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Still here! For now, at least.
That was a scary bit to leave off, wasn't it? Posting that I was about to undergo open-heart surgery within days, and then ( Read more... ) -
Few changes heah, chummy...
I started writing "Skyline Fan" when I was nearly 38. I'm nearly fifty now. Moreover, I'm going to have an aortic valve replacement (AVR) in a very short period of time. I've anticipated this surgery for about a decade, and I thought I'd try to write about it. In short, enough has changed with the passage of time, and it's been about 4 years ( Read more... ) -
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
I've been thinking about leaving Livejournal for some time. I'm amazed at how much I've put in this blog since 2004 Without Hardly Trying. That being said, I have grown...disenchanted with LiveJournal. Some time in the past few years I began to think it was as relevant and useful as a buggy-whip without really being able to put my finger on why ( Read more... ) -
"Murder of Crows" or The Collective Corvidae
(Reprinted from Facebook. Signature omitted ( Read more... ) -
Remembering the Challenger Disaster
When the original space shuttle went up some time in the spring of 1981, I made sure to wear red, white and blue that day. I knew that the quest for the moon in the 60's had been very important, and though my life path would not lead to me working in a scientific industry, I was still interested in space exploration. At the very least, I was ( Read more... ) -
Episodes Thus Far...and Don't Panic!
(from a comment I made to my latest FB status ( Read more... ) -
How Much of This Cr...uh, How Many of These Books Have You Read?
(from my comment to a friend on Facebook ( Read more... ) -
The Increasingly Inaccurately Named "Hitchhiker's" Trilogy
While updating my LinkedIn account recently, I found a feature where I could review books. Since I'm a constant reader as well as the owner of a (slightly used) MLS, I've resolved to use said LinkedIn function. It occurred to me that the original intent of said function might be for books of the "what color is your parachute" ilk. While I might ( Read more... ) -
From a comment to friend on Facebook/An explanation of "Skyline Fan" for the (possibly) confused
""Skyline Farm", of course, was Grampie Lyon's farm (Dad inherited the land) and "Skyline Cycle" was Dad's small-engine repair business. Your comment made me realize I mispoke. My blog is on Livejournal ("LJ") and is entitled "Skyline Fan", as a sort of an homage to where I came from, a pun on "Skyline Farm" and speaks to the purpose of what I ( Read more... ) -
Hammering the point home...maybe
"I think I exceeded my capacity; I was successful with very few tools. Now I think I have more craft and skill than I did."
Harrison Ford, as quoted in "The Time of Their Lives", by Mark Morrison for _USA Weekend_, Nov. 5-7, 2010.
This quotation amuses me. Ford's use of the words "tools", "craft" and "skill", to my ear, reveal his roots as a