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G’night heavenly rose.
May 4, 2008 at 10:56 am
Comment #46800
Good night, lovely rose!
No plans for the afternoon, yet. I work until 3, but it’s nice today!
May 4, 2008 at 10:52 am
Comment #46799
Be my guest, Amy! I did
at that one.
Night, sweet ♥
May 4, 2008 at 10:48 am
Comment #46798
There was something else I thought the phone might have, but can’t remember it now.
I know what you mean, ‘glo. Like when you discover a wonderful song, it gets high rotation, and you can’t stand it any more.
And, with that, my loverly uvelies, I best be off to bed.
Glo, I hope you have the afternoon off so you can do your own thing, or hang out with the motorcycle (and have a great day). Amy, you have a great day, too!
Oh, now I remember on the phone - it has options for what type of pic you are taking - against the sun, portrait, low light, etc. That’s handy, too, though I haven’t really noticed a difference.
May 4, 2008 at 10:47 am
Comment #46797
That’s actually what I thought you meant, but then your comment said something about asking their permission, so then I thought I was way off base. Oh, I see now. You said you were too self-conscious to ask them. Now, it all makes sense you big white foreign turd! (jokes)
That’s a funny expression. I may try to work it into “normal” conversation today
May 4, 2008 at 10:47 am
Comment #46796
Moral dilemma with taking photos of people without them knowing it
I’ve seen photos of myself looking like big white foreign turd at festivals and that kind of thing where people took my photo because I was different, yet I didn’t know them from Adam…
I really like candid shots, but I feel too rude to take them (if I had the camera to do so).
May 4, 2008 at 10:44 am
Comment #46795
Yeah, I hate it when a perfectly good poem is ruined by overuse and over-simplification. I have another Robert Frost in the pipeline, though, one of my favorites. I’m waiting to get a good pic to go with it.
May 4, 2008 at 10:27 am
Comment #46794
That’s totally cool that your cameraphone has a macro button! Macros rock.
Moral dilemma with taking pics of people working?
May 4, 2008 at 10:20 am
Comment #46793
I’d be a bit scared of it being associated with that self-help book by Peck. But, well, a classic is a classic…
Something must be rubbing off, eh, Amy? Finding that macro button improved things incredibly!
Plus, Spring is very pretty - there are so many winsome subjects out there.
I would have really liked to have taken some photos of the women and families out planting the rice over the last few days, but I would feel too self-conscious asking them, and they were definitely too far away to get a good shot with the mobile. Also, even though I like looking at photos that are taken like that, I have a bit of a moral issue with taking them myself.
May 4, 2008 at 10:16 am
Comment #46792
You’re very welcome, hon. Your skillz are getting bettr, to.
why did I lapse into lolspeak?
May 4, 2008 at 10:06 am
Comment #46791
I have been wanting to use the Robert Frost several times, rose, because it seems to coincide with my life right now, but I’ve been resisting it because it’s, well, too obvious! Great minds, eh?
May 4, 2008 at 10:06 am
Comment #46790
And will you put up a Robert Frost poem with it ‘glo? Or would that be too obvious?
And thank you.
Fact of the matter is that I’m often too lazy to get close enough to the ground to get a good perspective
What, you want me to get off my bike and shoot this? Who do ya think I am? Annie Leibowitz? Not that I see her taking too many nature shots…
May 4, 2008 at 10:04 am
Comment #46789
I do have a great camera phone. I think there is more that I can probably do with it, too.
I’m still playing between flickr and here, so thanks for the very quick comment
I realised after I posted that comment about Warhol just what you were referring to - duh for me! I do like Warhol, and I like those collages (?) you do too.
Oh, house cleaning. Guess I better do that tomorrow (I’ve got one more hour).
Go and take those pics, too! I love looking at them.
May 4, 2008 at 10:00 am
Comment #46788
I love that path, rose. I will take a picture of a similar path I walk on next time and post it.
May 4, 2008 at 10:00 am
Comment #46787
Sounds like you have a great camera phone!
May 4, 2008 at 9:57 am
Comment #46786
Sounds fun, rose.
Me? Probably house-cleaning. (It needs it, lord knows)
I might go take some pics, too.
May 4, 2008 at 9:56 am
Comment #46785
I figured out how to change the sizes a while back - but I’ve also discovered the zoom and the macro functions
May 4, 2008 at 9:55 am
Comment #46784
Ooh, you asked me a question, sorry. This evening I’m on flickr, as you know
Flickr is the thing most responsible for this wrist. I’ve had a great weekend so far. Fri to Tues are holidays, and I visited the temple Fri, went for the huge bike ride yesterday, and just a smaller bike ride today to the park where I took that pic.
