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2010-08-29T08:37:00.001-07:00

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It's Summer!

2009-06-01T11:12:00.000-07:00

I spent yesterday out on the lake, assisting our dinghy fleet with our regular race duty. The weather was beautiful. It wasn't too hot or too cold, the wind was shifty, but blowing, and little puffy clouds made things interesting. I saw some kayaks out along the shore, and it made me resolve to get out on the lake some more.I need to get some rooftop blocks and a couple of good tie-downs that

NOOHOME

2009-03-19T15:35:00.001-07:00

NOOHOMEOriginally uploaded by 1derwhyHoney came home today! She's camped out in the bathroom pending her FIV/FeLV test on Saturday. She's adorable, and so sweet. She looks like a Snowshoe cat, but she's missing her front "shoes." LOVE!

Photo Contest!

2009-02-12T09:23:00.000-08:00

The PBS show "Nature" has an upcoming special on why we hoomans love our cats and logs so much. Why We Love Cats and Dogs premieres Sunday, February 15 on PBS (check local listings).On the PBS/Nature website, they have a slideshow of great cats and dogs, and are sponsoring a photo contest. See their Why I Love Cats and Dogs Photo Contest Page for more details.I've entered two of my photos! Who

Darwin Days

2009-02-11T08:03:00.000-08:00

Did you hear about Darwin Day? In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."So one blog, ETrilobite is sponsoring a Darwinfest Haiku contest. I love haiku, so I entered...Rites of spring evolveA dinosaur sings a tuneoutside my windowAs an ode to the mockingbird outside my office who serenades me daily. Check it out!

A little housekeeping

2009-01-22T11:26:00.001-08:00

I'm adding a new site today: http://ecozebra.com/ it's an e-zine run by a high-school classmate. We got re-connected by all of you awful people who forced me to join Facebook. Shame on you!I'm also taking down the Orwell Prize link. I thought it was going to be something it's not. It turns out that George Orwell was just another obsessive English guy, more worried about the weather than writing

Mark the day

2009-01-20T13:14:00.000-08:00

There are points in history that mark each generation; events of such magnitude that they become legends passed to the next generation.We are a story-telling people. From my family history, I can tell you about my ancestress who saw Atlanta burning in the wake of Sherman's armies. I can tell you about the Daisy Bradford oil well, and my great-grandfather who worked it. I can tell you about the

My talking dog

2008-12-31T12:35:00.001-08:00

Ain't she cute?

My 'hood goes for a spin.

2008-12-29T07:22:00.000-08:00

Saturday morning, while Sailor and I were in San Antonio, a small tornado came through my neighborhood.In fine tornado fashion, my house is completely untouched, save that the leaves in my front yard have vanished. (No raking!) I lost a couple of small tree limbs, but nothing that wouldn't normally come down in a hard thunderstorm.It apparently hit first about a half a block down the street,

11 Reasons...

2008-12-22T14:37:00.001-08:00

This was posted on my favorite bulletin board today. I had to share. Let's keep this meme going.-------------------From the Office of Strategic Influence:A list of stupid republican arguments against gay marriage1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same

Anathem

2008-12-04T13:51:00.000-08:00

Subtitle: I still let my geek flag fly.On a world that is not Earth, in a time that is not now, Neal Stephenson explores the divisions within society, faith, science, and the space in between. Anathem, his newest novel, will be as influential on the future of speculative fiction, as Snow Crash was for the Cyberpunk genre.This is not a book for the faint of heart. At somewhere over 900 pages, the

Turkey of a day

2008-11-25T07:32:00.000-08:00

I'm having a bad case of the holiday heeby-jeebies, and while I'm sure it will pass, I'm thisclose to a Holiday freak out.Thanksgiving, we'll be feasting with my Aunt, who is graciously cooking the meal, and didn't mind at all when I called and asked her if she was up to our visiting this year. We'll have plenty to talk about since our jobs are now similar (fund-raising) and she has a lot of

DIY Christmas

2008-11-13T14:20:00.000-08:00

My favorite personal finance blog, Get Rich Slowly, has a lovely list of 34 Great Gifts You Can Make Yourself.Getting a handmade gift is something I enjoy. Making handmade gifts is also a pleasure.I generally do a mix of DIY and store-bought gifts, but I've been leaning more towards the DIY for some time. I started making batches of candy for my friends & family years ago. I love to make scarves

Overheard in the office...

