1998 Christmas List



Dear Friends,

1998 was a good year except for heavy teaching. 1999 promises to be even better, with a new young Rasmusen due to arrive February 9. Helen and I discovered items 2 and 11 below just in time. As usual, my list is not in any particular order.

Some Other Good Things of 1998: The Super Rica taqueria in Santa Barbara; the Textpad text editor; the Realplayer sound player and Web radio; the South Griffy Neighborhood Association; mice with wheels; Kirin Kyushu Beer Nodogoshi---The best Japanese beer by far, and very special--quite lagery, very fizzy, not too flavorful, and malty; Bloomington Area Birth Services birth class-- by home birth midwives and doulas, but quite sensible; the North University Park Church in a shopping center in Los Angeles next to USC; the Drudge Report.