Most excellent blog

About 10 years ago, my friend Mike and I were looking at some open source code that had the most profane comments we had ever seen. The author was Jamie Zawinski who later went on to work on Mozilla for Netscape.

I miss my friend Mike's blog a lot and wish I could tell him about finding http://jwz.livejournal.com/. Look at the January 23, 2005 entry if you need a naughty liberal laugh.

Good night, Johnny

I was surprised how hard it hit me when I heard of Johnny Carson's death today. I started watching him on "Who do you trust?" after school in the early 1960's. My mother was a huge fan, I really associate watching him on the Tonight Show with her. She always said that they were the same age -- I noticed today that he was born 2 days before her birthday.

Come to think of it, my mother was always a night owl. I remember watching Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and Dick Cavett with her too.

Back to the home office

I spent a week in Bedford, Massachusetts at RSA headquarters. This snowfall looked very pretty. Bedford and surrounding towns have kept their village feel -- there are still two-lane roads and lots of trees.

Point Lobos

Ken and I didn't have to work on Monday, so we drove down to Carmel. When the sun came out, we went on down to Point Lobos. The clouds were amazing and it was good to see blue sky.

It's raining. It's pouring.

It began to rain a few days before Christmas and the downpour is still going strong. Here's a picture of Thomas and his roommate moving a desk into his Santa Cruz house a few days ago.

New Year's Resolutions

• Use dental floss every day.


• Get regular exercise.


• Cut down on fat and sugar intake.


• Take a good photograph every day.

Hello, 2005!

Wow, 2005 sounds like a big number.

We had our usual sushi and sauerkraut dinner yesterday. It's traditional to eat cabbage on New Year's Day in my Pennsylvania German tradition, while Ken's family has a feast of Japanese food. I think they make a good combination.

Eli, Julia, and a college friend Dan (left to right) had dinner with us. Dan is from Pittsburgh and we found out that he and I had both lived on the same block of the same street, although not at the same time. Coincidences no longer surprise me.

Book Club

I got a call 25 years ago to invite me to the neighborhood women's book club. This group has been going since the early 1950's, probably a record in longevity for such organizations. We get together once a month, everyone brings a book or more that they want to discuss. The only "rule" is that everyone gets a turn to speak. It has been a wonderful way to get to know the neighbors.

Before Christmas, we had our meeting at Marguerite's assisted living residence in Sunnyvale.