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Milpitas Chamber of Commerce Invitation Form
Not yet a Milpitas Chamber of Commerce member? Haven’t been a member for 3 years or longer? Let me invite you to join the Milpitas Chamber of Commerce and share the benefits the GoMilpitas.com already enjoys. Have you heard that Gaye Morando is back, and selling memberships? She will get back to you once you have sent in this form. You will get tools to grow your business (See list in image below.), and I get credited $20 toward my membership dues, which would really help, since this site doesn’t make very much money for “extras” like membership dues. Print out this image, and fill out the top of the…
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Fireworks Set-Up for 4th of July 2002
A lot of work went into setting up the fireworks display on the 4th of July, 2002. Pyro Spectaculars is a very active company that hires professionally licensed “pyros” to manage the display set-up. They usually have a crew of friendly volunteers who turn out to help with various aspects of the two-day process. The Zeise family has now helped out twice. Here are some photos of the whole gang working on the non-explosive part on July 3rd, which is why you’ll see some children. For current 4th of July plans in Milpitas, check the Events Calendar.
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Silicon Valley Singles Center
In a nutshell: Milpitas is not a good city for singles. Out of about 19,000 homes in Milpitas, nearly 16,000 are family-led. Few homes are owned by single people (705), and young adults tend to live with their parents, or other willing relative willing to take them in as they get started. So when looking for someone to date, singles need to look outside into the wider population of Silicon Valley. There is virtually no night life here, unless you count Dave & Busters. They’ve got money, power and huge hard drives so why aren’t Silicon Valley’s finest getting any? In Silicon Valley the biggest immigration problem may be sex.…
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Commencement Address At MIT
Philosopical Jokes [Be sure to read the truth at the very end! This was possibly the first piece of Fake News to hit the young internet. ~ Milpitas Mom’s Favorite Jokes] Kurt Vonnegut: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your…
