All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
Monday is Aunt Adelia's 95th birthday! We hosted a celebration at our house this afternoon which was well attended by family and friends. Adelia and Orville didn't have any kids, but she still had a couple of special visitors today when her brother-in-law and niece showed up. We all had a great time. :: Late … Read more
My dad, father of 7, died on Tuesday. He was 84. We held the funeral service today. Dad was retired Air Force and he was honored with a Military Funeral including Honor Guard, an honorary volley of shots, the flag ceremony and Taps. I thought it would be tough during the playing of Taps; I … Read more
We recently returned from a combination business and pleasure trip that took us out to northern California. As always, my camera traveled with me. It was a great visit, with a wonderful week spent with my colleagues in Palo Alto, followed by the Drupalcon conference in San Francisco and concluding with a very nice stay … Read more
I tweeted a note about how I had 144 tabs open in my browser, possibly a new high! I then thought of the terminally bored or insatiably curious, or perhaps the merely credulous, who might be asking, “what 144 web pages have you looked at in the past 12 days?” (And it’s not all of … Read more
On Monday, December 3rd 1979, I began working for Hewlett-Packard. I started at the Stanford Park Division in Palo Alto. This was before I turned my full attention to computers and software; I was hired as an Electronics Technician II, troubleshooting and repairing HP test equipment to the component level. I still remember Retha, my … Read more
Sheryl found this picture while looking through a box of old stuff today. Turns out it was one she had processed herself (at the Sunnyvale Community Center) and given to Aunt Minnie. We got it back as part of Aunt Adelia’s photo collection a while back, and after seeing it today I just had to … Read more
Today is Laurina’s birthday; she would have been, oh right, women of that era didn’t discuss such matters! We took a nice ride in the country this morning, taking pictures of both wild and commercially grown sunflowers. Sheryl picked a bunch of wild ones and we took them up to Rosehill Cemetery and placed them … Read more
We all know what an important holiday this is for Americans and this year I want to acknowledge what a special day it is for my (genuine) soulmate, Sheryl. This year, Independence Day marks the beginning of Sheryl’s independence from pain. For the past few years she has suffered with extreme pain caused by a … Read more
really try your patience. Today for example. It started at 2am with the sounding of the storm sirens. Thankfully, no damage in our area, but after getting back to bed at 3 I never really did sleep well. At work, after checking a minor bit of work, I confirmed that what I had done was … Read more
The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, is also one of the world’s largest, housing over 35,000 objects over an area greater than 1/2 million square feet. We visited in the middle of May this year and barely scratched the surface in terms of seeing the available exhibits. The Louvre is definitely worth repeated visits! … Read more