jewel June 26th, 2009
At least I hope not. Actually, I hope nothing important happens in the next few weeks because it will be completely overshadowed by the death of Michael Jackson. Maybe this sounds callus, but I’m not really sad that he died. I’m not dancing with joy or anything, but I’m not sad. I have no desire to listen to his music non-stop or watch the – no doubt – endless tributes on the television or even read very much on the internet. Except the autopsy report when that’s complete. That I’ll read. It’ll at least be new. Continue Reading »
jewel June 13th, 2009
But I don’t hate using Vista. I really thought I would because the couple Vista machines I had to do stuff with at work were absolutely painful to deal with. But, the machine I just bought a couple weeks ago is a much more robust system the ones at work, so, even though Vista is a resource hog, it can handle it and then some. I did turn off the annoying “are you sure?” messages on day two, though, because seeing those messages every single time I would go to do something was making me feel violent urges. So far, though, that’s the only thing I’ve outright hated. Continue Reading »
jewel May 11th, 2009
Holy fuck! I just read that the London TAM in October sold out within an hour of registration opening! That’s Amaz!ng! Sadly, I’m not one of the lucky folks going. Just don’t have the money this year, but I’m extremely excited that the event is so popular. This means they will have more and maybe, just maybe I’ll be able to go next year.
I’d been racking my brain and going through the closets for things to sell to go to London TAM, but it just wasn’t happening. With it being sold out, at least I don’t have to fret over it.
Damn. I’m severely jealous of everone that gets to go. But, I look forward to reading all about it. Plus, I will make it to a future one. Damn it.
jewel May 1st, 2009
I find things like this quite interesting. Not as much because of the virus itself (although there are aspects there that intrigue me), but in watching other people’s reaction to it. With this strain of flu, I’m seeing people react far more strongly to it than I ever do with the regular, run of the mill, flu strains. At work and on the internet people are talking about it. That’s unusual all by itself. Over an over again I hear people say this scares them. I’ve even heard a couple people comment on how they are glad they don’t eat pork! I was floored to see that some people really do think you can get the flu from food. Continue Reading »
jewel April 26th, 2009
In the spring and summer months, my husband and I periodically take a drive to a few of Virginia’s many wineries. There are dozens of them, so we haven’t even come close to visiting all of them yet. They all have their own styles and personalities and it’s fun to choose a few, every now and again, and see what they have to offer.
Yesterday, we took a trip to visit 4 wineries. Village Winery, Lost Creek Vineyard & Winery, Hidden Brook Winery and Fabbioli Cellars. I linked to the Virginia Wine pages rather than the individual winery websites here because the info given is consistent and compact. The individual winery websites can be found at the end of this post. Continue Reading »
jewel April 12th, 2009
Today on Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait linked to a BBC Radio 4 program where Brian Cox speaks about Carl Sagan. Listening to it made me nostalgic to watch the Cosmos TV series. So, I just fetched my DVD set and have begun watching.
Even 30 years after it was made, Cosmos is relevant and brilliant and inspiring. Carl Sagan takes us all on journey to know ourselves, where we came from and, hopefully, where we’re going.
Carl Sagan introduced me to skepticism and critical thinking and I am ever thankful for that. He inspired me to learn. Far from taking the beauty out of the universe, science teaches us just how magnificent it really is. And that we can even comprehend any of it is truly awesome.
If you haven’t seen Cosmos it’s available on Hulu. Check it out!
jewel March 20th, 2009
This made me laugh…
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jewel March 19th, 2009
So a couple days ago, we finally got around to depositing our tax refund checks into my checking account. We’re using it for our next trip to Mexico later this year.
Exciting, isn’t it. I know we’re excited.
Well. We made the deposit 2 days ago. I logged into my bank account this morning and the deposit wasn’t there. I looked in the “Deposit Holds” section. Not there either. Very strange. I didn’t have my receipt with me this morning, so I waited until we got home, I located the receipt (just for piece of mind) and I sent a message to Wachovia Customer Service through their online portal, since our branch was already closed. I fully expected them to either tell me there was a glitch and I should see the deposit tomorrow – or – tell me I should contact my branch directly. Bzzzzt. Nope. Continue Reading »
jewel March 16th, 2009
I just realized today that it has been more than a month since I blogged. It wasn’t intentional, I’ve just been really busy with small patches of lazy to counter it. Also, I haven’t gotten out of the house much yet this spring, so rather than droll on and on about what I wish I were doing, I haven’t been writing much at all.
I have been busy, though. On top of working full time and keeping up with the domestic (read boring) stuff, I’ve been working out 5 days a week and also been attempting, once again, to learn Spanish. I’m more optimistic about the Spanish thing this time around. Continue Reading »
jewel February 12th, 2009
200 years ago today, Charles Darwin took his first breaths. He grew up to make some of the most important discoveries of his time – and ours. I wish the human race has come as far as science has. The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection is still a taboo subject for many people; at least here in the USA.
I, honestly, feel that if the people that don’t accept evolution would learn more about it rather than listening to the Ben Stein’s of the world, they might find out that it does not at all take away anything of who we are. If anything it illustrates just how far we’ve come!
Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! Continue Reading »
