My World and Welcome to It

Moon and museums

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:28:14 -0400

I had a public open night scheduled for July 12 and was, once again, worried over weather. The forecasts and the existing conditions called for mostly cloudy skies all night with a high chance for rain. Just when I was about to cancel due to clou...

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Clouds, blooms, and beetles

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:11:56 -0400

Tonight I'm supposed to have the Observatory open for a public "stargazing" event. Actually, we're scheduled to look at the Moon and the planet Jupiter. Both of those objects look great in the grand old telescope. Unfortunately it is cloudy and ra...

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They just don't get it... or maybe they're just stupid

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:59:07 -0400

I have many pets... pet peeves, that is. Maybe too many. One of my favorite pets is the "selfish parker." They park as if only their own needs are important. Those are the folks who park such that they occupy two spaces. They're also the ones who ...

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It's my birfday

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:12:07 -0400

My Sweetie's being really good to me this year! She cooked up a favorite meal for me last night --Indonesian Fried Noodles-- and today we saw the new Pixar treat: WALL-E. We both loved the movie and, true to form, the fun started with one of Pixa...

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Bozo left us laughing

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:36:19 -0400

I was saddened this evening to learn that Larry Harmon, the man who made Bozo "The World's Most Famous Clown," died today. Here's the lead graf from one news story (Chicago Tribune)... LOS ANGELES -- Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo ...

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Sunday travels

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:19:35 -0400

On Sunday we headed for Northwestern Ohio for a family visit. My nephew was having a house warming party and we had to see the place. The house had a sad recent history but with a whole lot of work from my sister, her husband, and my nephew it is...

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Quiet times and omelettes

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:47:17 -0400

It was a rather unremarkable weekend. I guess you need those now and again. I had to call off Saturday night's scheduled Observatory open night due to weather. Overcast and thunderstorms moved into the area well in advance of our opening time wh...

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Moon with a view

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:28:11 -0400

I spent Saturday night at the observatory first sweeping up --dead ants everywhere-- and then experimenting with the 9-inch telescope. Three local high school students saw that the front door was open and stopped by for a visit. I spoke with them...

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Firefox and a couple of miscellaneous thoughts

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:18:41 -0400

Yeah! The much-anticipated release of the Firefox 3 browser is coming Tuesday, June 17. I'd tried an earlier --beta, I think-- release and it already was already looking very, very good! I haven't been running the pre-release versions since becaus...

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Buzzards and butterflies

nobody@vox.com(JamesG) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:44:35 -0400

Gad, what a hot day! We decided to take it a little easier than we might otherwise have on a sunny Sunday and went on another "photo safari." I thought we would wind up at Hinckley Lake --one of our favorite places-- but She Who Must be Obeyed had...

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