08.31.2006/11:03

Susan in the Stream
North cental Colorado.

08.31.2006/11:03

Pika
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

08.31.2006/11:02

Mountain Flower Dew Drop
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

08.31.2006/11:01

Moore Law Firm
Paris, TX.

08.28.2006/09:39

Pearl Street
We fecthed up more or less by chance in Boulder, CO, last night on the way to our cabin near Estes Park. The downtown has a few streets blocked off into a pedestrian mall. I'll be asking my sister, who was hear when her husband was in law school in the early 1970s, what downtown was like in those days. She is certain to have seen it recently to monitor the change, as my nephew Beau graduated from the University of Colorado just months ago.

08.28.2006/09:36

Extra Turbine Blades
Turbines and extra blades at Colorado Green, a wind farm project south of Lamar, CO.

08.28.2006/09:34

Boise City Bombed
A plaque in the far-western Oklahoma panhandle's Boise City recalls the fact that the town was bombed by errant U.S. airmen in 1943.

08.28.2006/09:12
Marvelous dances
Last night I dreamed that Performing Arts Society of Acadiana, the performing arts group I work with, had brought in a dance company that performed a piece portraying dogs playing cards. I wrote to my friend Jackie Lyle, PASA's executive director, about it this morning, joking that this might make a good candidate for PASA's next commissioning project.

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea! How about commissioning three or four choreographers - say, David Parsons, Garth Fagan, Paul Taylor and Elisa Monte - to do a 20 minute or so Dogs Playing Cards dance, and make it into a gala evening. Commissioning the music would be just as important, getting matches that spark the creativity of the choreographers as wells as create new musical works. Then, sit back and prepare to be delightfully surprised.

I wonder if we could get a big grant to do this from a casino?

08.27.2006/08:41
What about Judd?
Marfa, TX in the news.

08.26.2006/21:52

Chairs Looking Out Windows
Downtown Paris, TX.

08.26.2006/21:52

Gothic Architecture of Paris
Downtown Paris, TX.

08.26.2006/21:51

A Door in Paris
Downtown Paris, TX.

08.26.2006/21:50

Irrigation for Cotton
Near Hester, OK.

08.26.2006/21:48

Boll Weevil Trap
Greer County, OK.

08.26.2006/07:06
Horror at the mall
"Two people died Friday at the Mall of Acadiana after a man shot his ex-girlfriend and was killed by a police officer as he fled."

08.25.2006/08:13
Watch that storm
My friend Patrick sends this interesting graphic display of hurricane history.

08.24.2006/11:20
Magazine collection
While this isn't exactly something I am clamoring for, it's interesting to know that it is being offered.

08.23.2006/10:51
Money back
"About 40 percent of mail-in rebates end up not being redeemed by customers, or are filed incorrectly and ultimately denied."

08.19.2006/21:25
I remember...
Easy way to find out what RAM to add to your computer.

08.19.2006/07:20
Yell fire
Fell into a vat of chocolate.

08.17.2006/11:37
Demon Barber
Johnny Depp to be Sweeney Tood.

08.16.2006/00:26
Louisiana export
"About 21 percent of Houston's 232 homicides through July 25 involved an evacuee as either a suspect or a victim, according to police, who attribute much of the bloodshed to fighting among rival New Orleans gang members."

08.14.2006/20:58
Good job
In my next life, perhaps I'll come back as a sundial, which would be nice because then I would only have to work when it's sunny out.

08.14.2006/09:50
Click click
The 50 Coolest Web Sites.

08.14.2006/08:24
Delicious Library
Build a database of your books, CDs, etc., by reading the barcodes - and you might already have the bar code reader.

08.11.2006/08:43
The Joys of Travel
"In the case of medication, the name on the bottle must match the name on the passenger's ticket or boarding pass."

So far, the way I figure that you can travel to the U.K. and have your laptop is to fly in and out of Paris and take the Chunnel.

08.11.2006/08:30
Don't blow it
Timely: snacksonaplane.net. (Warning: adult language, juvenile situations)

08.11.2006/08:21
Windows to the soul
Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
irispigmentation.com
(thanx to my sister Laura)

08.10.2006/21:18
My next Nikon?
Due in September. My birthday is in September.

08.8.2006/18:44
Frankenfoot
Susan stepped on a big piece of glass in the back yard a couple of weeks ago and only yesterday had the five stitches removed. During that time I had to drive her around, cook for her, pick up after her and generally tend to her every need - and I am not accustomed to driving for her!

Driving for her was actually the most palatable of all of it. It's kind of nice to head somewhere when it's someone else's destination... there's a comfortable sense of removal from the hubbub.

The hardest part was keeping her off the foot, what with her being the focused sort of individual she is. But fortunately, medical professionals weighed in with their opinions and she gritted her teeth and stayed on the sofa when she was supposed to and soldiered around on crutches like a good patient.

She's much better now though still tender of foot. She can drive herself around again, which is good, of course, though I sort of miss my chauffer assignment.

08.8.2006/18:39
More Prototype
Here's another Prototype project,a proof-of-concept for a performing arts calendar on one of my web sites: LPN CitySelect.

I don't particularly mean to favor Prototype over Spry, Flex 2, etc., it just happens to have worked out that way, with Prototype being the solution to a couple of issues on these projects. I plan to use Flex in a big way on a couple of projects, particularly the back end admin, but there's nothing showable yet and might not be since these will be back ends to data.

08.8.2006/14:29
Bamboozled
Bamboo.

08.8.2006/14:25
Watch that bin
"Recycling in Exeter has increased since the attempted prosecution of a woman accused of contaminating her recycling bin."

08.3.2006/08:09
It's news!
Dog bites man, not news. Dog bites Elvis's teddy bear, now that's news!