Monthly Archive: August 2005
My dad, (who wasn’t much of a church goer), used to tease my mom and I, and the rest of the family too, calling us “drunken Baptists.” I thought perhaps he didn’t like our singing, because he mostly made this comment when we would gather around the piano or my...
Just ripped all my Chicago CD’s. I saw them in concert a few years ago with Marta and Pepe, along with the Doobie Brothers. 1. Chicago – (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long (4:31) 2. Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4 (4:53) 3. Chicago – A Hit by Varese (4:53)...
Comcast does have a redeemer, his name is Marcus. Now if Marcus says he is going to do something, like show up at your house at 8:30 am on a Saturday morning, that is what Marcus does. If he says he is going to run a dedicated line so it...
I pay my bill on time. I keep my PC maintained. I make sure the PC is not filled with malware, that its clean and ready to run. Frankly, that should make me one of Comcast’s favorite customers. But I am not. They lied to me today. They said they...
There are a number of headlines across the country regarding people up in arms with the price of gasoline, some taking it to the point of filling their tanks and then driving off without paying. Where I agree that the dependency on foreign oil is and always has been crazy,...
I STILL really love this show! Now, here are some Gilmore Girl quotes for those who love it too! # SEASON ONE “It’s my mother’s name, too. She named me after herself. She was lying in the hospital thinking about how men name boys after themselves all the time, you...
“The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can’t step on it. You can’t go around it. You’ve got to get through it.” -John Evans “Getting through it” hasn’t been easy this week! First my usually splendid speed on Comcast (when it works), died on me. It has been next...
My daughter Laura is quickly becoming like her mom. She met a friend on the internet, and wanted to meet her in person, and wanted me to meet the little girls mom, too. Katie is the new friend’s name, and Katie who was going to appear in an outdoor dance...
I am nuts about this show. At 5 pm each day, all activity in my home comes to a halt. Miquel teases me as sometimes I insist we squeeze our summer classes between General Hospital and Gilmore Girls. Like everything else, I missed this show when it first came out,...
Yahoo News reports that this summer’s Perseid shower will be exceptional. The moon is mostly out of the way later in the night, and higher-than-normal activity rates are expected over the United States. A few Perseid Facts…. Perseid meteoroids (which is what they’re called while in space) are fast. They...
My grandmom, was born Ethel Leah Boyce, February 17th, 1907, to a very big family in West Virginia. She had 11 brothers and sisters, and she had a twinkle in her eye revealing the mischeif that they all must have got into, proved not only by that spark, but on...
Most know I love to work with a very fine program called Terragen to generate landscapes. But I wonder how many know that Terragen is used in movies, in games, in multimedia and in print? Recently, the Terragen group I belong to announced that the Movie “Stealth” was helped by...