Actually, the Bears are coming to visit the Trojans, and they're all going to sit down for a civil game of football, right? Riiiiight.
Since my alma mater did not have a football team ('UCSB - our football team never loses!"), Dad transferred affections to USC, and it's since become a bit of a family obsession. So, in honor of the BIG GAME tomorrow (5:00 PST on ABC), check out the "Tommy Cam" at USC, which is a web cam perched to display Tommy Trojan. My favorate feature is the time lapse videos that they compile of each day's worth of webcam shots. Game on!
Once again, the downtown Macy's and the SFSPCA have teamed up for a window display that really draws a crowd. They've made mock-ups of various famous Christmas movies, and then filled them with live kittens and puppies. This is probably one of the most genius cross-promotions every - Macy's windows are constantly surrounded by people cooing at the kitties, and an SFSPCA representative stands there collecting donations and handing out flyers about how to adopt the animals in the window.
I took a couple of pictures, but they aren't too clear - they were taken with a camera phone. Still, they give you an idea of the displays.
Also on display (but not pictured) - "The Puppy Express" - featuring, you guessed it, puppies! If you live in San Francisco, go check it out for yourself.
This Bulova Acutron SpaceView was my father's college graduation gift
from his parents (in 1968). It's been sitting around the house
without a battery, and with a metal watchband that'd seen better days,
for quite a while now. I finally got it in to a watch repair
place to get the battery replaced, and it seems to be keeping time
well. I also discovered that Fossil has an enormous
collection of cuff-style watchbands that are easy to swap out.
So, for about $30 total, I managed to get this "priceless family
heirloom" (as my dad views it) up and running again. Now I just
need to decide whether it's worth an additional $20 (or so) to replaced
the slightly cracked crystal on the watch's face (until I do replace
it, I'll just avoid going scuba diving with this particular
watch).
