Monthly Archives: October 2006

Thirty-One Years Ago Today

Super Me, Halloween 1975 Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I was Superman. This is little me on the front porch of our horse. The costume is not a costume, but pajamas. The most awesome pajamas ever, I think. The only things missing from little me are the right shoes. Boots, actually. Red ones. I asked for

Ephemeral Design

(This is going to be one of those nerdy self-referential posts where I write about this blog, as opposed to writing about something truly interesting. You might want to skip it.) As a dedicated WordPress user, this is where I’m supposed to mention kindly this new theme that now frames my blog. In particular, this

A Monday Twenty

Last week, it was fifteen. This week, it is twenty. Who knows just what it will be next week. Regardless, here’s the music that filled my afternoon from about 2pm on. “Bad Boy Clyde” – Esthero “Kick” – INXS “Ogive” – William Orbit “Lil’ Jimmy Skit” – Kanye West “Under Tha Influence (Follow Me)” –

Too Much Cake, Not Enough Candelabra

Our latest podcasted effort for North Fulton Drama Club has been posted at Georgia Podcast Network. The title for Episode 7? More Candelabra. This was a fun one to do. As will be immediately obvious to anyone who cares to listen, we were under the influence of birthday cake, pumpkin seeds and free flat beer.

Daunting, Isn’t It?

NaNoWriMo starts in five days. I’ve been on the roster for a couple of years, but I’ve called forfeit every time. Too busy, typically. There’s always something else to do. But when November comes to a close, I feel a little pang of missed opportunity. And quite frankly, I’m getting tired of the panging. I

The Phrase Has Failed

Didn’t I say this already? Yes. I did. Only this time, the phrase has been phased out officially. When revisionism fails to work, then a change of language is in order. I wish other issues were so linguistically manageable. When next my kitchen sink is clogged, I could just say that my drain is just

Mobilized

The Unsent – Tiled Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I’ve taken quite a few photos with my camera phone this year. Here are 47 of them.

Monday Morning Fifteen

The new iPod is still learning the hows and whys of shuffling, I assume. There are repeats. At first, it wouldn’t leave the confines of a single album for the next random song. But it is learning. I think. This is the morning’s musical bounty: “Just My Soul Responding” – Smokey Robinson “66″ – Afghan

A Different Masthead

Daeva & Daksha In The Title Bar Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. There’s a new header up there. It might stick. It might not. It’s been about a year since my last major WordPress theme renovation, so it’s time to shift things around. I’m starting at the top and working my way down from there. Of

Nut

10-22-06_1345.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. One of many in the lawn at Barrington Hall. Picked up during strike.