Saudi officials saying that the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will be unable to meet projected western demand in 10 to 15 years. This is a bit of a surprise, considering how optimistic OPEC usually is. I found this 3 part interview with Matthew R. Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, very interesting. …
Yearly Archives: 2005
Petco, Red Tide, Fireworks, and La Jolla Cove underwater
On the 1st Anna, Rodene, Bean, and myself went to a night game at Petco Park. (Photos here) I’ve lived near downtown for almost 3 years, but this was my first time at a game. Not much of a ball fan to be honest. It is about the most boring sport out there for me. …
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MP3 on the cheap
I was curious about getting a Super Tangent (Apple Shuffle rip-off) as an el cheapo USB mp3 player. But no one seemed to be selling them on eBay anymore. In the search for the product under a different name, I stumbled on emanufacturer on eBay selling Visual Land’s imported mp3 players. They are bling bling …
LASIK touchup
(All photos for this entry are posted here) Friday afternoon I had my right eye touched up with Wavefront LASIK. I had previously had both eyes done last Oct. While my left eye was better than 20/20, my right eye was slightly worse. My vision was fine, but I’m a perfectionist. I wanted a touchup …
Movies
Last night Anna and I went to watch The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill at the La Paloma theatre in Encinitas. Great movie, great theatre. We snuck some spring rolls from Siamese Basil into the show, but the concessions prices were quite reasonable. I love the building. It is sort of a roaring 20’s spanish …