Dec 10 2011
Went out at 4:15 in the 40 degree morning to start watching the lunar eclipse. Was first approached by a curious skunk who startled me, which then startled it, and it spun around to take the “jettison the juice” position. Luckily it didn’t perceive me as a real threat and it just scampered away. Then …
Dec 09 2011
Took Mami for a scheduled cardiology appointment in the brand, spankin’ new UC San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center. First time I ever saw patients in the reception/waiting area with light-up buzzers like you see at some restaurants. Better than the “Now Serving” numbers, I guess. At least the reception area was decked out with …
Dec 09 2011
Second day for Rick Schwartz, the San Diego Zoo animal ambassador, to be on the Today Show. Today he presented animals actually from our zoo, including Isa the fossa, a beautifully colored milk snake, Victor the echidna, and a crested porcupine named Ruva. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Dec 08 2011
Rick Schwartz, Animal Ambassador for the San Diego Zoo (and friend of mine) had a segment this morning on the Today Show. He spoke to Matt, Ann and Al about the conservation efforts zoos around the world are making together to help save endangered species. He presented four animals, an African Penguin, a Chinese Alligator, …
Dec 07 2011
Put up our outside Christmas decorations this evening plus one on the inside. They may be meager and simple but they make my mom really happy. And a happy mom is a cooking mom.
Dec 07 2011
Went to Costco with Sylvia to pick up her home-made Christmas cards. We spent some time inhaling Hawaiian-made candle scents. Most of them were amazingly fragrant, in a good way. One, pictured below, smelled way better than I was expecting. On today’s warehouse snacking menu was terrific popcorn (caramel, cheddar cheese and zebra flavored), fantastically …
Dec 07 2011
Spent quite some time today looking through old and astonishingly brutal photographs from the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack while listening to World War II music. My own way of remembering those who were tragically lost that day.
Dec 06 2011
Two mind-expanding videos. The first one led to the second one.
Dec 05 2011
HowManyOfMe.com There areor fewer people with the name Peter Csanadi in the U.S.A. How many have your name?
Dec 05 2011
Took my mom for her follow-up ultrasound today. (Now doesn’t the title make sense?) Nice surprise to find a decorated Christmas tree and bake sale in the lobby. We bought a donut and two cookies to celebrate her conquering the procedure.
Dec 04 2011
Had a long-overdue video chat with Brenda that ended up lasting just over two hours. With her laptop camera she took me on a tour of all the Christmas decorations she put up inside her house in Austin. Brenda takes decorating very seriously and each year does an amazing job with it. I also got …
Dec 03 2011
The second day of helping the Tapias decorate the outside of their house for Christmas crucially began with a delicious scrambled eggs and bacon breakfast, after which Sylvia got busy with drawing, cutting out, painting and decorating some larger candy-canes and gingerbread men to place at the front of the house. Rodrigo meanwhile was himself …
Dec 02 2011
The interesting portion of my day, which was spent helping Sylvia decorate the outside of their house for Christmas, began with her and I going to Michael’s to pick up a few minor crafty necessities, then quickly chowing down a bean burrito (actually, not an innuendo), climbing ladders and walking on her roof to install …
Dec 01 2011
I was recently given this flyer for the “World-Famed” San Diego Zoo that I’m guessing is from the early 1960s since there is no Coronado Bay Bridge, which began construction in 1967 and opened in 1969, on the location map on the back and that US 101 became I-5 in 1964. The photo of the …
