tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50902352012-02-16T20:34:57.873-05:00Personal observations & rants on an intermittent basis.CC Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921074929566378167noreply@blogger.comBlogger9871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090235.post-73614683829490938422010-04-10T11:37:00.003-04:002010-04-10T11:40:43.425-04:00

Hello. Long time no post. Might start again. I have a Twitter account, too. Facebook is beyond me, though. To think, I once used ARPANET, Beta Tested the first Web Browsers, and helped foster AOL at its infancy. Now the new social media is a confusing blur.

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You are missed every day, in every way.Love, Daddy

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I'm a map junkie. Proof: I buy atlases for fun. Further proof: I play with great maps online, like the maps at Weather.com.Totally awesome. Powered by Microsoft Virtual Earth (yeah, I'm in love with Google Earth), these babies are more than fun, they are very useful. Give them a try sometime.

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U.S. says Iran sending missiles to IraqBrzezinski: U.S. in danger of 'stampeding' to war with IranHowever ....Iran leader plays down 'US war'Wasn't Persia mentioned in the Bible somewhere near the Apocalypse?

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A worthwhile article from Wired. It is notable that Russia and China have been strengthening their military ties and that Russia has resumed patrols of it's nuclear bombers (the U.S. never stopped, by the way).

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A soldier convicted for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager was sentenced to 110 years in prison, the longest of four soldiers found guilty in the case.Pfc. Jesse Spielman, who was sentenced Saturday, has the possibility of parole after 10 years. The sentence capped a week of opposing views over Spielman's responsibility in the rape and murder of 14-year-old Abeer Qassim

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... stupid ATM owners?ATM Reprogramming Caper Hits PennsylvaniaBy Kevin Poulsen July 12, 2007 | 6:42:11 PMPolice in Derry, Pennsylvania are baffled by a June ATM robbery in which an unidentified man wearing flip flops and shorts strolled into Mastrorocco's Market and reprogrammed the cash machine to think it was dispensing dollar bills instead of twenties.Along with a female accomplice, the crook

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Standard rules of abbreviation apparently don't apply in all circumstances.This is an old one I haven't gotten around to posting about but it is still amusing. A search today shows the problem was fixed.

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Man not guilty in 'dungeon' rapesBy MEG KINNARD, Associated Press Writer A jury has found a convicted sex offender accused of raping two teen girls in an underground bunker not guilty of kidnapping, sex crimes and assault with intent to kill.Kenneth Glenn Hinson, 48, wiped his eyes and mouth and appeared to cry after the jury read its verdict, which followed about four hours of deliberations over

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This week, Second Life will feature Easter events and Passover celebrations, as well as the usual meditation meet-ups, Muslim prayers and legions of gatherings for spiritual freelancers.Evangelists will preach the Gospel, secure in their belief that sin is sin, by persons or by pixels, and that Jesus saves online as well as anywhere."Worship is always between you and God, wherever you are," says

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1862: Civil War ironclads stage the first sea battle in naval history between armor-plated vessels.The battle took place at Hampton Roads, Virginia, where a day earlier the CSS Virginia (known popularly as the Merrimac, her name when she had been a frigate in the pre-war U.S. fleet) savaged the Union blockade squadron anchored there. The Union guns proved ineffective against the armor plating

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Few words make me cringe but the N Word always does.New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television.Many rap artists and young New Yorkers toss the word around as a term of endearment or as a substitute for black, angering some black leaders who consider those

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I'm not taking sides here, because all information sources have biases, if only from the gateway effect, but now we have Conservapedia.An alternative Wikipedia written by conservative Christians has become a major target of mockery on the web. Conservapedia, a wiki-based encyclopedia that offers the historical record from a conservative perspective, is attracting lots of derisive comments on

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More on the big news. No, not Anna Nicole Smith.NEW YORK - Filmmakers and researchers on Monday unveiled two ancient stone boxes they said may have once contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several scholars derided the claims made in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs."The Lost Tomb of Jesus," produced by Oscar-winning director James

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ExtremeTech Staff - ExtremeTechSun Feb 25, 1:10 PM ETJames Cameron is expected to hold a press conference Monday morning to announce that he has found the grave of Jesus Christ, as well as Judah, the son of Jesus.Cameron, who filmed a fictional movie as well as a documentary about the Titanic, will also unveil a documentary about his discovery, according to a blog entry on Time.com on Feb. 23.The

