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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 to see how much was missing. Nothing you’d notice unless you had scenes the version of the ones released in the U.K. (available periodically on YouTube)....

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 opening bid of $4,500, you can own your very own replica TARDIS. Related Images:

Yes, you guessed it. I’m a Who fan. Fan conventions with actors who have played the Doctor’s previous incarnations? You bet. Even have autographed posters. Yup, even started knitting the scarf. Doctor Who is an acquired taste. You have to like quirky, campy British humour to appreciate Doctor Who. The second season is finally airing in the US on the Sci Fi channel. The Christmas Invasion and the first episode of the second...

This is a really cool tool that creates a graph of a Web site. The pictures are based upon HTML pages and tags used. Pretty neat. It’s a Java applet, so it can take some time. Web Sites As Graphs Related Images:

The roofers came back out on Saturday and have hopefully fixed the roof. It rained like mad on Saturday night and so far no drippings inside the house. There is just something so depressing about buying a house, having it inspected and getting a gold star — and within three months having a large limb from a neighbors tree fall in the front yard, two roof leaks, water damage in the floor, discovering...

It rained again here last night. Originally I wasn’t too worried about the rain because the roof had been patched. The roofer had warned me that he might not have gotten all of the spot and to call him if the roof continued to leak. The roof leaked last night. This time water actually came into the sun room — dripped from the upper window ledge onto the floor. I don’t know if...

I’ve called in a claim. Here’s hoping that the insurance company will cover either the roof or the flooring… They might not, but it’s at least worth a try. I talked to one fo the guys at work who had extensive flooding problems in his old house. All of the bad stuff I had been fearing was what he recommended doing: tearing up the floor, spraying for mold, possibly tearing out some of...

When I bought my house in May, all of my friends and parents were very congratulatory. They frequently ask how the happy owner is and the happy house? Upon threat of your life, don’t ask me that this week. Not unless you have time to spare and a good set of ear plugs. September generally sees the onset of fall rains in Tennessee. Normal light, dreery rain, occassional heavy ones. We had several...

It has been a strange day. First, I slept late. Work has been surreal. In the next few hours I’ll be heading to the barn to take care of Isis. I always get there when it’s too late to work Rajiyyah. Pretty soon it won’t matter what time I leave because it will be dark before I’m off. I ordered more Mare Magic for Rajiyyah last week. She has been doing very well...

My stepmom just quit her teaching job to write full time. I am so proud of her for taking an opportunity to fulfill a life-long dream. She’s writing children’s books and also some adult fiction. We had a long conversation about writing, characters, the stories she is working on, and writing in general. Non-writers do not understand about characters. In order to make a character seem alive to a reader, the writer has...

Russian and German archaeologists think that they have found traces that could lead to the legendary Viking trading center of Wiskiauten. Interesting read if you are into archaeology. Archaeologists find traces of legendary Viking centre By Thoralf Plath Related Images:

After several years without development, Adobe has finally announced that it will end-of-life the SVG Viewer. Support will be discontinued on January 1, 2007, and downloads of the viewer will cease some time early 2008. This is unfortunate because Adobe SVG Viewer (SVG) is one of the better, more complete implementations of the SVG specifications. One of the reasons cited for EOL-ing the viewer is supposed native support in some browsers. While there...

Queensland authorities have reported the freakish death of Steve Irwin this morning. Irwin apparently was swimming alongside a bull stingray when it attacked, striking Irwin in the chest with its spiked tail. Crikey. Related Images:

Apparently, the Previous posts link at the bottom of page returns only the posts on the front page. I think this is an issue in the PHP coding in the theme I’m currently using. I’m troubleshooting this currently and will hopefully have it resolved soon. Meanwhile, please use the archive calendar on the right to view older posts. Related Images: