rudyamid on January 21st, 2010 at 10:52 am

Southern California has always been dry.  Hardly any rain, all year around.  If it wasn’t close to the Pacific Ocean, this area would be a nasty desert.  Fresh water has always been scarce here.  Even a colleague back East called me a “Water Sucking LA1 Man”, since we’re so thirsty for water here in SoCal. […]

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rudyamid on December 17th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

There’s been so much rain in California recently, I thought I’ll sing about it. Well… actually, I’ll let the Yahoo’s Emoticarolers do the singing.

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rudyamid on November 26th, 2008 at 12:27 am

The rain is finally here!   I’m glad because this year it has been particularly dry in Southern California.  The last heavy rain was in February 2008.  The lack of rain, combined with warm Santa Ana winds, is causing brush fires in Orange County and Los Angeles areas. It wasn’t like 2004 or 2005 when there […]

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rudyamid on June 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

We went to Curry House this week.  It was a very warm day when we talked about: A co-worker likes sprint car racing.  Pretty expensive hobby, but it looks like a lot of fun. The laugh out loud movies: Dumb and Dumber, Borat, Harold and Kumar, and Eddie Murphy movies up to Beverly Hills Cop. […]

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rudyamid on January 15th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

Earlier this month, my daughter suffered “pink eye” syndrome or conjunctivitis caused by an allergic reaction to something during the dry and dusty weather. It was the first time my wife and I had seen this happened to anyone. After consulting with the pediatrician, he said, apparently, this is a common occurrence with kids. So […]

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