The clock says 6am but it isn't because of getting up early. Finally finished learning what I needed to know to fix the Table of Contents insert into Word for the book so it is completed except for the design and creation of the back cover, as well as the obtaining the legal mumbo jumbo for the copyright and publication but that will all be part of the upload to and through the publisher. There is no doubt in my mind that it will come back for some correction or another but it is down now to just those few obstacles. Next week the marketing campaign begins and will take over as my "main" project for awhile.
Got to do some serious catching up in my little place before all the kinfolk start showing up for the holidays...and get ready for LG's Christmas. The presents are bought but they aren't wrapped, means I've got to get some newspaper. :)
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
New Browser
Being frustrated with Internet explorer 8 freezing up and not responding, I'm giving Google Chrome a try. Really fast install and imported all my links..so far I'm impressed how fast it moves but I definitely need to take some time with the settings to get the font the right size for my eyes and the background color changed...and then work with it awhile to see if it freezes up too. Google Chrome Weblink
Unusual Signs
Drive through windows in convenience stores is still more rare than not. One that i went to had signs for the waiting customer that I just had to talk them into letting me get a picture of. Amusing marketing environment these days. So many smiles in this life.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Back in those growing up days...
The life my brothers and I lived seemed "normal" to us, naturally. Yet it is a pretty frequent realization as I grow older that many of the normal or common experiences of brothers growing up in the mountains or as newcomers to the community...well, times have changed.
Can you factually remember how many "rock fights" you've been in? (For those who may translate that differently, this is where someone picks up a rock and throws it at you and sometimes hits them, and they throw a rock back and this continues until someone strikes a blow that makes the other run off. That ended the fight and only if you were a sociopath would a victor continue throwing at the fleeing injured.
Personally, I can't remember but there were many. Commonly with a brother. But I do remember be so uplifted in spirit when kids from the other mountain came into our forest...to have a real life enemy to throw rocks at, shoot bb guns at, sling rocks out of slingshots at, build pits in the forest trail and covering them with thin twigs then the twigs being covered with pine needle to match the forest trail.
Tying a flagging marker to a limb nearby to signal us when to jump...which came in handy a few times while being chased. Though the sharpened sticks we had in the bottom of the shallow "trip me" hole didn't actually work as far as I know...they recovered from the fall and resumed the chase too quickly.
I most seriously doubt that I will ever forget the most spectacular sling shot accuracy imaginable. When one of the "enemies" had the nerve to come all the way to our area and steal one of our bicycles...I was dumbfounded. Had no idea people actually stole bikes, though I had heard of it...it was just kind of out there in a realm of "doubts" for some reason. Yet now it happened...and the kid was getting away!! I couldn't catch him on foot though I was climbing down the rocky bank to get to the road as fast as I could, he was going downhill on a bike!! Our bike!! From what had to have been over a hundred yards away my eldest brother drew our new surgical tubing slingshot back, angled it up into the air...and I'll be dad gum if that thing didn't come down and bean that kid in the head, knocked him CLEAN off that bike, course I was getting near in foot pursuit of the bike then...this kid takes off for home holding his head and letting out all kinds of promises of our death. When he fell off that bike I looked up at my older brother in complete shock but I remember his face being plain as if no shock, that was what he expected, it was what he did, why he shot it..so of course it hit him. Unbelievable.
Wish we had a book composed of all the stories from days gone by combined, though with time our Kid-fuzz on our memories is pretty variable.
Can you factually remember how many "rock fights" you've been in? (For those who may translate that differently, this is where someone picks up a rock and throws it at you and sometimes hits them, and they throw a rock back and this continues until someone strikes a blow that makes the other run off. That ended the fight and only if you were a sociopath would a victor continue throwing at the fleeing injured.
Personally, I can't remember but there were many. Commonly with a brother. But I do remember be so uplifted in spirit when kids from the other mountain came into our forest...to have a real life enemy to throw rocks at, shoot bb guns at, sling rocks out of slingshots at, build pits in the forest trail and covering them with thin twigs then the twigs being covered with pine needle to match the forest trail.
