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Academy Award Update
Best Movies The Academy awards ceremony is coming up. April 25th to be exact. Less than a month and there are eight best movies this year. So time is a wasting. It takes time to track down where you can see them for free. The Academy is allowed to nominate ten but this year they […]
Bell Family; Bird Watching In Sacramento
Eagles in Sacramento Wayne Bell, former Real Estate Commissioner, and his son, Seth, a junior at University of Nevada, are bird watchers. Always admire people who have extreme patience to do this. This time they scored some excellent photos. I have a strong weakness for photos of eagles. These photos were taken not too far […]
Quote For The Day Plus 3 More
Wayne Bell, California Real Estate Commissioner from 2013 to 2018 (and my favorite) posted four quotes recently and they make you think a little. And they are as appropriate today as when they were created. See what you think. “If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those […]
Headline In Local Newspaper
Cabinet Position “How tweets may cost Cabinet pick a job”. In a column by Doyle McManus the tweets of Neera Tanden are discussed. Joe Biden has mentioned that she would be his pick to be head of the Office of Management and Budget. A pretty prestigious position. However, over the past few years she has […]
Cost Foolish
I wrote a post about someone who saved $10 when buying a R.E. Education course and is now getting no service or bad service costing him lots of time. When making decisions, I believe you must know the value of your time so you can evaluate real costs. For example, if you want to gross […]
Baseball
Rules are Rules Ted Lyons, Chicago White Sox, pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox. In 1 hour and 7 minutes. Today it would take 1 hour and 7 minutes for the ninth innings as networks and MLB want to advertise more. Some managers would take him out in the 7th or 8th […]
Story For Boomers
Intercollegiate Tennis Some boomers may understand this post. On August 19th, 2020, Renee Richards became 86 years of age. When I met her, she was named Richard Raskin. I met her at West Point in the Eastern intercollegiate Tennis Tournament. In the round of sixteen Richard beat me. The next day in the New York […]
The Catch
Amazing Google search Phillip Blanks Video. It is a video of how Phillip, a former Saddleback College wide receiver, catches a baby thrown from a third floor balcony to escape a fire that claims the life of the baby’s mother. As Phillip says in the ABC 7 video, “The real hero is the mother who […]
New Great-Grandson
Meet Buddy This is Buddy on his first airline flight. Going to Upper Michigan for a vacation. Hope O’Hare is friendly today.