Tuesday, July 6. 2010
My Dog Is Awesome Posted by Susan Harrison
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My Dog Is Awesome
Two years ago Chip the Miniature Schnauzer became part of our pack. Here are a few things I absolutely love about this remarkable dog, in no particular order. These behaviors are part of his nature; we have not taught him any of this.
Chip spent his first three years of life in a dreadful puppy mill before it was turned in to the authorities, the dogs seized, and this boy sent to the Miniature Schnauzer Rescue of North Texas. They cured him of a severe case of heartworms plus other parasites and injuries. Now Chip is strong and healthy, runs and walks with his humans, even 3 mile walks, which keeps him in fine form at 15½ pounds. If you have room in your home and time to devote to a fabulous family member, consider adopting a Mini Schnauzer from MSRNT. They're great!
Friday, February 12. 2010
Snow Tower of Orthanc Posted by Michael Harrison
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Snow Tower of OrthancWhat did you do today? I took a break and built a snow tower of Orthanc.
Ok, so I put the stairs on the side instead of the corner. Sue me. Here's an aerial shot.
Tuesday, February 9. 2010
Media conglomerates, you want my money? Posted by Michael Harrison
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05:28Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Media conglomerates, you want my money?Go buy a clue. If you'd stop gouging your customers, shafting your customers and suing your customers I'd buy more of your product and you probably wouldn't be laying people and/or closing your doors. Price your product for mass-market sales, make it dirt-simple to get hold of and get rid of the DRM. Friday, November 27. 2009
Leftovers Posted by Michael Harrison
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LeftoversThere's nothing quite like leftovers.
Wednesday, November 4. 2009Susan, on tap
Her tap class had a halloween performance that I had to miss (due to either flu I managed to ward off or allergies, I'm not sure which) but this picture is great. Beware the undead Susan!
Tuesday, November 3. 2009Chip in Tyler TXChip says "put the camera away and let's get walking."
Wednesday, September 9. 2009My ToyIt's my toy!
But I'll let you throw it for me. Sunday, August 16. 2009
Astro morning in the park Posted by Michael Harrison
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Astro morning in the parkI took my scope out to a nearby park early this morning to find out if the overall visibility, what astronomers call "seeing" was better if I wasn't surrounded by houses and concrete. It was. Much better. I frequently put the scope in the driveway because that's the darkest spot near the house. I'll have to do a test in the middle of the backyard to make sure it's not just the nearby concrete causes me problems. It was a bit windy so I wasn't able to get any good shots of M42, the Great Nebula in Orion, like I hoped but the views were great and there was no shimmering caused by heat waves wafting across the image. I was even able to get good views of various craters on the Moon at 250x. Unfortunately no good pictures because of the light loss at that magnification and the wind which kept wigglying the scope.
Eventually the Sun started to come up and since there weren't any sunspots visible I packed up and headed home.
Here you can see the Moon, Venus (the spot midway down, try the larger image) and my scope with the Sun coming up in the East. Wednesday, August 12. 2009Hot DogSusan and I took Chip out to the park on Sunday and afterward retired to OTB where Chip sat in the shade drinking
What a handsome boy. Tuesday, July 21. 2009
Ireland picture of the day Posted by Michael Harrison
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Ireland picture of the dayMuiredach's cross at Monasterboice in County Louth
From our in-progress 2009 trip to Ireland! |
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OK, so this won't be original any more than the umpteenth "LOL Cat" video, but it has to be written to show my love for this little dog.