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"A new generation of technology will soon allow scientists to detect thousands more potential threats from errant asteroids. But a little over two years after perhaps the biggest asteroid scare of all time, no planetary defense plan is in place nor an indication of who would put one into effect.""The risk of a collision with a planet-killing asteroid is straight out of Hollywood and science

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By Phil Stewart Mon Feb 12, 9:53 AM ETVALDARO, Italy (Reuters) - Italy won't split up its Stone Age "lovers."In a Valentine's Day gift to the country, scientists said they are determined to remove and preserve together the remains of a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, their arms still wrapped around each other in an enduring embrace.Instead of removing the bones one-by-one for reassembly

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"1468: Johannes Gutenberg dies in Mainz, Germany, where he was born sometime around 1400 (actual birth date unknown). Gutenberg, a goldsmith by trade, made one contribution to technology in particular and to civilization in general, but it was a doozy: the printing press, which made the mass production of printed material possible and revolutionized human communication" (source).How long until

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Here's my first choice.Try your hand at https://www10.informe.org/cgi-bin/bmv/vanity/plate_order

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"Sometime in the next few months, the Joint Economic Committee of Congress will publish the results of an ongoing investigation into the economies of World of Warcraft, Second Life, and other massively multiplayer online game spaces (MMOs). The report's number-one bullet point will address a question that the inhabitants of these spaces may soon wish had been left unasked: Do the tax laws of the

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Microwave experiments cause sponge disasters• Some who tried to sanitize germy sponges in microwave got unpleasant results• News outlets got complaints of odors, ruined appliances• Researchers advise that the sponges must be WET before going in microwaveWASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Reports about a study that found microwave ovens can be used to sterilize kitchen sponges sent people hurrying to test

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This is Angus (formerly Adonis). Below is Magdaline (AKA Maggie, formerly Venus). Well, we think it is them. We don't see much of them as they adjust to their new home.

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Clinton, the presidential front-runner among Democrats in way-early polling, addressed electronic privacy issues at a constitutional law conference in Washington, D.C. last June. There she unveiled a proposed "Privacy Bill of Rights" that would, among other things, give Americans the right to know what's being done with their personal information, and offer consumers an unprecedented level of

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Pa. man's letter brings Secret ServiceSun Jan 21, 2:51 PM ETAn elderly man who wrote in a letter to the editor about Saddam Hussein's execution that "they hanged the wrong man" got a visit from Secret Service agents concerned he was threatening President Bush.The letter by Dan Tilli, 81, was published in Monday's edition of The Express-Times of Easton, Pa. It ended with the line, "I still believe

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"A vulnerability that affects four of Microsoft's operating systems, including Vista, doesn't appear to pose a great risk, according to one security vendor" (Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061222/tc_pcworld/128314).Get your own Mac at http://www.apple.com/getamac/

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Windows is dead.When my laptop died once again and it could not be fixed without the original installation disks, I severed my ties to Microsoft. I bought a Apple iMac. Now I have 20 glorious inches of monitor, 250 wonderful gigabytes of hard drive, an expandable gigabyte of RAM and tons more in my new machine.In a word: Yay!

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Okay. I returned from Maine after about a week but neglected to tell anyone via the Blog. Well, I'm back in Maine again and it looks like I'm moving here. Looking for financing for a mobile home and finding a way to dispose of the one in Penn's Woods.

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Not entirely sure when I'll be back.

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Some years ago, I walked into my office after a Sunday morning service to find a sandwich bag on my desk containing three chocolate brownies. Some thoughtful and anonymous person who knew my love for chocolate had placed them there, along with a piece of paper that had a short story written on it I immediately sat down and began eating the first brownie as I read the following story:Two teenagers

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Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter.All the time, I knew that the very air I breathed contained the remains of thousands of people, including four of my friends, two in the planes and -- as I discovered from those "missing posters" seared still

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Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.The object is basically public relations. Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions from others about possible safety considerations, said Secretary Michael Wynne."If we're not willing to use it

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This is what I often do at work ...

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Why blog? No comments. No known readership. No motivation. Hmmmm.

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Sorry for the lack of posts. I don't feel like doing much of anything. I miss Kala.

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A woman I work with noticed I've been kinda low lately and sent the following to me in e-mail:Chris Hunt Top Ten Listproverbs 3:5 Lean on, Trust in,and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own understanding1. Greets me every day with a pleasant hello2. makes sure our team has an updated call list3 i value your input4 always willing to help5 the Chris i

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Looks like I'm a good builder. This birdbath is attractive enough to tempt all kinds of birds. Maybe it should be bigger, though.Thanks, Uccello. You are my favorite bird!

