This is a murder mystery of sorts set in middle of a US Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Two investigators hired by the president get to the bottom of seemingly unrelated murders in California and DC. It's a fictional but educational look at the confirmation process. It's a world wise book written by a world wise author, if you're up for that sort of thing.
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Sunday, September 24, 2017
LA Cornfields cross-country Meet today
James participated with 4 other St. Elizabethans in a cross-country meet at the Confields park in Chinatown today.
There were 12 in his group, which was boys K-2. The race was a quarter mile. Five were St. E, and there were kids from St. Phillips, St. Thomas More and St. Rita's. There were 12 in his race.
St. Elizabeth took 4 of the top 6 spots. James came in third with a personal best of 1:38.6.
Here are the finish times:
He was fourth through much of the race, and really came on at the end to overtake the runner ahead of him.
Below are pictures from the award ceremony at Assembly 3 days later.
There were 12 in his group, which was boys K-2. The race was a quarter mile. Five were St. E, and there were kids from St. Phillips, St. Thomas More and St. Rita's. There were 12 in his race.
St. Elizabeth took 4 of the top 6 spots. James came in third with a personal best of 1:38.6.
Here are the finish times:
He was fourth through much of the race, and really came on at the end to overtake the runner ahead of him.
Below are pictures from the award ceremony at Assembly 3 days later.
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Homeboy 5k today
Taoster, James and went to the 9th annual 5k at Homeboy in Chinatown today. I'm the only one who raced.
I didn't sleep well, had a cramp, and had other things but still finished better than last year. Last year was 33:40. Here are the stats for this race:
bib: 2216; 45-54 Male. 39 (out of 129 in category; 30:20, 435 overall(out of 2214
James said I looked slow, but it sure didn't feel slow.
next year I'm shooting for less than 30.
I didn't sleep well, had a cramp, and had other things but still finished better than last year. Last year was 33:40. Here are the stats for this race:
bib: 2216; 45-54 Male. 39 (out of 129 in category; 30:20, 435 overall(out of 2214
James said I looked slow, but it sure didn't feel slow.
next year I'm shooting for less than 30.
Monday, September 18, 2017
California by Edan Lepucki (2014
This was an extraordinary novel by a first time novelist out of a good writing creative writing program. I hope for good things from her over the years.
So the story. The world as we know it destroyed. Earthquakes got LA. There are other natural disasters in other parts of the country. Order breaks down. A couple leaves LA to live in the wilderness. And their world is slowly revealed to them.
About that world? Let's say it's the recreation of civilization. Civilization is the silk glove over the iron fist. The king is a bandit on the make, the bandit a king in the making. The dude in charge has guns, bombs and old books. People are in it, people haven't really changed, so they just started the thing back up.
Read this one.
So the story. The world as we know it destroyed. Earthquakes got LA. There are other natural disasters in other parts of the country. Order breaks down. A couple leaves LA to live in the wilderness. And their world is slowly revealed to them.
About that world? Let's say it's the recreation of civilization. Civilization is the silk glove over the iron fist. The king is a bandit on the make, the bandit a king in the making. The dude in charge has guns, bombs and old books. People are in it, people haven't really changed, so they just started the thing back up.
Read this one.
Monday, September 11, 2017
projects
Today is Monday, 9/11/2017. I took a PTO day today to finish up some home projects with the Taoster. I usually take a little time off in September anyway, but I try to be productive.
We painting James' bedroom blue, Dodger blue in the closet and painted the room baby blue. We also vacuumed out all the dust and cleaned everything. Hopefully he will agree to part with some of his garbage toys.
Here is a before with the peach colored walls...
Here's the after...
We also worked in the yard. We got three more trees, to bring the total to 33 (not including the non-productive olive tree on the county strip. We're hopeful we'll be able to take care of all them with the greywater system, which we expect will be permitted and installed by January or Feb 2018.
Here is the papaya in the front yard....
and
and in the back yard a moringa...
and mango..,
We have a new composting system too. That's the container you see. I put in mulch, food trash, coffee grounds, weeds, and then cover with mulch, and then water. It composts and also drips out compost tea close to the trees. Let's see if that helps them to grow big and strong.
There is so much waste in the business as usual system. My goal is to be as efficient as possible, and we'll see if there's a payoff in the form of fruit and a beautiful yard.
We painting James' bedroom blue, Dodger blue in the closet and painted the room baby blue. We also vacuumed out all the dust and cleaned everything. Hopefully he will agree to part with some of his garbage toys.
Here is a before with the peach colored walls...
Here's the after...
We also worked in the yard. We got three more trees, to bring the total to 33 (not including the non-productive olive tree on the county strip. We're hopeful we'll be able to take care of all them with the greywater system, which we expect will be permitted and installed by January or Feb 2018.
Here is the papaya in the front yard....
and
and in the back yard a moringa...
and mango..,
We have a new composting system too. That's the container you see. I put in mulch, food trash, coffee grounds, weeds, and then cover with mulch, and then water. It composts and also drips out compost tea close to the trees. Let's see if that helps them to grow big and strong.
There is so much waste in the business as usual system. My goal is to be as efficient as possible, and we'll see if there's a payoff in the form of fruit and a beautiful yard.
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