Having posted this, expect an update soon about the exact location, depth, etc. But for now, the cathedral light filtering through the water is enough, isn't it?
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Somewhere in Florida
My brother John - or most likely, his wonderful wife, Vicki - comes through with another awesome picture from another of their diving adventures. This time, they're deep in a spring - possibly Troy Springs - near the Sewanee River in Florida:
Having posted this, expect an update soon about the exact location, depth, etc. But for now, the cathedral light filtering through the water is enough, isn't it?
Having posted this, expect an update soon about the exact location, depth, etc. But for now, the cathedral light filtering through the water is enough, isn't it?
Monday, September 7, 2009
The Real First Anniversary of this Blog
This weekend marks the real start of this blog. As I posted then:
For the most part, I've met my intentions. But I can do better. Hope you come around to see.
This blog? Keeping track of stuff, mostly. The various goings on of the family. 'net prowling. Things that delight or vex the soul. I'll post 'em here and see where it leads. Could be fun, might even be interesting but no guarantees. Come around often and let me know what you think, okay?
First up, posting the pictures in real time that I've uploaded to Picasa from the computer and from my Blackberry - that is, the dates of the pictures will be the dates of the posts - so things might get a little strange around here for a while. Meaning this post will closer to the top while the others, though posted later, will be at the bottom, as if they were posted earlier.
Make sense? Don't worry. Just go along for the ride and let's see what happens together.
Lots to do. Shall we start?
For the most part, I've met my intentions. But I can do better. Hope you come around to see.
Labor Day 2009
Still early and no plans have been set in stone for the rest of the day but we've got a vague intention to get up and out and do something different than we normally do on a long weekend. Then again, we may do nothing at all. Don't we do enough during the week? Shouldn't we honor labor by taking a break from our own? We'll see. It's good to have so many choices. All we have to do is choose.
Yesterday we had Mac and Helen over for grilled burgers and fixin's and then just some good ol' fashioned sitting-around-and-jawing-time with them and the girls. The days where we can do this kind of thing are numbered so it's a pleasure to have them while we do. The weather was warm - high up near 90 and with no breeze, making it feel hotter than it was but nowhere near the blast-furnace temperatures it could've been. Made for an enjoyable day.
So we have the summer in our rearview mirror now. It's been a good one, likely the last of its kind now that Rachel's a senior in high school. Did we do all we set out to do? Not hardly but we did do a few things and that's good enough. Time to move on into Fall and the pleasures that'll hold.
Yesterday we had Mac and Helen over for grilled burgers and fixin's and then just some good ol' fashioned sitting-around-and-jawing-time with them and the girls. The days where we can do this kind of thing are numbered so it's a pleasure to have them while we do. The weather was warm - high up near 90 and with no breeze, making it feel hotter than it was but nowhere near the blast-furnace temperatures it could've been. Made for an enjoyable day.
So we have the summer in our rearview mirror now. It's been a good one, likely the last of its kind now that Rachel's a senior in high school. Did we do all we set out to do? Not hardly but we did do a few things and that's good enough. Time to move on into Fall and the pleasures that'll hold.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Moore War 2009
The big football rivalry was markedly different from last year: Rachel's decided to not participate in Color Guard this year so she wasn't a part of the game. Instead, she and her buddy went on their own and Emily and her posse did their own thing. No role for meddling parents. Which was fine. All part of growing up and all that, right?
Oh, we weren't entirely left out in the cold. Emily and her crew did need someone to take them and drop them off and then, later, pick them up and bring them home. Which we did. A nice dinner at Freddy's in Moore and then on over to the festivities. Roving packs of youth dressed in their football rivalry finest on a pleasant September evening. The days are seldom better than that.
I had the pick-up-after-the-game duty and when I got the call, er, text, I headed out. A Fifth Dimension CD in the Sequoia stereo, a full moon sailing through the sky filling fields with pale blue light, the steady jabbering of five 13 year old girls in the back - well, maybe you get the picture. This time won't come again so I'd better enjoy it while I can.
And I did. After everyone was dropped off and it was only Emily and I and the Fifth Dimension celebrating the Age of Aquarius, I asked her if she'd had a good time. She did. So that was enough for me.
As for Rachel, she declared her time good as well when she breezed in moments before curfew. That'll be about all we'll be privy to in her life but details will slowly emerge as the days go by. This will be her last big high school football game; if she attends in the future, she'll be only a visitor to her glory days and not a participant. She doesn't realize this now, of course, but I hope she looks back on this as the best of times.
Oh, we weren't entirely left out in the cold. Emily and her crew did need someone to take them and drop them off and then, later, pick them up and bring them home. Which we did. A nice dinner at Freddy's in Moore and then on over to the festivities. Roving packs of youth dressed in their football rivalry finest on a pleasant September evening. The days are seldom better than that.
I had the pick-up-after-the-game duty and when I got the call, er, text, I headed out. A Fifth Dimension CD in the Sequoia stereo, a full moon sailing through the sky filling fields with pale blue light, the steady jabbering of five 13 year old girls in the back - well, maybe you get the picture. This time won't come again so I'd better enjoy it while I can.
And I did. After everyone was dropped off and it was only Emily and I and the Fifth Dimension celebrating the Age of Aquarius, I asked her if she'd had a good time. She did. So that was enough for me.
As for Rachel, she declared her time good as well when she breezed in moments before curfew. That'll be about all we'll be privy to in her life but details will slowly emerge as the days go by. This will be her last big high school football game; if she attends in the future, she'll be only a visitor to her glory days and not a participant. She doesn't realize this now, of course, but I hope she looks back on this as the best of times.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wallowing in the W's - an iPod Shuffle Update
Less than 90 tunes to go, I'm rapidly approaching the end. (For more about this project, click here.) A surprising number of tunes begin with the letter W, with many of them with the word "when" or its derivative "whenever," starting their title:
The word can invoke hope or despair, a longing for the future or an ache for the past. Anytime but this time now.
Moving on, Cat Power's Wild is The Wind is the loveliest, and starkest, tracks I've come across in a while. They lyrics:
As always, the lyrics hardly begin to describe the experience. Give it a listen for the full effect.
Percy Sledge When a Man Loves a Woman
James Taylor When I'm Gone
The Beatles When I'm 64
The Band When I Paint My Masterpiece
Hem When I Was Drinking
Moby When It's Cold I'd Like to Die
U2 When Love Comes to Town
Dave Matthews Band When The World Ends
Eurythmics When Tomorrow Comes
Sting When We Dance
Bruce Springsteen When You're Alone
Sting Whenever I Say Your Name
James Taylor Whenever Your Ready
The word can invoke hope or despair, a longing for the future or an ache for the past. Anytime but this time now.
Moving on, Cat Power's Wild is The Wind is the loveliest, and starkest, tracks I've come across in a while. They lyrics:
Wild Is The Wind
Love me, love me
Say you do
Let me fly away
With you
We're creatures of the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one grasp
To satisfy this hungerness
We're creatures of the wind
Wild is the wind
You touch me
I hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
Like a leaf clings to a tree
Baby please cling to me
We're creatures of the wind
Wild is the wind
You touch me
I hear the sound of mandolins
And you kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
Love me, love me
Say you do
Let me fly away
With you.
As always, the lyrics hardly begin to describe the experience. Give it a listen for the full effect.
Firefox Problem Solved. Sort Of.
I may have figured out the problem I've been having with Firefox. I'd installed Shareaholic which allows me to do the things I want to do - share a page with my right-click mouse button - and it may have over-ridden the normal right-click feature. That's my explanation, at least. I've sent the next post to Blogger using Shareaholic so it works just fine. It'll do.
Now maybe that wise-acre Shannon can get a good night's sleep.
Now maybe that wise-acre Shannon can get a good night's sleep.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Firefox Frustration
Okay, I'm stumped. I'm still having trouble with the right click function in Firefox - specifically, I can't send a page to Blogger. I can do it fine in Explorer on this machine, no problems with Firefox or Explorer on other machines, so what gives? You don't think my IT guy is right, do you? Naw. Can't be.
I'll try some more tinkering but if I can't get this fixed, I may have to abandon Firefox. Stay tuned. (I know, the suspense is unbearable, isn't it?)
I'll try some more tinkering but if I can't get this fixed, I may have to abandon Firefox. Stay tuned. (I know, the suspense is unbearable, isn't it?)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Whole Foods to Muddle Along Without Us
Bummer:
C'mon, Whole Foods. Tell it to us straight. We can take it. Don't pull any punches. Don't beat around the bush. Don't let us down gently.
Responding to online reports stating Oklahoma City would land a Whole Foods Market, a corporate spokesperson told okc.biz just the opposite.
“We do not have any plans at the moment for a store in Oklahoma City,” Laura Zappi, associate marketing coordinator for Whole Foods Market Southwest, said. “I will … update in case we have any new information in the future.”
C'mon, Whole Foods. Tell it to us straight. We can take it. Don't pull any punches. Don't beat around the bush. Don't let us down gently.
Walking The Dogs - 2009 Edition
The weather's turned off simply wonderful so we've managed to take the dogs for a walk at the park. (It's like this only without Emily. Emily can't be torn from her technology. Sorry, dogs.) They've yet to get used to their leashes - they still tug mightily almost the entire session but gradually remember that if they give themselves a little slack, they'll enjoy things more.
They're still not too keen on other dogs - size doesn't matter, they'll growl and yap at everything from a Dachshund to a Doberman. Good thing we keep a tight hold on their leash, huh? But a nice couple came strolling by with their pit bull, its alpha-ness rolling off in waves, and our dogs suddenly had to look the other way in silence. After he'd passed, they went back to their exuberant selves, their shame apparently forgotten but, man, pit bulls. They still don't want to talk about it.
They're still not too keen on other dogs - size doesn't matter, they'll growl and yap at everything from a Dachshund to a Doberman. Good thing we keep a tight hold on their leash, huh? But a nice couple came strolling by with their pit bull, its alpha-ness rolling off in waves, and our dogs suddenly had to look the other way in silence. After he'd passed, they went back to their exuberant selves, their shame apparently forgotten but, man, pit bulls. They still don't want to talk about it.
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