I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Smittie I was, briefly, signed up with the webhost provider, Dreamhost. Since that time the email address that I gave them and only them has been a primary source of spam in my inbox. I’ll let readers drawn their own conclusions. In any case, I received the following text in a spam message sent to that … Read more
Students’ Drinking Reported in Blogs Fifteen to 20 students at East Grand Rapids High School face possible disciplinary action by the school after parents reported seeing Internet photos of them drinking alcohol at parties. OK, so, how stupid… never mind. Aloha [posted with ecto] Technorati Tags: humor, commentary, sociology
Great news today. My son no longer needs to get bone marrow tests! My son suffers a condition called Severe Chronic Neutropenia (SCN). He’s had it from the time he was very little. If SCN is genetic then an increased risk of developing Leukemia is also present. As a result of this, until it can … Read more
I am square into middle age, struggling with all the middle aged male stuff. The current struggle of focus is weight and exercise. Two years ago I was running five eight and half minute miles Monday through Friday. I could do three sets of fifty push-ups and I was making improvements in sit-ups. Pull-ups have … Read more
Monday and Tuesday of this week I attended BAVC‘s Shooting Techniques II class. It was a good class, learned a lot. Blah, blah, blah. So, the good part was, I have a new lust in my life. The Panasonic AJ-SDX900. Hum, yummie. It does all the formats and film look video. Very nice. And I’ll … Read more
R Is For Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries) by Sue Grafton I finished “R Is For Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)” (Sue Grafton) last night. I think I’ve been reading Grafton too long. This is like the five or sixth Grafton book in a row. R is For Ricochet is a standard Millhone fair. If you’re a … Read more
Several recent articles in Dan Kimball‘s Vintage Faith blog have been driving a discussion in the comments portion about Christians and their relationship with those outside their belief system. Three articles in particular: True Story – What would you do? What I said to the fellow with the T-Shirt The Longer We Are Christians The … Read more
Every Saturday morning I have breakfast with a friend of mine. We usually end up hanging out together most of the day. We go to various restaurants throughout Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz has some great offerings. This morning we went to Ideal Bar & Grill, mostly because they are currently running a breakfast special. You … Read more
March of the Penguins It was family movie night. Somehow, March of the Penguins ended up at my house. I don’t know how but it did. In a word, zzzzZZZZ. March of the Penguins is a National Geographic travelogue on par with Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. Actually, Wild Kingdom had better scripting, March of … Read more
Well, I’m no Guy Kawasaki but I have managed to collect two photos in my Flickr group. Well, OK, one if you insist on not counting me. I made the URL to the group a little easier with a new feature they just implemented. It is now http://www.flickr.com/groups/smittiesramblingreaders/. Go put your mug up there. No … Read more