You may have noticed that many of the randomly-selected images that appear at the top of this website are astronomical in nature. Most of them, in fact, come from the Astronomy Picture of the Day website…
…which is celebrating its tenth anniversary! Go forth, enjoy, and have fun perusing the archives. I know I do.
A random drive-by IM from someone I don’t recognize directed me to the Blogathon website, where a call for volunteers has been posted this very day. I’m thankful for this randomly delivered news, actually, since I’d almost totally forgotten about the ‘thon… after all, it has been a (long and interesting) couple of years.
Me? Hell yeah, I’m totally doing it. No bunny pics this year, though. No on-the-fly reviews of Serial Experiments Lain, either, come to think on it.
I’ll think of something. Don’t you worry. You should check out the website, though.
I don’t have enough for an entry, but I have enough for some bullet points…
Here I was, wondering what under the goddesses’ bright blue heavens I was going to write about today, when my son came to the rescue by sending me the following link in an email. So, enjoy, won’t you?
(Thanks, Spud!)
Have you ever noticed that no matter how far you’ve come, how well things may be going, there’s always something that has to complicate things, or make them unpleasant? I admit I’m understating the issue somewhat… usually there are several somethings competing for the chance to bring you down, throw a wrench into the works, or what-have-you. Apparently, life is just a series of crises; usually the interval between them is either brief or nonexistent.
The absolute worst part is when you realize that there’s probably nothing at all you can do that’ll actually make things genuinely better.
But, what the hell. Life is all about keeping at it even when things look dire, right? At least, it’s gotten me this far…
Good: Dawn arrived in town! Yay!
Bad: Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade interfering with transit downtown to meet Dawn.
Good: Breadsticks dipped in alfredo sauce at Pizza Schmizza.
Bad: Lousy service at same.
Smelly: Urine-soaked bus interior on the way out to Molly’s for birthday BBQ.
Bad: Forgetting about lack of allergy meds until arrival.
Good: Molly’s cooking.
Also Good: Hanging out with cool people at the BBQ.
Bad: Having unsolicited amateur chiropractic work done, resulting in hours of back pain.
Good: Howl’s Moving Castle.
Also Good: Dinner at Kells afterward.
And now, even more Good: Going to bed at the end of a long and interesting day…
