:MBPIC:20060700-Misc:IMG_1037.jpg:picLeft: :MBPIC:20060700-Misc:IMG_1039.jpg:picRight: :MBPIC:20060700-Misc:IMG_1040.jpg:picRight:

So, take teen age boys, Mentos and various carbonated drinks and what do you get? Fountains, of course.

It's time to get back to this blogging thing. But first, I will upgrade my server and blogging sofware to the latest version of everything. The main aggrevation of maintaining one's own server is the continual upgrading required as new exploits are discovered.

Anyway, I'll be back in a few days with shiny new everything. And even some more blog entries.

:MBPIC:20060222-Grandson:IMG_0431.jpg:picLeft:

I haven't been around for a while... taking a 'computer holiday'. But, while I was away from my computer, real life was going on. One of the major events was the birth of my first grandson. I already have a wonderful grand daughter, but now I have one of each.

Congratulations to the new and happy and sleepless parents.

It's a sunday night and I'm sitting here doing computer work, but when I take off my headphones I can hear the night birds calling. It's spring and the animals are calling to each other. It's different than the media message or the jets flying into the airport. There is life in the air. The call of the owls puntuates a dark night. My heart, which is not truely filled by the latest pop hit, smiles at the sound of an owl calling.

Spring is here. Turn off your streaming radio feed and listen to the night. Your true self is there.

I've been playing with other blog sites. Keeping my own site up is becoming a drag -- always updating because of bugs and exploits, sigh. I've checked out MySpace and Yahoo but I'm not totally happy with anything. I wouldn't mind letting someone else handle the administration so I can just worry about content. I wonder what I'll decide.