2008-11-12T07:35:00.001-08:00

"Nobody can scream in the bathroom around here without being criticized!"

Voting the straight and narrow

2008-10-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

I have done three things today that I have never done before. I voted early, I used an electronic voting machine, and I voted a straight party ticket.My usual polling place is at the little elementary school down the street. I've lived here for 10+ years, and every two years I've walked out my front door with my voter registration in hand and my crib notes in another, and stood in line with my

Walking - the Home Stretch.

2008-10-27T13:15:00.000-07:00

Home Stretch! I've raised my daily average steps to nearly 6,000 a day, and I can see that I'm not going to make Nome by the end of the week. Alas. However, it was a fun exercise and I'm glad I signed up and did it. Who knows, I may go balls-out this week and try to get in 9,000 steps a day!!

Walking trail update

2008-10-20T13:38:00.000-07:00

Here's an update on where I am on my "Iditarod trail" walk. According to their metrics, I'm not going to make it to the end by Nov. 2, but I'm going to get pretty close!

Margaret and Helen

2008-10-09T13:14:00.000-07:00

It's official. I have a blogger crush on Margaret and Helen.Check it out: http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/"I am 82 years old (83 in December). It’s time to hand the reigns over to the next generation and hope that we did a good job raising them. To Senator McCain I say, with love in my heart, sit down and shut up. You’re beginning to look like an ass and your answers sound like a cross

Marks on the Land.

2008-10-07T09:39:00.000-07:00

I got curious and went looking for the homestead where I lived from age 9 to age 15. I found it on Google maps, and I was amazed that the land was still recognizable, and I can still see the marks we left there, some 3 decades ago. Fences, a shed in shambles, a huge garden, the mark where the trailer once sat. Marks on the land that are also still on my soul.Somewhere around 30 years ago, my

Friday Walking Update

2008-10-03T08:04:00.001-07:00

Here's my Friday walking update. Look how far I've come! So far, I've walked around 71,000 steps since Sept. 20. I logged my biggest step count yesterday at just over 8,000 steps.

Friday Walk Progress

2008-09-26T09:31:00.000-07:00

Here's my progress on the trail! I'm going to post a new screen shot every Friday, so I can brag on how far I've come :-P.This has been a lot of fun, and quite eye-opening. I know that I have a sedentary job, and I'm a lot less active than I have been in the past, but wearing a pedometer every day has show me trends I never noticed. My average steps for an average day is around 3500. That's to

Walking the Iditarod Trail

2008-09-22T06:55:00.000-07:00

Between now and November 1, I'm going to walk the length of the Iditarod Trail. Of course the walk is figurative. I joined the American On the Move website in order to take part in a joint program with the YMCA. For the next six weeks I'm going to be a pedometer-wearing, short-trip-walking fool. I like having a goal, so this will be a fun way to get me off my wide glide.Plus, if I complete the

I'm a little confused...

2008-09-19T08:52:00.002-07:00

This bit of satire has been making the rounds via email. My boss sent it to me, and I thought it wouldn't hurt to post here, just for laughs.__________________________________I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight.....If you grow up in Hawaii , raised by your grandparents, you're 'exotic, different.'Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.

Avast, Me Hearties!

2008-09-19T08:52:00.001-07:00

It be the old and venerable Talk Like A Pirate Day! Yarrrr!In addition to being silly and fun, it's also a holiday of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, (May I continue to be touched by His noodly appendage) So grab a cup of grog and join me, mateys!

My job, and why I love it.

