I got clearance from the Doc this morning and it looks like the surgery is on for Wednesday. I will be having the first surgery of my life and its a fun one. Gallbladder surgery. Laparoscopic thankfully, but I will be down for a few days (5-7 so says the Doc). SO... Life is good and all is well, just the pain of waiting...
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
More from the Road
North of Wall it was still unplowed, but the drive was easy as long as it you drove with a little caution.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wooly Bear
Wooly Bear catapiller out in early November was suppost to be a sign of a cold winter. Boy was he wrong!
The Bridges of Lancaster County
On a day in November, we went out to Amish country and visited a few covered bridges. The structure was artwork at its best.
A real Icon
The Cyclone is an original. Coney Island's first roller coaster, it still stands today as one of the oldest still running.
Colors of the Season
Quiet after the screams of summer, the skyride stands still waiting for spring's warmth to bring it to life again.
Signs of the Season's End
Everywhere you look it was half off or buy one get one free. Winter was coming and though it was warm out the evening's were getting cold...
Cue the Bass Music
One if the first things that greeted you in 1977... That and the light flashs from laser canons.
Luke's speeder
Flash back to the past. Scene: a torchured Luke floats across the desert of Tatooine to get back home after a flash of insight that the Stormtroopers are visting his Uncle and Aunt...
Cluie II
setting in the window of my office, Cluie enjoys her vantage on the world. The ducks and geese on the lake, the squarels and birds in the trees. But mostly she keeps the solar cells on her belly charged.
Home Office
This is my home away from the office. Where the work gets done. Currently one of the projects is family video preserved to digital. All the devices from the 8mm, VHS and HD Cable box are connected to my main computer via a Dazzle capture device. Trying to complete this before the tapes get in worse shape or erased.
He we go again... Maybe
DEZ002-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ020>022-026-027-221030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0004.080222T0600Z-080222T2100Z/
KENT DE-QUEEN ANNE`S-TALBOT-CAROLINE-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.DOVER.CENTREVILLE.EASTON.DENTON.
JACKSON.MILLVILLE.HAMMONTON.LONG BEACH ISLAND.
WHARTON STATE FOREST
359 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008
.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY.
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT & ACCUMULATE UP TO AROUND AN INCH BY DAWN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE MORNING ON FRIDAY, BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON & THEN TO RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY DAWN SATURDAY.
AT THIS TIME, THE FORECAST TOTAL OF SNOW & SLEET ACCUMULATION IS 1 TO 2 INCHES. IN ADDITION, A GLAZE OF ICE, ALBEIT TRANSIENT, WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN.
THIS STORM IS FORECAST TO DIRECTLY IMPACT THE FRI MORNING COMMUTE, AND IT THREATENS TO IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO COMMUTE ON FRI SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS & LIMITED VISIBILITIES, & USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. www.emergencyemail.org ALL HAZARDS OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SYSTEM.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Douglas Adams - The Truth is really Stranger then Fiction
"aren't we meant to put our heads in a paper bag or something?
You can if you like.
Will it help?
No, not really.
Ah..., Okay..., Last Orders Please!"
- Douglas Adams -
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -
Pentagon to Shoot Down Rogue Satellite (Updated) | Danger Room from Wired.com
This is a Head's Up or Down situation, depending on where you are when it comes down. Remember SkyLab's fall into the Indian Ocean? This is a 2.5 ton chunk of metal full of nasty chemicals falling to earth and now they want to shoot at it. Bad idea! Although there really isn't a good idea for this. Sometime on MArch they say and they won't know where its going to fall until it hits the atmosphere. They we get a 30 minute warning...
Chicken Little was right!!!
Pentagon to Shoot Down Rogue Satellite (Updated) | Danger Room from Wired.com
FBI Issues Valentine's Day Email Warning
From www. EmergencyEmail.ORG
Feb 12, 2008
Internet Alert: St. Valentine's Day E-Card Carries Storm Worm Virus
If you unexpectedly receive a Valentine's Day e-card, be careful. It may not be from a secret admirer, but instead might contain the Storm Worm virus.
With the holiday approaching, be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software (malware). The e-mail directs the recipient to click on a link to retrieve the electronic greeting card (e-card).
Once the user clicks on the link, malware is downloaded to the Internet-connected device and causes it to become infected and part of the Storm Worm botnet. A botnet is a network of compromised machines under the control of a single user. Botnets are typically set up to facilitate criminal activity such as spam e-mail, identity theft, denial of service attacks, and spreading malware to other machines on the Internet.
The Storm Worm virus has capitalized on various holidays in the last year by sending millions of e-mails advertising an e-card link within the text of the spam e-mail. Valentine's Day has been identified as the next target.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
It's Sort of Here...
Flurries are falling, but slowly. Radar has a large band, but Real Flakes are not to be seen...
Maybe Snow...?
Once again they are forecasting snow... All three times before it has be nothing but rain. There was a frosting of snow, but that lasted all of a half hour before the rain washed it away. It would be nice if for once they erred in the low side and I got a foot of snow in stead of the forecast few inches...
DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ013-014-016>023-026-027-PAZ070-071-121600-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0003.080212T1800Z-080213T0200Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.WILMINGTON.ELKTON.CHESTERTOWN.
FREEHOLD.SANDY HOOK.PENNSVILLE.GLASSBORO.CAMDEN.
CHERRY HILL.MOORESTOWN.MOUNT HOLLY.JACKSON.MILLVILLE.
HAMMONTON.CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE.LONG BEACH ISLAND.
WHARTON STATE FOREST.MEDIA
317 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING.
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING.
LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE OVER THE TN VALLEY TODAY AND THEN MOVE NE REACHING PA TONIGHT BEFORE HEADING EAST OFF THE COAST WED AFTERNOON.
THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON & THIS EVENING.
SOME FLURRIES MAY OCCUR THIS MORNING.THEN A STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN & SLEET TOWARD EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE FORECAST WITH 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATING AFTER THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN.
IT WILL STILL BE COLD TODAY WITH HIGHS AROUND 30. THE TEMPS WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS EVENING.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW.SLEET.OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS & LIMITED VISIBILITIES.& USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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