As I get older and crankier, the timespan each year when I’m happy gets shorter. Now it’s down to about September and April. With a local forecast predicting low temperature in the low twenties Wednesday night, and a high in the 30s on Thanksgiving, I had just about convinced myself that getting up at 6… Continue reading Weather sucks
Unh-unh … not again
News reports say W was a little Wary this year when he issued the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardon. He was probably afraid of a repeat of last year’s embarrassment.
Internet Growing Pains
I subscribe to an email discussion list for foxhunters. Like almost any other open discussion forum on the Internet, it occasionally suffers from a low signal/noise ratio. And at other times, it’s just plain information overload; it’s all relevant, but just too much. A subscriber recently questioned whether it has become too big to be… Continue reading Internet Growing Pains
Horsing Around
This afternoon was another splendid opportunity to forget everything that’s wrong with the world. There’s a saying among foxhunters that some folks ride to hunt, and others hunt to ride. I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m one of the hunt to ride gang, even if that draws scorn from serious hunters. And today was… Continue reading Horsing Around
It’s a Jungle Out There
The UK Police Log for last week has some interesting entries, especially if the reader attemtps to make any connection between some of them. We have: ¥ Nov 11 – Suspicious persons seen in East Lot reported at 1:04 AM. Four males with eggs. ¥ Nov 11 – Suspicious circumstances at Kirwan I reported at… Continue reading It’s a Jungle Out There
Candid Camera or Photoshop?
Thanks to technology, seeing isn’t always believing. Wired News has an article about the flood of digitally altered phony photos circulating around the ‘net. They included some examples that I had seen before. I guessed this one was fake when I saw it, but I really believed this one was real. Besides warning me that… Continue reading Candid Camera or Photoshop?
Mad Magazine – Clone of the Attack
Ex-boss emailed me this gem from Mad Magazine. I went wandering around Mad‘s website to find that link so I could use it here instead of loading their copyrighted work on my server, and it was an interesting tour. Mad belongs to Warner Brothers now, and WB seems to a little bolder than many of… Continue reading Mad Magazine – Clone of the Attack
Back in the Saddle Again!
Today was just what I needed. Sleep a little later, and then start all the hunt prep work: hitching up trailer, cleaning horse, filling flask, etc. My attitude has gotten so sour I almost didn’t remember why I go to all this trouble. After getting mounted, it didn’t take long for me to remember. A… Continue reading Back in the Saddle Again!
General Purpose Error Message
A former boss sent me this link, and was kind enough to point out that it was not personally directed at me, but I might know some people who need to see it. Indeed, it looks (and sounds) like a good generic response to much of the sh..tuff I seeem to be dealing with recently.
Notice Anything Different?
I decided to do a little cosmetic touching up on this thing, and make it look more like a real blog. In the process, I realized that there were some major differences in the way different browsers were displaying it. I\’ve tried to achieve a format that\’s reasonably consistent, without driving myself crazy with a… Continue reading Notice Anything Different?