The weather is heavenly. I have to plant out a few plants tomorrow. All is good. Though I would like to have done a bit more housework!
How are you, love? What’s on the agenda today?
May 4, 2008 at 9:54 am
Comment #46783
I agree, it’s a wonderful idea. What I like about that one is the perspective. Similiar to the comment I made about the statues in the wall.
Have you gotten a new cell phone? Your pics seem to be bigger sizes now.
May 4, 2008 at 9:54 am
Comment #46782
Thanks Ames,
and for your other comments and favourite(s) too. I didn’t have any particular feeling about that one…I just thought progress of the path through the seasons might be interesting.
May 4, 2008 at 9:47 am
Comment #46781
That is a great picture, rose! I’ll have to go favorite it.
How you doing this morning?
May 4, 2008 at 9:37 am
Comment #46780
Hi Amy (or should I say Dunstin? - No, that’s the keyboard), and ‘Glo. Hope you two are fine ♥
a hint of summer
Amy’s path updated.
Hope fantasy can pop in today. I’m flitting.
May 4, 2008 at 9:35 am
Comment #46779
Me, too. It is very funny.
Lately, when I’m typing a comment, my keyboard seems to lose interest in the project, making me leave letters or spaces off of words.
Strange. E-mailed you back, luv.
May 4, 2008 at 9:31 am
Comment #46778
That’s a good one, amy. I can see getting a lot of use for that word!
May 4, 2008 at 9:23 am
Comment #46777
While I’m waiting for that email, here’s a funny one from urban dicitionary:
Shituation
n.: a bad situation, 2.: a dramatic, usually negative happening resulting in utter shit in one’s life.
May 4, 2008 at 9:20 am
Comment #46776
I don’t doubt that you are an excellent baker. I guess swapping methods was what I had in mind.
I think you’re right about fantasy’s surgery. We have to light some extra special votives for that!
I’ll go check my e-mail, brb.
May 4, 2008 at 9:15 am
Comment #46775
Well, she is an excellent baker, but, all modesty aside, so am I, so when we talk baking it’s not exactly advice so much as exchanging methods.
I think this is the week fantasy goes to see the surgeon? I hope they can fix her up! I am not a naturally physically active person–I make excellent cat furniture–but even I get antsy if I don’t get out and get moving once every couple of days, I’m sure fantasy must be going nuts!
I hope Crash finds a job he enjoys that the doctor will let him do.
I’m sending you an e-mail.
May 4, 2008 at 9:12 am
Comment #46774
Ah, okay. I was expecting some baking tips,
Glad to hear her husband is recovering so well.
Speaking of which, I wonder when Crash will be able to go back to work (as per his doctor, that is). He’s so itchy to be active again.
And fantasy, I know the inactivity is killing her .
May 4, 2008 at 9:06 am
Comment #46773
You always scintillate me, amy.
Relationship advice. I admire the relationship she has with her husband (he was the one who had the bypass surgery a few months ago, he’s doing great and went back to work this week, looking better than I’ve ever seen him), so I was picking her brain a bit, and she loves to give advice. Has a lot of common sense relationship-wise.
May 4, 2008 at 9:00 am
Comment #46772
Well, he left before he knew you were here, Glo.
Apparently, my conversational gambits were less than scintillating.
What kind of advice?
May 4, 2008 at 8:55 am
Comment #46771
Guess Wade didn’t want to talk to me after all.
Good morning, amy, my love. Sorry I didn’t check in sooner, was getting advice from today’s baker over our coffee.
May 4, 2008 at 8:51 am
Comment #46770
doing OK
i’m about to shut down the computer and start plowing through the paper
hope you have a great day, ♥ amy ♥
May 4, 2008 at 8:48 am
Comment #46769
Pretty good, thanks. Just having my coffee, watching shows on the DVR and playing with my photos.
How about you?
May 4, 2008 at 8:38 am
Comment #46768
LOL, amy ♥
you always come through for me in the clutch
how are you this morning?
May 4, 2008 at 8:36 am
Comment #46767
Since I don’t want you worrying about your sanity, I am listening to you Wade
May 4, 2008 at 8:27 am
Comment #46766
they say that talking to yourself indicates one of two things: you’re insane or have money in the bank.
let’s check the account.
accessing…. and….
oh.
May 4, 2008 at 8:24 am
Comment #46765
well said, CB
that’s why i don’t make a big deal about my height. there are so many other things that are more important.
