Category Archive: September, 2008
- Home prices finally coming down in Los Angeles - 09/24/2008
It's interesting to watch the housing market here in Southern California as it travels the long and painful road back to sanity as far as property values are concerned. Home prices are finally coming down in Los Angeles.
We've lived in the Los Angeles area for nearly thirty years. But there was a time […] - Valencia California Town Center Mall has class - 09/24/2008
I never used to frequent malls before. In fact, my idea when shopping is to target the designated store designated and swoop in there and attain what I need in as little time lost as possible — and then I'm outta there!
But as I've grown older and mellowed to a degree, I don't look […] - Money: The Financial Sector is crashing - 09/18/2008
We have a situation here in the U.S. in which the financial sector is crashing.
In the good old days, one used to be able to save money at an acceptable interest rate that was paid by a commercial bank — oh, around 5%, if I recall correctly. One had trust that the bank wouldn't go […] - HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One Review - 09/08/2008
Continuing with our series of plain-English reviews, here's my HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One Review. Enjoy!
It's a copier! It's a printer! It's a fax machine! And it can scan! One can even plug in memory cards/sticks with pictures (and other data) and print color photographs!
Although we are technically a two-person corporation, I decided that […] - The Judicial System is alive and well in Los Angeles County - 09/03/2008
I was enjoined to participate in our criminal justice system recently. That is, I was called into jury duty at the San Fernando Court House of the County of Los Angeles California. And guess what? I was one of the first jurors to be seated. I was juror number 7.
I was told to report early […]
- Lakanto - an excellent sugar substitute - 09/03/2008
In our ongoing effort to be able to partake of sweets without eating sugar, we've had an opportunity to try Lakanto over several months — and we've found that Lakanto is an excellent sugar substitute. In fact, can replace sugar quite adequately.
Now, of course we'd also been eating honey, but after a good friend referred […] - Interview with Charles Thiel of BasicNecessities.org - 09/03/2008
We're pleased to present this interview with Charles Thiel, a co-founder of BasicNecessities, Inc., a 501(c)3 public charity organization established for the purpose of assisting people in need in California's Tri-Valley area; Dublin, Livermore, and Pleasanton, California.
Charles, welcome. Can you tell us a little about yourself? How did Basic Necessities come about?
Hanging out in a […]
