right now as they try to drum up new business, but if they find some jobs he will make a healthy commission. I […]

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Devon was home for the Thanksgiving holidays, but is going back tomorrow (Sunday). I (Daryl) am going to ride back with him and spend a couple of days over there. Devon’s job is still in limbo, as the company (or remnants of) figure out what they are going to do. Sounds like they still want […]

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Thank you Derek, for telling me about this website. Take a look at Free Rice. It’s a simple multiple-choice word definition game with a twist. For each word you get right, the page sponsors donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger. It sounds like an Urban Legend or […]

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In my last post I talked about the basketball team I played on. David Chau was not on the team, but he practised with us a lot. Last Saturday night most of the team was together playing basketball (I wasn’t there), when David suddenly fell down unconscious. He died in the ambulance on the way […]

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In September I joined a Chandler City League basketball team. We played 8 games and went undefeating the whole season. We started out poorly, losing our first game by 40 points. The next few games were 30, 25, 15 and our high point of the season when we only lost by 6 points, to the […]

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Hey There, Apollo (To the tune of “Hey there, Delilah”, shown above in the video) Hey there Apollo, what’s it like out in the back yard? You’re a hundred feet away, but boy, tonight you look so naughty, Yes you do. Just look at all the things you chew. You know it’s true. Hey there […]

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Devon’s company called and wants him to come back for a few weeks to finish up some jobs. They realized after letting everyone go that they had some billable projects under way that would pay more than Devon would cost. So that basically gives him more time to look for another job.

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Devon’s company SECo has just closed their Pasadena office and everyone was laid off. It looks like they are going to file for bankruptcy. He doesn’t know what he is going to do yet, but he’ll figure something out. He was only planning to work for a year before going on to graduate school anyway, […]

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I’m flying to Pasadena this afternoon to spend the weekend with Devon. Back home on Sunday afternoon.

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Derek is feeling much better 2 weeks after the second epidural. Not quite perfect, but he plans to talk to the doctor before deciding whether he needs a third shot or not. Derek is doing well at ASU, acing his tests. Looks like he’s going to do well. Devon broke up from his girlfriend of […]

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