view large view large I like the smaller version of the moon photo better than the large but I put the link there for consistency anyway. * * * I think I’m getting a wee bit bored with the Skywatch Friday routine. I love taking pictures of clouds and I love showing them off. And [...]

I watched the two hour pilot for Virtuality a proposed new sci-fi series on Fox. I hadn’t even heard of it before. I was just surfing the on-screen listings to see if there was anything on to watch and came across it. Hey, Fox, if you want people to watch your shows you might try [...]

I was going to include this in my last post but I think it deserves a place of it’s own. Certainly not a place of honor, just a place far, far away from all things decent and wholesome or even things fairly indecent. Please, let this be just a rumor. I suppose, in a way, [...]

I finally finished cutting all the pieces for the gift quilt and I’m eager to get started on the sewing so just a few links for your daily entertainment. Connected – Hah. Beautiful photo – Don’t know if Photoshop was involved; don’t care. Free Wi-Fi – Please tell me someone just made that up.

9 Fascinating Paintings by 3 Contemporary Artists By Jacek Yerka Painter’s Kitchen Boudoir Between Heaven and Hell * By Peter Gric Artefact IX Town XII Heavy Clouds * By Rob Gonsalves The Woods Within Carved in Stone Time Pieces

I hardly ever do celebrity death posts. I usually don’t know what to say and don’t see much point in noting something that everyone already knows about. But I did really want to write something when David Carradine died. I was never really a huge fan but I did like Kung Fu and, probably because [...]

If all you’ve heard of Antonio Vivaldi is The Four Seasons and several hundred violin concerti that “all sound alike” then you must listen to this. Go on… click it already. It won’t kill you.

We should only listen to the words of people who care about us, because we will then attempt to live up to their good opinions. — here At its best, friendly conversation is about giving up all claims to property and priority and engaging in collaboration—so that, at least for the two of you, something [...]

Wednesday, this week, very hot and these big clouds, some of which looked promising, didn’t bring us any rain. See hundreds more sky photos from around the world at Skywatch Friday.

There are so many fascinating things in the world you have to wonder how anyone can ever possibly be bored. It seems to me that people who are easily bored rely on a limited number of artificial things for entertainment (TV, the Internet, video games…) and when they are temporarily separated from those things or [...]

WRONG! FAIL! Time out! [sputtering incoherently] Much better! Very cool, in fact. AT-AT Flicker set. Also very cool. All of those found at Quiddity

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There… Fillyjonk recently finished a beautiful quilt top. I love those colors. (second photo) Tumbling blocks, the blog named after my favorite quilt pattern, has a crafty new header. I envy her ability to get the points to all come together right. I just found Life’s a Quilt, a nice quilting blog. And here’s a [...]

I had another one of those great “I LOVE the Internet” moments last night. When I was a little kid my mom used to buy this stuff for burns, called Foille. It was oily and messy but it worked better than anything else I’ve ever used. I haven’t seen it in two or three decades [...]

Foot fetish contest – I hate to even admit that I’m the least bit interested in this but the possible variations in human toes, including deformities, is slightly fascinating. Thanks, Ellen

I first read The Birth of an Island by Francois Clement in 1977 or 78 and it seemed to me an odd and intriguing book. It’s one of those books that I mentally put on a pedestal so that I felt I had to wait for the “right time” to re-read it. I can’t say [...]

Photographers trying hard to get the perfect shot and other fun photography pictures. Summer Solstice Sunrise. Beautiful. Interior design for electronics geeks. (via The Borderline Sociopathic Blog for Boys) Cool Car Art

Ten Favorite Quotes 1. A musicologist is a man who can read music but can’t hear it. – Sir Thomas Beecham 2. My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. – Penn Juliette 3. A bore is a man [...]

You knew this was going to happen didn’t you? In a few days I’ve gone from “We’re probably not going to keep her,” to “We probably are going to keep her.” Honestly, I was serious about not keeping her but after having her around for a few days, getting to know her, playing with her, [...]

Stravinsky’s Birthday was this week. I’m not a fan but I haven’t heard very much Stravinsky so I thought I’d look on YouTube and see what I could find. Well… I’m still not a fan but here’s a little Stravinsky anyway, for your Friday music video.

The verdict: if I have time, I’ll watch it, … But just to be safe, I’ll put my brain in a jar and bury it in the back yard first. No need to damage it any further after that trailer. — here When some new technique of communication is invented or stumbled upon, you should [...]

Very cool poster, sort of steampunky. I like the first one. The second one I’m not so sure about. Sort of creepy. I think it’s the way the figure has her head thrown back as if in passion or pain, I’m not sure which. And then of course there’s the hand. The woman is obvious [...]

It’s already Friday somewhere in the world and therefore time for SkyWatch Friday. Here are three from my huge file of sky photos. These were taken several years ago. To see more sky photos from around the world go to the SkyWatch Friday site.

Hah! That’s one of those, “Damn, I wish I’d thought of that” things.

Okay, I’m convinced. I vaguely remember learning in school that you do not need to put a comma before “and” in a sentence like, “My favorite composers are Mozart, Bach, Dvorak and Beethoven.” In that sentence you could do it either way and there would be no confusion but in the example, “To my parents, [...]