I narowly avoided getting sucked into Lord of the Rings: Online. I downloaded the bet and really enjoyed it and thought "10 bucks a month to live in the shire and learn to cook hobbit food? Sweet!" But the last few days have done NOTHING but play and play, ignoring everything (sorry anyone I was supposed to write or talk to ( Read more... )

The moon is riding high and she is BRIGHT tonight. It was a pretty arm day here, getting up to 70 or so, and it's a cloudless night so I knew this was a perfect chance to go snorkeling in the dark ( Read more... )

I tried out TrustFlow II for LiveJournal. The following people not on the friends list for fartraveller are close by:

• theonlymegumegu, fireballof3, kero260 (100 - 150)
• luminousfrost, meaningofxgone, moonfishlover_9, xmangoes, betsythepirate, damnedimmortal, anne_shirley, bipbap, siri6, gwyneth1362, arianna_pheadra, johnhood, eislinn, yarn_rn (200 - 250)

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So here we go, these are just ok pics, but the subject matter more than makes up for it!


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This one's for all you Seattleites from the 70's. I mentioned (I think, I'd better check) that several years ago while I was in nigeria I got VERY bored one day and looked up my favorite DJ of all time, Robert O. Smith, on the internet. (We had just got it.) You might know him by his other name ( Read more... )

One of my nine uncles sent this e-mail to me (among others) and I thought it was very moving.  (Let me note in passing he is a lebertarian who has run for office as a republican.)

"I spent much of the afternoon pulling or cutting blackberries and weeds from my garden area; going to be bigger and grander this year. Started the tiller after winter ( Read more... )

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This is the bay just across from me to the northwest - it has a sandy beach and is popular in the summer mornings. the cliffside casts a shadow from about 4 pm.


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And we DO have it made!!


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And let me remind everyone, this is the bay in front of my house, in fact, here are the steps down!

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