Gah. It’s been a bad two years, pandemic aside. Here is a summary of what happened. I have wanted to write up blog posts to cover all of these things, but honestly it’s been too much. I’d start to write and just get overwhelmed by everything. It...
This is going to be short, because I just can’t write. Within one week, my sister lost two of her three children. My nephew died on Monday. My niece died on Wednesday. Mom and I flew out to be with my sister on Wednesday. Not going into...
Roof is leaking. Again. (sigh) Time to call the guys who patched it last time… Related Images:
Here are some photos of the kids taken with the new camera. It seems to do pretty well with action shots. These pictures were taken at dusk, so please forgive some of the grainyness and blur. It is amazing to see Isis like this, after just two...
I got a new digital camera: Fujifilm S9100. It’s a 9 MP, 10.7x optical zoom wanna-be DSLR. My old camera, Sony Cybershot F707, is still a good camera, but it couldn’t take action shots, like pictures of the horses running, without a lot of work. I also...
Happy Halloween! I had my first trick-or-treaters at my new home! Four of them! Woohoo! Related Images:
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...
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...
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...
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:
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...
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...
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:
I can’t believe I missed it tonight! My favorite show and I got caught up playing Oblivion. Time passes when you’re having fun? I did watch last week’s episode, ‘New Earth.’ I was surprised that several scenes had been clipped to insert commercials. It was pretty annoying...
Would you like your own TARDIS? (Time And Relative Dimensions in Space) If you are a Doctor Who fan, you konw precisely what I’m talking about. The blue Police Callbox is an icon of the smash British science fiction series. So here is your chance! For an...
