Paul’s World

“To laugh often and much: to win the respect of intellligent people and the affection of children .. to leave the world a better place … to even know one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

I had some fun using FotoMagico to create a slideshow from a trip my family (and a good friend) took to Disneyland over Spring Break 2004.

Disneyland 2004

There’s nothing like custom-made jewelry to show your mom or the mother of your children that you appreciate her.
Here is something I had made for Gina for Christmas:

I know where I’lll be shopping.

Morning Story’s second part of their feature on the Fremont Unified School District is available. This part is titled “Children of Immigrants Seek to Define their Identity”. Again, you can listen to the stream at NPR’s web site in either Windows Media or the Real Player formats.
Once again, I’ve also created an MP3 version.

A post to my neighborhood’s mailing list pointed to part 1 of a 2 part story. Part 1 is titled “Immigrants Weigh Splitting from Calif. School System” and the stream is available at the Morning Story web site in either the Windows Media and Real Player formats.
However, I’ve got a version in MP3 in case […]

After paying $2000 (well, I ended up splitting it with my insurance company) to replace the gas tank and fuel pump (and have the car aligned) on my 2004 Camry (which I’d had only about a month), when the “Maint Reqd” light came on in my 2004 Camry, I got a sinking feeling.
It turns out […]

Are you in the mood to see some good dancing?
A friend of our family, Nicole Silva, is a fantastic tap dancer. She was a part of the top senior group and the top senior duet at the Starbound West Coast Finals this past July where she was also presented with the Dance Spirit Future Star […]

So I did get this as a chain email, which I did not pass on. However, many of these things are nice thoughts.
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Think about them one at a time BEFORE going on to the next one…
IT DOES MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD, especially the thought at the end.
1. Falling in love.
2. Laughing so hard your face […]

The first of two (so far, anyway) mesages about self-esteem written by the father of the Real Live Preacher. This is important stuff for the father of a 12-year old girl young lady young woman(?) to keep keep in mind.

I wonder if I can find any good dance songs at any of these sites.