Archive for January, 2009

Traveling Builds Character

Traveling Builds Character

There are a lot of things that build character in a person.  When you finish a milestone in your life, when you overcome sorrow or when beat the odds of cancer, going through these events builds character.  Some people might even say there is a change in you. My brother Rich would say going through [...]

Home Run!

Home Run!

If there is anyone who loved baseball in our family, it was my grandmother (Lola), RIP. She loved it with a passion! She didn’t miss a single game that I could remember. You’d think my grandfather (Lolo) would like the game more just because he’s a guy, but he didn’t. He still loved the game, he just wasn’t as passionate as Lola.

Volunteering is good for the Heart

Volunteering is good for the Heart

There is something about volunteering that makes you feel good.  While it doesn’t physically do anything good for you, it does put a smile on your face and on others.  Helping those in need will probably warm their hearts and bring some meaning to your own life. For my own experience, I have volunteering for [...]

Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the OX

Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the OX

Chinese New Year – Per Holly Hartman at Infoplease.com, this is how she describes the Year of the OX, which starts today, January 26, 2009. An Obstinate Year Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after [...]

Finding Your One Thing

Finding Your One Thing

There are been several influential people in my life such as my grandma, ma, dad, brother, bosses, etc.  But one person who has always been in the back of my mind was a stranger on an airline.  He was no ordinary stranger.  By coincidence he happened to be a priest.  We got to take about [...]

Cooliris for FireFox

Cooliris for FireFox

This may not be new to you, but it sure is for me.  I just discovered this browser plug in for FireFox called ‘Cooliris‘.  It turns all your internet photo galleries into “3D”.   It’s freakin cool!  It works great even with just image searches on Google. After you install the plugin for your FireFox browser [...]

Pyramid Breweries

Pyramid Breweries

It was another night out on the town.  This time we went to Pyramid Breweries off of 11th St. and “K” in downtown Sacramento.  We just happen to wander in after mass at the Sacramento Cathedral Church.  I hope it wasn’t a sin to go there after church cause we did have a nice time [...]

San Wam, Thank You Mam!

San Wam, Thank You Mam!

Don’t ask me what this means, but these are the words my “co-worker” said after he discovered that he was saved from today’s lay offs.  It was not a good day.  For those that were saved it was a matter of being respectful and sensitive to those who were not.  Fortunately for me I was [...]

Obama’s Oath of Office

Obama’s Oath of Office

Today marked another milestone in history.  President Barack Obama was sworn into office as our 44th president.  I look forward to his achievements and his growing pains as our new president.  I know it will be awhile until we see some tangible results, but at least now there is Hope.  God bless him and his family.  [...]

Forgiveness

Forgiveness

I wrote about forgiveness in one of my other blogs, which one, I forget.  I won’t repeat it here, but this lesson is a simple one that took the longest to learn.  Why?  Because forgiveness it hard.  Forgiveness is hard when you think you’re right.  Forgiveness is hard when you feel someone has wronged you.  [...]

Anatolian Table

Anatolian Table

This past Saturday we splurged and went out to eat. We know that we should be saving our pennies, but we just found a new Turkish restaurant in Rocklin, CA. called, ‘Anatolian Table’. The restaurant is named after the Anatolia region that the food comes from in Turkey.

Calling All Cursillistas!

Calling All Cursillistas!

Believe it or not I used to be part of the Cursillo Movement.  It’s been many years since my 3 Day weekend.  It was definitely the highlight of my spiritual life.  Overall, my 4th day, which has been everyday since the 3 Day, has been good! It could be better, spiritually speaking, if I continued [...]