Much advance publicity was made for the address the Master would deliver on “The Destruction of the World” and a large crowd gathered at the monastery grounds to hear him. The address was over in less than a minute. All he said was: “These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.“ | |
— Anthony de Mello, SJ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why I Play The Lottery |
C’mon And Dream Along | |
2020 | #45 In A Nutshell |
Old Man Wishin’… | |
2019 | Three Down, Three To Go |
2018 | Too Significant |
2017 | Shadows |
2016 | Still Blurry |
2015 | For Awhile Anyway |
2014 | By Contrast |
2013 | A Very Long Time… |
2012 | Raise And Support |
2011 | Naturally |
2010 | A Quick Sunday Morning Read |
Giants Win Game 4 In Shutout 4 to 0!!! | |
Archive for October, 2019
Three Down, Three To Go
Posted in Education, Faith, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Anthony De Mello, Destruction, Jesuits, Learning, Philosophy, Politics, Progress, Quotes, Religion, Society Of Jesus, Wealth, Worship on October 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Why #45 Is Fated To Endanger Our National Security
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #45IsATraitor, #Impeach45, #TraitorInTheWhiteHouse, #TrumpIsACriminal, Albert Einstein, National Security, Politics, Quotes, Trust, Truth on October 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Whoever is careless with truth in small matters, cannot be trusted in important affairs. | |
— Albert Einstein | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Sustainable Development |
Duke, Duke, Duke | |
2020 | #IncompetentDonald Is A Clear And Present Danger |
VOTE – “We The People” Can Save America | |
2019 | Why #45 Is Fated To Endanger Our National Security |
2018 | Dehydrated |
Dehydrated II | |
2017 | And Some Of Us Have Books |
2016 | I See No Proof |
2015 | Whither Tea Party? |
2014 | Nothing Is Known Absolutely |
2013 | Decoration Time |
2012 | The Beatitudes |
2011 | Good Fences Make Good Neighbors |
2010 | Back On The Asphalt |
No Sweep – Rangers Win Game 3 by 4 to 2 | |
Greek Myths For Kids | |
35 Years Later
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged 2019 Hil's BD Dinner, Baklava Sundae, Banana Bread Pudding, Family, Greek Food, Happy 35th (Proposal) Anniversary, Opa!, Picture of Hil, Picture of Hil and Me, Walnut Creek on October 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Back on 29 October 1984, the restaurant pictured below was a fondue restaurant where I proposed to my (future) wife. The table we sat at was located at the column just to the left of the door in the picture (between the two awnings). The current restaurant is named: “Opa!” and serves Greek food. | |
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The table in the following picture sits almost exactly where we sat back in 1984. The floor-plan / table layout is completely different from back then. Our table was a four-place table back then and there was another four-place table directly behind me (where the lady is sitting at the bar). My wife would have been slightly to the left (her right) of where she is currently sitting and where I am is almost exactly where I got down on one knee to propose (in the aisle, between tables). | |
My wife has had Greek food before. This was my first time… We both enjoyed the starter and our main courses, and we loved our desserts! | |
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Hil had the Baklava Sundae for her afters… (We told the waitress about Hil’s birthday and it being the anniversary of our engagement and they put a candle on her ice cream!) | |
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I enjoyed the Banana Bread Pudding for my afters… | |
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All in all, mid-week (Tuesday) at 3:15pm was the perfect time to dine there. When we entered, we were literally the only customers in the place. Service was prompt, friendly and helpful with the waitress offering suggestions. The food taste was new (to me), just different enough to seem “exotic”, and the meal / experience another unique memory for us to add to our list of happy events together. | |
There is an axiom that you can never go home again. Sometimes, “going back” doesn’t have to mean “being the same” to still be “great”… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | It Also Helps To Marry Well |
Holding Hands And Thinking | |
2020 | A Mandelbrot Set |
I Still Can’t… | |
2019 | Proposing A Happy Birthday |
35 Years Later | |
2018 | Forever |
2017 | Too Good To Be True |
Plain Speaking | |
2016 | She Is Still Singing |
2015 | Don’t Complain |
2014 | Nothing Is The Same |
Orange October (XII) – Giants Win Game 7 (3 To 2) And World Series (4 To 3) | |
2013 | Hours, Days, And Years |
2012 | In Kev Are In Hil |
2011 | No Game, Didn’t Really Happen |
A Good Post | |
Proposing A Happy Birthday
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Included Video, Pictures, Videos, tagged 1984 Engagement, 1984 Proposal, Can't Help Falling In Love, Chad Brock, Elvis Presley, Fondue, Happy Birthday Hil, Music Videos, Pictures of Hil And Me, Walnut Creek, Yes! on October 29, 2019| 4 Comments »
