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You've all probably heard about the massive fires in Southern California.  (If you haven't, turn on the news.)  My in-laws had to leave their home late last night.  According to Google Earth, their house is still safe but the fire is only 2.6 miles away and 0% contained (that's not a typo).  They're staying at a friend's house for now.

For those who are interested, here are the best links I've found on the fire:

This article challenges some of the basic assumptions we've all made, that Bush isn't even doing a good job by Republican standards.  Also, here's the Bay Area's opinion on the subject:

This is the actual turnoff from Banff , Alberta , Canada to the #1 highway to Calgary .

So I'm in Pittsburg going to Phil & Lydia's wedding.  It's beautiful and wonderful and all that.  The only wrinkle: they didn't know that they'd be holding their Jewish Russian wedding in the hotel at the same time as a Ukrainian Neo-Nazi memorabilia convention.  And of course the hotel didn't think this might be relevant information.  So you've got all these Jews running around the same hotel as a bunch of Neo-Nazis. 

I've been hired by a small dot-com startup which is owned by a litigation consulting company.  The dot-com is Pacific Corporate Filings and they provide some corporate services for new small businesses.  The parent company is Freeman Sullivan.  My job will be to help PCF grow and form business partnerships with other companies that provide corporate services.