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Long distance relationships seldom work. Despite starting off as neighbors and eventually sharing a castle together, we were really a thousand miles apart (well, 956 miles, give or take) and closerthanthis at heart.The affect you have had on me probably never could be calculated, but suffice to say I am deeply, profoundly changed because of you. You loved me for who I am and I never thought that

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My direct Flickr account address has changed (a vendor issue, I guess). You can now find it here.

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So this pooch comes along, a red huskie by appearance, and just lays at Lydia's fountain in the Park today. He scratched now and then, did a little sniffing, and leered at the trees, but he just lay there beside the rose on the fountain base.Okay, it was me. I have a dog avatar (AV or avie) now. I need to get a collar in case the pound patrol comes by some day. I'm impressed by the craftsmanship

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One of my favorite activities in Second Life (SLY) is to build things. In some ways it is more like drawing than what one might consider building, but it is really a compromise. Glue, nails and other fasteners aren't needed, but objects called prims are put together to form a new object, like the fountain below. In this picture the outlines of various prims are highlighted to make them stand out

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For reasons beyond my ken, I was in a rather stroppy mood after getting home from work last night. Sadly, I took it out on Kala. To remedy the situation I decided to be the Blue Bird of happiness. Fortunately, Kala was kind enough to play along. From top to bottom: Kala found me lolling around on a log stump. She bumped me over and sat down so naturally I snuggled in close (wouldn't you?).

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A manager in a team meeting yesterday wanted to rally the troops at the mobile services company that I work for by giving figures on how popular text messaging has become. Maybe I shouldn't have told her about users in Europe. Then just today, another reminder showed up in the news:"British mobile phone users send an average of 3.6 text messages and make 2.8 phone calls a day. Fifty-one percent

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Many people seem to think I'm intelligent. I guess a large vocabulary used properly does that. I'd rather be clever. Sometimes I am, but I read something in a great story about an archeological dig that I never would have thought to do."Modern-day Turkish coins will be left with the reburied items as markers to show the area has been disturbed, just in case archaeologists many centuries later dig

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Now I think I'm comfortable. Something about the Lydia Rose Memorial Park always bothered me. Maybe it was that it didn't have a pond or stream. In any case, I've been thinking for sometime about moving it to my house lot, Columbo's Sanctuary.Then Kala said something that set the move in motion ... she wondered why I kept a cottage. Was it a bachelor pad?Well, no, I just thought it was beautiful.

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Why some people shouldn't a allowed to use technology

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People there have lots of time on their hands.

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Another stunning photo from the war front. Every day I open Yahoo! News and the lead photo splashes out, usually of war. I think if more people saw these and the other images I've seen there might be less support for conflicts. Even a simple portrait like this one at left is disturbing. Despite a tired yet determined look about him, it is clear this man is haunted. Is war worth that?It kind of

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99.99% of the customers I deal with as a customer relations representative for a major wireless service company are wonderful to work with. But that teeny minority that calls in with an anger-chip make be forget all the rest. I have no idea why this last guy was angry, but he took it out on me just because I was being pleasant. He didn't even want me to say "Goodbye".Why do people do that? And

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"So far this year Orlando has recorded 33 homicides — just three short of a 1982 record, and with almost half the year left. Continued killings at this pace could put the city made famous by Mickey Mouse uncomfortably among the top 15 for the highest per-capita murder rate in the country" (Yahoo! News).Proof, again, that cities should be banned. Okay, that's a bit far reaching, but give me the

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Birthday Week at the Lydia Rose Memorial Park wasn't quite a whole week. I changed the theme drastically today. It now features elements from the Lost Gardens of Apollo, one of my favorite places in all of Second Life. A relaxation pool some 80 meters above the property is the highlight and from here spectacular views of sunsets and moonrises are unfettered. A quick teleporter ride down takes one

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Americans can't escape sweltering heat"Insanity. Insanity!" she said.After a long sip from her bottled water, Kennedy added, "This is not fit for human beings. Without air conditioning, I don't think many of us could last like this for too long."Yes, as a former History teacher I know what people did in these circumstances before the introduction of chilled air devices, but I still find myself

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Lots of time yesterday and I did nothing. I had planned to take roses to my Lydia for her Birthday, but depression and the thought that yesterday's intense heat would have ruined the blooms before nightfall kept me from doing even that.Mostly I slept ... usually a great respite from depression ... or hung out in the Lydia Rose Memorial Park on Second Life. I decorated for a birthday party, cake

