Monday, May 23, 2005
Testing
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Thursday, September 11, 2003
Switching allegiances
I'm switching to LiveJournal. I've run into enough things I want to do over there. So please change your links to http://www.livejournal.com/users/dawgdays.
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Monday, September 08, 2003
Netscape Navigator
I just looked at this blog in Netscape Navigator. Man, it looks TERRIBLE! Navigator doesn't understand the styles at all.
I suspect it might help if I was using something more recent than 4.7.
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I suspect it might help if I was using something more recent than 4.7.
Experience California
If you've never been to California (or even if you have), try this.
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Monday, September 01, 2003
"Seabiscuit"
Before I saw the movie, all I knew was that Seabiscuit was a racehorse. I had no idea how the band of misfits (horse, jockey, trainer, owner) could somehow hoist the spirits of the country during the depths of the Great Depression. Tragedy, comedy, triumph - for individuals, and for the country at large.
However, it all seemed too pat, almost sappy, with everyone fighting the odds, and coming out on top. Fiction at its most convenient - but it's not fiction, it's non-fiction.
It was fun watching Gary Stevens as George Woolf. Stevens was a long-time jockey at Seattle's Longacres racetrack before he hit the big time.
I liked it. Worth seeing, definitely. Makes me want to read Laura Hillenbrand's book.
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However, it all seemed too pat, almost sappy, with everyone fighting the odds, and coming out on top. Fiction at its most convenient - but it's not fiction, it's non-fiction.
It was fun watching Gary Stevens as George Woolf. Stevens was a long-time jockey at Seattle's Longacres racetrack before he hit the big time.
I liked it. Worth seeing, definitely. Makes me want to read Laura Hillenbrand's book.
"The Pianist"
This is not a story of triumph, but of survival. It is full of heart-wrenching scenes as the Jews are sequestered in the Warsaw ghetto and brutalized by the Nazis, yet there are scenes of hope as others risk themselves to help.
It is truly horrific to realize how the Jews were treated, oppressed, and exterminated. It is frightening to see what can happen when one person thinks he or she is superior to another.
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It is truly horrific to realize how the Jews were treated, oppressed, and exterminated. It is frightening to see what can happen when one person thinks he or she is superior to another.
Friday, August 29, 2003
In the tank
My beloved Mariners are tanking. They've lost eight of their last ten, and are now second in the AL West to Oakland, which has won eight of its last ten.
It's not unusual to see the M's slide in August, but to tank two years in a row, when they did effectively nothing at the trading deadline either year, is getting a little discouraging.
I hope they can pull themselves out of this slump. Until then, the Cubs and the Sox are at or near the top of their respective divisions. The Chicago fans must be excited by this turn of events.
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It's not unusual to see the M's slide in August, but to tank two years in a row, when they did effectively nothing at the trading deadline either year, is getting a little discouraging.
I hope they can pull themselves out of this slump. Until then, the Cubs and the Sox are at or near the top of their respective divisions. The Chicago fans must be excited by this turn of events.
Mindbender
Found this image on another blog.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Pastoral Letters, ad infinitum
I realize that the Gene Robinson vote is old news. Several in the blogoverse have posted the pastoral letter from their bishop.
An Anglicans Online reader has compiled a list of links to the pastoral letters from the various bishops in the Episcopal Church. it's interesting to compare them.
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An Anglicans Online reader has compiled a list of links to the pastoral letters from the various bishops in the Episcopal Church. it's interesting to compare them.
Friday, August 22, 2003
Ten Commandments in the courthouse?
Should they stay? Should they go? What do YOU say? I don't know.
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viruses and worms and spam, oh my!
I filter/delete the spam, and I install the security updates, and auto-update the virus scanner. But now one of the email worms is running on some other system, using my Hotmail as the return address.
This ticks me off for a purely selfish reason. Someone out there is wondering, "who is this idiot who opened the infected attachment?", and it isn't me.
I don't even want to hear from the Mac folks.
Grrr!
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This ticks me off for a purely selfish reason. Someone out there is wondering, "who is this idiot who opened the infected attachment?", and it isn't me.
I don't even want to hear from the Mac folks.
Grrr!
Manual Labor
Hot and sweaty last night. Achy today. Comes from helping new folks move in by, among other things, hauling a sofa up the stairs, then back down the stairs (seeing as how it wouldn't fit), then up and in through the second-floor balcony. Phew! Good thing I had my cardiac stress test last week.
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