-
Gallery
Meta
Subscribe
Category Archives: General
Game of Thrones theme on cellos
This is awesome. I hadn’t heard about the group Break of Reality until a post on Jezebel featured a video of them playing a cover of the Game of Thrones’ theme. Three cellos and a drummer playing is just about … Continue reading
My car loves my mechanic
My mechanic has seen my car more than I have this week. Last weekend, I noticed that the check engine light came on. I had the error read at Auto Zone and it turned out to be a major flow … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Death of Superman
Probably one of the best fan-made videos deconstructing a comic I’ve ever seen. Excellent review of the WTF moments in the Superman comic, Death of Superman. Tweet
Music by Devotchka and Alt-J
A good friend of mine introduced me to Devotchka’s music last year. The band quickly became one of my favorites, next to Elbow. Elbow has a live albums played with a symphony orchestra. It is stunning. Imagine my delight when … Continue reading
Catching up on posts…
It’s been a while since I did much posting here. I had a huge backlog of saved posts and things I had wanted to write about and haven’t yet. If you see a sudden flurry of blog posts that are … Continue reading
Posted in General, Horses
Leave a comment
Random text messages
Yesterday I got a call from someone in Tennessee with a 423 area code. My cell phone has a 423 area code (long, convoluted story) and I sometimes get random calls from people with really thick accents. That’s okay. It … Continue reading
Thank you for your music, Owain Phyfe
A friend of mine emailed me today and said that his favorite bard, Owain Phyfe had passed away. At first I didn’t recognize the name. However, I recognized the face — and the voice. Such a beautiful voice that could … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Box cloud storage
A while back, Box (cloud storage, like Drop Box) offered a promo for a free 50 GB account by signing up for Box using the Android app. Sounded like a sweet deal, so I signed up. Box storage is accessible … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Rethinking causes of heart disease and high cholesterol
I’ve usually had very good cholesterol levels. Initially my “good” cholesterol was two times the normal amount and the “bad” cholesterol was high, but the two numbers balanced each other out. Last year was the first time my doctor said … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Squeaky visits the vet
Kiesha has mostly stopped throwing up — at least she has stopped throwing up solid food. I was cleaning the office carpet this morning and noticed a lot of new puke spots of bile. Called the vet. Kiesha hasn’t been … Continue reading
No Man is an Island quote
Found this quote from a friend of mine on Facebook: “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Ankles and horses and gimpiness land
Prize and Kasane are both el blimpos because of the grass (even with grazing muzzles on both of them). They are currently dry lotted during the day. What they really need is a good dose of consistent exercise. Unfortunately with … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
In memory of grandmothers
There have been too many deaths in the past year: friends, family, horses. A friend of mine told me that their grandmother had recently passed away. I listened to as much as they wanted to say and just kept them … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Parking redux
The last few nights I’ve watched for the yellow flashing lights of the tow truck. The truck is there every night some where between 9:00 and 11:00 PM. Last night, three of the visitor spots had resident vehicles in them. … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment
Parking policy paranoia
A friend from my Wednesday WFRP gaming group visited today to review some of the material for the next gaming session. Parking at the complex was tight: no visitor spaces available close by. (Three of the six visitor spaces had … Continue reading
Posted in General
Leave a comment