May 4, 2008 at 8:15 am
Comment #46764
oh, rose
as i was drifting off to sleep, i realized you were calling you mum a week early. then i thought maybe it is different in oz.
my mother would have laughed about it… and still expect a call on the correct day
May 4, 2008 at 8:12 am
Comment #46763
good morning, glo ♥
how has your day dawned?
May 4, 2008 at 7:50 am
Comment #46762
Good morning, my friends.
May 4, 2008 at 6:14 am
Comment #46761
G’Night C.B
And I should tell you that I have a lot of respect for you too.
Sleep well.
May 4, 2008 at 3:13 am
Comment #46760
Yeah, little things, like tough and tender…I get ya.
G’night, Son.
May 4, 2008 at 3:09 am
Comment #46759
Whatever fulfills you is a good choice, Crash. just be thankful that you have this time to make choices. Life is funny, isn’t it?
It’s late/early, I’d better get some sleep.
Good night my friend.
May 4, 2008 at 3:05 am
Comment #46758
My biggest example when I was a kid was this neighbour Jeff.
He had all these 57 Chevy parts laying out on the lawn and the frame and tank to his Bike all the time.
But that man had a great value system…
He’d tell me I needed to clean up my mouth and stop talking like a sailor cause no one would respect me that way, but gave me a raincoat on my way to school cause I didn’t have one…He didn’t want me getting sick cause it wouldn’t do me any good.
Stuff like that.
The kind’a man I WANTED to say “Yes Sir” to.
May 4, 2008 at 3:04 am
Comment #46757
I know what you mean, Crash. My stepfather was my example of manhood and i try very hard each day to live up to his memory.
A man can accept some things, some things he cannot. The examples given us by the men in our lives inform us of what we can absorb and when we must stand our ground.
This is a strange wisdom.
May 4, 2008 at 2:53 am
Comment #46756
I’ve actually been kind’a looking for another job here.
I know it’s a little soon, but I was thinking that if I find one that doesn’t require me to do manual labor, I might be okay…
I don’t know, I just don’t like the sitting around and being unproductive thing…I never liked being still for too long.
May 4, 2008 at 2:47 am
Comment #46755
You know,
I know I had a lot of people influance me and gave me direction, to be the person I am today.
And even though I didn’t really have a dad I had the examples of people I respected when I was younger and thought that when I grew up I want to be more like him,
Or If I could pick my dad I would want this person to be him…
Kind’a weird I guess, but it gave me someones example to follow and I’m glad I had that, cause who know’s…It helps though, so I can be that for my son…someone to look up to.
LOL, or 6′8 like my neighbour…
May 4, 2008 at 2:33 am
Comment #46754
Now if we could just find a way to be 6′3″ like Wade…!!!
May 4, 2008 at 2:25 am
Comment #46753
Thanks C.B.
That means a lot to me…really it does.
You’re pretty awesome youself too man…Just ask anyone who knows you I’m sure.
May 4, 2008 at 2:19 am
Comment #46752
I keep wanting to call you a “good kid”, Crash…even though I know that you are a grown man.
I admire the way you have conducted yourself as i have watched your life change.
You are a good soul, Bowen.
May 4, 2008 at 2:12 am
Comment #46751
PEOPLE ARE STILL UP !!!
Hi again rose…and bye too,
have fun !
Hey C.B.,
How you doing ?
True,
I’d rather have people who really respect me because they want to,
instead of people who pretend to because they fear or hate me.
I like the real stuff…
May 4, 2008 at 1:49 am
Comment #46750
After all is said and done what we are is more important than who we are.
I’d rather be remembered for my unique perspective than for conformity to a dictated given.
But that’s just me.
Crash, and anyone else…you can go as far as your heart allows you to go, so why not reach high?
The brass ring awaits, just reach out for it!
May 4, 2008 at 1:43 am
Comment #46749
Hi guys - not sure of the time, and just dropping in to say damn, Mother’s Day is next Sunday!
I guess maybe it’s a May Day/ Labo(u)r Day kind of thing - putting it on the second Sunday (so that, in theory, they don’t conflict - though labour day is all over the shop nowadays, datewise).
Well, at least that’s one obligation off the list
I always get that one wrong.
Crash (and CB?) I’m not sticking around - sorry, hon. But I hope Fantasy and ZB come in, and CB might still be around.
Have a good night.
May 4, 2008 at 1:42 am
Comment #46748
I hate wordpress !!
Anyone still up ???
I agree C.B.
I have more friends than enemies…and really no true enemies that I can think of.
So I guess I’ve made a good impression on a person or two here and there.
