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Another Path

Friday, December 31st, 2004

Rainbow over Fremont
This rainbow came out this morning after rain poured all night long.

In Return of the King, as Gondor was seemingly on the verge of being overtaken by the armies of Mordor, Gandalf comforted Pippin with this description of heaven:

…the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain curtain of this world rolls back and all turns to silver glass. And then you see it… white shores, and beyond, the far green country under a swift sunrise.

Looking forward to a bright New Year. I wish you all the best.

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Our Own Peanuts Christmas

Tuesday, December 28th, 2004

I thought I’d share with you a short clip from Christmas 2003 of the kids and their cousins dancing to the Charlie Brown theme (Quicktime, 1.9 MB). On the piano is their older cousin from Texas.

Hope all y’all had a wonderful Christmas holiday.

Update: This video has been uploaded to Google Video!

Update: This video is now up on YouTube.

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Tsunami Disaster

Monday, December 27th, 2004

It saddened me deeply today to learn how many so far have perished from the devastating earthquake and resulting tidal waves that hit south Asian nations. Here are a couple of ways we here can help.

Here’s an amazing set of pictures showing a tidal wave engulf a Thai resort.

Sadly, the world also experienced an incredible number of catastrophes around the same time last year.

(Red Cross and UNICEF links via RBJ)

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Scared of Santa? Me?

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004

When I saw this hilarious photo gallery of kids scared of Santa a couple days ago, I had to dig up my own “scared of Santa” picture from my childhood:

Scared of Santa

That’s me at two years old being held by my mom because I refused to sit on Santa’s lap. My sisters didn’t mind though. Our eldest is seen here stroking his beard.

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Niece on the Nutcracker

Monday, December 20th, 2004

My sister’s 7-year-old daughter gets interviewed along with other Nutcracker performers by KQED radio. She’s the one who says, “The hardest thing about it is keeping the beat and getting to my place at the proper time.”

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