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Some of the most impressive art is a by-product of war. Consider Art Spiegelman's MAUS, a brilliant study of Nazism, or the output of Hollywood from the same era.But since Matthew Brady wielded his glass plate camera in the American Civil War, photography has been a singular medium to capture the depth, breadth, feeling, action, and consequences of war. Lately, pictures from Lebanon have struck

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Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum strikes me as genial, intelligent, and well-spoken. Sadly, I feel that he is far too conservative to serve the interests of the Commonwealth. That's why I was glad to see the following story this morning:Santorum's rise in the Republican ranks has been speedy, from state chairman of the College Republicans during his days at Penn State to congressman to No. 3 in

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"Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then won a 1957 Oscar with a surprising dramatic turn in Sayonara, died Thursday. He was 87" (source).My best memories of Mr. Buttons are from his appearances on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and similar programs where he would send the audience into fits of uncontrollable laughter with his "Never

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"Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you've had your last burrito for a while, whose face said angels did exist, and whose eyes said she could make you dig your own grave and lick the shovel clean."That's the winning entry for this year's Bulwer-Lytton Prize, a

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I had a date last night. Kala, my Second Life (SL) girlfriend, and I were going back to The Lost Garden of Apollo, but she stood me up. Instead, she went shopping with my SL "sister" (who doesn't give permission to release her name here so I'll just call her Sis). Here's what I know about their evening:They went to the Isle of Lesbos. As the name implies, men aren't exactly welcome. That's good

CC Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921074929566378167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090235.post-1152627360237784262006-07-11T09:21:00.000-04:002006-07-11T12:30:41.293-04:00

CNN reported today that, June Allyson passed away Saturday at age 88. Sad enough news in its own right, but sadder still that no one I work with knew who she was. Fame is fleeting, I suppose. Admittedly, while I can picture her in a half-dozen or so film and television appearances, it took me a while to recall the name of even one of them. Sad, indeed.What sort of legacy will I leave? Will I be

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Finally, Kala visited the Lost Gardens of Apollo with me. This has to be one of the most beautiful places in Second Life or even Real Life I will ever see. We snuggled up as pictured here and had a wonderful, deep, and mature conversation.Get your mind out of the gutter. Not mature, but grown up. She's a wonderful person and I really enjoy spending time with her. Too bad we will probably never

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My girlfriend bought a castle for me. What a sweetheart!Kala installed a great hot tub on the top deck and I built a special patio table set for one of the round nooks (just under that blue light in the top right). I also added the floaty lights in front. They are copies of those found at the Lost Gardens of Apollo in SL, a beautiful retreat from the ordinary.Not that this place is ordinary! It's

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) is a bit too long, acting by some of the principals is too wooden or too insincere, and unconnected plot twists are a bit too numerous.All that being said, I enjoyed the movie. The art direction is superb, Keira Knightly is a comely wench no matter how bad the acting, and there are some genuinely funny moments. I'll have to wait until the third

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When did "Back to School" sales start in July? I walked into my pharmacy today and the aisles were filled with pencils, notebooks, backpacks, all kinds of specials for school.::::sigh:::: This is why I don't like to go shopping. Retail has become too crass.

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No, not Jesus .... the most famous carpenter. Me. Last night I built a cabin in Second Life. Kala and I took a class on building wishing wells and later one on building a cabin. I didn't learn anything new, but it was good practice and we got some wonderful resources. When I get the time I will fine tune the cabin and take pictures to post here. Otherwise, not much to write about. Sorry.

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A post from yesterday promised more pics from Second Life. Here they are!An aerial from the Lost Garden of Apollo. Spectacular, fanciful, and fabulously executed. Can't wait to bring Kala here. While I enjoy flying here (or anywhere, really, but especially here), I'm sure it would be more fun with two. And I'd like to walk hand-in-hand with her through a lovely little glade I found, Maybe snuggle

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A news story appeared today that reminded me that all great thoughts have already been thunk and are only recycled. Read the following and keep in mind the 1997 film Fierce Creatures:Fake agency offers ads on hookers' thighsWed Jul 5, 7:59 AM ET A Dutch design student bored with conventional advertisements has set up a fake online agency offering advertising space for beer, cars and TV stations

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Nope, didn't blog a word yesterday and I had plenty of time. The 4th was a holiday at work so I got to stay home. Well, actually, I got to stay in Second Life (SL) .... this is getting addictive. I did a lot of exploring, bought a couple birdie avatars for my characters, and worked on furniture to sell.And I gathered pics from around the 'verse for a friend of mine. Hindsight being 20/20, I

