Is your computer infected?

If you didn't see the news tonight, you may not know that there is a computer threat out there that may have infected your computer. There's a simple way to check:  go to www.dcwg.org and click on the green Detect icon. This will send you to a page describing the problem and solutions. Skip down to the link "http://www.dns-ok.us/." Once you click on this link, you will be taken to a page which will tell you whether or not your computer is infected. If you come out ok, there's nothing else to do. If your computer is infected, solutions will be provided. 


If you don't want to take the first step to read about the problem, you can just click on the link above and it will automatically check your computer.

Best wishes, Michael and Lina

On Saturday afternoon, Mom and I drove to La Jolla to attend Lina's wedding shower. She and Michael Martinico are getting married in September. She seems to be a lovely young lady, tiny compared to Michael, who is tall like his mother.

There were about 50-70 women there, all but 8 of them from Lina's family. Michael is marrying into a large Mexican-Jewish family. They were all very nice and very happy for Lina. Michael made an appearance late in the afternoon after lunch. Poor guy, the only man in an ocean of women. He looks much the same as he did as a child except, of course, grown up...and up and up.

Mom and I sat with Vince's Linda and John's Linda and Jacqui from our side of the family along with two of Linda's long-time friends who were the mothers of Michael's best friends and the girlfriend of one of those friends. It was very noisy so we could only talk with the people nearest us.

After lunch, we viewed a video showing Lina as a baby and then growing up with her family; after that we saw some photos of Michael and his family. I recognized many of the Christmas photos Linda sent of the kids through their growing years. There were some family shots, too. Jacqui and Linda were tearing up and it was emotional for me, too.

We wish Michael and Lina all the best. They seem very much in love.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! We are having a small celebration with Mom, Dennis and me this afternoon. We are having hot dogs barbecued outside. Life is good.

Movie Tuesday

Sometimes you expect nothing and end up more or less pleasantly surprised. That could be the theme for today's movie, The Avengers, a Marvel Comics adventure. Marvel Super Heroes (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow) are called together to save the world from Loki, the psychotic adopted brother of Thor, both Nordic gods.

The best part, I think, is The Incredible Hulk, played by Mark Ruffalo. The movie had several quips and humor without being slapstick. Oddly, we all enjoyed it. I would say go see it and have some fun.

Del Mar Fair

Dennis and I made our annual trek to the Del Mar fair today. The first thing I noticed, after observing the long lines, was that they had turned Don Diego into a spaceman. The Don Diego building was now a spaceship. Then I saw that the theme this year was "Out of this World."

Anyway, we had our obligatory cinnamon roll (we split it) and I had my morning coffee finally at 11 a.m. That's because before we went to the fair I had to fast for a lab blood test. We walked through the plant exhibits, then Dennis wanted his usual homemade potato chips, so we split that, too. Then we got thirsty, so Dennis had a lemonade and I had my once-a-year Orange Julius. In other words, the fair is getting to be a little repetitive--for us anyway. We couldn't even find one new gadget to buy.

So we did the fair in about 3 hours and came home. Either the fair is boring or we are.

50-50 gets a hair cut

Kittens' Aviary

This is the kitten's new abode. The fine wire enclosure is not very visible in this picture, but it's on top of the wire fence below. Now they have a nice, airy enclosure.