Entries from June 2005 ↓

"Why Waste Water on Weeds?"

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I was delighted by Josh McPaul’s message: that God’s desire is for the “full harvest”, that God wants to extract every possible goodness from creation. The sermon is available online.

nice parallel parking, eh?

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Driving a car in Berkeley demands that I get pretty good at parallel parking. This morning, I was particularly proud of my parking. (I know that I’m being silly boasting about parking….)

Miyazaki retrospective at the PFA

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I’m grateful that some friends, Laura, and I will be able to see at least one film this coming Sunday in the retrospective.. Tickets have sold out quickly!

Anyone tried the Adagia Restaurant yet?

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A friend mentioned the restaurant to me yesterday, wondering whether I had eaten there. Surprisingly, I’ve not eaten there — even though I was on the board of Westminster House when we approved proposals for what ultimately became the Adagia Restaurant.

Laura and I have been married a month now!

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The one-month date of Laura’s and my wedding was reinforced to me when I filled in the date for today’s parking permit.

Why does the back window fog up overnight but not the others?

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

I feel that I should know the answer but don’t.

birthday lunch for Chris at Jupiter

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Jim, Lynn, Chris, Isaac, Tom, and I were at Jupiter for lunch to celebrate Chris’ birthday.

My passport renewal is on the way

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Canadian passports expire after five years. Today, I sent off my application. It was actually a real pain to pull together. Now, I understand that it’s important to make faking passports difficult. But I was annoyed the various hoops I had to jump through.

It’s also scary to send off my existing passport and my birth certificate in the mail. At this moment, I don’t have any official proof that I’m a Canadian. What happens if I need to make an emergency return to Canada? I’m not sure.

I’m hoping that I just worry too much!

Forty-Eight Birthday Drawings. 48 is a very special number in my mind: the number of preludes and fugues in the two books of JSB’s Well-Tempered Clavier May there be another set of 48 in 48 years!

I want to read The Next Sweet Thing to better understand the increasing interest in high-end chocolate that I see in myself and my friends.

I missed the Berkeley Edge festival but have some interest in learning more about Terry Riley, especially since I once saw his name associated with J. S. Bach.

Is it “Laura and my home” or “Laura’s and my home”? The latter is correct.