Monthly Archives: October 2004

Vote. Vote. Vote

Hello. This is me. And this is my soapbox. The Electoral College is out-moded and practically unnecessary, but it is what we have. So I must vote. We don’t have the means at present to strip the gears of this system and allow a Popular Election, so the Electoral College is what we must employ.

How I Spent My Thursday Afternoon

This photo comes courtesy of the esteemed El Gray. It is his white-sleeved arm you see in the foreground, almost blending into the white of my own white-sleeves. What were we doing? We were engaged in the bi-monthly department meeting, of course. Rapt with attention. Yes.

Hood Up

The Video. The Story. The Analysis. The Idea.

iBook? More Like iBroken. Again.

Mark another notch in the side of my poor laptop … because it is going back to the Genii at Apple one more time. Why? Oh, the same reason as before. Garbled screen. Wierd lines. Display looking like an old television with a busted vertical hold. The usual. And the culprit is — of course

Your Own Personal DJ

I’ll find a better and more permanent place for this later, but check it out and see what you think. radio.blog is a rather innovative way to present tracks without the risk of ruffling RIAA-related feather. All you need to do is click track one and listen. You’ll get about an hour or so of

Sounds Even Better on a Plaid iPod

Every Sunday, the website of a Scottish newspaper, The Scotsman, offers a new track from a promising Scottish artist. It’s free. So what do they call this feature? AYE TUNES!

Dance For The Freedom (The Music – Welcome to the North)

My new review of The Music’s Welcome to the North is up and active at JIVE.

Two Words

Go Sox. (That is all.)

Wedding Cake

Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Posted by grabbingsand from Here are some more photos from the Event. You won’t find many of the typical pictures here, as those will come later from more professional sources. These photos cover the rehearsal dinner, the afternoon before, moments just before, the reception, then the small-scale celebrating after. Titles and

Wedding Accomplished

More pictures to come. Lots more. And stories too. Some involving mules. So thank you to all who attended, all who wished well, all who gave advice and all who just smiled at the thought.