Monthly Archives: April 2005

Spiral Laser Beam

Filipino and Danish researchers “have found a way to generate helico-conical, or spiral-shaped light beams.” Hmmm, will this lead to Lasik surgery being an even quicker procedure? Maybe Lucas should delay the release of Star Wars Episode…  Read more

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Sidewaste

Sideways was called by one critic “a movie that’s nothing more than a grown-up version of “American Pie” (only with less heart).” I just saw it last night and I tend to agree with her. But I also see…  Read more

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Revelations

I’m no big fan of end-time stories but I think I’ll check out Revelations premiering tonight on NBC. I’m currently listening to an interview with its producer, Gavin Polone (Panic Room, Curb Your Enthusiasm), on the Michael Medved…  Read more

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SF Trip

Here are pics from several weeks ago when we took the foreign exchange student on a tour around San Francisco. We tried to stick with the 49 Mile Drive scenic route as much as we could but we…  Read more

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Mission San Jose

I almost forgot about the photos I took last September of our local mission, Mission San José de Guadalupe, until I read Phisch‘s entry on the mission in her area. Like Phisch, I was unwilling to pay…  Read more

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