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Happy GroundHog Day!

2012-02-02T18:20:46Z

Some GroundHog Day / St. Brigid's Day links for you both new and old: Dr. Jeff Master's "Six more weeks of non-winter" on the Wunder Weather Blog today Celebrate St. Brigid with Beer! My one and only Metafilter FPP on the topic of the underappreciated Feb 1 & 2 holidays back in 2006 Last but not least, Happy 3(21) + 6th Birthday to my Dad, Campbell Hanen!... Continue reading "Happy GroundHog Day!" | Comments (0)

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Happy Lunar New Year!

2012-01-23T23:17:42Z

Mon 01.23.12 - This morning 7:41am GMT (11:41pm PST last night) was the exact New Moon that brings in the Lunar / Chinese New Year as celebrated by billions of folk worldwide. Lovely photos of celebrations over at The Atlantic's In Focus. Happy Year of the Water Dragon to you and yours!... Continue reading "Happy Lunar New Year!" | Comments (0)

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The End of the Sidewalk in Buttonwillow

2012-01-22T06:33:06Z

Sat 01.21.12 - Today Erika, Scruffy, and I drove my brother's truck from the Los Angeles area up to Pleasanton, California, to Vicky and Ed Wilson's for a short visit and to pick up some furniture. It was a short trip, enlivened greatly by Erika using my mobile to check into the most fun and/or bizarre venues on Foursquare. The above photo was my favorite from the weekend, taken with walking Scruffy in Buttonwillow with my Nokia N8.... Continue reading "The End of the Sidewalk in Buttonwillow" | Comments (0)

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Stop SOPA Internet Blackout Day

2012-01-19T06:13:57Z

Wed 01.18.12 - Today was the day that many websites, large & small, blacked out and linked folks to information on protesting the current bills before the US Senate on SOPA/PIPA. The most cohesive messages today were from Google, Wikipedia, and the EFF. If you haven't been following the debate, go read those links. The best cartoons of the day were from The Oatmeal and Ed Stein.... Continue reading "Stop SOPA Internet Blackout Day" | Comments (0)

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Sunday, The 15th of January 2012

2012-01-16T05:09:19Z

Sun 01.15.12 - I am 13 days behind in blogging the photos from my holiday to London & Edinburgh. It was a vacation in every sense, including a vacation from my blog. Oops. I took over 500 photos, but will in the next few days post the best and the brightest of the lot here along with some text for each day. Please excuse me while I now succumb to jet lag and fall asleep at least two or three hours before my normal bedtime. Photo of my Mom watching the surf and Scruffy watching the road taken this afternoon on the edge of Dog Beach with my Nokia N8.... Continue reading "Sunday, The 15th of January 2012" | Comments (0)

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Sat January 14th: Home Sweet Home

2012-01-15T04:50:42Z

Photos taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N8.... Continue reading "Sat January 14th: Home Sweet Home" | Comments (0)

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Fri January 13th: Returning to LA

2012-01-14T04:50:39Z

Photos taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N8.... Continue reading "Fri January 13th: Returning to LA" | Comments (0)

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Wed January 4th: A Walk Through Blackheath Common & Greenwich Park with Cami

2012-01-05T04:50:16Z

Photos taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N8.... Continue reading "Wed January 4th: A Walk Through Blackheath Common & Greenwich Park with Cami" | Comments (0)

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Tues January 3rd

2012-01-04T04:50:13Z

Photo taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N8 in London.... Continue reading "Tues January 3rd" | Comments (0)

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January 2nd: Camellias blooming in London and the Grayson Perry Exhibition

2012-01-03T06:48:58Z

Photos by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N8. Mon 01.02.12 - It must be a warm winter as a camellia bush in Bayswater is already in full bloom. Today I had the opportunity to go with Alison Austin and Andy Budd to the Grayson Perry 'The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman' exhibition at the British Museum and then to the Teddy Bear Tea afterwards in the 3rd story cafe. The exhibition was wonderful, humorous, thoughtful, and many layered; go see it. I have a new favorite artist thanks to Alison! Best part of writing this blog post is discovering that Grayson Perry's teddy bear, Alan Measles, has a blog.... Continue reading "January 2nd: Camellias blooming in London and the Grayson Perry Exhibition" | Comments (0)

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New Year's Day 2012

2012-01-02T01:03:20Z

Photos taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N8. Sun 01.01.12 - New Year's Day 2012 was a day of bringing in the social new year with several lovely friends: I had dim sum lunch at the Imperial China in SoHo with FJ van Wingerde, then FJ took me to Maison Bertaux for tea and cake where Helen Keegan met up with us for a good conversation and more tea, then I took a bit of a convoluted train trip (due to signal problems) to Blackheath to have dinner with the newlyweds Cami and Alan. It was a truly lovely day.... Continue reading "New Year's Day 2012" | Comments (0)

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New Year's Eve 2011

2012-01-01T07:52:31Z

Photos taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N8. Sat 12.31.11 - The last day of 2011 was spent with a nice big walk through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park before returning to my hotel to get ready for Mecca's New Year's Eve Party in Kew just outside of London Central. The party was a good deal of fun and I met some very lovely folk, it was a relaxed way to spend New Year's Eve.... Continue reading "New Year's Eve 2011" | Comments (0)

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