Monday, July 27, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Checking My Sites
I've got this Flickr page for photos. I also have a Picasa gallery, rather randomly organized. And I have photos on my Facebook page, too.
I also have this page for music -- but I also put photos there because at this point I can only upload one mp3 file a day.
I have a A YouTube channel.
I've got this one for comics (stupid, foul-mouthed comics, each drawn in under one minute -- or the occasional newspaper comic spoiled and befouled).
Of course, I have a Twitter account, but it's not very active. As it is I have a hard time keeping up with the Who2 Twitter account.
I probably have other ones that I can't remember. In fact, I'm really listing them here so that I can try to keep track. It's not as if they need daily maintenance, so I tend to forget what's what in between postings.
I also have this page for music -- but I also put photos there because at this point I can only upload one mp3 file a day.
I have a A YouTube channel.
I've got this one for comics (stupid, foul-mouthed comics, each drawn in under one minute -- or the occasional newspaper comic spoiled and befouled).
Of course, I have a Twitter account, but it's not very active. As it is I have a hard time keeping up with the Who2 Twitter account.
I probably have other ones that I can't remember. In fact, I'm really listing them here so that I can try to keep track. It's not as if they need daily maintenance, so I tend to forget what's what in between postings.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Old Newspapers
For the Who2 Blog this month we've started posting bits in celebration of the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
I dug out the newspaper clippings we saved when we were kids and I scanned parts of them. I made a Picasa gallery here.
Noteworthy: there are an inordinate number of photos of various members of Buzz Aldrin's family -- like this one of his wife, for example:
Then there are all the articles about Ted Kennedy:
The Peanuts strip on the day of the moon landing was no big surprise, not since we see Peanuts reruns every single day anyway. And there was a story about "Minutemen" -- super-patriot nuts arrested in New Mexico with too many guns and explosives. The paper said they described themselves as "the last line of defense against communism." This is from 1969, mind you.
Most of the articles I have are from the Eugene Register-Guard, but some are from The Missoulan. I guess we must have moved to Montana in July of 1969, that's what that means.
I dug out the newspaper clippings we saved when we were kids and I scanned parts of them. I made a Picasa gallery here.
Noteworthy: there are an inordinate number of photos of various members of Buzz Aldrin's family -- like this one of his wife, for example:
Then there are all the articles about Ted Kennedy:
The Peanuts strip on the day of the moon landing was no big surprise, not since we see Peanuts reruns every single day anyway. And there was a story about "Minutemen" -- super-patriot nuts arrested in New Mexico with too many guns and explosives. The paper said they described themselves as "the last line of defense against communism." This is from 1969, mind you.
Most of the articles I have are from the Eugene Register-Guard, but some are from The Missoulan. I guess we must have moved to Montana in July of 1969, that's what that means.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
In the Tent
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Yesterday afternoon I got tired of working in the yard and put up a tent in the back yard. It's our smaller tent, but it's plenty big and has a great opening. Cleo and her pals spent most of the afternoon and evening in there, but late at night I tossed in my bedding and book, donned my special cap with lights built into it and went to bed out in the tent.
It was a nice night. Around 3 a.m. I woke up and went out of the tent to look around. The sky was clear and I could see the Little Dipster, the Big Dipster and Tittleman's Crest.
Here's our back yard:
Here's a pretty flower that has nothing to do with my fantastic tale of sleeping in the tent:
Yesterday afternoon I got tired of working in the yard and put up a tent in the back yard. It's our smaller tent, but it's plenty big and has a great opening. Cleo and her pals spent most of the afternoon and evening in there, but late at night I tossed in my bedding and book, donned my special cap with lights built into it and went to bed out in the tent.
It was a nice night. Around 3 a.m. I woke up and went out of the tent to look around. The sky was clear and I could see the Little Dipster, the Big Dipster and Tittleman's Crest.
Here's our back yard:
Here's a pretty flower that has nothing to do with my fantastic tale of sleeping in the tent:
Saturday, June 13, 2009
A Trip to The Grotto
Greg and I walked from my house to The Grotto this morning. By my calculations it was about 7.7261 miles. The Grotto is a cool but strange place, wonderful in its wealth of natural beauty and a little eerie in its Sorrowful Christ theme. Here are some photos:
The Tower, from the upper chapel:
Some shots of the many, many sculptures there, to give you a feel for things:
And they have a visiting scupture, a bronze replica of Michelangelo's Pietá, made from a cast made in 1932 from the original, which I think dates to 1499. (here's a random shot of the real thing, at The Vatican).)
A detail of the bronze one at The Grotto:
The Tower, from the upper chapel:
Some shots of the many, many sculptures there, to give you a feel for things:
And they have a visiting scupture, a bronze replica of Michelangelo's Pietá, made from a cast made in 1932 from the original, which I think dates to 1499. (here's a random shot of the real thing, at The Vatican).)
A detail of the bronze one at The Grotto:
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
A Trip to Camp Howard
Cleo was at Outdoor School at Camp Howard last week. She had to return to the Citizen Factory on Wednesday, so I brought her back into town for part of the day. It was a nice drive, up past Corbett and overlooking Bull Run reservoir.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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