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Aug 15 2011
The creative geniuses at Aardman Animation (makers of Wallace and Gromit) have made an amazing and largest (according to Guiness) full-scale stop-motion animation ever. And here is the “making of” video:
Aug 15 2011
Aug 14 2011
Had an excellent and filling dinner tonight at The Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown San Diego with the Tapias, the Holdens and John and Jackie, who treated us as a thank-you for helping with their wedding reception. There was some kind of hip-hop “music” party next door at the Hard Rock Café that drew a …
Aug 13 2011
Aug 13 2011
Found a baby lizard on the outside of our kitchen window screen. First reaction is to always get the camera and invade its privacy. It didn’t seem to mind, though. Matter of fact, I think it enjoyed the notion of it ending up on the Internet to be gawked at by hordes of at least …
Aug 13 2011
Aug 12 2011
Walked 4.41 miles with the Tapias this evening around Mission Bay just outside of SeaWorld. Started at dusk and ended at a non-blood-sucking twilight. Matter of fact it didn’t suck at all. We saw all kinds of wildlife: egrets, terns, rabbits, jumping fish and a gaggle of practicing roller derby broads.
Aug 11 2011
My old friend and client, Harriet, got the old work gang back together for lunch after a few year hiatus. She chose a newer restaurant in Del Mar called Flavor and the food was excellent. We started with freshly baked bread with warm butter and four different flavored salts followed by an appetizer of Grilled …
Aug 10 2011
Aug 10 2011
Aug 09 2011
Was lucky enough to capture a very healthy Monarch Butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. Forgive the poor cell phone video quality.
Aug 08 2011
Aug 07 2011
Spent a little over an hour with my sister Beata setting up decorations for a surprise birthday dinner for Jeri after she and my nephew Stephen returned from their trip to Catalina Island. We had really good burritos and tacos from Chipotle that my brother Ozzie had picked up followed by some delicious chocolate cake …
Aug 07 2011
While spending the night in the Tapias’ backyard studio, I was shocked awake by what turned out to be two very unhappy raccoons fighting next to and in the Tapias’ pool. There was so much vicious screeching and splashing that when I first awoke I had no idea what was going on. It didn’t last …
Aug 06 2011
Setup a small outdoor movie theater in the Tapias’ backyard patio complete with hanging chairs, projector and drape-screen to watch the movie “Rio.” The movie looked fantastic with amazing animation, but at times the main characters seemed flat and uninteresting, had poor dialogue and overall it was pretty predictable. Some of the main characters I thought were also totally …