It has rained in Raleigh for the past thirty-six hours. Thirty-six straight hours of gloomy muck. We need the rain, have no doubt of that. Raleigh has been under severe drought conditions for quite some time. The local reservoir is down nine feet. I could do without the gloom. I could do without the muck.Continue reading “On Monsoon Season”
Monthly Archives: November 2005
On Geek Novels
Jack Schofield at the Guardian Unlimited wrote about the Top 20 Geek Novels. I’m not at all clear on the methodology of determining the Top 20 Geek Novels–seems to be a sort-of survey based on the comments on a blog entry elsewhere–so this list is more than a little meaningless. However, it is an interestingContinue reading “On Geek Novels”
On Old Photos
No particular reason for posting these today. Guinevere took ill and died suddenly several years ago. She was a polydactyl–she had three thumbs. I discovered today that I had these two photos on my hard drive for reasons unknown, and because it’s my webpage I thought I’d share. 😉 In this first picture you canContinue reading “On Old Photos”
On Time Flying
It’s already November-freaking-twentieth. How does this happen? Where does time go? Next thing you know, tomorrow will be New Year’s. Wow.
On Being Tired
Back from Baltimore. Long trip. Eyes hurt. Really tired. Work tomorrow. Sleep!
On another Road Trip
On the way to Baltimore. Visit my grandmother’s house, make sure the pilot light in the furnace is lit, and other assorted odds and ends. I’ll be back to work on Thursday. E-mails, don’t expect a reply until Friday at the earliest. Peace.
On Xbox 360 Compatibility
Microsoft released today a list of XBox games that will be playable on the XBox 360 with the optional hard drive installed. The list runs to about two hundred games across many genres. For many customers at work one of the selling points for the XBox 360 would be its ability to play the current-generationContinue reading “On Xbox 360 Compatibility”
On Derailed
I hadn’t been to the movies in a while, and I decided to rectify that. Derailed. The new Clive Owen/Jennifer Aniston film. I knew very little about the film going in. It’s based on a novel by someone (I’ve seen it in Barnes & Noble and Target), it’s about a married man who meets aContinue reading “On Derailed”
On Veteran's Day
Today is Veteran’s Day, commemorating the armistace that ended the fighting in World War I nearly ninety years ago. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead.Continue reading “On Veteran's Day”
On Deja Vu
I had an attack of deja vu at work today. Very disconcerting.