Public Art in Downtown LA
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Statue detail
Michael Several lead a group of us on a tour of some of the public art in downtown LA. Click here to see a selection of pictures on Flickr.
The pool by the Library
One of the new buildings
It was a wonderful way to spend a few hours. We commented that this is the kind of tour we take when we travel to other cities but we had never seen LA this way before. Thanks to Michael for making this possible. Click here to see the good photos
The Year of the Pig
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What better way to celebrate the New Year than to look at some pictures of Pighenge from last years event.
Happy Lunar New Year:
Pig love
Pig acrobats
Pigs and Hengers
Amazing Grace
Posted by Simon
Nurit and I saw Amazing Grace on Friday night. I was very moved by the story because of my work for the right to migrate. The struggle against slavery was fought initially by a few Quakers. William Wilberforce, the star of this movie, was one of the first politicians to take up the cause.
This is what Nurit called a “talking movie”. Its subject is thought provoking, the characters and acting are captivating and it is absolutely worth seeing.
Maxim for February 26, 2007
Posted by Simon
“We are often angriest with others when really we are angry with ourselves.”
Theodore Dalrymple
Author of Life at the Bottom
Quote from National Review article 3/07
Codgers in Cozumel 2/07
Posted by Simon
The Codger Divers had a great trip to Cozumel, QR Mexico last week. We stayed at the Iberostar Resort on an all inclusive package and it was excellent.
We dove with Dive With Martin and it was near perfect. Roberto was our dive master and Jorge was the boat captain.
Nobody drowned and we learned to drift dive.
We saw some large sharks