Monthly Archives: September 2005

Goddess in the night

It was a terrible drive across the 402 to Sarnia from London last night- with an incredible storm whipping rain in sheets across the roadway, carrying debris, tree branches, and assorted other items flicking through the pool of my headlights … Continue reading

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All about XM

I’m doing a lot of road trips lately. One of the most annoying things on a road trip is finding a new radio station when the one you are listening to fades away into static. I saw a new XM … Continue reading

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Not enough sense to come in out of the rain

Another hurricane, and the idiots on television are out there in their slickers standing in the rain and wind telling us it’s really windy and rainy out there. I think most of us know that by now. I wonder if … Continue reading

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Jet Blue and the media

Today a Jet Blue Airbus landed with the nosewheel jammed to one side. Big Deal. Still, every news outlet covered it like it was Armageddon ,

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A little Zen

I delivered to a factory in Daleville, VA this morning. After dropping off the freight, I saw this down near the end of the entry drive. Curious, I drove down and parked in a little gravel lot nearby.

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Light Show

I drove to Daleville, VA tonight, and as luck and timing would have it, traveled with an immense storm front for about the first four hours, complete with audio visuals. There’s nothing like a good thunderstorm to make you feel … Continue reading

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Ooh Shiny….

I like working on my car. I devoted most of this weekend to this, hence the dearth of posts the last couple of days. (OK, my sister-in-law’s wedding was in there, too.) My car (in it’s current incarnation, a pickup … Continue reading

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Heirloom

I pulled this watch down off my shelf yesterday afternoon, where it had been sitting for a couple of years. It originally belonged to my grandfather, who received it for graduation in 1905. It shook me up a little to … Continue reading

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Google up a blog

Google does it again, this time with a specialty blog search tool at http://blogsearch.google.com/. These guys are amazing, and raising the bar every time you turn around. First there was Google itself, then Google Maps, then the utterly amazing Google … Continue reading

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Seven Things…

…that I’d like to visit/photograph some day: 1. The Painted Desert in Arizona 2. Glaciers in Alaska 3. Auroras 4. The Badlands in South Dakota 5. The Pampas in Argentina 6. Buenos Aires 7. Mayan ruins

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