Posted in Commentary, tagged China, food, food safety, health, imports, organic, pesticides, politics on September 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was struck by the news the other day about the massive recalls that Mattel has had to undertake due to lead paint in toys produced in China and the lack of controls or regulation of Chinese manufacturing practices.
Of more concern to me are the countless stories of food poisoning from products produced in China [...]
Posted in Mountain Bike, tagged Mountain Bike, Old Camp, Orange County, Santiago Trail on September 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Today I went for a long bike ride up the Santiago Trail to Old Camp (8 miles) back down the Luge, past Four Corners and back to the main gate for a total ride of 18 miles round trip. I haven’t done this in several months but felt pretty good. Total elevation gain [...]
Posted in Cross Country, Running, tagged Cross Country, Kids, Running on September 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday we went to practice at Foothill high school. The miles are getting easier. The kids did 1 mile of warm up laps and then we either go out running for an additional 3-4 or work on running techniques.
The coach timed all the kids on a straight flat dirt trail. Nikhil [...]
Posted in Entertainment, tagged Entertainment, hdtv, sony, TV on September 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Our old TV was finally on its last leg so I went out to Best Buy and bought a new 52″ Sony LCD XBR4 TV last weekend. I spent all day Saturday installing the bracket and mounting it above our fireplace. It took a lot of effort to rewire all of the cables [...]
Posted in Kids, Soccer, tagged Kids, Soccer on September 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Vikram has started playing AYSO soccer this season. They have practice twice a week and games on Saturday.
This is his first year so he is learning quickly. Anjali is volunteering as the Team Mom - so she gets to coordinate all of the practice announcements, banner, collect funds and coordinate all of the [...]
Posted in Dinner, tagged Dinner, restaurants on September 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Tonight we went to dinner at Macaroni Grill. This was Vikram’s selection today since he loves to eat pasta.
Posted in School, tagged Kids, School on September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
The kids started school this week. Nikhil and Vikram are in 5th grade and Annika is in 1st grade.
They are happy with their new teachers and have their friends in their class.
Here is Annika with her friends.
Posted in Cross Country on September 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Two weeks ago Nikhil started a cross country running program. He joined the Equalizer Track Club. They started off with some 1-2 mile runs two weeks ago. Last week it was 2 mile runs 3 times. Then on Saturday morning we went on a 4 mile run. Here is [...]