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My neighbor Andy took me to his church today. Very nice service and the Bible school kids put on a presentation. The big benefit (aside from spiritual) was that I was home by the time my usual church started services.So I had time to watch Ball of Fire (1941) with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. Despite being a wonderful film, it was remade as a Danny Kaye semi-musical by the same director (

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For a little while now I've thought on and off about what I would name my private island. Endless variations on my daughter's name cycled through my mind as did Italian versions of some of my favorite words and phrases (Italian is a beautiful language Isola Uccello = Bird Island). But yesterday I was reviewing past Word of the Day e-mails that I sent colleagues as part of my team duties and

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The Sanctuary has been moved to the larger portion of my three connected lots in Nangrim, SL (that's a cute way of making an address in Second Life ... gotta promote that sometime). This means the Workshop now takes up only 1/2 the space it once had, but I made some improvements to make the space more usable and interesting. The new pond (gotta have one) uses the same amount of area as the old

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Superman is Back! The movie could have been generally better, but it did a good job of humanizing the Superman character. The Christopher Reeve movies left me cold. They were two-dimensional, though with great music and effects. The current incarnation keeps the same John Williams score and vastly improves the effects plus exudes a lush visual style that should garner the film an Art Direction

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Over lunch I popped out to a local big box and bought Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 to take care of my more advanced graphics needs. I really liked MS Picture It!, but my copy semi-disappeared in the recent crash and didn't do a few things I wanted it to do anyway. It was time for an update.For a brief time, I taught an earlier version of Elements at the local Gateway computer store and found that

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I spent a fair bit of time yesterday adding to the Lydia Rose Memorial Park in Second Life. I cleared some of the land and added:a swing set with 4 swingsa teeter-totter with a tulip theme (I'll have to post pics ... totally forgot about it)butterflies -- lots of butterfliesan info station so people can gather notecards and Weblinks to learn about Lydia Rose and her ailmentNot sure where the idea

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The great director/actor/producer Mel Brooks is 80 years old today! When I heard the news this morning I instantly thought about his masterpiece, Young Frankenstein. It is a true Hollywood classic. Of course, Blazing Saddles and To Be or Not To Be are also classics, and along with many of his other works, are landmarks in American culture. Certainly, none of these are solo efforts, but one of

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For the most part, yesterday was a good day. I was feeling pretty good health-wise and emotionally, work was a good kind of boring, and life in general was ... er, good!But it all fell apart when I took my SL girlfriend Kala to see the Lydia Rose Memorial Park. Well, it kinda started earlier. I was tired, my blood sugar was off, and I worked on a memorial fountain for an hour without being very

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I'm very happy that I was able to recover all of my music during the recent crash of my 'puter, but even before that my new iPod wouldn't accept all the videos I had purchased from iTunes. That is my project this week .... find out all the videos and contact Apple about this problem. Got a solution? Please post a comment. Maybe that will speed things up and help others.

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A few weeks ago I stopped into TeaZer University in Second Life (SL) for help on setting up a group and using group land. One of the instructors was a "furry" -- someone who uses an animal-appearance avatar (AV). She appeared as a pink-accented tiny unicorn. Absolutely adorable. Figuring she was a very clever builder-programmer, I didn't bother asking if she had bought the AV or not.Then I found

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Before yesterday I knew it, but it wasn't until I bought another 512 M2 of land in Second Life last night that it really struck me: I pay $25.00 above my $9.99 membership fee each month for owning as much land as I have (original plot, expanded plot next door & group-owned plot). I really should sell some of it, but I'm having too much fun. And when I get the new plot "plotted" I'll post some

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It is refreshing to see that I don't have to miss Judge Alex on the tele. One of my co-workers just announced that his brother has four kids by three different women. That's a typical case for Alex Ferrer as he decides who perpetrated the lesser of several wild evils that brought them to his televised morals court. Apparently, the situation is far more prevalent than I expected as it is right at

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An odd thought struck me at lunch when I was using my mobile to catch up on the news about the alleged terrorists in Miami arrested yesterday: What if they were our boys?Here's what I was thinking .... some American intelligence authority set up a group to act like terrorists, hoping to get ties inside al Qaeda. But the op was about to be burned so the case officer had the men "arrested" to

CC Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921074929566378167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090235.post-1151071348008974982006-06-23T09:56:00.000-04:002006-06-23T10:02:28.033-04:00

