September 20, 2006

The Goodyear blimp was flying over Pasadena this afternoon. I went to Target and asked a sales associate where I might find the shoe polish and she got this puzzled look on her face and, you won't believe it but I knew it was coming, she said, and I quote, "Shoe polich, what is that?"

Now, I didn't say shoe polich, but that was how she pronounced polish. The fact that she had no idea what shoe polish is (or polich) is disturbing me more and more the longer I reflect on it. However, that wasn't the end of my search for shoe polish at Tarjay. I found another sales associate and asked her where I might find the shoe polish. "Shoe polish? I don't think we carry that."

Needless to say, I was in a hurry but found the shoe polish on my own and, after picking up a couple Star Wars action figures and some way overpriced hair pomade, was on my way.

I've been to busy to do my homework on the new calendar, but I've done some research and found some highly interesting studies. More to come soon.

September 17, 2006

Yesterday I played the piano at an award ceremony in Alhambra. It was at the LDS chapel (built in the 30's; first one built in San Gabriel Valley) and President Lowry and President Harrick from the Stake were there to present the 2006 Family Award to Paul Talbot, former mayor and city councilman. They gave him a nice statuette of a family, several certificates/awards from the Church, the city, the county, etc and a family history packet with information on his and his wife's family lines.

The weather finally cooled down a little bit and people are wearing jackets and sweaters already. It dropped all the way to 78 degrees the other day!

I've decided it is time we instituted a new day between Sunday and Monday. I worked way too hard this week and, although I love what I do, am convinced that we need one more non-work day. So, I am proposing that we institute "Funday" as the eighth day. Granted, the establishment of such a day will require substantial reworking of infrustructure, but I've thought about that, too. Here's how it might work: 8 days a week is 52 too many days for a year of 365, which we should obviously adhere to considering seasons, etc. Therefore, we implement a sort of "equal tempering" to the system, just as we have for the Gregorian calendar. (Observe the different number of days in each month and leap year). I will work out a model and submit it as a viable yet necessary improvement over the current system.

By the way, my good piano friend, Angela, noticed the other day that my phone number has four 2s, three 6s, two 0s, and one 1.