An old classic to get you in the mood!
http://www.jibjab.com/originals/time_for_some_campaignin
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Pre Election Thoughts
At the risk of going out on a limb or preachin' to the choir, here are my thoughts in a nut shell!
Vote Obama! Keep Palin's finger away from the trigger!
So if that makes me a left wing radical, socialist, terrorist, elitist, Marxist, communist, anti-American whack job, well, I guess I'll just have to live with that.
I welcome any and all opposing views, while we still have some semblance of a Democracy in the good ol' U.S.A!
Vote Obama! Keep Palin's finger away from the trigger!
So if that makes me a left wing radical, socialist, terrorist, elitist, Marxist, communist, anti-American whack job, well, I guess I'll just have to live with that.
I welcome any and all opposing views, while we still have some semblance of a Democracy in the good ol' U.S.A!
*** Vote Early * Vote Often ***
From Rob and Sara:
This just in from Sara, thanks to Helen:
(If you can make it to the open house or moving sale, I'm sure Rob and Sara would love to see you before they head south!)
We have big news to share. Rob and I have decided after much thought to move to Abiquiu, New Mexico where my folks live. We know this comes as a shock to many of you and you were in our thoughts when we made this decision. We have been considering retiring to New Mexico in five or six years from now, however events in our personal lives and the needs of family has made us realize that now is the best time for us to make this move. Rob is planning to pursue his studio art and pottery and will be selling the tile business and molds. I will be developing the Fashion Dell'Arte with Arnel into an education, show, and product based company.
My last day of work will be October 31 and our last day in town will be Nov 28. Below is an invitation to our open house where we hope you can all come.
Rob and Sara's House Cooling and Open House Week
When: Friday 11/7/08 thru Thursday 11/13/08
Fri, Sat, Sunday 10am-9pm Mon, Tue, Wed 10am-4pm
Thur. 10am-9pm
Come chill out with us. Have you picture taken so Sara can make her scrap book, and let us share with you on a map where we will be moving (so you can know how to visit us). Also the next week we will be having a moving sale. Feel free to come and visit and shop also.
Rob and Sara's Everything Must Go Moving Sale.
When: Friday 11/14/08 thru Wed 11/18/08
Friday Sat Sun 9am-7pm Mon Tue Wed 9am-3pm
(If you can make it to the open house or moving sale, I'm sure Rob and Sara would love to see you before they head south!)
We have big news to share. Rob and I have decided after much thought to move to Abiquiu, New Mexico where my folks live. We know this comes as a shock to many of you and you were in our thoughts when we made this decision. We have been considering retiring to New Mexico in five or six years from now, however events in our personal lives and the needs of family has made us realize that now is the best time for us to make this move. Rob is planning to pursue his studio art and pottery and will be selling the tile business and molds. I will be developing the Fashion Dell'Arte with Arnel into an education, show, and product based company.
My last day of work will be October 31 and our last day in town will be Nov 28. Below is an invitation to our open house where we hope you can all come.
Rob and Sara's House Cooling and Open House Week
When: Friday 11/7/08 thru Thursday 11/13/08
Fri, Sat, Sunday 10am-9pm Mon, Tue, Wed 10am-4pm
Thur. 10am-9pm
Come chill out with us. Have you picture taken so Sara can make her scrap book, and let us share with you on a map where we will be moving (so you can know how to visit us). Also the next week we will be having a moving sale. Feel free to come and visit and shop also.
Rob and Sara's Everything Must Go Moving Sale.
When: Friday 11/14/08 thru Wed 11/18/08
Friday Sat Sun 9am-7pm Mon Tue Wed 9am-3pm
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Van Morrison Hollywood Bowl
Thought I'd throw this up in case anyone is interested. Van Morrison is recording a live version of the Astral Weeks album Nov. 7 & Nov. 8 at the Hollywood Bowl. It is the season closer for the Bowl and the 40th anniversary of the original Astral Weeks release. It should be a an incredible evening and I highly recommend it to anyone that can make it. Susan and I have Terrace Box Seats for Saturday night and tickets are still available on eBay.Check out this link for further details. http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Wherefore art thou.....
This just in from Joe Romeo, thanks to Helen!
There has, however, been one major drawback during the trip... While we were in Paris six weeks ago, Susan broke her ankle. I can tell you that dealing with the French medical system would be daunting enough if you spoke the language but it is certainly no picnic if you don't. So after 2 stressful days in Paris we hobbled back to Amsterdam where we could at least understand what the doctors were saying, since most of them speak such excellent English (which, of course makes us feel like idiots for being so linguistically challenged). But Susan is out of her cast now and learning to walk like a biped again, so we hope things will be back to normal soon.
Anyway - enough of all the travelogue stuff. We are having a wonderful time here but we do miss the beautiful people at home, which is why I'm thinking of you. I hope everything is well with you and would love to hear from you. Please take good care of yourselves and give my best to all.
Susan and I are now settled in Amsterdam and loving it. I'm doing research at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam and we plan to be staying here until the end of next summer, so I'm afraid we won't be making it to the next Paradox reunion. I really wish we could have found the time to visit you before we left the country but getting everything together for this trip proved to be an overwhelming set of tasks and there just wasn't time.
Living in Amsterdam has been even better than I had hoped. I think the Dutch are an under-appreciated people (or at least the Dutch in and around Amsterdam - we haven't had much opportunity yet to travel in the more rural parts of Holland). I've been very pleasantly surprised at how warm and kind most of the people I've encountered here have been. Our daughter Annie is doing her junior year in college at the University of Paris so we've been getting to know that city as well and, while I can certainly understand why everyone raves so much about what a fantastic place it is, I have to say that I'm happy that Susan and I decided spend my sabbatical year in Amsterdam rather than in Paris as we had originally planned.
There has, however, been one major drawback during the trip... While we were in Paris six weeks ago, Susan broke her ankle. I can tell you that dealing with the French medical system would be daunting enough if you spoke the language but it is certainly no picnic if you don't. So after 2 stressful days in Paris we hobbled back to Amsterdam where we could at least understand what the doctors were saying, since most of them speak such excellent English (which, of course makes us feel like idiots for being so linguistically challenged). But Susan is out of her cast now and learning to walk like a biped again, so we hope things will be back to normal soon.
Anyway - enough of all the travelogue stuff. We are having a wonderful time here but we do miss the beautiful people at home, which is why I'm thinking of you. I hope everything is well with you and would love to hear from you. Please take good care of yourselves and give my best to all.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Losing Rob and Sara!
Bad news for us, good news for Sara's parents. Sara's mother has breast
cancer, her father is well into his 80's, they live in New Mexico. Both
Sara and Rob feel they need to go help out, soooo they are moving back to NM
in November. Sure hope they come back for our upcoming reunion. If it
wasn't for them, our last reunion would have been a disaster, they were
such a tremendous help to us. We will miss them so, but I would do the same under the circumstance.
Good luck to you Rob and Sara.
cancer, her father is well into his 80's, they live in New Mexico. Both
Sara and Rob feel they need to go help out, soooo they are moving back to NM
in November. Sure hope they come back for our upcoming reunion. If it
wasn't for them, our last reunion would have been a disaster, they were
such a tremendous help to us. We will miss them so, but I would do the same under the circumstance.
Good luck to you Rob and Sara.
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