2008-09-17T13:36:00.000-07:00

While I was busy being a lady of leisure this summer, I kept an eye out for job openings that seemed too good to pass up. I had just a few criteria for the new gig: 1. In Town--I didn't want to drive more than 12 miles one way to get to work. 2. After bad experiences with financial companies (Hedgefundieland and Ernst & Young) I would avoid financial firms. 3. The job posting could not hint that

Thought for the day

2008-09-12T15:31:00.001-07:00

If it weren't for liberals, we'd all be singing "God Save the Queen" at baseball games.

End of Summer Yardwork Blues

2008-09-10T13:45:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, Bill and I did a ton of work in the back yard. We put it off all summer because it is too rutting hot to be outdoors for too long, and both of us have an aversion to waking up any time before 10 am on weekend mornings.I have several projects that need to be accomplished before the cold weather sets in. In Texas, that means I have until about November to get these done.The first

Relaxation in Action.

2008-09-07T07:42:00.000-07:00

Sarah over at The Shady Grove snapped this photo of me, two days after resigning. We took a weekend trip to an art fair in Salado, "The Best Art Town in Texas!" We also met several of our online friends there, and had a good time shopping and relaxing and hanging out in our tiny, but very cool, antique cabin. I was engrossed in a Love and Rockets graphic novel.

What I did on my Summer Vacation.

2008-09-05T12:29:00.000-07:00

This time last year, I was working as an assistant to a hedge fund manager and being paid more money in one year than I had made in the first five years of my career combined. However, I was working 10 hour days with the understanding that my work duties took priority over my personal life, catering to the whims of an increasingly eccentric billionaire. I had a health issue turn into a crisis,

Your papers, please.

2008-09-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

You have the right to free speech, as long as you're not dumb enough to actually use it.Have you heard what's going on in St. Paul?According to the Indy-media reports, Ramsey County/St. Paul police are detaining people without charges and taking video cameras and other equipment. There have been FBI agents photographed at the scene. They are breaking down doors and waving guns at people who

Furoshiki

2008-08-31T14:56:00.000-07:00

I have a mad hate for urban tumbleweeds. Y'know, those plastic grocery bags that blow around endlessly? Hate. I've found a way to take the ones I can grab and convert them into re-usable shopping bags. I crochet them into handy (strong!) shopping bags. I haven't done much else with them.Believe it or not, my city council recently floated the idea of banning these. (Hooray!) Of course, in they

NY Times Story: The Anti-Restaurant

2008-08-27T17:12:00.001-07:00

Do you like to cook? Do you watch too many Food Network shows? Do you think you could do better at running a restaurant than those idiots on Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares?Looks like underground restaurants are all the rage in NYC. It has me pondering - would I be able to handle what is essentially a dinner party for strangers?The Anti-RestaurantI know that at some point I'd probably freak out a

Reader Response: War Stories

2008-08-27T16:57:00.000-07:00

Email received from Christy...---I hate Generation Kill. Byron has been on it from the beginning, and I watched the 1st two with him, and I decided I didn’t have to tolerate the hatred and mean words used by the soldiers, nor did I have to blow it off as ‘entertainment’. Oh yeah, and I was married to, and lived amongst men just like that for 6 years… no thank you. Agreed, people will always

War Stories

2008-08-24T14:59:00.001-07:00

My partner, "Beau" and I don't watch a lot of television. We're not the sort of people who turn it on for noise and let it screech and rumble in an empty room while we go about our lives. When we sit down to watch something, it's usually planned, recorded on the DVR, and we make a point to sit down and give the show our attention. A few weeks ago, Beau heard about HBO's miniseries "Generation

Lost and gone forever

2008-08-17T12:00:00.000-07:00

I used to have a blog before Blogger got eaten by Google. I tried to go back to it after several years of not posting, but for whatever reason, Google doesn't want to turn loose of the old blog, so I'll just back away and let it disintegrate into the ether. It doesn't matter - there's nothing to see here. Move along.