May 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

RT @tweetmeme Opera's Speed Test Is Pretty Incredible, Too http://bit.ly/b96ys1 # Senate antitrust leader fears Comcast will kneecap Hulu.. http://digg.com/d31SLTx # Why would anyone use IE6? Cringe. // For some companies, IE 6's ineptitude is a feature, not flaw – http://arst.ch/krc via @arstechnica # Related Images:

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23

Off to help a friend pack… hate to see them move but they have found a great opportunity. # Bike ride and horse ride yesterday. Hopefully horse ride on the youngster today, if it isn't too wet after a night of thunderstorms. # RT @tweetmeme Three Science Fiction Writing Exercises http://bit.ly/9hBpAe # Empire Strikes Back b-day. PacMan Google log. And I just hung up a TARIS bead curtain in my office. #geek #...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16

Wanted to ride today but was only able to get grain and hose off the horses. Hopefully tomorrow. # Headaches suck. Massively. Hope this sinus front clears out. # Anyone else out there using #Glass (see http://writeonglass.com) Would like to add some contacts… # Horsemasters = Pony Club for adults. Great fun. Crazy people of all ages who are into serious fun with their horses. # Good night all. I'm off to Horsemasters....

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Prize has a grand time

Sylvana, a friend of mine at the barn, and I both have four year olds we are working with under saddle. Our two Arabs (okay, he’s technically an Anglo-Arabian) have the Arab herd-brain: when one snorts the other automatically snorts and looks around. Even if nothing is there. It just takes a snort. Funny to see when a llama is following you around the pasture… Sylvana is taking her four year old, Renegade,...

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Riding lesson translates to regular riding

I had a riding lesson up at Mom’s on Saturday. I rode Piccolo (Hanoverian warmblood schoolmaster horse) in a dressage lesson with Lauara, one of Mom’s new instructors. She was very good. She explained how to do a half-pass properly by pushing with my inside leg every time I felt his inside back leg move (i.e., when his belly swung towards the outside). She had me cantering this huge warm blood without any...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09

Opera Finds Flash Unappetizing For Web Video – Opera – Gizmo.. http://digg.com/d31QR2j # Stella's blood work is pretty comparable to last tests 8 months ago. she is not anemic. now we are testing for a uti, just to be safe. # Vet pulled bloodwork on Stella. We will see what that says. Stella is curled up in her carrier and didn't want to be held. # Stella at the vet for a check...

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Happy birthday to Stella, and a vet visit

Stella is 21 this month. She is the oldest cat I’ve ever had. She has been very healthy and spry for the most part. Since the move to the new apartment, she has been losing weight and not looking as good. She is looking more her age instead of being so kittenish. (She did play with her tail last week in the bathtub. First time she had done that in a while and...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-02

Had a great play day with the Bay Wonder Mare Junior… She met llamas and survived! 🙂 Walked right up and met one with no problem. # RT @archaeologynews: 7 Medieval castles you can buy today: Have you got extra cash burning a hole in your pocket? http://bit.ly/bnlzo4 # RT @archaeologynews: (Egyptology) Graeco-Roman tombs, an intact coffin, Ptolemaic coins and whale bones http://bit.ly/bok2i6 # Looks like Legend of the Seeker has been canceled:...

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