We don't have cable tv, so we've been watching Burn Notice by renting Season 3 on dvds from Netflix. Earlier today, I told a coworker that Burn Notice was "The Rockford Files"  except with a bigger budget. Certainly not a one-to-one match, but a similar blend of humor, action and a hero (Michael Westen, played by Jeffrey Donovan) that uses his wits ( Read more... )

Someday I must explain why this version of this song means so much to me : Dear Prudence, as covered by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Poll Gondorian Military Discipline in the Lord Of The RingsDo you remember the stirring scene in The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, where Pippin lights the beacon, and all the other beacons light up in, one lonely bonfire at a time?

Many months after watching that scene, it occured to me - the beacons probably never get lit except for testing purposes, and how often would that happen? And these ( Read more... )

I think I'll test LiveJournal's polling feature sometime, and if I like it, I'll do a poll every once and awhile. I found out that I like to post polls, but have avoided going through the extra step of setting up a poll application online.

Questions I've asked in the past:

• In your personal conception of ethics and morality, is a deed that is ( Read more... )

A friend has identified the artist of the mystery figure. It is the work of artist Dave Correia, his entry in a group show called "Best Friends Forever" in Los Angeles.

I like comparing the initial sketches with the completed work:


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 I came across this picture at random online - can anyone identify its origin?


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 It seems from the weather reports that we will be getting clouds tonight in the areas where we'd most likely to be willing to drive tonight to watch the meteor shower. We're going to get some sleep, then take a drive around to see if we see anything from the immediate San Francisco Bay Area ( Read more... )

We have a pair of ailing 2 Megapixel Olympus C-2020 digital cameras that are 10 years old. "Someday" we will replace the two compact cameras with a Panasonic Lumix DMC LX5 ( Read more... )

 A nice feature of working at a community college - Fridays off for two months during the summer session ( Read more... )

 The first meeting of the writing group went pretty well! I'm looking forward to hearing/reading more work from my groupmates. The fragment of my story "Catching The Tiny" was given positives, and I got some valuable criticisms from it.

Now to produce more for next month's meeting!