My World and Welcome to It

I can smell the autumn

2009-11-09T00:53:23Z

The leaves, in drifts on the ground, are all brown and dry. The days are shorter and the nights are chill. The Great Square of Pegasus is overhead. And I can smell the autumn.

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Astronomy Month

2009-11-08T04:22:24Z

This is "astronomy month" for me. I didn't mean for it to turn out that way. Sometimes these things just happen. Today I completed setup of a display inside a glass case in the lobby of Westlake's library. The display features modern telescopes ...

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What's that!

2009-11-02T03:00:18Z

Last night was Halloween. Today was All Saints Day. She and I set off for the Carlisle Reservation of Lorain Metro Parks for a hike in the woods. What should we encounter but the quiet settings for the System's Halloween Fair which draws thousand...

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Fall is hard-set here

2009-10-31T21:44:34Z

Finally, a good night's sleep! Between struggling with a cold, work worries, and noisy neighbors I've been severely sleep deprived for the better part of a week. Eight hours still wasn't enough to fully recover, but at least I woke rested. It ha...

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Windows 7 convert(ed)

2009-10-28T01:50:12Z

This week I received my first of two Windows 7 installation discs. I decided to experiment first on my notebook computer because its use is not nearly so important to me as my desktop machine's. It looked like it would be an easier upgrade, as wel...

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Best fall colors

2009-10-26T03:20:58Z

The weekend of October 24 & 25 brought the peak of fall color to Northeastern Ohio. Saturday was mostly gray and windy sending many colorful leaves whirling and to the ground. Some trees now appear naked of the leafy covers they have carried sinc...

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It was a cold, I tells ya!

2009-10-23T17:22:02Z

Returning to work today at least one coworker was certain I had the flu >>the Swine Flu, no less<< and not a severe cold as I've been saying. So I Googled --symptoms cold vs. flu-- and got very helpful results. I wanted to reinforce my knowledge, ...

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It's good to feel well again...

2009-10-23T03:22:45Z

As the day progressed today (Thursday) I've begun to feel more like my healthier self. I'm still taking a cough suppressant/decongestant to relieve some cold symptoms: except for a little sniffle and the occasional clear cough, my outward symptom...

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Another dose of aspirin

2009-10-22T16:31:18Z

Yesterday (Wednesday) I stayed home from work. My cold had interrupted my sleep and drained my energy to the point where I couldn't do anything at all constructive even around the house. I just sat and napped all day. Sounds nice and restful but, ...

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Beautiful day not entirely wasted

2009-10-21T02:31:27Z

It's a shame when you're not feeling well and the day is absolutely beautiful; such days are often wasted on the sufferer. A head cold tightened its grip on me last night robbing me of long, quality rest and making the workday difficult to endur...

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