Good Advice
According to Fox News: Law enforcement, airline personnel and airport security officials were warned on Tuesday to pay close attention to electronic items being carried aboard airplanes, with the explanation that Al Qaeda … Read more
Year: 2003
Zoom Zoom Zoom
Here’s a nice little diversion to start the week. In a series of images evocative of the classic Powers of 10 exhibit, this richly illustrated sequence demonstrates once again that things are not … Read more
All the Pages Now Validates!
In yet another example of a busman’s holiday(weekend?) I spent most of the past couple of days working on this site in an effort to make the site validate per W3C standards. Here’s … Read more
DataBase Migration Successful!
If you are reading this, then it means that the migration of my blog’s content from one mysql database to another was successful. The reasons for doing the migration were at least two-fold: … Read more
It’s Moving, Isn’t It?
This is just too weird. As you look at this image (attempts to shrink the image to fit this page broke the very powerful affect; go ahead, it’s worth the click!), the circles … Read more
Mike’s Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
What a treat; today I used only carrots from our garden to make this cake! This recipe is my synthesis of many recipes, none of which quite pleased me. Sources included Betty Crocker, … Read more
What Happened?
We were discussing the relative mental capabilities of recent presidents, and noted the apparent trend in decreasing cognitive abilities when comparing grandson with father and then back to grandfather. As this short biography … Read more
We Got Our Yorkie!
I mentioned in a previous post that we were too late returning from our Kansas trip to attend what was no doubt a most excellent Neil Young concert; but we did have our … Read more
Endings and Beginnings
Three weeks, 5000 miles and 1200 photos later, we’re back from our visit to Kansas, where we had a great time! As reflected in this journal, we took our time both coming and … Read more
Great Kansas Photo Site
One of the nice surprises related to my recent geocaching activities was the discovery of an excellent Kansas photo site. Created by Glen Soldan, Our Kansas!, is a great resource for anyone looking … Read more