Macho Business Donkey WrestlerMacho Business Donkey Wrestler - LiveJournal.comDrinks- August 23, 2007 While I think my very limited list of foods is well documented here, it occurs to me that I may not have written nearly enough about my love of different beverages. One of the things I love about where I'm at now is that I can readily get Sun Drop and Cheerwine, two of my favorite fizzy drinks. With very little effort, I can also get Squirt. My love of different drinks does not end with the sodas. I also drink a lot of fizzy zero calorie fruit beverages in one liter bottles. In addition, I...http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/387978.html Exciting, if old, news- August 22, 2007 As most of you already know, my wife is pregnant. She had her 12 week doctor visit on Monday, and some sort of sonogramultrasound procedure was included in the visit. I arranged to leave work early and checked it out. It was actually really cool. Even though it's early, the arms, legs, spine, jaw, and other major elements of a person are forming. We saw the heartbeat. It was pretty neat. That was about the only thing that went particularly well for me on Monday. Due to various circumstances at..http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/387641.html Constipated- August 21, 2007 My efforts to post more regularly around here have taken a serious hit over the past week or so, and it is almost entirely because I have been waiting for the results of two stories that seem linked in news coverage and in my mind. They are the stories about the trapped miners in Utah and the astronauts due back soon aboard a damaged Endeavour. I certainly hope that the fourth hole bored into the mine discovers the miners in a pocket of stunningly clean air and that the astronauts arrive...http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/387482.html Bullets, again- August 14, 2007 Over the weekend, I got to visit some family. We played Monopoly and managed to turn the game into an hours-long marathon of side deals. It was actually a lot more fun than it sounds. One of our cars is acting up. I think it's just an issue with some carbon andor other build-up on a throttle body or idle air control, but we won't know for sure until I drive it a bit more and then take it to the shop -- while I try to figure out problems, I'm worthless fixing those of the automotive sort. In...http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/387253.html How did I miss the death of Oliver Hill- August 11, 2007 Civil rights pioneer Oliver Hill died this past week. I saw nothing about it until this weekend, which is a real pity.http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/386896.html Time for the random stuff- August 10, 2007 Our cat Drusilla apparently thinks her name is Darla (the name of our other cat). I have suspected this for a while, but we did some experiments tonight that confirm my suspicion. She has always been a bit strange for a cat in that she would answer to a sound. In the past, that was me whistling. I'm not sure why it changed from a whistle to the name of her sister cat. Burn Notice continues to impress me. Mere Smith wrote an uncharacteristically dark episode tonight that addressed a few of the..http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/386527.html What LJ means to me- August 8, 2007 alchemi asked: "What is the biggest thing you've learned about yourself from keeping a livejournal"I think that's an outstanding question that has a few different answers. On the most fundamental level, keeping a journal has convinced me that I was never destined for a literary career. Writing is a bit too much about basic communication for me. I don't think there is much in the way of artistic merit in the way I phrase myself or in the words I choose. I think that's okay -- language is a tool..http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/386070.html Photography- August 8, 2007 I'm not sure why it is, but I just haven't been engaged in photography recently. There are plenty of things I'd like to take a photo of just in my daily life, but I haven't been motivated to do it for the past several months. The building I work in alone has plenty to photograph. It was built in the early part of the 20th century. There are plenty of other interesting buildings to photograph as well. Beyond buildings, there are plenty of other things I can capture. I need to document the growth.http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/385572.html Robby Gordon- August 6, 2007 Nextel Cup regular Robby Gordon ran in the first NASCAR race in Canada this weekend. It was a Busch Series road course race. He's known as a bit of a road course specialist. With five laps to go, a wreck back in the pack brought out the yellow. Right around the same time, second place Gordon roughed up leader Marcos Ambrose and took the lead. Ambrose turned Gordon immediately thereafter. NASCAR made the judgment that these events were during the yellow flag period and ruled that Gordon should...http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/385243.html Family Guy- August 6, 2007 I don't really get the intense reactions people have to the Fox show Family Guy. I remember it getting panned with regularity among people I listen to during its initial run. I also remember the devotees of the show complaining about its cancellation and watching repeats enough that Fox relented and brought back the show after at least a year off. Now that I think about it, it may have been even a couple of years between cancellation and renewal. Now that it's back on, the television forum I...http://erechtheus.livejournal.com/384877.html |