Archive for December, 2001
Monday, December 31st, 2001
By long habit, at the
By long habit, at the end of the year I attempt some kind of assessment, both personal and global. This year the two, in the wake of Sept. 11, seem to be unusually merged. I’ve been poking around on the search engine Google with phrases like “lists 2001″ or “news events 2001″ and finally [...]
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Sunday, December 30th, 2001
I don’t recommend these links
I don’t recommend these links for anyone who is still on a dial-up modem connection, but if you are connecting to the Internet via broadband (DSL, Cable, or T1) you might enjoy some of my favorite webcams.
Boston Aquarium – Watch for the turtle on this one. Sometimes he swims up and looks into the camera [...]
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Sunday, December 30th, 2001
The CNN page today carried
The CNN page today carried a story about the Mercy B.A.N.D. project. (See www.mercyband.org) B.A.N.D. means “bear another’s name daily.” A New Mexico woman started the project to distribute sterling silver bands engraved with the name of a person who died on September 11. My mind instantly snapped on an image of the Vietnam War [...]
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Saturday, December 29th, 2001
How’s your Tolkien? As usual,
How’s your Tolkien? As usual, I’m up late and happened upon a superb National Geographic Explorer episode “Lord of the Rings: Beyond the Movie.” TV Guide indicates it will air again here in Fort Worth on Channel 52 Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m.. The two-hour program is described as, “A look into the evolution of [...]
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Friday, December 28th, 2001
Here’s an article on the
Here’s an article on the history of this whole Blog phenomenon just so you know I haven’t further lost my mind. In fact, I’m a little late to the game.
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Friday, December 28th, 2001
Just found out about this
Just found out about this place in Dallas via a review in Star Time for the film, “The Affair of the Necklace.” See the Angelika Film Center site. The menu in their cafe would make up for a bad film experience.
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Friday, December 28th, 2001
As 2001 winds down, I
As 2001 winds down, I am drawn into the current fad of “blogging,” a corruption of “web log” or online journaling. In the past, especially when I’ve travelled, I’ve used the logbook portion of my site to post photos and comments, but the update was cumbersome and required “building” time on my part. With the [...]
