STICKY POST
Thursday, 4. June 2009, 15:41:09
I've been getting lots of "Friends" requests of late ... not those that I've mentioned before, that are obviously "phishing" messages, but requests from people with absolutely no reason to want to be my friend ... and with no obvious reason for me to want to be theirs.
So, in order for me to avoid the trouble of "ignoring" or "blocking" these people, I have decided to post this, my "Friendship Policy":
No Photos, no Blog, no Profile ... NO THANKS!
Save you and me the trouble and don't bother to ask. No hard feelings.
Friday, 20. November 2009, 15:56:40
I've just put up a new small album of some of the "doodles" done by my daughter in what I might call her Final Sketchpad. It's interesting to see (at least it is to me) an artist's mind working. When I first found these things, I was swept with a wave of anger; she was so much better than even I knew, and had so much further to go, it was just a damned shame that she wasn't going to get the opportunity.
Oh, well ... that's life (and death). Perhaps the next time.
Friday, 20. November 2009, 05:18:23
I just thought I would mention that Venus Williams was in Milwaukee today. She was here to promote
WORLD TOILET DAY!
I swear I am not making this up;
I just thought you all would like to know.
Friday, 13. November 2009, 18:59:41
I thought I'd mention that I'd managed to post a new small album of my daughter's work ... this time a collection of humourous drawings.
Thursday, 5. November 2009, 23:21:11
I've got a few ... these are new ones, just recent, and since everyone is posting Autumn pictures, I reckon I can show some of our colours, too. One forgets, you know, that our friends in the Tropics do not have such spectacular displays as we do, in fact, they really don't have much in the way of seasons at all. So they don't have snow, either ... and I think that the snow, or more precisely, its weight, is quite possibly the main reason for the trees' hurry to get rid of their leaves before the snow comes. Anyone who has seen an early snowstorm weight down leafy treelimbs and break them off will understand what I mean. I've chopped up enough broken limbs to really appreciate that. Although my Brasileira assures me that Brasil has snow, it is in the high Andes on the West of her country ... above the treeline. It doesn't count if you can't just look out your window and see it falling.
And now I'm talking about snow, when I meant to talk about leaves. Well, not exactly ... I meant to show pictures of our Autumn Colorfest. So, here they are ...
One of the ways we know the colour is coming is that our friends, the birds, get together to talk over the coming journey. And we begin to see big orange moonrises:
Things begin to take on a general Autumn colouring:
And the fields start to look rather more than ripe.
And we see michaelmas daisies along the verges ...
And squashes appear in the markets ...
Then we notice these little chaps running about with full cheek pouches ...
... storing up food for the cold times ahead. And the weather begins to change ...
Some trees, perhaps more sensitive than others, begin to change ...
The hills seem to catch fire in the red afternoon sun ...
The white paper birches dressed in gold ...
The maples, in barbaric red gold, like the Ring of the Niebelungen ...
And it is definitely time for a trip through the park!
OK, OK ... so I can't resist sumac.
I reckon I'd better quit, now ... for one thing, folks are yelling at me to prepare supper (one of those squashes will serve admirably), and also, I suspect this server is going to try to kill me if I give it any more work ...
Cheers, all.
Wednesday, 4. November 2009, 16:46:28
... but I am quite put off by the slowness of the 'Net, which seems to be in a veritable tangle today. I've even had trouble getting the BBC to stream, to say nothing of my local NPR (National Public Radio) station. The locals screw up pretty regularly, so it was no great surprise, but the Beeb? Wow!
And speaking of the Beeb ... I'm getting all sorts of reports of demonstrations in Tehran ... with the usual atrocities being committed by the government bully boys ... is our Amir OK? Anyone heard? It is as amusing (and appalling) to see Persia as a state based upon anti-Americanism, with no positive philosophical base, as it was to realise that the US, in the Cold War days, was mainly motivated by anti-Communism. Mighty thin food for the soul, that sort of thing.
Back with a post soon, I hope.
Sunday, 18. October 2009, 15:54:11
Well, I've managed to get the big ol' auxiliary drive opened safely ... the scan found only one infection, a piece of spyware. Which, of course, leaves me wondering why the whole system failed so spectacularly in the first place, but pooters are what they are, software is what it is, and Microsoft is Microsoft ... meaning, of course, that there's no way to tell. Each entity in the chain of responsibility claims that it's the other chap's fault; THEIR product is (naturally) flawless.
Any road, I've found ALL my backed-up files in the drive, but now the problem is where to put it once it's opened. The bundle is 63 Gig, and the HD in this machine is only 80 Gig, of which there is only 43 Gig of free space. In the words of Jim, the slave (Huckleberry Finn), "you can't put two gallons in a one-gallon jug. 'Twould strain de jug." I have the same problem ... unless, of course I can open and store the files in the drive in which they are now situated. I must research this before doing anything irrevocable. Any words of wisdom from members of this Community would, of course, be appreciated.
EXCELSIOR!
Saturday, 19. September 2009, 16:09:14
Greetings, my friends ... I seem to be beset by computer problems this year ... they are ALL down again, with no idea of a time frame for getting them up and running again. I think I know how the ancients felt when they started questioning what they had done to displease the gods. Right now the cybergods are giving me a rough time, indeed ... what did I ever do to them?
I am in the Public Library right now, using their machines; I get an absolute maximum of 2 hours a day for this, and it requires some planning, so some days I don't get here at all.
I've scanned my subscriptions and replied to a few; the rest will have to await my return to the land of Opera.
Good luck to all ...
dW
Monday, 10. August 2009, 16:16:14
My friends, I must report that I am temporarily offline because I have THREE(!!!) computers down at the same time ... a touch weird, perhaps, but true.
I expect to get them fixed, or at least some of them, very soon.
Bear with me.
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