Falling In Love & Yes!! |
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Thirty-five years ago, my girlfriend (Hilary) and I got dressed up and went to try out a fondue restaurant which had opened in town (Walnut Creek, CA)… It was also her birthday! | |
I had written to Hil’s father (in advance) asking his permission for her hand and he gave his blessing. We had just met (a little over five months earlier) in May. | |
We were (and are) very much in love. I got down on one knee in-between the tables and I asked Hil to marry me… | |
She said: “Yes!“, and we were married in early December. Thirty-five years later, the rest is history (and the unwritten future…) | |
[Happy Birthday, Hil !! | |
All my love, | |
— ALWAYS — | |
Your Kev | |
(XXX – OOO – XXX) ] | |
PS: The fondue restaurant is no longer there. It is now a Greek restaurant. We will be going there (for an early dinner) to check it out. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | It Also Helps To Marry Well |
Holding Hands And Thinking | |
2020 | A Mandelbrot Set |
I Still Can’t… | |
2019 | Proposing A Happy Birthday |
35 Years Later | |
2018 | Forever |
2017 | Too Good To Be True |
Plain Speaking | |
2016 | She Is Still Singing |
2015 | Don’t Complain |
2014 | Nothing Is The Same |
Orange October (XII) – Giants Win Game 7 (3 To 2) And World Series (4 To 3) | |
2013 | Hours, Days, And Years |
2012 | In Kev Are In Hil |
2011 | No Game, Didn’t Really Happen |
A Good Post | |
Sometimes I Still Have Trouble Sleeping
Posted in Faith, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Courage, Faith, God, Great Sorrows, Humor, Patience, Peace, Philosophy, Quotes, Sleeping, Victor Hugo on October 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. | |
— Victor Hugo | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why We Have So Few Personal Favorites |
I Would Have Liked You Anyway | |
2020 | Why We Must Vote #45 Out |
If You Believe | |
2019 | Sometimes I Still Have Trouble Sleeping |
Public Ridicule For Office Holder | |
2018 | And Flights Of Fancy |
Dodgers Lose 2nd Consecutive World Series!! | |
2017 | By Their Acts Thy Shall Know Them |
2016 | Remembering |
2015 | One |
2014 | Sure Experiments And Demonstrated Arguments |
2013 | Irrational Complacency |
2012 | Why Criticize? |
Giants Sweep 2012 World Series With Game 4 Win (4 To 3)!!! | |
2011 | Saying Just Enough |
2010 | Giants Win Game 2 Shutout of Rangers – 9 to 0!!! |
Is That Why Love Hurts?
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Conscience, Feeling Good, Humor, Quotes, Steven Wright on October 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. | |
— Steven Wright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Two Eff’n Right |
Is There A Notion For That Motion? | |
2020 | The Premium Few |
No Sympathy Here | |
2019 | Is That Why Love Hurts? |
2018 | And Honest Politicians |
2017 | Maya, Maya |
2016 | Give Value |
2015 | Believe In Substitution |
2014 | Pragmatic Religion |
2013 | How’s Your View? |
2012 | Giants Win Game 3 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!! |
Still Haven’t… | |
Accidental Me | |
2011 | What Is Your Ratio? |
2010 | Giants Win Game 1 With 11 Runs Scored – Repeat 11 Runs!! |
Family Visit
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Pictures, tagged Family, Pictures, Pictures of Michael Romero, Pictures of Sean on October 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week I got a call from my cousin Michael (from Arizona) saying he would be in the Bay Area and he would like to visit with me and my brother (Sean). It turned out he was going to be visiting / staying with his niece about two miles from my brother’s house, so I said I’d pick him (Mike) up and we’d go visit there (Sean’s) for a few hours. My brother is on dialysis four days a week, so he is hooked up to a machine for several hours at a time or recovering from being hooked up. I called Sean to make sure he was up for a visit, and Friday, the three of us got together. | |
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over 10 years since Sean and I drove down to Phoenix and visited Mike (and his family) at his house. I had to go down there for a business meeting, so I offered to pay the costs for Sean and his son to drive down with me. That way we could also make some side trips (to the Grand Canyon and to Yosemite). (This was before my AFib and Sean’s kidney failure.) | |
Anyway, it was terrific to see my cousin Michael again! (And, see my brother Sean, too, of course.) And, yes we talked Warriors, Niners and Raiders. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Message To All The Democrats In Congress |
Where Did You Go In Texas? | |
2020 | Reminds Me Of #LyingDonald |
It’s All Been Rehearsed | |
2019 | The Earth’s Breath |
Family Visit | |
2018 | Forests, Shorelines And Mountain Paths |
2017 | Reach Down |
2016 | And Women When You Are 59 |
2015 | Intersections, Explorations And Relationships |
2014 | [!(±*=)/≠], [!<] |
Orange October (XI) – Giants Win Game 5 (5 To 0)!!! | |
2013 | Hard To Deserve |
2012 | Cloudy Between Games |
Admiration, n. | |
2011 | One, Two, Three – Blink |
The Earth’s Breath
