Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! I had my first trick-or-treaters at my new home! Four of them! Woohoo! Related Images:
Pentagon Launches “Media War” Unit
In what could be a move towards greater media outlet monitoring and control, the Pentagon has announced that it will “set up a new unit to better promote its message across 24-hour rolling news outlets, and particularly on the internet.” (Source: BBC) This new unit has a “mandate” to develop messages and aims to “correct…
Grey Wonder Mare, part 2
Today was a busy day. I went to the barn early to work Rajiyyah and then bathe both horses. Rajiyyah was awesome. I lunged her first with the saddle and bride. The horses in the adjacent paddock took off a few times because of a dog barking at the back of the field. Rajiyyah snorted…
Amazon and shipping times
Okay, I’m pissed. On October 20, I ordered five DVDs on belly dance from Amazon.com. All of the titles said they were in stock at the time of ordering. None of them listed “this items takes 2-3 days to ship.” Nothing like that. Everything said in stock and ready to go. Initially, I chose standard…
Silly Blog Tests
Your English Skills: Grammar: 100% Punctuation: 100% Spelling: 80% Vocabulary: 80% Does Your English Cut the Mustard? You Are 50% Left Brained, 50% Right Brained The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.If you’re left brained, you are likely…
Belly Dance Class!
So tonight was my first class. We reviewed the basic steps that are used in the routine we’ll be performing. We also did some advanced work — including working with a veil, which was also a blast. I was able to stay for the begininer and part of the advanced class afterwards. It was a…
IE Team sends Cake to Firefox Team
In an odd twist of fate, the IE7 development team sent a congratulatory cake to the Firefox development team for release of Firefox 2. That just seems so strange… The story reports that the cake was not poisoned. IE7 to Firefox Team Cake Related Images:
Dancing Discussion
When I was little, I had four things I wanted to be when I grew up: A professional dancer, An archaeologist, A writer, or A parapsychologist. (Note: Professional rider is not on the list. I like to enjoy my horses and didn’t want them to become a chore.) which one, I wasn’t sure, but they…
Belly Dance
An Internet friend of mine out in Utah has a scary knack of getting into the same activities I do. We were chatting on Friday evening and she mentioned that she was interested in belly dance. Just so happens a local friend of mine has been teaching belly dance for a year or more. We…
Visit to Rome
Well not for me (I wish!), but for my coauthor. This week he is in Rome for an EpiDoc conference. With any luck, he will return with photos of some of the find spots of some of the artifacts in our list. If he’s lucky, maybe he will even have time to visit the museum…
Farrier today
The farrier came out today for Isis and Rajiyyah. The spots on Isis’ front feet are definitely looking better. Her feet are getting better and the funky fungal thing she had appears to be mostly gone. There is still a little of it in her front right hoof. I’m continuing the treatment and hopefully that…
Riding again
The last time I really rode consistently was Isis’ show back in July. I rode Rajiyyah today and really felt slippery in the saddle (didn’t help I was wearing linen pants). Boy do I need to get my legs back in shape! Any way… She was good today. Full of energy and excitement, but overall…
Photo of Isis
I was going through my pictures of Isis and I finally found the one of her running. I only wish this one had focused better. Oh well. It was taken with a Kalimar 35mm film camera with a 80-200mm telephoto lens. Related Images: