Archive for August, 2007
Small Town Life
“Well I was born in a small town
And I can breathe in a small town
Gonna die in this small town
And thats probly where they’ll bury me”
– John (Cougar) Mellencamp
I wasn’t exactly born in a small town (actually, I was born in a city that we didn’t live in), but I grew up in one. [...]
Always Never The Same
On to lighter subjects…..
Friday & Saturday
So, John and I spent the weekend at Mom and Dad’s house. We drove down on Friday evening and took them out to dinner. Slept in on Saturday morning and did lots of nothing for the rest of the day. Well, it wasn’t completely nothing. [...]
Foreclosure Madness — People Who Shouldn’t Own Houses Hardest Hit!
Every day I’m seeing more and more articles like this one.
“The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America said Countrywide (Charts, Fortune 500) was not doing enough to help people who took out subprime adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) over the past few years and now may lose their homes. Subprime loans are issued to borrowers with poor credit [...]
All Grown Up
While I was out cutting the grass, I decided to see if I could get one more look at the Northern Mockingbird chicks. “Mom” was being very protective this morning, so I was lucky to get this shot. I’m glad I did — they left the nest two hours later. “Mom” continued [...]
Justice for All
You read it here second (Groklaw was first): SCO loses.
Actually, SCO lost big time. The court ruled that Novell owns the source code and copyrights to Unix SVRX and that SCO was negligent in not turning over the funds it accepted from Sun and Microsoft for SRVX licenses. Because Novell owns [...]
Northern Mockingbird Chicks
The Northern Mockingbird chicks hatched while we were at AirVenture; most likely on Saturday. Today they’re about a week old, and this is what they look like. Tiny little guys, but full of energy! Mom is starting to get more agitated about me peeking into the nest, so this is probably the [...]
Back to Reality
I’m finally home for a while. Lots of work to catch up on.
I’ve been catching up on laundry today and got some grocery shopping done as well. UPS dropped off my spiffy new iPod yesterday while I was at work. When we built this computer last year, [...]
