November 2007
NovemberNov 30 Friday 07
Fairly serious geeking last night
We were converting a small food bank last night, and I came to a point where I was running something that was pretty much "watching the dots go across the screen." I had felt bad that I hadn't been able...
NaBloPoMo done!!
Yay! The previous post means that I finished the National Blog Posting Month thing. I am not sure if I will continue posting exactly every day, but I will try to post as much as I can....
Christ on a surfboard. And a bull.
Hat tip here to the ever delightful Sara. Sara is a very committed Christian with a wonderful sense of humor. Anyway, there is this site, Fishermen, which is selling action figures of Jesus Christ in all sorts of action poses...
NovemberNov 28 Wednesday 07
Wiccan Pentacle May Join Manger Outside Olean Building
Rather nifty! I think that it is important that all religions be allowed access if any particular religion is included. And hey, folks were observing the winter solstice long before the Christian church moved Jesus' birthday to that part of...
Sacred Heart fighting marriage equality
DSCI0091_0088 Originally uploaded by Michael Mahler This really felt hurtful. Someone had tipped me off that Sacred Heart, 816 Liberty St, Erie PA was mixing anti marriage equality crap in with the holiday greetings on their sign. It was...
A very weird dream and a sequel
This was very odd indeed. A week or two ago I had an extraordinarily strange dream. In the dream, I was traveling with another guy at night. (I wasn't sure if we were just traveling together for that evening, or...
NovemberNov 26 Monday 07
Visiting the doctor
I noticed I was running low on Tricor, so I called to get a renewal prescription from the doctor. Because of how it had been written. I had to go in. Actually, it was rather fortuitous, as I got a...
A test vlog entry, plus some dithering
Hmm, I am not sure how this goes, but I decided to try making a test video blog entry. I might do this occasionally. (I tend to worry that I speak too fast or hop around rather tangentially.) I wanted...
NovemberNov 24 Saturday 07
Cat being brave
It has long been a custom that the dogs (Hecate and Heracles) come and sleep in the bed with me at night. Actually, when the weather is cold, it is sort of a nice additional source of warmth. However, the...
CAPTCHA's added
I was having a minor problem with spam comments here at the blog, as well as for resource add/update requests and article comments at Erie Gay News, so I added captchas (images that require folks to put in a few...
NovemberNov 22 Thursday 07
A very nice Thanksgiving
I had a very nice time today over at Mom's for Thanksgiving. My stepfather (Carl), brother (Steve), Grandma, her husband (Mac) and Laura, a neighbor of my Mom's were also there. I started off with helping Mom with getting the...
What does "winning the war" really mean?
There is an interesting article in today's Erie Times News about the Erie County Republican Party selling signs reading "Support the troops: Win the war." While it is certainly everyone's right to express themselves, I am totally dumbfounded that the...
Discordant text
I went out to Trance to chat with friends. I had forgotten that they were having karaoke, which I don't tend to be a big fan of. However, the main screen was showing the lyrics to the current song (Billy...
NovemberNov 20 Tuesday 07
Erie Blog's Secret Santa
How cool is this? Erie Blog's is having their Secret Santa program again, and they will be donating proceeds to the Parents of Autistic Children, a worthy local charity. I normally don't do any kind of gift exchange at...
Quip after power outage
We had a power outage that affected about half the building here. One of our tech folks noted that we were on 2 different transformers. I asked if one of them was Optimimus Prime. I think my brother, who is...
Car repaired and all set for newsletter folding/delivery tomorrow.
Well, at least some aspects of tomorrow are settled. I was able to have the car towed and repaired. The tires were all sort of getting up there, so they are now all new. I am hoping that this coming...
Astrology meme via several
Well, since Eden, ron and Gary did it, what the hey! Some of it is on target, but attractive (twice no less) - huh? Then again, I suppose that "terminally frumpy and dumpy" probably doesn't play well. ;) Lets101 -...
NovemberNov 18 Sunday 07
I am thankful
I try to remind myself that an upside to facing challenges or scary things is that it can also be a reminder or opportunity for finding the goodness in people. So, even though it is not easy with a currently...
Car woes
Sigh! I was going out to deposit a check for the newsletter and grab some dinner. I noticed that I had a flat tire shortly after pulling out, so I stopped to change the tire. I was using the weight...
NovemberNov 17 Saturday 07
Jehovah's Witness Protection Program requested
I am working on the newsletter when I hear the dogs barking. I go to the door to find that there are Jehova's Witness members with copies of the Watchtower in hand. One of them says "Hi" and I immediately...