Jun 26 2011

New Mexico Fire Forces My Brother To Evacuate

The quickly growing Las Conchas Fire that ignited this afternoon southwest of Los Alamos has burned into the city causing my brother and his family along with many of his friends to evacuate and seek shelter outside of Santa Fe for the night. I was giving him regular updates from Twitter and elsewhere online. It’s even made the NY Times. By tomorrow morning the fire will have either burned Los Alamos or swept passed it. Second time in about ten years he’s had to evacuate because of fire. Not sure I could live with that kind of a recurring threat.

Fire acreage: 3,500

Webcam from nearby mountain
Smoke plume analysis
2nd shot from my brother
1st shot from my brother
Twitter info, up to 3500 acres now
Location of fire’s origin

Jun 26 2011

My Day With Lilo And Stitch

Dog-sat Lilo and Stitch today while their parents were visiting family in Orange County. Easy gig. Those dogs are the best. Gave me a chance to finally watch “How To Train Your Dragon” which I absolutely loved. Also gave me the opportunity to pick a ton of cherry tomatoes to bring home and to document some of the cool stuff mommy and daddy have decorating their house.

Jun 25 2011

Fun With Science

Had a great time playing with science experiments with Rodrigo at the Ruben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. We also watched the IMAX movie “Hubble” which was stunning, if a little hard to watch at times because of craning our necks to see everything in their domed theater.

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Jun 25 2011

Run Cheetah Run!

Had a fantastic tweetup at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Got VIP treatment for a a practice run of the new Cheetah Run exhibit that will open to the lesser people (general public) on July 2.  Also got to see an eight day-old Western Lowland Gorilla being carried by it’s mom, as well as four African Elephants, including three calves, splashing around in a pool, a Milky Eagle Owl, some California Condors and a baby Desert Bighorn Sheep with its mom. Just a great all-around visit.

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Jun 24 2011

This Day In My History

In 2004 I watched my nephew Alex play soccer and score his team’s first goal during World Cup Day of his UK Soccer Camp in Los Alamos, New Mexico. His team was Brazil. In 2005, my friend Lannie and I met and hung out with the artist Shag at an event for him at the Disneyland Hotel. In 2006 I had returned from another trip to my brother’s in Los Alamos, NM. In 2007, my mom, sister and I dropped my niece Kimi off at the Albuquerque airport before we started heading back for San Diego. In 2008 I walked at SeaWorld with my mom. (Not sure why I don’t have pictures.) In 2009 I filed a second Do-Not-Call List complaint with the FCC against Hearty House Doc. In 2010, my mom, niece Kimi again and I hiked around Pajarito Mountain outside of Los Alamos, NM. In 2011 I blogged about it all.

Pajarito Mountain in 2010
Albuquerque Airport in 2007
With Shag in 2005

Jun 23 2011

Newness At SeaWorld

Walked around SeaWorld San Diego with my mom today. Saw a bunch of new stuff like two young Red Kangaroos (got to pet one named Elle for Elle MacPherson), an Owl Monkey whose name I forgot, a Pygmy Hedgehog named Hodgepodge that I also got to pet, got to hold a Decorator Crab, saw two Llamas with a miniature horse and a mom and daughter donkey (all of which I got to pet), walked through the newly opened Turtle Reef exhibit which I enjoyed very much, and saw some of the construction going on to install “Manta,” the roller coaster being put in where the old Forbidden Reef used to be. All in all a pretty good visit, even if it was on a crowded summer day.

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Jun 22 2011

Breakfast With The Ms. Csanadis

Had a really enjoyable breakfast this morning with my mom, my sister and my niece. I was there to represent the testosterone camp. I had some wonderfully delicious Swedish Crepes with lingonberries.

Jun 22 2011

My Gigi Photo Is Almost Famous

Found one of my Comic Con pictures of Gigi Edgley on a fan site. What’s most surprising is that the site’s author was good enough to give me credit for the photo. Not used to that kind of honesty on the Internet. (I’m looking at you, CNET!)

Jun 21 2011

Bond Villains = Sexual Innuendos Galore

What James Bond villain/conquest from Goldfinger does this represent?

Hint: it’s not Octopussy. That’s from…well…Octopussy.


Jun 21 2011

Zoo Day With Kimi (Post #800!)

Spent a few fun-filled hours at the world famous San Diego Zoo today with my favorite niece, Kimi. Took bunches of photos of her with various animals (even petting a few) and had a really awful lunch. We both strongly felt like we were going to see somebody famous there and we amazingly ended up seeing nobody famous.

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Jun 20 2011

Imagine If They’d Made It About Allah

Part one of three. (Links at the end to continue.) What a great ironic twist to the story. (Really need to see this movie again.)

Jun 20 2011

Not Me

This is my doppelganger in name only. Still weird. We do both wear glasses.

Online translation of video description: “Peter Csanadi is responsible as head of marketing firm MATCH Hospitality for the World Cup VIP’s guide to the lodges. In South Africa the business was heavier than in 2006 in Germany. Csanadi explains why this is where the most precious fans come and investigate how South African and Mexican soccer lodge guests.”

Jun 19 2011

Father’s Day Dinner

Our San Diego family got together and had a “surprise” Father’s Day dinner for my brother Ozzie. The surprise part didn’t turn out, but the dinner was excellent.

Kimi is special
Roast pork loins
Potato slices
Salad
Crepes
Marshmallows

Jun 19 2011

Not Enough Cat Pictures

Another neighbor asked us to go over to see her two new kittens, Faith and Hope, both thirteen weeks old. I can see even more cat-sitting in my future.

Jun 19 2011

Cat-Sitting: Day Five

This is my final full day of cat-sitting so here’s only one photo showing seven of the eight cats and a few shots of various homey knickknacks.

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