A Few Pictures and Personal Notes
Just after receiving the Ph.D. during Caltech's 83rd commencementPasadena June 10, 1977
With Karlis Muehlenbachsthen and still at the University of Albertaat the Rubey Colloquium on Stable Isotopes I organized during Spring Break my last year at UCLA Westwood March 19, 1988
Back home safelyafter a deer and our car collidedwhen we both were racing downhill to escape wildfires in the Yosemite Valley Santa Barbara August 1991
Michael DeNiro the uncle and Michael DeNiro the nephewbefore either of us were lawyersat a wedding of one of the southern DeNirosAtlanta April 6, 2002
Being sworn into the California State Barby Ruggie Aldisert, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitGoleta June 4, 2007
At the penultimate game at"The House that Ruth Built"The Bronx September 20, 2008
Listening to Bob Seger singing "Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then" Staples Center Los Angeles December 28, 2011
With Professor Ron Amundson watching our beloved Cal Bears eke out a 42-41 win over Texas Austin September 19, 2015
What I said: "We need to review the headnotes on the cases before filing this brief"What the Senior Associate of DeNiro, Inc. heard: "Put your briefs on your head"Portland November 14, 2016
Jumping for joy off the Courthouse on Anacapa Street after a Superior Court judge ordered The Regents to set asidethe decision that my UCSB student-client violated the Student Code of Conduct and the one-quarter suspension imposed on him based on that decisionSanta Barbara September 7, 2017
Jumping for joy off the Santa Cruz Courthouse on Ocean Streetafter prevailing over The Regents of the University of CaliforniaApril 25, 2018 [The Sixth Appellate District Court of Appeal reversed the Superior Court decision on February 16, 2021.]
Helming my consuegro's boat Tiramisu on Buzzards Bay near Mattapoisett July 18, 2018
One man's attempt to bring a divided nation togetherOn the day Joe Biden becomes President-electI made Nancy Reagan's Persimmon PuddingSanta Barbara November 7, 2020
Getting ready to make the red saucefor my seventy-second birthdayfrom the recipe (shown on the right)my mother sent us in 1972Santa Barbara March 22, 2021
With Professor Ron Amundson watching our beloved Cal Bears eke out a 24-17 loss over Notre Dame South Bend September 17, 2022I was there 55 years ago the last time this happenedas a sophomore at Notre DameNotre Dame 41, Cal 8September 23, 1967
My silver-mirrored didymium-doped glass lensesA throwback to what I wore day and nightBack in 1988-91When I was blowing glass, building my lab at UCSBSanta Barbara February 9, 2024
If I didn't have a virtual officeI could put this Cerificate on the office wallIt turns out I'm the fourth-most-cited stable isotopistIn the World, and possibly, in the UniverseSeptember 14, 2024
With Professor Ron Amundson watching our beloved Cal Bears eke out a 17-15 loss over Pitt Acrisure Stadium, PittsburghOctober 12, 2024
I had this license plate in the 1980s when I was at the height of my powers as an isotopist then one of the daughters totalled the carand we never got the plates backuntil now Santa Barbara June 24, 2025
Hoping to recruitHomer Simpson to work for DeNiro, Inc. Santa Barbara December 25, 2025
The only thing you need to knowwhen you're baffled by what other people do Portland OR January 11, 2026
I am doing pro bono work for the Lawyers for Good Government trying to help entities that have had grants terminated by the Administration
Most of my fires are banked nowbut two burn brightone for baseball and the other for the law Opening Day, Ebbets Field, Pirates at DodgersBrooklyn April 13, 1955
