Saturday, May 4, 2013
New Photo Galleries
I finally replaced my server-side ZenPhoto photo galleries with something easier for me. I now use jAlbum for the galleries which should allow me to not have so many issues. Let me know what you think. Enjoy.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Second 10K
I ran my second 10K at Burke Lake, VA in 52:15.
Not quite a personal best but I'm really happy with that time since I've been swamped with house work like painting and climbing around on ladders.
Not quite a personal best but I'm really happy with that time since I've been swamped with house work like painting and climbing around on ladders.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Run-Time Calculator
I finally got around to cleaning up and posting my Run Time Calculator. This is what I use to track my progress as I prepare for a race. It uses no macros, only formulae and a couple lookup tables. It's in the zip file and includes sample data, a blank copy, and instructions. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and enjoy.
RTC.zip (594KB)
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Thoughtful Response to Sandy Hook
The shooting at Sandy Hook has horrific; thank God for people like Penn Jillette who went on Wendy Williams' talk show to keep them straight and Ben Swann who provided a counterpoint for Piers Morgan's non-facts-based rant. Hopefully politicians will try to fix the root of the problem and not restrict the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. Just listen to how ignorant people are…what makes them think they should talk against guns? They use emotions rather than logic to make their cases...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Christmas 1914
British soldiers were spending Christmas Eve 1914 on a French battlefield during World War I. After four months of fighting, over a million men had perished in the bloody conflict. The bodies of dead soldiers were scattered between the trenches of the opposing armies.
It was in the middle of a freezing battlefield in France, that a miracle occurred! British troops watched in amazement as candle-lit trees appeared above the German trenches.
“From the German parapet, a rich baritone voice had begun to sing a song I remember my German nurse singing to me ... the grave and tender voice rose out of the frozen mist. It was all so strange ... like being in another world,” a young British soldier wrote in his diary.
“Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm. All is bright.”
When the German soldiers finished singing, the British decided to retaliate. Rather than retaliate with the roar of a cannon, the army chaps from England sang,
“The first noel, the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay ...”
When the boys from jolly old England finished, “Born is the King of Israel!”, the enemy began clapping and struck up a rousing rendition of “Oh Tannebaum!”
When the British troops began singing, “Oh Come All Ye Faithful!”, it was at that moment that the Germans immediately joined in. They were singing with the enemy.
This was a most extraordinary event taking place in the middle of a blood-drenched battlefield! Two opposing nations were singing the same Christmas Carol in the middle of a fierce war. It is recorded that enemy soldiers greeted each other in the no man’s land that just minutes before had been a killing zone. Soldiers wished one another a Merry Christmas and agreed not to fire their rifles on Christmas Day.
Thousands of soldiers celebrated the birth of the Prince of Peace among the bodies of their dead.
A solitary voice began to sing “Silent Night” in French ... he was joined by another voice singing in German ... and finally the words were in English.
Who do you need to make peace with this season? Have you been engaged in a fierce battle that has extracted the very life from your soul? Christmas is a moment in history when peace is abundantly possible because of the Baby who came to bring peace for all of the ages.
It was in the middle of a freezing battlefield in France, that a miracle occurred! British troops watched in amazement as candle-lit trees appeared above the German trenches.
“From the German parapet, a rich baritone voice had begun to sing a song I remember my German nurse singing to me ... the grave and tender voice rose out of the frozen mist. It was all so strange ... like being in another world,” a young British soldier wrote in his diary.
“Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm. All is bright.”
When the German soldiers finished singing, the British decided to retaliate. Rather than retaliate with the roar of a cannon, the army chaps from England sang,
“The first noel, the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay ...”
When the boys from jolly old England finished, “Born is the King of Israel!”, the enemy began clapping and struck up a rousing rendition of “Oh Tannebaum!”
When the British troops began singing, “Oh Come All Ye Faithful!”, it was at that moment that the Germans immediately joined in. They were singing with the enemy.
This was a most extraordinary event taking place in the middle of a blood-drenched battlefield! Two opposing nations were singing the same Christmas Carol in the middle of a fierce war. It is recorded that enemy soldiers greeted each other in the no man’s land that just minutes before had been a killing zone. Soldiers wished one another a Merry Christmas and agreed not to fire their rifles on Christmas Day.
Thousands of soldiers celebrated the birth of the Prince of Peace among the bodies of their dead.
A solitary voice began to sing “Silent Night” in French ... he was joined by another voice singing in German ... and finally the words were in English.
Who do you need to make peace with this season? Have you been engaged in a fierce battle that has extracted the very life from your soul? Christmas is a moment in history when peace is abundantly possible because of the Baby who came to bring peace for all of the ages.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tira Won!
A few months ago I submitted one of our favorite pictures of to NovaDog Magazine and we were informed she won first place. The photo's below but here's a link to the magazine.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Squirrel!
That squirrel feeder I made a few months ago has attracted a lot of squirrels who've eaten a lot of peanuts. Recently we filled it with some raw peanuts and the squirrels kept taking them and eating them. But they weren't eating them all...Min-Ah and I found a sprout growing out of a peanut in the front yard. Since then we knew what a peanut plant looked like, we found about six or seven more little peanuts growing all over the yard. In the front, the back, the side, everywhere. It seems those squirrels were squirreling away (ironic, eh) all those peanuts. Last week the first peanut plant had a huge hole dug next to it and the adjacent flowerbed was all dug up too. Probably the squirrel looking for his peanut...but it wasn't a peanut, it was a plant, so the squirrel was baffled.
We've been plucking the plants out of the yard and planting them in the garden but they die shortly after we stick 'em in the dirt. We still have two growing strong: one in the flowerbed in the front and the other in the mulch around our persimmon tree on the far side of the yard. We're keeping our fingers crossed we get a peanut plant which would be pretty cool. Who knew squirrels are farmers.
We've been plucking the plants out of the yard and planting them in the garden but they die shortly after we stick 'em in the dirt. We still have two growing strong: one in the flowerbed in the front and the other in the mulch around our persimmon tree on the far side of the yard. We're keeping our fingers crossed we get a peanut plant which would be pretty cool. Who knew squirrels are farmers.
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