I’ve always enjoyed vampire stories. Whether the self-flagellating Louis or flamboyant Lestat from Anne Rice’s books, there is something enthralling about the stories. I’m an avid Doctor Who fan. One of my favorite episodes is Season 2 “Girl in the Fireplace,” where the Doctor (played by David...
You know who you are. It was too precious to not post. Fiber loves me this I know, for my spindle tells me so Lots of yarn to me belong, to feed my habit sheep are shorn. Yes, fiber loves me, yes fiber loves me, yes fiber...
What Monty Python Sketch Character are you? You are the Abuse Clerk! You dish out verbal (and some physical!) abuse all day long…as long as the customer keeps payin’! Aaah…such satisfying work!Take this quiz! Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code...
Ah ha! Engadget is reporting that the iPhone will launch in France on the Orange network. France has unlocking laws… so what will that mean? Maybe the iPhones sold in France will be unlocked? (evil laughter ensues) Related Images:
From Slashdot: An anonymous reader writes to let us know that Verizon Wireless is planning to share its customers’ calling records (called CPNI) with “our affiliates, agents and parent companies (including Vodafone) and their subsidiaries.” The article explains that CPNI “includes the numbers of incoming and outgoing...
I have my copy of The Dark Is Rising (both a first edition paper back and a SF book club edition with all five volumes bound together) out and I am watching The Seeker (if you search for it, you’ll find a video of the movie on...
Susan Cooper’s series, The Dark is Rising, is slated to be made into movies. At least the first book, which came out on Friday, is the first in the set. Two of the four books in the Dark is Rising series are Newberry Award winners. It’s one...
After many hours of searching and trying software, I have a unicode text reader/editor called AnyView on my cell phone that is capable of opening the artifact list for epona.net! WHEE!! This might not sound like much of an accomplishment, but for a linux-based mobile phone with...
Arabian horse owners often talk about the Arabian horse as being one of the oldest breeds. And they are, thanks in large park to the work of the Bedouin tribes preserving this lovely breed and recording the pedigrees. What if we turned the clock back two thousand...
Apparently, IBM has patented a basic of a UI (from Slashdot): theodp writes “What do you call it when you drag a pointer over a checkbox to select or deselect it depending on its original state? Answer: US Patent 7,278,116. On Tuesday, the USPTO awarded IBM a...
I had a really creepy dream last night. Last night I had stomach and menstrual cramps. (BLEH) So you’d expect strange dreams. I had to do a training session for site access for a client last night. Completed that before going to bed. (30 slides, took about...
Isis and I had a mixed ride today. I think it was more my fault than hers. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. She might have been reluctant because I wasn’t clear in what I was asking (probably because I’m still learning and figuring it out)....
Jaia hosted a hafla (think open floor dance and music party) tonight. Talk about a blast! Mary Lou and I went and brought some food. Great food there too — people brought finger food that was really tasty. No potato salad or anything. Most of it was...
I know I should be taking it easy with my knee and evrything, but some times you can’t keep a girl down. I had a riding lesson today on Isis. I was out at the barn by about 10:00 AM and met the other two ladies who...
Last night after work, I went out to the barn to worm the girls and check on how they are doing. Rajiyyah’s leg looks so much better! The girls are day on turnout so I finally got to see Rajiyyah’s leg after she was out for a...
