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* The Public Radio station is playing the Lord of the Rings Symphony as I'm writing this.

* Dad just installed the window air conditioner unit, and it works.

* I frosted the cupcakes for Dad's Bible study group tomorrow.

* When I looked up my own name on a search through my data base for a graphic I've already shared here, I found a reference in a ( Read more... )

I know I've been much quieter than normal lately. I guess I'm under a more covert, sublime form of depression as opposed to the usual demoralization. At this point, I'm of a mind that just letting it run its course, and not fighting it with self-medication, is the best of my few and far-between options ( Read more... )

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The Dull Thud of Autumn came; dreary, misty, overcast skies and a turn to chilly air ( Read more... )

One of the things promised with my grant money is that I'll have some surplus from which to buy the tools I'll need for my later courses. I'm still waiting for my funding on that account, so I'm somewhat concerned about making sure I find all the required pieces of the set ( Read more... )

A sort of postscript to my entry about Moonliner/Mission To Mars at the Disney theme parks...

I was kind of curious about the dimensions on the scaled drawing of the Moonliner mockup and whether the theater/simulator would have fit inside. Granted, this was spurred on when I attempted to find something else on GoogleImage and found an interior ( Read more... )

Because this is a weird idea...even for me.

Off-the-shelf way of configuring a rear-engine car...use the front half of the drivetrain of a 4X4 truck and mount THAT on the rear of the chassis! Cooling systems and gearbox linkages would have to be reconfigured, but it also opens the possibility of four-wheel steering and other "innovations ( Read more... )

Early this evening, Dad asked me if he could use the phone. I told him I was on the Internet, but as it was a few minutes before Dead Hour (7 PM ~ 8 PM) I was going to get off and let him use the phone ( Read more... )