That's interesting ... I agreed with Senator John Kerry on something. In a recent post I mentioned something about they Iraqi people being worthy and standing for themselves. Not a new thought and apparently not original, either, as Mr. Kerry made much the same point when announcing his bill intended to bring our boys and girls back home by July 2007.Well, I guess I can't disagree with the man

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Well, about the only thing I didn't get done yesterday was to reestablish my wireless network. My computer and TiVo recognize the network, but the router isn't taking the connection from the modem. Worse yet, the TiVo won't connect via the phone line I've been trying to cancel.But I built a beautiful end table for my cottage in Second Life and finished the footbridge. Kala (my girlfriend) was

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Curling up in front of a good fire is a fine way to relax after a hard day's work. I just finished building a footbridge and placing it on the property. That was a lot of fun and I look forward to selling quite a few of them.I suppose I should do something about cash soon, 'cause that chair in the bottom-left corner cost me $150 and I'd like a second one. It doesn't really coordinate with the

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Call the doctor's office 1st thing to see if I can sneak in a day early.Do some laundry. I don't really need to, but I should get ahead on this task.Watch my last movie from Netflix. To conserve costs and time now that I'm addicted to Second Life, I'm cutting back on a few things.Go see X-Men III now that the theaters should be less crowded. I have a great multiplex not to far from my house. It

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This morning, as every morning it seems, the war in Iraq was all over the news. Several thoughts rampaged through my mind, not the least of which is that I should start waking up to music instead of NPR. Or if I must listen to news (as a news junkie, it is a must), then there needs to be more balance. The war isn't the only news, after all.Another thought struck me when I heard that one of Saddam

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A post from earlier today promised some pics from Second Life. Here they are ....Going clockwise from top left ...That's Kala. She's a sweetheart and a total babe. While I'm often orange, she opted for a highly realistic "skin" -- right down to freckles and a mole or two. That's her favorite hair, too, though she often puts on pigtails just for me. We were at Siggy's Water Works, a place that

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Admittedly I seldom try, but often Internet access to most anything is blocked from all computers in my employer's building. Even the break room computers are filtered for e-mail, most shopping, and even some news sites.Oddly, I can watch without any problem the Animal Cams at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Makes me wonder what the quality monitor folks think. They "see" a motion capture of

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I drastically changed my schedule so I can have Thursdays off for doctor appointments, car maintenance, and such, and the first available time with my doctor is a Friday.Why do people take cameras (or camera phones) to funerals?Japan's obsession with camera-equipped mobile phones has taken a bizarre twist, with mourners at funerals now using the devices to capture a final picture of the deceased.

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When my current laptop is dead, bring on the Macintosh! Last week it the OS just up and died. There was very little warning and I have to take blame for not heeding it, but I was a bit more concerned with getting Comcast to provide a reliable Internet connection.So, Windows died completely at one point and required a complete reinstall. As I expected, documents and files I created remained, but

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Well, it looks like I'm still ignoring my usual online activities as I stay consumed with Second Life. I just formed a partnership (officially boyfriend/girlfriend) with a rather nice woman named Kala. Our goal is companionship at this point, as we explore the SL 'verse. She's having a blast building a homestead for us to share. I'm always fiddling with my pond property and learning to build

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Well, aside from a couple days in the hospital, I've spent most of my online time in Second Life (SL). Look at the pic and you'll see why ...Kala, on the left is a neighbor in SL. Really she lives in Florida. She tells me she really looks like this. Okay, I believe her but in SL you can look like what you want ... even animals. Usually, I'm orange with wild hair.Selene, on the right, is an

CC Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921074929566378167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090235.post-30627347632907253082006-05-22T08:13:00.000-04:002007-05-18T09:15:00.549-04:00

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A U.S. Government building!Point your Google Earth to 32° 40' N 117° 09' to see this genuine testament to American values near the heart of beautiful downtown San Diego, California. Pretty interesting, huh. I don't know any other details, but I'm looking. If you know anything, please feel free to use the comments section.

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Okay, I ranted and raved about the TiVo when I first got it. Hey, it was new and I was in love. And you haven't heard much from me about it since, have you?I guess Second Life (SL) is going to be like that, though with a far less useful purpose in the long run. But here I am in a pool somewhere in SL, just floating around and listening to a strange mix of 80s dance music streaming through the

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Once again I blindly signed up for something because the folks at TWiT did. Thus CC Columbo was born into Second Life (SL), a virtual world where people can socialize, attend live events, and generally carry on in ways that might not be easy in their first lives. So it shouldn't have been as much of a surprise as it was, but one of the first things I found was gambling. Casinos seem to be

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