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Cahokia Mounds, Canyon de Chelly, Devil’s Tower, Earth, Navarre Scott Momaday, Philosophy, Quotes, Sacred Places on October 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
To encounter the sacred is to be alive at the deepest center of human existence. Sacred places are the truest definitions of the earth; they stand for the earth immediately and forever; they are its flags and shields. If you would know the earth for what it really is, learn it through its sacred places. At Devil’s Tower or Canyon de Chelly or the Cahokia Mounds, you touch the pulse of the living planet; you feel its breath upon you. You become one with a spirit that pervades geologic time and space. | |
— Navarre Scott Momaday | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Message To All The Democrats In Congress |
Where Did You Go In Texas? | |
2020 | Reminds Me Of #LyingDonald |
It’s All Been Rehearsed | |
2019 | The Earth’s Breath |
Family Visit | |
2018 | Forests, Shorelines And Mountain Paths |
2017 | Reach Down |
2016 | And Women When You Are 59 |
2015 | Intersections, Explorations And Relationships |
2014 | [!(±*=)/≠], [!<] |
Orange October (XI) – Giants Win Game 5 (5 To 0)!!! | |
2013 | Hard To Deserve |
2012 | Cloudy Between Games |
Admiration, n. | |
2011 | One, Two, Three – Blink |
Ought To More Often Than Once
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Earth, Experience, Navarre Scott Momaday, Philosophy, Quotes on October 24, 2019| 2 Comments »
Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder about it, to dwell upon it. He ought to imagine that he touches it with his hands at every season and listens to the sounds that are made upon it. He ought to imagine the creatures there and all the faintest motions of the wind. He ought to recollect the glare of the moon and the colors of the dawn and dusk. | |
— Navarre Scott Momaday | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Do What You Can |
From The Shadows | |
2020 | Mostly To Just Smell A Few More Roses |
Above The Storm | |
R.I.P.: Jerry Jeff Walker | |
2019 | Ought To More Often Than Once |
2018 | Talking About Egypt, Not The White House |
2017 | Left Behind |
2016 | Self-Restraint |
2015 | In The Midst |
2014 | Match Book |
2013 | Disservice And Disingenuous |
2012 | Giants Win Game 1 Of The World Series 8 to 3!!! |
On Death | |
2011 | The Spirit Of Universal Connectivity |
2010 | SF Giants Pitchers Witness Protection Program |
Orange Outside (Too) & Fear The Beard | |
Non-Taxing Read | |
Can I Get A Witness?
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dorothy Day, Faith, God, Living Mystery, Philosophy, Quotes, Witness on October 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »
To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda or even stirring people up, but in being a living mystery; It means to live in such a way that one’s life would not make sense if God did not exist. | |
— Dorothy Day | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Too Heavy A Burden |
I Don’t Mind At All | |
2020 | Compare, Contrast And Learn |
Some Dreams Do Come True | |
Just In Case | |
2019 | Can I Get A Witness? |
2018 | I’d Still Like To Try It Out |
2017 | In Every Thing |
2016 | Future Halo |
2015 | The Hard Way Every Time |
2014 | Indispensable Wits |
2013 | I’d Like To |
2012 | 2012 National League Champions – San Francisco Giants!! |
2nd Viewing – No Change | |
Light Shining Out of Darkness | |
2011 | Just Kickin It |
Are These The “Real” Protectors Of America’s Constitution? | |
2010 | Giants Advance To 2010 World Series!!! |
Hoping I’m Careful
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, Heart, Peace, Philosophy, Quotes, Saint Francis of Assisi on October 22, 2019| 1 Comment »
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. | |
— Francis of Assisi | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Press On |
Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This | |
2020 | AMA |
Still Shiny | |
2019 | Things That Go Bump In The Night |
Hoping I’m Careful | |
2018 | I Must Be Truly Wise |
2017 | My Sensei |
2016 | The Worst Sin |
2015 | Rules Of Thumb |
2014 | A Prayer |
Orange October (IX) – Giants Lose Game 2 In Bullpen Collapse | |
2013 | Complacent Reality |
2012 | Two-minute Sex |
Just Staring, Why? | |
2011 | A World Of Difference |
Shining In The Dark
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Poetry, Quotes, tagged Friends, Philosophy, Poems, Quotes, Stars, William Blake on October 21, 2019| 3 Comments »
Good friends are like stars…….. | |
You don’t always see them, | |
But you know they are always there. | |
— William Blake | |
[Even when hidden behind the clouds… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Table Talk |
No One Left To Blame | |
2020 | Plant Roots For A Hundred Years |
That Seat Is Taken | |
2019 | Shining In The Dark |
2018 | Sometimes Wisdom, Too |
2017 | What Do I Know… |
Not Much Magic Here | |
2016 | Rare Competition |
2015 | Now Where Did I Put That Thing? |
2014 | Reckoning |
Orange October (VIII) – Giants Win Game 1 Of 2014 World Series!! | |
2013 | Trying To Capture Serenity |
2012 | Above The Vaulted Sky |
2011 | Active Learning |