Nowruz Mobarak!

I think the rest of the bar went ok - I hope and I pray it did - even though I won't get the results until mid-May. Now I'm keeping busy looking for a job - not the best of times for that, but to mis-quote someone who will remain un-named, you go job-hunting with the economy you have, not the economy you wish you had. (A bit labored, yes, but it seems appropriate on the 5th Anniversary of the US "liberation" of Iraq.)

Anyhoo, the way the rest of the year has been going is pretty well summed up by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert:





Here's hoping that 2567, (1387) or the rest of 2008-09 - whatever! - starts looking up.

Cheers,
Sandie

The End Is Near

Tomorrow is the last day of my three-day ordeal, ie, the California Bar Exam. The first two days have been ok (touch wood). One more day and, I hope, I will never, ever have to think about the Rule Against Perpetuities again - Hooray!

Cheers,
Sandie

The New Bush Coins

BarBri started Jan 2: every day, six days a week! I don't have much time these days for anything but studying, however, I did take a minute to watch this, and it was time well spent. (Very funny!)

Cheers,
Sandie

Joy to the World

According to PNC's Christmas Price Index, the of cost the Twelve Days of Christmas, like cost almost everything (except flat screen TVs) has gone up this year.




Despite rising inflation, recession fears, and a world-class credit crunch, US consumers did their thing. Sales are reportedly on track to be up 3.6% over last year.


However, since the health of the global economy - not to mention the retail industry - is still depending on US consumers to shop, shop shop, this is a good thing.

So deck the halls, Santa's coming - and don't forget the chestnuts (in fact, better get two bags, just in case). God bless us, every one.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas,

Sandie

An Auspicious Beginning

Mira's birthday is two days before Christmas, so after I finished studying on Sunday we drove up to Ashish & Anjali's place in the city. The moon was nearly full, and just above and a little to the right was Mars, almost as bright. Too bad Little Miss couldn't fully appreciate the show the night sky was putting on for her special day.






The next day we went to the Marin Headlands, just north of Golden Gate Bridge.



The weather was pretty good (especially compared to the Midwest and East Coast - brrrrr). And the views weren't too shabby, either.


Best of all, we had wonderful company to spend the day with. All in all, a great way to start the holidays.

Cheers,
Sandie

Thanksgiving 2007

The weekend before Thanksgiving, I stayed home to study while Ali went hiking. This photo shows the fog in the Valley, from where Ali went hiking near Russian Ridge.








We were 23 at Thanksgiving Dinner this year: Armaz, Angelique & Antonya arrived from D.C. on Tuesday; Maman, Afkham, Karim, Nima, & Nastaran drove up from Irvine and arrived Wednesday evening; Aaliyah, Vestienn, Raisah & Kian arrived from Seattle at noon on Thursday; Anajali, Ashish, & Mira drove down from S.F.; and Shophar, Golhan, & Sheffi came from the East Bay. Kirsten, Steve & Dahlia just crossed the landing from next door.

Tom, our "guest of honor," weighed in at 23.75 lbs before the stuffing. (I don't know where he came from originally, but Ali & I met him at the Safeway in Mountain View.) Anjali made six pies, Shophar & Golhan brought a couple more, and Kirsten brought a gluten-free chocolate cake, so there were plenty of desserts to choose from.


After dinner only the youngest had energy left for chasing Angelique's bubbles, but it was fun to watch.

Speaking of watching, Nastaran has started a website called SeeTheCook.com. She brought her video recorder and has immortalized the preparations of our holiday meal for your amusement (here).

Cheers,
Sandie

Earthquake!

We "enjoyed" a little rock & roll here last night. The epicenter of the 5.6 earthquake was around 20 miles east of here - the biggest in the Bay Area since 1989. No where near as bad as Seattle's 6.8 in 2001 and nothing broke, but it sure got my heart pounding.

These days I'm pretty busy studying, so not much time for blogging, but one of these days I'll try to fill in some of the blanks. In the meantime, Happy Halloween --

HALLOWEEN AIEEEEEEEEEEEE- EEE


Source:
Daryl Cagle. Cagle Cartoons

Cheers,
Sandie

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