pics and babbling

Doohan's ashes to be blasted into space - Yahoo! News LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The ashes of James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series, have been loaded into a rocket that is set to launch in New...

Published on March 31 2007

....A glorious day outside--even if it is a bit cloudy-- and here I am doing a midterm exam. With Key Lime Bars in the oven. I haven't baked in months. Posting the pic of the Swedish Chef must be what did it. Børk! Børk! Børk!. Life is good.

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A Swedish wish

Published on March 30 2007

#1 child mentioned how she'd like to go on a shopping trip to a large nearby metropolis in search of good cheap furniture. Since I am (sorta) back in the need-some-furniture mode myself, I visited the website she mentioned and ordered a catalog. When...

Ask a Ninja, OK Go win YouTube Awards - CNN.com EW YORK (AP) -- The video series "Ask a Ninja" and OK Go's treadmill-choreographed music video are among the winners in the first YouTube Video Awards. The power pop band OK Go, perhaps the most professional...

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view from 20k feet

Published on March 28 2007

Yes. This is what a flight out of Milwaukee's General Mitchell airport looks like when the flight is cancelled!!!!!! Hertz is good. On the other hand, I am now the proud possessor of a roundtrip ticket to anywhere in the US that that particular airline...

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note to self

Published on March 26 2007

There is just something wrong about cocoa and cinnamon-spiced chili on top of spaghetti. The hot sauce helped, though. Tomorrow morning, I get grits!!!! Woo-hooo!

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not enjoying this

Published on March 26 2007

I really dislike airports. Especially sitting in one for four hours waiting for connecting flights. Somebody call and distract me. Please. :-w ...... No call. Thanks tons, guys. Off to do laps and find a Starbucks. K, that didn't take long. So, while...

7-Day Forecast for Latitude 39.98N and Longitude -82.97W Monday Chance Tstms Hi 80°F Monday Night Chance Tstms Lo 56°F Tuesday Chance Tstms Hi 78°F Tuesday Night Chance Tstms Lo 55°F Wednesday Chance Tstms Hi 66°F Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms,...

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Officially here

Published on March 22 2007

Two weeks ago, I saw the first bald eagle of the season soaring above frozen Mohawkskin. Funny, they aren't supposed to be back until there is open water, but there he was... Two days ago, early evening brought the spring solstice. Yesterday it rained...

London's longest-serving taxi driver has retired, after 70 years of ferrying passengers around the British capital. Alfred Collins, 92, picked up his first fare in 1937 and plied the streets until two years ago, keeping his black cab licence until last...