http://www.vegasgeorge.com/ en Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:45:09 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox 2.2 http://www.vegasgeorge.com/photo-albums/ <div class="article-summary"> <div> </div> </div> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:44:18 -0800 http://www.vegasgeorge.com/photo-albums/ http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/ <div class="article-summary"> <div class="first graphic-container wide center"> <div style="" class="graphic general-index"> <div class="figure-content"><!-- sandvox.GeneralIndex --> <div class="article i1 o"> <h3 class="index-title"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/my-zumba-instructor.html" title="My Zumba Instructor!"><span class="in">My Zumba Instructor!</span></a></h3> <div class="article-summary"><p style="color: rgb(25, 40, 56); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" class="paragraph_style"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica;">Occasionally in our lives we come across someone who makes a profound personal difference for us. In my life, that hasn't happened often.  This is just a short …</span></p></div> <div class="article-info"> <div class="continue-reading-link"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/my-zumba-instructor.html" title="My Zumba Instructor!">Continue reading My Zumba Instructor!</a></div> <div class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/my-zumba-instructor.html" title="My Zumba Instructor!">Aug 26, 2011 8:31 AM</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article i2 e"> <h3 class="index-title"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/sin-city-sinful.html" title="Sin City Sinful!"><span class="in">Sin City Sinful!</span></a></h3> <div class="article-summary"><p>Oh my!  I just discovered the shakes down at the Godiva Chocolate store.  Seriously, I've never had anything so delicious as my favorite, Chocolate Decadence.  …</p></div> <div class="article-info"> <div class="continue-reading-link"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/sin-city-sinful.html" title="Sin City Sinful!">Continue reading Sin City Sinful!</a></div> <div class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/sin-city-sinful.html" title="Sin City Sinful!">Aug 25, 2011 9:36 PM</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article i3 o"> <h3 class="index-title"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/swimming.html" title="Swimming!"><span class="in">Swimming!</span></a></h3> <div class="article-summary"><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Today I was able to go swimming for the first time since the back operation.  I tired quickly, but the exercise felt good and I didn't hurt myself.  I wore my …</span></p></div> <div class="article-info"> <div class="continue-reading-link"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/swimming.html" title="Swimming!">Continue reading Swimming!</a></div> <div class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/swimming.html" title="Swimming!">Aug 23, 2011 8:51 PM</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article i4 e"> <h3 class="index-title"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/running-around.html" title="Running Around"><span class="in">Running Around</span></a></h3> <div class="article-summary"><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica;">Today Christy and I were all over the place.  I'd forgotten how far away that Mall of the West is.  And when we got there the store didn't have what we wanted.  …</span></p></div> <div class="article-info"> <div class="continue-reading-link"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/running-around.html" title="Running Around">Continue reading Running Around</a></div> <div class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/running-around.html" title="Running Around">Aug 21, 2011 8:25 PM</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article i5 o"> <h3 class="index-title"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/a-busy-friday.html" title="A Busy Friday"><span class="in">A Busy Friday</span></a></h3> <div class="article-summary"><p>Busy day today!  My back is healing fast.  Saw both Jason, the home physical therapist guy, and Jo, the home nurse.  New exercises, no problems.  Went to Costco …</p></div> <div class="article-info"> <div class="continue-reading-link"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/a-busy-friday.html" title="A Busy Friday">Continue reading A Busy Friday</a></div> <div class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/a-busy-friday.html" title="A Busy Friday">Aug 19, 2011 4:22 PM</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article i6 e"> <h3 class="index-title"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/new-web-activities.html" title="New Web Activities"><span class="in">New Web Activities</span></a></h3> <div class="article-summary"><p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; background-color: rgb(255, 247, 220);">Apple's dirty trick on us MobileMe users has prompted me to find alternative resources on the web.  I am now using Sandvox web designer instead of iWeb, and have …</p></div> <div class="article-info"> <div class="continue-reading-link"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/new-web-activities.html" title="New Web Activities">Continue reading New Web Activities</a></div> <div class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/new-web-activities.html" title="New Web Activities">Aug 18, 2011 3:57 PM</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article i7 o last-item"> <h3 class="index-title"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/back-operation.html" title="Back Operation"><span class="in">Back Operation</span></a></h3> <div class="article-summary"><p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; background-color: rgb(255, 247, 220);">Well, I finally went and did it.  It's been at least three years since my last horrible right leg/foot sciatic attack.  I've had four of those over the last 10 …</p></div> <div class="article-info"> <div class="continue-reading-link"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/back-operation.html" title="Back Operation">Continue reading Back Operation</a></div> <div class="timestamp"><a href="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/back-operation.html" title="Back Operation">Aug 18, 2011 3:56 PM</a></div> </div> </div><!-- /sandvox.GeneralIndex --></div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:48:24 -0700 http://www.vegasgeorge.com/blog/ http://www.vegasgeorge.com/george-and-goldie/ <div class="article-summary"><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img width="574" height="438" src="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/_Media/image-7_med.jpeg" alt="" class="first" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: 'My Underwood';">At Home In Los Angeles</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 77); font-family: MyUnderwood, 'My Underwood'; font-size: 18px;" class="Apple-style-span">These pages are dedicated to my maternal grandparents, George and Goldie Simms.  They were the finest people I ever knew, and I loved them dearly.  As a young boy I would visit them every summer, and some Christmases, at their home in Los Angeles, CA.  They lived on Campus Road, across from Occidental College.  My grandfather was a kind and gentle man who loved his garden.  He kept the grounds surrounding the home in beautiful shape.  He took me to the Congregational Church in Eagle Rock every Sunday I was there.  He taught me what love means by the way he cared for Goldie her entire life.  My grandmother was a saint.  She suffered horribly from osteoarthritis and was confined to a wheelchair before I was born.  She sat in her chair, at a small drop lid desk in front of a window for most of each day.</span><span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: 'My Underwood';"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 77); font-family: MyUnderwood, 'My Underwood'; font-size: 18px;" class="Apple-style-span"><img width="304" height="300" src="http://www.vegasgeorge.com/_Media/image-4_med.jpeg" alt="" class="not-first-item narrow left graphic-container" /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 77); font-family: MyUnderwood, 'My Underwood'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" class="paragraph_style_2"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 77); font-family: MyUnderwood, 'My Underwood'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" class="paragraph_style_2">My grandmother and me siting at her desk.  She taught me how to read and write, about the Bible, and of course, her daily crosswords in the paper. </p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 77); font-family: MyUnderwood, 'My Underwood'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" class="paragraph_style_2"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 77); font-family: MyUnderwood, 'My Underwood'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" class="paragraph_style_2"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(80, 80, 77); font-family: MyUnderwood, 'My Underwood'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" class="paragraph_style_2">In the background the Encyclopedia Britannica which I read constantly. </p></div> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:58:58 -0700 http://www.vegasgeorge.com/george-and-goldie/