June 2006 Archives

I watched the first 2/3 of Broken Flowers, with Bill Murray doing what he does best.

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Carole needed a supplier for engraved wine glasses.

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Rick's.

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I added Pibgorn to the comics page. Pibgorn is an online-only, 3-day-a-week strip by Brooke McEldowney, creator of 9 Chickweed Lane.

I was rusty, but I think it worked out well.

Samantha's team needed referee help for a tournament in Mission Viejo. When Karen called to see if I could help, I was a little reluctant, but Sam was playing the game immediately afterwards, so the timing was good. My game was scheduled for 6:00pm.

It seemed logical to take the FJR. I used my new camping bag strap layout to tie down my referee bag, and hit the road at 4:15pm. The ride was uneventful - 605 to 91 to 5, off at La Paz.

I parked close to the referee tent, checked in, and waited there for about 20 minutes. I hitched a ride in one of the utility carts with another ref while they hunted for a third. The field was about 1/2 mile south of the tent.

We had some brief confusion about one of the teams - the card said Santa Ana but they said they were from Fountain Valley. The confusion made us start a few minutes late, so we had to cut the halves down by a few minutes each. On the suggestion of the other referee, we started running a two-man, but he didn't really seem to get the concept. Luckily, a third ref showed up three minutes into the game, and I took over as center.

The game was a typical GU-14 match. The Fountain Valley team was slightly better than the San Juan Capistrano team, and won 2-0. I called impeding in the box, which is always fun, and didn't get much grief after the game from either side.

Sam's GU-16 game was next. They fell behind 2-0, with the second goal coming after the ref fell for a dive in the box which was artfully executed. Late in the second half, Sam's team made a stirring comeback, tying it a 2-2 near the end. The girls were jazzed at the end.

We stopped for El Pollo Loco. Jake's a goof, and it was good to talk to John and Cary.

TPS Enables Study Of Mysterious Pioneer Anomaly

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The BBC web site just changed over for the upcoming season, moving Birmingham City from the Premiership pages to the Championship. Woe is me.

A collection of interactive Periodic Table sites:

• Visual Elements, Flash
• The Wooden Periodic Table
• Bleak Geek, in AJAX
• Touch Spin, Flash

A catch-all of useful links:

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• X-tremegeek.com - Extreme Electronic Gadgets, Computer, Toys & More
• NewsForge | A look at the FreeNAS server
• Mahjong at FREEGAMES.WS - Play free Mah-Jong, a solitaire game online
• Inside Soccer

I watched Someone Like You - I forgot my Netflix of the second part of Prime Suspect II, and I'm a sucker for Ashely Judd ever since her blonde turn in Heat. Cecilia did my single-needle insert very nicely.