Wait For the John

Wait For the John

H.E. and I had never seen the last Star Trek movie, Nemesis, so when it played on TV today, we stuck around to watch part of it. Anyway, Jean-Luc Picard was gearing up for a battle and said something that confused me. “The crew has responded with the dedication I’ve come to expect from them… And like a thousand other commanders on a thousand other battlefields, I wait for the [blank].” The blank, of course, was something I couldn’t quite…

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

I’m on tenterhooks, in more ways than one. This past month has been a whirlwind of activity. The day job’s coming close to a production deadline. Add to that a new person going through the process a first time, a not-so-new person who just left to go on maternity leave, a temporary person dropped into the middle of everything, a person-in-charge making an impractical and ill-timed change in the most crucial part of production, and a completely undependable person who…

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There Is No Spoon

There Is No Spoon

Can you see like Neo? I can! First to tell me how many there is gets bonus points. 😉 Sorry it’s not bigger than it is. I thought I created a 1600×1200 pixel image, but for some reason it turned out only 800×600. When I realized my mistake, my computer programs no longer wanted to cooperate. Doh! Share this post:

Silly Song of States

Silly Song of States

Not long ago, I received an e-mail thanking me for having posted the lyrics of a particular song somewhere on Jimbo’s web site; it had been nagging at the person who wrote me, and apparently it was nowhere else to be found on the net. The lyrics were as follows: What did Delaware to Georgia’s party down in Maryland? She wore a New Jersey that Virginia bought in Michigan. Did you see that Tennessee did see a saw in Arkansas?…

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Dementedly Idiotic Composition

Dementedly Idiotic Composition

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