Lot of things to get done next week. At least one major deadline got moved up on what I’m calling “the ‘Our World Is Changing’ project.” We recently went through a tech upgrade that, frankly, doesn’t benefit line agents much. In the interests of security, we’re now unable to download files or make changes to certain directories. Which is good. Unfortunately, our workhorse “programmable” key files now reside in the directory we can’t touch, meaning that whatever we had for programmables on the day tech services upgraded us is what we’re stuck with for keys, forever. Can’t update them permanently,…
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Yes, Santa can simultaneously ride his snowmobile AND motor around in his Yuletide power boat. He’s the ultimate multi-tasking guy, you know. Actually, this is pretty tame for the BHOI: I’ve blogged before about the many, many inflatable lawn blimps they’ve displayed over the years. One thing that I notice every time the inflatables come out in this area is how disturbing they look during the daytime. Most people around here don’t keep them inflated and illuminated in the daytime, so that leaves puddles of holiday-color fabric on the suburban lawns – they look oddly festive and corpse-like at the…
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My world is getting ready to change. I’m sitting in “mute” as a web-based conference is beginning to learn a completely new way of pricing records. The conference is designed as a fairly standard looking chat window with private message capability, and it’s got an integrated Power Point presentation window. The usual fol-de-rol at the beginning, along with lots of people unsure as to why they’re there, and later someone will put the entire conference on hold and we’ll have to listen to their hold music. Happens every time. And there we are, someone has put us on hold and…
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Recently I felt the need to spill my guts about my complete lack of the “decoration gene.” I will, eventually, get around to putting up a Christmas tree and a few ornaments and seasonal oddments of seasonal decor that I’ve been given or collected over the years. I love how a really Christmassy shop or home looks, I just can’t be bothered to buy all the crap, store all the crap, put all the crap up, and take all the crap down. I define “really Christmassy” as “plenty of lights, pretty old ornaments in great abundance, beautifully arranged and tastefully…
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Garlic is one of my favorite things. However, I need to remember what happens when I eat a lot of whole roast garlic. No, not emanations of evil like the ones I had after we ate at Stinking Rose, but close. It’s been a very, very, very productive day, let’s just say.
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This image was sent from Flickr as a blog entry, email or cameraphone image. Via: Flickr Title: Snow By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’05, 12.04am PST
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Ho, hum, the monkeys were here yesterday for a while, but then they went away. For some reason, my monkeylady fed me again after my monkeyman had already given me my dinner. They took some food away with them, but didn’t bring any back when they returned hours later. I think they went somewhere and gobbled a lot of food and felt guilty and gave me extra. It must be some mysterious monkey holiday. Whatever. I’m going to take a nap. Via: Flickr Title: Riley Upside-Down Nap By: GinnyRED57Originally uploaded: 20 Nov ’05, 7.37pm PST Original description:
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Here’s our niece Melissa with David, just as we were getting ready to leave Aunt Norma’s house after Thanksgiving dinner. She’s doing really well in school and has made tremendous progress – her verbal skills have improved a HELL of a lot since last year. I’m very happy for her. This image was sent from Flickr as a blog entry, email or cameraphone image. Via: Flickr Title: Melissa By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 25 Nov ’05, 1.56am PST
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This frost pattern on the storm door at Norma’s looked like a mountain range as seen from space. A few minutes later, it had completely melted away because the inner door was left open. This image was sent from Flickr as a blog entry, email or cameraphone image. Via: Flickr Title: Frost By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 25 Nov ’05, 1.54am PST
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Just wanted to add that a comment at a recipe site mentioned adding a bit of molasses, so since I had some for the pecan pie, I added a tablespoon to the mixture to make these two. We’ll see how it turns out. I think we’re only taking 2 pies total, since there will be at least one or two other desserts. David is anxious that there will be pie left over to bring home. Oh, there may be, or I can just make more. This image was sent from Flickr as a blog entry, email or cameraphone image. Via:…