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  • Anni and Bianca first pictures

    Album by David - Views: 17 | Comments: 0 | Favorite: 0 - 11/10/2008

  • More Bianca birth pictures

    Album by David - Views: 67 | Comments: 0 | Favorite: 0 - 11/2/2008

    From her birth Oct. 31, 2008.

  • We've become Grandpa and Grandma

    Discussions by David - Views: 148 | Comments: 30 | Favorite: 1 - 11/1/2008

    Anniken, our daughter, gave birth to Bianca tonight. 5 lbs 7.4 oz (2.5 kg). Daughter and mother are well

  • Toward victory in Iraq?

    Discussions by David - Views: 64 | Comments: 1 | Favorite: 0 - 10/25/2008

    Iraq has largely disappeared from the election debate, but should it have? Americans have the chance in 10 days to decide between staying the course and starting a thorough house cleaning regarding our Iraq policy. A wrong decision and thousands more will die, while millions more suffer. Are we…

  • Our late summer

    Album by David - Views: 53 | Comments: 0 | Favorite: 0 - 9/25/2008

    with two camping trips--one to Highland Lakes in the Sierras and the other to the Sonoma coast--and a visit from Anni, Jenrry, Sonja and Erlend.

  • Havana Blues

    Discussions by David - Views: 39 | Comments: 0 | Favorite: 1 - 9/25/2008

    This Spanish language rock musical about harsh choices confronting Cubans had a powerful effect on my wife and me, in no small measure, of course, because of our son-in-laws recent experiences in leaving Cuba. We recognized many of the problems faced in this repressed but rightly proud society,…

  • Sailing off San Francisco

    Album by David - Views: 197 | Comments: 0 | Favorite: 0 - 8/25/2008

    Always a chance for a first after so many years here: Tim and Courtney borrowed a boat, and we joined them for a sail to and picnic on Angel Island from SF. Twas lovely.

  • Soldiers of Conscience

    News by David - Views: 237 | Comments: 0 | Favorite: 1 - 5/16/2008

    The morality of war and the personal question of whether I/you would willingly kill another person: These are difficult, emotionally laden issues, and this documentary addresses them head on. It might have taken the easy path and highlighted one side's moral code, either the peaceniks' or the…

  • On pandering to ignorance on gas taxes

    Discussions by David - Views: 180 | Comments: 4 | Favorite: 3 - 5/2/2008

    I've been thinking about this topic for a long time, and now our pandering politicians have spurred me to lay out my thoughts. First I'll point you to a good column on the recent simple-minded proposals, and then I'll add my two bits on why the gas tax should be several dollars a gallon, not less…

  • Leader opportunity at cross cultural summer camp for teens

    Post an Offered Ad by David - Views: 145 | Comments: 0 | Favorite: 0 - 4/26/2008

    I'm posting this on behalf of the organization CISV. ____________________ International Camp Leader Needed Must be at least 21 years old The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of CISV is looking for an adult leader to accompany four 13 year olds to an international CISV “Summer Camp” to be held…