Space telescopes capture a cosmic jellyfish
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8582
good news, everyone!
from mousesavers.com…
Ding dong, the witch is dead — many Annual Passholders will be thrilled to hear that the “Best Rate Program” is gone! To see info on the “new” Annual Passholder resort discount program, click here.
Apparently my e-mail (along with thousands of others, no doubt!) did some good! Now to find someone to take a vacation with…
“Chuck Norris CAN believe it’s not butter.”
These were already posted a week or two ago, but I’ve been laughing my head off ever since…
Chuck Norris Facts
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com
The Osbourne Family Spectacle of Lights…
Today was the last day that the display will be up this year and I didn’t have time to go before Christmas, so I took a few hours out of my day to try some of that Christmas spirit one last time! Here are some of my favorites…
“I could go to bed right now and get a perfectly good night’s sleep…”
“…but instead I stay up and continue searching for entertainment.”
I found Eight-Legged Freaks on HBO this evening. Mind you, Arachnophobia scared the willies out of me and those were relatively “normal-sized” spiders, so upgrade them to the size of Volkswagens and, well, let’s just say I really should’ve gone to be an hour and a half ago… 🙁
My death machine has a first name…
Ok, so I started exercising again tonight.
To sum it up in three words: feel the pain
According to my exercise log, the last time I worked out was on October 22nd and judging by the shooting pains in my thighs, that’s about two and a half months sans exercise too long! Last fall, apparently I was going for more than an hour at a time and tonight I barely drudged through fifteen minutes before collapsing in defeat – it’s going to be a long road back to the top…
My new sworn enemy…
My goal is still to get down to 200 lbs or maybe a little less and I’ve only gained back about six of what I lost last year (currently at 221), but I think things are going to go a little smoother for me this time. Having the machine right here at home so that I can exercise pretty much whenever I want should hopefully free me of the burdens of trying to find time to go down to the gym, plus I can watch TV while I do it and that’s got to make the time pass faster than it did by just talking to myself! 🙂 Tonight I was finally able to delve into season six of The Simpsons and there’s a good four discs to that boxed set, so if the motivation isn’t there now, I probably won’t ever find it!
To one of the many resolutions I’ve set this year, wish me luck!
“Is that 25 iPods in your jacket or are you just happy to see me?”
Hehehe – part of me says this is horrible, part of me says that it serves them right for having such shitty customer service…
I-Pod Heist in Manchester
http://wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4321367
Also – seeking Photoshop help…
Does anybody have any good tips for cleaning up blurry photos in Photoshop? I have one in particular that’s a fairly hi-res picture (2272×1704) and the only problem I have with it is that it’s a little blurry when I print it as an 8×10.
Any ideas other than “print it smaller”?
agenda
Alright – tomorrow’s my last day of vacation … time to get productive…
- exercise
- laundry
- dishes
- vacuum / sweep floors
- sort out bills & investments
- touch up trim in bedroom and hang pictures after paint dries
- pick-up stuff from Home Depot / Lowes
- hide remainder of cabling in living room and office
- prepare L7 calendar for printingAnd if I still have time leftover…
- web dev / layouts for upcoming sites
- take pictures of condo to put online
- write some resolutions
2005 Year in Review
So looking back, in a single word I would have to describe the year of 2005 as chaotic at best. I won’t even bother to try to break it down month by month because, frankly, it all just sort of blurs together for me at this point. The threat of unemployment hovered over me for more months this year than I care to count, I’ve spent the last eight months trying to move on from a girl that I should’ve been proposing to this Christmas, and I almost lost a family member altogether earlier this year. You might say that this hasn’t exactly been my finest year…
…but then again, it has had its good points as well. Two months ago, I was told that I would be keeping my job and that there won’t be any more layoffs in the foreseeable future, so that’s comforting. On the creative side, I’ve started exploring some new avenues with my sister, not to mention began entertaining the idea of bringing back some old favorites as well. For better or for worse, I did move into a new condo that is considerably nicer than the old apartment that had parties waking me up at 3am. And that girl? Well, it’s tough for me to say because I still miss her a whole lot, but if anything I’m certainly thankful for the time that we did have together because she taught me a lot about myself and the kind of life that I want to live.
I guess when it all comes down to it, things can’t be perfect every single year and of those that I can recall, 2005 just happened to be the one that wouldn’t stop coming even after mercy had been called. It’s unfortunate, yes, but life isn’t always fair – there’s a moniker for this past year if I’ve ever heard one! What’s important, though, is that we learn from said shit storm so that we can do whatever it takes to prevent it from happening again in the future. They say that it’s how we deal with problems like these that makes us who we really are … so with the coming of 2006, I have but one thing to say – let’s play ball…
Resolutions to come soon.