I wonder if I am able to do text blogging Low These Many Years later. No photos, but keep a journal here. Or I might even try the wordpress one later. Even it died I think 8 or so years ago.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
No More Photos
Google's new Picassa web storage limits me to one GB, and I've hit the wall without paying to store photos. I think this is fairly new. Does anyone know how to do it otherwise? I'd rather not get into a place where I have to pay to do this blog.
Who Says We Mormons Can't Laugh At Ourselves?
When I'm procrastinating writing psych evals or doing my billing (in my office at the computer) I like to keep up with the Bloggernacle, which is the loosely connected system of blogs and websites of Mormons, for Mormons, and about Mormons. You can find and follow a site in any point along the intersecting orthodoxy, political, and gender spectra. My favorites are feminist Mormon housewives, by Common Consent, and Times and Seasons, with occasional forays into Exponent, Segullah, and Zelophehad's Daughters.
Even though I often don't agree with posters' specific politics or religious ideas, the fact that we share a common ideological background as Mormons makes what they say innately more interesting to me than your random New York Times opinion column or Daily Kos post and comments. Every once in a while there will be a thread that makes me laugh out loud. Here are the most recent giggle-and-snort-until-I-wake-up-John-in-the-next-room posts.
From by Common Consent--another Daily Universe Police Beat post. Previous posts are linked--if you have a couple of hours and want to end up a giggly endorphin-flooded puddle on the floor, read them all.
From Zelophehad's Daughters, a list of the Bloggernacle's funniest comments from 2010. The poster also links previous offerings, so you can enjoy them as well. These items may be more funny if you're familiar with the ongoing discussion topics on the Bloggernacle.
And last, Matsby's Religious Blog, which is just Mormon-themed silliness, but a lot of fun (sort of in the Deep Thoughts vein). Here are some of my favorite visuals:
and here's my favorite Matsby quote [sigh]:
Even though I often don't agree with posters' specific politics or religious ideas, the fact that we share a common ideological background as Mormons makes what they say innately more interesting to me than your random New York Times opinion column or Daily Kos post and comments. Every once in a while there will be a thread that makes me laugh out loud. Here are the most recent giggle-and-snort-until-I-wake-up-John-in-the-next-room posts.
From by Common Consent--another Daily Universe Police Beat post. Previous posts are linked--if you have a couple of hours and want to end up a giggly endorphin-flooded puddle on the floor, read them all.
From Zelophehad's Daughters, a list of the Bloggernacle's funniest comments from 2010. The poster also links previous offerings, so you can enjoy them as well. These items may be more funny if you're familiar with the ongoing discussion topics on the Bloggernacle.
And last, Matsby's Religious Blog, which is just Mormon-themed silliness, but a lot of fun (sort of in the Deep Thoughts vein). Here are some of my favorite visuals:
and here's my favorite Matsby quote [sigh]:
Some people think the best meeting block is from 9:00 – 12:00 because they like to take a nap after church.
Other people think the best meeting block is from 11:00 – 2:00 because they like to sleep in on Sunday morning.
But I think the ideal meeting time would be 11:30 – 12:00 because seriously…
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Earthquake and Aftershocks
From the Guardian news blog: this is an amazing interactive map of the original quake and all the aftershocks, created by a man from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand (site of the previous deadly earthquake). Let it run and just watch--the time of each quake is at upper right. The 9.0 quake is the 4th one.
When the earth moves...
When the earth moves...
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Happy Birthday to Me
Another Prime birthday (geek joke). I had two parties, one at home today, with taco salad--a pedestrian name for something exquisite, especially John's fresh salsa and Amy's homemade lime cilantro salad dressing. And triple chocolate cake, which always makes me look this way:
Amy and I went to a party yesterday in SLC, which included a visit to Colette's school art fair. Johnathan and Colette showed off their mad playground skillz, as a prologue to the festivities.
We saw Colette's class' projects, played games, ate treats, and watched performances at Ensign Elementary. We had pasta, pizza, and chocolate brownies at home when the fair became just too exciting to bear. Rob gave me a set of four vampire movies, and Nicolle gave me a succulent planting which she had put together. When I brought it home, John found a tiny plastic snake to add to the collection.
Today Betsy, Ellie,
and Ethan came to lunch, along with Amy, Jamison, and Dex.
We sat out in the sun and the rain with the kitties.
I might need to rename Claudio "Cheshire" (he sort of looks like it, except for the lack of a smile), because
my Alice statue finally arrived. As you can see, I need to decide on siting, what sort of base to use, how to do the garden around her, etc.
Lots more fun presents, including music from John, a Mary Poppins bag of fun stuff from Grandma Gene, and a date in with Amy. Betsy's going to help me find a base or plinth for the Alice statue.
But best present and last of all, we caught Ellie's first real smile on camera! She was talking to Amy:
and had a lot to say:
although some of it wasn't that interesting:
Still, what a cutie. Three weeks old.
Betsy promised she was going to post pix on her blog, so check it out.
Amy and I went to a party yesterday in SLC, which included a visit to Colette's school art fair. Johnathan and Colette showed off their mad playground skillz, as a prologue to the festivities.
We saw Colette's class' projects, played games, ate treats, and watched performances at Ensign Elementary. We had pasta, pizza, and chocolate brownies at home when the fair became just too exciting to bear. Rob gave me a set of four vampire movies, and Nicolle gave me a succulent planting which she had put together. When I brought it home, John found a tiny plastic snake to add to the collection.
Today Betsy, Ellie,
and Ethan came to lunch, along with Amy, Jamison, and Dex.
We sat out in the sun and the rain with the kitties.
I might need to rename Claudio "Cheshire" (he sort of looks like it, except for the lack of a smile), because
my Alice statue finally arrived. As you can see, I need to decide on siting, what sort of base to use, how to do the garden around her, etc.
Lots more fun presents, including music from John, a Mary Poppins bag of fun stuff from Grandma Gene, and a date in with Amy. Betsy's going to help me find a base or plinth for the Alice statue.
But best present and last of all, we caught Ellie's first real smile on camera! She was talking to Amy:
and had a lot to say:
although some of it wasn't that interesting:
Still, what a cutie. Three weeks old.
Betsy promised she was going to post pix on her blog, so check it out.
Japan
The news is horrendous, and keeps on coming. I remember our visit to Rob and Nicolle when they lived in Japan (not in the North) a few years ago. They've heard from a friend now living in Tokyo; Brett's cousin sent Facebook updates every 15 minutes from a stalled commuter train until cell phone service was disrupted.
No comment seems adequate. By Common Consent (a Mormon blog) quotes A Shinto Prayer (apparently a part of the national anthem.). The people in Japan are our neighbors and brothers and sisters now, even though they live so far away.
No comment seems adequate. By Common Consent (a Mormon blog) quotes A Shinto Prayer (apparently a part of the national anthem.). The people in Japan are our neighbors and brothers and sisters now, even though they live so far away.
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