Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
This Week’s Poll
Well, according to your votes, this is how the level of patience stacks up for Eclectic readers:
- 35% of you are patient
- 15% of you are not
- 50% are patient according to the circumstances
So now, let’s talk about music. I took the genres from eMusic. Feel free to use the comments on this post to [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Weekly Poll by Rana
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
The Fall Television Season
The fall TV season is upon us and as always we are faced with selecting shows that R. finds interesting and that she can follow given her challenged hearing and short-term memory loss. The clear winner for the past several years has been Dancing with the Stars — bearing in mind that for her every [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Opinion / Current Events by Rana
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Stretch Limo Pick-up
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I guess this falls under the “only in Texas category.” It was docked in the Botanic Gardens when I was down there last week. And yes, I said docked because the thing was Titanic-esque and unbelievably tacky.
3 Comments » - Posted in Photo Entries by Rana
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Bracing for the Next Round of Neighborly Craziness
R. and I have been sitting here in the kitchen watching our neighbor, Crazy C., pacing up and down in the driveway.
“Maybe we need to start looking at ads for Scottsdale real estate,” R. observed drily.
“You hate Arizona,” I said.
“Yeah, but it’s hot enough out there that the lunatic neighbors at least stay in the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc, Slice of Life by Rana
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Ken Burns, The War, and Some Historiography
Over on worldwartwotalk.com, I felt moved to make a few observations about the Ken Burns’ series “The War” and historiography (the study of the study of history.) If you’re interested, click here.
No Comments » - Posted in Opinion / Current Events by Rana
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Scrumptious Swallowtails
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail – Male
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail – Female
Pipevine Swallowtail
Click thumbs for larger images.
Technorati Tags: butterflies
No Comments » - Posted in Photo Entries by Rana
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Amazon’s New MP3 Download Service
Feeling a bit self-indulgent today and having a little extra cash courtesy of using sponsored posts here, I decided to try out Amazon’s new MP3 download service, which debuted today.
Last week I heard Reba McEntire sing a song from her new album, “Reba Duets,” called “Because of You” that I really liked. Poking around a [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Opinion / Current Events by Rana
Monday, September 24th, 2007
Hey, I’m as green as the next cat!
Andy sits in them and Mike steals them and runs through the house with them. Either the Central Market shopping bags have a special allure or this is what passes for “green” feline behavior.
Of course, there’s also the fact I brought home some catnip in that bag a couple of weeks ago…
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No Comments » - Posted in Photo Entries, The Cats by Rana
Monday, September 24th, 2007
Ken Burns – The War
Update2: Yet another post with some commentary on historiography relative to the reception of “The War” by critics.
Update: Additional commentary on the Ken Burns’ series in light of some of the criticism being levied against it can be found here.
For those who are interested, I’ve posted my reactions to the first installment of the Ken [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Site News by Rana
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
This Week’s Poll
Well, according to last week’s poll on surfing habits (and thanks to all who participated):
53.3 percent of our readers still visit sites directly
26.6 percent are using an RSS reader
20.1 percent use both
This week I’m interested in your assessment of your own degree of patience.
Feel free to expand on your vote in the comments.
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