Archive for October, 2009
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Working on Volume Control
Freelancing is a feast or famine business. I realize that. But honestly, I’m close to setting the record for most articles written by one person on life insurance quotes. I offset the tedium by chanting, “I am grateful for my job.” And I watch Hulu videos while I work.
I’m afraid I also have to be [...]
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Honey Bee
Honey Bee
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
We’re having a cool, overcast day, but there’s still activity at the butterfly bush — a Monarch floating in from time to time and some slow-moving bees, which are the best kind to photograph.
This little fellow was most accommodating [...]
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
EBooks: Some Updated Thoughts
If you had a look at my recent browsing history, you wouldn’t find that I’ve been shopping for copper sinks, but you would discover that I’ve been poking around on a lot of sites that offer free ebooks including Project Gutenberg and Feedbooks. That’s moved me to revisit the topic of ebooks, which I’ve written [...]
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth
Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
It’s been an active weekend at the butterfly bush. I’ve tried to photograph these moths with several different cameras now and have yet to achieve what I would consider the quintessential image.
Truth be told, I’d never be able to [...]
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
False Leaf Katydid
False Leaf Katydid
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
This afternoon when I was leaving on errands I spotted this fellow on the butterfly bushes. I’d never seen a “grasshopper” with those leaf-like wings, so I took some pictures and looked him up this evening.
I can’t think of a [...]
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Saturday Grab Bag
I’m having a geeky Saturday, cleaning files off the MacBook, archiving some stuff, and watching the un-aired episodes of “Defying Gravity” that played in Canada, which I’ve snagged via bitorrent. (Skanky network guys? You don’t want us to “steal” content, quit canceling good shows and putting more reality crap on TV.)
Week Two
This is the end [...]
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
“You don’t stink as much as the other humans.”
Feral cats don’t get insurance quotes to guard against life’s ups and downs, they find suckers. I’m a sucker.
Midnight is charming and grateful in her own way. She won’t let me touch her, but she meets my eyes and says “thank you.” Socks is a different matter.
Socks meets my eyes and says, “We do NOT [...]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Hackberry Emperor, Face to Face
Hackberry Emperor, Face to Face
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
After having had the Monday from the Lowest Stoked Fires of Hell yesterday, I had a chance to play with the camera today, which always makes life better. For the first time in just ages, we had three [...]
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Monday . . . Enough Said
I seriously doubt the a wrinkle cream has yet been made that is strong enough to remove my frown lines today. Monday has not dawned with warm fuzziness.
- R. awakened me at 1:30 a.m. to help her to the bathroom because her toe just hurt too much to walk. I asked her which toe and [...]
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009
FitBit: Week One
It would be great if spending your weeks incorporating phrases like “sell motorhome” into your prose also had the side-effect of burning more calories than those required just to be alive. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. A week ago I told my readers I’m now using a sort of body gauge called the FitBit to [...]
