Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!! I hope you have someone to love you and, if not, I hope this next year brings someone into your life. What the world needs now is love, sweet love. :-)
Feb 14, 2004 - Bussing It
Since the operation , they haven't been letting me drive. Well, next week I'll be an American again. :-) In the mean time, I've been discovering the city's bus system.
Monday I went downtown to do some Valentine's Day shopping. On Wednesday, I took the bus to one side of town for a doctor appointment and then I took the bus and train to the other side of town to pick up a book where I work. That's two errands in one day. People with cars think they can get 10 errands done in one day. That's not a human pace of life. Buses are much more casual.
There are a few pictures of my travels.
Feb 10, 2004 - Colors of the Planets
I'm constantly amazed by what can be found on the web
At Slashdot, there is the mention of the not well publisized (at least in the US) Russian Rovers on the Moon (including a rover that lasted 11 months and sent back TV pictures from the surface). This lead to articles on the Soviet exploration of Venus (with pictures taken from the Venus surface) and eventually to people who worry about the color of the planets .
Yes, that's right, the color of the planets. It seems that the cameras we sent out into the universe have many limitations (they take multiple filtered images that are merged together or they use reference colors that are effected by the planetary conditions) so there is some controversy on what the images really look like. There are those that think that Mars is not the bright red most of us have seen. And the colors of Saturn or Pluto -- that's a whole different discussion.
Like I said, I'm amazed by what I can learn on the web. It's not all drek.
Feb 7, 2004 - Color me with a happy crayon
Living Reflections On a Dream lead me to another quiz:
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Feb 4, 2004 - Girls of Yore
On the front page of the October 26, 1908 Oregonian (which also had the article about the sudden death of my great-great-grandfather) is this article decrying the drop in marriage certificates issued in Boston. Clergymen were interviewed and they were sure that the phenomenon was due to "the girl of today liked her independence too much to marry". This is enforced by "the prospective husband might not be able to furnish er with the latest-cut gown and newest creation from the modiste shop".
Boy, if this trend started in 1908, things must be really messed up today :-) .
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