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agito
Icons...avatars...are they who people are? Or do people become their avatar ( Read more... ) -
Vignette
"A man pushed an overstuffed shopping cart along the adjacent path, bringing a relative commotion of labored breath and squeaky wheels. Several blocks away, a driver used his horn. The elm's leaves hung perfectly still." -
STP update
Well...just finished the Cap2Cap Century...it was a nice ride...though it was in the mid- to high-80's, muggy, and 15mph winds from the...well...it seemed from all over. So it was hydrate-hydrate-hydrate. Did I mention I had to drink a lot?
'now to soak... -
STP update - Living in Flatlandia
'Cycling in the Shenandoah is sure a heck of a lot different than cycling back home. 500 foot climbs might not be too bad over the course of a mile or 2 or 3...or 4...but those kind of altitude changes just don't happen back *this* way at *any* distance. Komatta ( Read more... ) -
Life is short...
Our Maine Coon, Priscilla, just had her ultrasound this morning to look at a lump in her abdomen. It turned out to be an aggressive tumor that started in her intestines and had made it to her liver. So the vet. said she has maybe a few weeks left.
She'll let us know when it's time. -
vignette
"Give them a thousand of these nights, or five thousand, drenched in long shadows and half-light. Not even April yet, the whole of spring and summer still ahead."
'sounds like a photograph just waiting to happen under the watchful eye of the lovelyangel. =^_^= -
Off to the races...
The Squiggy Inline skate race is this weekend! So I'm in Florida for a few days. The train ride down was relaxing as usual, 'cept for the battery in my 15-inch Power Book flat lined on me. Now it won't even boot! ~_~;; -
Life in
front of a CRT. Well...it *has* been quite a while since I've actually worked on a CRT...so life has been mostly in front of flat panels...for many days of the week...for many hours of the day...at work and at home ( Read more... ) -
vignette
"Statues of squirrels in the public square," Bear chimed in.
"Sì."
"Blow my mind," Oreo mumbled. "Holy rodents." -
ExMachina
Quite an interesting Appleseed movie...the animation was quite impressive...the new wave...