Monthly Archives: September 2004

PowerBookResQ

After trying several times to figure out what is wrong with our PowerBook and not getting it to work, I couldn’t stand it any longer…I had to know the worst. So today I’m shipping it off to a service called … Continue reading

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Townboy

Keegan was talking with Michele about a girl in one of his classes at school. He said, “You know, she’s like a townboy.” Michele started laughing and told him that what he should have said was “tomboy.”

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“Rock solid” Mac OS X

I couldn’t agree more with David Pogue’s description in his New York Times column of the “stealth benefit” of the new iMac G5, OS X, as “rock solid.” Mentioned in MacMinute. It really amazes me that more people aren’t clued … Continue reading

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Long live Mozilla

OK, yes, I confess, I’m a Mac fanatic. I’m also a Mozilla lover. If at all possible, I refuse to use Internet Explorer on my WinXP PC at work. Instead, I use Mozilla Firefox, which gets my vote for the … Continue reading

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Beyond the Sky

Here are the lyrics to a song written by one of my all time favorites, Fernando Ortega (from his CD, Home), that capture a longing that I feel today: Beyond the Sky One morning when time is done,Bright heavenWill be … Continue reading

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Titanic (a version with bunnies)

I find this version of the movie Titanic much better than the original, which I despise. So much so, that I have never been able to watch the whole thing.

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RIP, my beloved PowerBook

As Michele mentioned in her blog, we had a bad accident that has rendered our new 15″ PowerBook G4 useless, at least for now…. But, there are worse things that can happen. As Michele mentioned in her blog, we had … Continue reading

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New blog features

I just finished adding some features to this blog. One is the addition of online status indicators for the three IM accounts that I regularly use: AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger. If you see one or more of these … Continue reading

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I wish I could say I am all better

It’s been several weeks since I wrote my last posting. In that intervening time I have tried to cope with shingles. I wish I could say I am all better now, more than a month later. I’m not. I think … Continue reading

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I’m in business as an Internet bookseller

A few weeks ago I decided to try my hand at selling books online via Amazon Marketplace. To my surprise and delight, one book sold right away and I quickly sold four more within the next several days. I even … Continue reading

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