Tying a flagging marker to a limb nearby to signal us when to jump...which came in handy a few times while being chased. Though the sharpened sticks we had in the bottom of the shallow "trip me" hole didn't actually work as far as I know...they recovered from the fall and resumed the chase too quickly.
I most seriously doubt that I will ever forget the most spectacular sling shot accuracy imaginable. When one of the "enemies" had the nerve to come all the way to our area and steal one of our bicycles...I was dumbfounded. Had no idea people actually stole bikes, though I had heard of it...it was just kind of out there in a realm of "doubts" for some reason. Yet now it happened...and the kid was getting away!! I couldn't catch him on foot though I was climbing down the rocky bank to get to the road as fast as I could, he was going downhill on a bike!! Our bike!! From what had to have been over a hundred yards away my eldest brother drew our new surgical tubing slingshot back, angled it up into the air...and I'll be dad gum if that thing didn't come down and bean that kid in the head, knocked him CLEAN off that bike, course I was getting near in foot pursuit of the bike then...this kid takes off for home holding his head and letting out all kinds of promises of our death. When he fell off that bike I looked up at my older brother in complete shock but I remember his face being plain as if no shock, that was what he expected, it was what he did, why he shot it..so of course it hit him. Unbelievable.
Wish we had a book composed of all the stories from days gone by combined, though with time our Kid-fuzz on our memories is pretty variable.
When my time comes....
I wish everyone to have a good one, let me go rest in peace. Our love continues, God has opened the door. Please don't mourn you know it is beautiful here and I had no choice in the timing. Goodbye my friends..I love you...wow, so thats the Red Sea.
My friend Ruben Chance sent me this photo he took when he was catching a plane in the Red Sea territory. It resembles how I think I'll view this life on my way out, leaving it behind for an infinitely better realm. So I added my words of farewell for after I can no longer speak.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Goat Tears commercial
This one is worth watching full screen. When she reaches the end of collecting goats tears and offers "You want some?" it kills me.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Tuesday December 8th
Happy Birthday to my son, who has now parted towards his own path and bravely forges ahead as a solo warrior against the weight of the world.
It is wee hours of the morning as I pause to put some words in print to try to keep from getting in trouble for "failure to blog". LOL. There are two projects engaging me right now when I can keep myself on task. The Evony project, and The desktop assistant project (nope, no details are given on this right now but it should be the most fun project i can imagine). Turns out there are quite a few software programs that were installed on the laptop, but now are just in a folder on this hard drive. That is what this night has been about. Trying to get all my tools functional and ready for wrapping up project one.
I'm caught up on dishes and kitchen cleanliness, but getting a bit behind in laundry (for me that means 2 loads). It has been cold enough to get our attention in these parts...I've dug out my heavy jacket and the lighter ones to wear under it..but need to find my good warm gloves in the cave.
Don't expect me to be awake till the afternoon today!! I didn't get "off work" till late. Sometimes there is a need to blog that there is nothing to blog.
It is wee hours of the morning as I pause to put some words in print to try to keep from getting in trouble for "failure to blog". LOL. There are two projects engaging me right now when I can keep myself on task. The Evony project, and The desktop assistant project (nope, no details are given on this right now but it should be the most fun project i can imagine). Turns out there are quite a few software programs that were installed on the laptop, but now are just in a folder on this hard drive. That is what this night has been about. Trying to get all my tools functional and ready for wrapping up project one.
I'm caught up on dishes and kitchen cleanliness, but getting a bit behind in laundry (for me that means 2 loads). It has been cold enough to get our attention in these parts...I've dug out my heavy jacket and the lighter ones to wear under it..but need to find my good warm gloves in the cave.
Don't expect me to be awake till the afternoon today!! I didn't get "off work" till late. Sometimes there is a need to blog that there is nothing to blog.
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