This is a 3min clip of everything a mom says in a day…
very fun
September 29, 2007
September 21, 2007
Old Sturbridge Villiage
Another perfect day and we spent most of it out at OSV.org
We had some nice discussions with some of the crafters. The cooper showed us a lot of how he was making barrels as well as his first leaky ‘barrel.’
The Blacksmith and the grain grinders had interesting stories too.
September 19, 2007
Vacation Week
Well we’re on vacation this week and have a few pics to share.
The old camera died so we started at best buy with getting a new camera. So far its kinda nice. The first Pic has been dubb’d
SadMeg
It was taken with minimal light and no flash to see how well the iso 3600 worked.
The real vacation started with a trip to Maine to visit some friends. Of course first there was the car ride.
Loki seemed to do better than Skoll but they both manged both ways without resorting the the massive volumes of puke our last trip to Maine provided.
On the way we all got a laugh out of an older woman’s plate
This was our first trip to our friends new home. A great place designed for horses. The barn was incredible and the dogs liked all the space to run.
We learned a lot during our trip.
1) Cattle dogs sure can stare but tend to tolerate 2 large furry invaders with only occasional reminders that they are just tolerating.
2) Rabbits must be cages for a reason. Skoll hopes to never see that rabbit in the wild. It might chase him. (on the other hand Loki claims he just wants a taste.)
3) Cats are fun to chase all through the house.
4) “Twig, bark, rock bread” is not healthier than white bread when your family mutinies and refuses to eat it.
5) These things must be herded, circled, watched, and licked constantly. (wisdom via mama-dog Loki)
Ignore any reference to “No woof”
6) When older, they make good ball throwing devices.
Rinse, repeat.
7) This is the self proclaimed FishBoss. (Don’t ask me what it means…)
After returning and all of us sleeping for an unprecedented 11 hours straight we rested with a trip the the range and zero’d in Meg’s new scope for her .22. Amazing what a scope will do.
The next day was ‘The Big E’ and the dogs got another chance to catch up on their sleep. Meg’s first trip to the fair proved satisfying.
We took these pics for some friends. They know who they are.
September 14, 2007
HP Live Tech Support
Ruben: Hello Scott.
Ruben: Welcome to HP Total Care for Pavilion Notebooks . My name is Ruben. How may I assist you today?
Scott: Hi
Scott: I have a couple of questions
Scott: the first is about my 5 in 1 reader
Scott: I placed a sd card in it and I get a bleep from the os and see the safe remove icon in the tray but I can’t find the volume
Scott: I was expecting it to show up like the hds do
Ruben: Scott,Could you please elaborate the issue?
Scott: what else would you like to know
Scott: I want to read and write to/from a sd card and it does not seem to be working
Ruben: I understand that unable to read and write with the SD card.Am I right?
Scott: yes
Ruben: Thank you for confirming the same.
Ruben: Please let me know the current version of the operating system you are using. Ex: Windows 98, Windows XP, Vista.
Scott: XP pro
Ruben: Thank you for the information.
Ruben: Is it prevously works?
Scott: This is the first time I have tried it
Ruben: Alright
Ruben: May I know how much GB you are using.
Scott: the sd card has 2G
–wait over 3 mins–
Scott: still there?
–After about 10mins I closed the chat window–
Now you need to realize that I replied with-in 10seconds each time and each of his responses took between 30 seconds and infinity. Service isn’t what it used to be.
September 13, 2007
Congressfools
The Corner on National Review Online
Each member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had seven minutes to question Petraeus and Crocker about the Iraq War. Obama used about six minutes of his time to lecture Petraeus and Crocker….As Obama was wrapping up, he said, “That, of course, now leaves me very little time to ask questions, and that’s unfortunate.” …
…Petraeus never got to answer Obama’s 266-word question. Rushed at the end, Obama asked about benchmarks not met. Crocker said, “Senator, I described for Senator Sununu a little bit ago some of the things that I think are going to be very important as we move ahead.”
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) followed Obama. He told Petraeus and Crocker, “As you have found, our hearings are more about listening to ourselves than listening to our witnesses.”