On a good side, there is a rumor that the Sci Fi channel will air season 3 of Doctor Who in July. On a spit-nails-or-cry, The Sun has an article claiminng that Doctor Who would be axed after season 4 due to a mass exodus of the executive producer and writer, Russell T. Davies, and other senior staff. This article has since been disputed by an article on The Guardian (registration required), summarized...
Continue reading...May 2007
Jobs and Gates: Together Again
Fascinating interview with Steve J. and Bill G. on stage from the D conference. These guys have history — and deep respect for each ohter. Interesting to read the blow-by-blow description of the interviews. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: Historic Discussion Related Images:
Continue reading...Sewing Patterns
I love the Internet. When I am clueless, someone has posted a page that has instructions. Here are the ones I used tonight: Sewing darts General tips and trick for sewing belly dance patterns Reference site that has just about anything and everything What is really stumping me is that the shoulder seams are “eased in”. I’ve read a few pages on easing in seams. What I was told was to basically pin...
Continue reading...Not a Seamstress.
Okay, so our first performance for June is June 2 in Knoxville. I’m behind on trying to make the costume. I’ve been really trying hard to get things situated together. I’ve failed miserably. Well I haven’t when you consider the last thing I sewed was a t-tunic–up one side an down another. So here it is, 2:30 in the morning. I’m supposed to have the costume ready for a dress rehearsal tomorrow. I...
Continue reading...The Girls
I worked both of the girls today. Ah, sanity! I drove up and Isis knickered at me. Walking into the barn, both girls whinneyed for me. That was a treat: first time they have both called for me. I should have been sewing. Had to see the girls and play with them for a little while. Some times you just have to have sanity time… All of the troubles of the world fade...
Continue reading...Package Update
Still hasn’t arrived. Damn, where is that thing? Why would it take so long to get to Canada and then so long to get back here? If the thing has not arrived by Friday, I’m going to put in a claim for the insurance. This is ridiculous. Snail mail indeed. If this is priority mail, then what is “first class”? Related Images:
Continue reading...Rest Well, Grey Mare
Rest well, Brendie. One more mare taken from us because of colic. Related Images:
Continue reading...Quality Control at Q-Tip
From a forwarded joke email: When you have an “I hate my job” day try this: On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the thermometer section. You will need to purchase a rectal thermometer made by “Q-tip.” Be very sure that you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, draw the drapes and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed during your...
Continue reading...“Express” Delivery Takes Two Weeks?
I finally called the hotel in Banff to see if the package had arrived and if they had returned it to sender as requested. They had, so theoretically I’ll have it back in a few days. With the way the current system is going, it appears that it will arrive at my house approximately one month after having been sent. If this is the service for “Priority” mail, I’d hate to see waht...
Continue reading...Wanna watch Doctor Who?
I was searching on YouTube for the latest episode of Doctor Who, called “42.” I have been anxiously awaiting this new episode. Sometime this season Captain Jack Harkness apparently comes back. It’s been two weeks since the last episode aired on BBC. Withdrawl! (Yes, I have been a Doctor Who fan all of my life. I admit it freely. I’ve attended conventions to hear Tom Baker and Colin Baker speak (Doctors #4 and...
Continue reading...Solace
Quite a few belly dancers I’ve met use songs by Solace in their albums. I just found a great site that lets you sample Solace’s albums: Free Album Feed. Related Images:
Continue reading...Too strange for words…
A Student Press column in Hong Kong has caused calls for the Bible to be listed as “indecent” material and be made only available to people over the age of 18. From an an article in The Register: The Bible may be reclassified as “indecent” in Hong Kong due to its “sexual and violent content”, Reuters reports. That’s if the 800 or so residents who’ve demanded it be restricted to over-18s get their...
Continue reading...Snail Mail
A friend of mine was at the WWW 2007 conference in Banff, Alberta. I sent a package via US postal server using the so-called priority mail option. The postman said that the package should arrive within 3-5 days. It was a Saturday, and my friend was supposed to be in town for another 8 days. The next option up was twice as expensive and would have arrived in four days. I didn’t see...
Continue reading...Silly Blog Things
Brainy Kid In high school, you were acing AP classes or hanging out in the computer lab. You may have been a bit of a geek back then, but now you’re a total success! Who Were You In High School? Related Images:
Continue reading...Bibliomanic Tagging
Forgive me for not being formally tagged with this, but it looked like way too much fun to pass up. 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST. 5. Tag five other...
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