I had the great opportunity to go to the Shenandoah National Park a few weeks ago, along with the lovely and entertaining brown-eyed girl. Sometimes getting away for a bit can make you focus on the good things in life. Like mountain springs, and grassy meadows, and nights spent talking by nice warm fire ( Read more... )

I know that the parking situation at the fairgrounds for NCSU football games is meant to be a convenience:


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Sometimes amidst all the stress and frustration of just daily events.

You have to remember to catch a glimpse of the sky now and then.


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I live in a townhome. And it's normally pretty quiet. But I think the people on the side of me must be learning to play bass guitar - because on some occasions I hear this bass riff (refrain? ) that I don't recognize, but it's always the same, and after about 30 minutes, I'm usually going bonkers because it's the same riff over and over and over ( Read more... )

I don't have a lot of words tonight... but they say a picture is worth a word or a few.

So here's two of whatever those are worth - from the Raleigh Rose Garden

North Carolina blue Skies and pink roses:

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thereby I present the bachelor refrigerator:


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So I've been sitting here for a time trying to summon the words to write here because it's been a while since I've shared any words with this mysterious ether that's a collection of zero and ones and voltage changes that is this collection and network of computers that we call the InternetAmazing things, words. For now though, they hang just ( Read more... )

Wow, it's late. But it is Friday now. And Friday is a good day. For a veritable cornucopia of reasons ( Read more... )

No, really.

Wow.

Did I say wow?