Posting will be light to nonexistant this weekened. I’m traveling with my parents to Baltimore see my grandmother–she turns 88 on the 14th, then a quick trip with Michael to Charleston for his niece’s 1st birthday (and I do mean quick). Mind you, these destinations are in opposite directions, so I’m trying not to think too much about all the time I’ll be spending in the car.
My grandmother’s phone lines are so old that I can only get a 31k connect, so I won’t be wasting any time of my short visit on-line. (I am however taking a laptop. In theory some of this time in the car will be put to good use. In theory.)
1. Steganography
From the Greek, meaning hidden or covered writing
2. Those who keep Kosher and wish to eat at non-Kosher restaurants can resort to several options including vegetarian meals, and ordering their food on paper plates.
3. In Excel, you can merge two columns together using the “concatenation” formula. But I still think it’s easier to use Word as an intermediary.
4. As much worthless information as I already know, I keep discovering that there is plenty I don’t know, and have to find out. This is where having a diverse groups of acquaintances and co-workers comes in handy.
We were raking leaves yesterday, primarily to get them out of the driveway so we can make it up the driveway when it rains.
Michael: I can’t believe how many whirlies [helicopters/maple seeds] there are!
Me: Stupid slutty tree.
Just got back from seeing Emmylou Harris at the CAC.
She really has a lovely voice.
It was a somewhat unusual show, as she has written, as she said, mostly sad songs, so it was much slower tempo than most live shows I’ve seen. Bad part of that is that I’ve been extra tired recently, so now I’m really ready to go to bed.
(YAWN)
Oh, the joys of getting old. 10:30 on a Saturday night and I’m ready to call it a day.
I’m pretty sure that I used to make fun of people like me when I was a teenager.
The new theater opened last night. They were doing some deal that you could see a movie for $1 to benefit the United Way. Plus $1 hotdogs and drinks and popcorn.
We saw “Fantastic Four” again. I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed it.
But what I liked best about the entire thing was the fact that there were only TWO previews, lasting less than TEN minutes! And NO commercials!
This is amazing!
Lemme tell you, if they keep it up, they’ll definitely get my business.
I had an eerie dream last night.
I dreamed I was pregnant.
And my thought was, “Great. NOW I have to start going to church again.”
My brother and I didn’t get to watch a lot of TV when we were growing up, but one show that we did get to watch was Wild Wild West. If I remember correctly, the reruns played on Saturdays, which means we probably only watched it during the winter. Otherwise my mom was all about getting us out of the house.
The point of this is that they haven’t yet released it on DVD, but Amazon is taking names, and will tell the studio how many people are waiting for the title to be released.
So the more people who get on the waiting list, the more likely they’ll be to put it on DVD, right?
Well, maybe.
Anyway, go to Amazon and ask to be informed when it hits DVD. It can’t hurt!
Okay, I must to admit that I am inordinately pleased with the new image for my main page.
ADDENDUM the First:
Okay, I won’t keep this header image for long, but I loved the color of these mums and wanted to enjoy them for a bit.
ADDENDUM the Second:
Okay. I couldn’t live it it. Header image has changed, now I’m going to redto the main page image.
ADDENDUM the Third:
Done for now. I’m not 100% pleased with the main page layout, but it will do.
ADDENDUM the Fourth:
I lied. I think it’s better now.
Dear “Satan”,
If that’s all you’ve got on me then you’ve not been paying very close attention.
With a work ethic like that it’s astounding you’ve remained Prince of the Damned for all these millenia. I don’t think I’d care for such a lax work environment, so I’ll have to decline your invitation.
Some of the things that drive me crazy about living in a college town.
1. People who come from elsewhere and just don’t have a clue.
Holy Cow!
Blast was absolutely fantastic.
I’m talking bouncing-out-of-the-CAC-with-excitement fantastic.
I, of course, liked the drums the best. The brass was quite excellent, but I just love percussion.
However, I did noticed that when they did Appalachian Spring they forgot to make the form into the shape of the state. And as much as I love Simple Gifts/Allalachain Spring, nobody does it like the Pride of West Virginia.
But I am more than willing to forgive them that small slip, because the drumming was fantastic. The two drummers who did “Battery Battle” were wonderful, amazing, and any other superlative you can think of.
I would love to see them again if given the opportunity.
Yesterday at work we were talking about Halloween and dressing up in costumes.
Me: “I wanna be Batman. Not for Halloween, for real.”
But only because then I get to drive the Tumbler. And blow stuff up. No, really.
Besides, this is an improvement. My childhood wish was to be R2-D2.
Let me tell you, hearing this story this morning when I was more than half asleep created an exceedingly eerie dream.