May 4, 2008 at 1:34 am
Comment #46747
Crash, Re: being five foot seven,
I have learned as a long and lean (L&L) guy that the size of the footprint you leave on the hearts of the people you walk among is more important than the depth of the footprint you leave on the ground you walk on.
May 4, 2008 at 1:21 am
Comment #46746
I used to have a Haitian neighbor, Marshall, who was about 6′6″ and wide as a barn, when Celeste passed he gave me the greatest man-hug ever known.
I’ll never forget that.
Be well ladies, ♥ ♥ ♥
May 4, 2008 at 12:31 am
Comment #46745
Night, hon - and I’m off to make my phone call.
Night, CB ♥ . Doesn’t matter about the path to hell, seeing as you’re an atheist, or maybe a newly converted pastarian
I might be back later
May 4, 2008 at 12:29 am
Comment #46744
So saying - in reference to enlarging things (MT) - I can’t get that 2nd note to get much bigger.
May 4, 2008 at 12:26 am
Comment #46743
Thanks for the cosmos pic, rose. Lovely.
I am up too late, it’s a workday tomorrow. See you in your evening, I hope.
Good night, CB, good day, rose
♥ ♥ ♥
May 4, 2008 at 12:26 am
Comment #46742
LOL CB re: nose hair. My brother started developing ear hair in his 30s. He’s a blondey, so they were a mucky, dishwater colour…
Glo, I just put my futon out to air - and I’m just going to pop out to call my mother for mother’s day. I was going to go to a small village nearby, but was active Fri and Sat, so might take a bit of a break today. Just some balcony gardening and inside cleaning.
I also want to write up a wee story for Fantasy about yesterday’s ride.
Night ♥ Wade ♥
You’re up late, ‘Glo.
Crash has got a reallife life tonight… lol.
May 4, 2008 at 12:23 am
Comment #46741
Shoes!! Give me a break! My step-son wears a size 16. We had to go hither and yon to find a place that sold such an outrageous men’s size!
My nose hairs come in as a marvelous white, I’m hoping my head does the same at some point in the distant future.
G’night, Playa…you’ll always be 5′10 in my heart! ♥ !
May 4, 2008 at 12:14 am
Comment #46740
Good night, Wade.
What’s on the agenda for today, rose?
May 4, 2008 at 12:13 am
Comment #46739
well, it is after midnight for me, so i am going to call it a night
y’all have fun
bye CB & rose & glo
May 4, 2008 at 12:10 am
Comment #46738
Ok, I have now backread.
About the Genius of Sheboygan, Wade, I can only say, WTF. There is no other response. If I knew her personally, I would like to step on her ears wearing cleats, but what else can you do but shake your head?
I would consider getting Lasik if I had the money to spend. It would be so nice to see what time it is when I wake up in the middle of the night without having to put my glasses on. Yes, I have a clock radio with the BIG numbers. No go.
I don’t dye my hair, but luckily most of the grey is coming in under the top layer of blondish and lightening up the more mousy under layer.
Being a shrimp myself, CB (5′1″, in case you missed the earlier discussion), I have never gunned for the taller guys. Not that I have anything against height. It’s really never been a priority in what I consider attractive in a man, one way or another.
May 4, 2008 at 12:10 am
Comment #46737
too true CB. they threatened to put a rock on my head to stop me growing… but figured my feet would grow faster, and shoes were more expensive than pants
May 4, 2008 at 12:08 am
Comment #46736
more like a geek clod, CB
my dad’s hair turned jet black as he got older
i have hair like my mom’s - light brown with silvery gray shot through it… looks grayer after a haircut, and gets darker as my hair grows out. weird
May 4, 2008 at 12:06 am
Comment #46735
It’s kind of fun watching them bitch about new pants every 3 to 5 weeks, isn’t it Playa?
May 4, 2008 at 12:02 am
Comment #46734
Hey ‘glo darling…
CB - I get so jealous when people say that at 46 or 51 (Fantasy) that they are not grey-haired.
Being one of the black-haired, or brunette, anyway (just reference to the MT ) my greys have been showing up since I was 16. I think if I didn’t dye now (about once every 4 weeks) I’d be pretty grey all over. I don’t picture myself that way.
I used to dye for fun, now… *sigh*
I went grey for a while, but everyone guessed my age correctly so I stopped!
Plus, grey for me is more like a bit of white hair someone accidently dipped into oil. None of this groovy salt and pepper stuff.
May 3, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Comment #46733
Look out, ‘glo!!! Looks like Wade is a Greek God!!!!
May 3, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Comment #46732
hi (((glo)))
my dad was 5′11″ and my mom 5′5″, CB
i grew 11″ in less than a year… i know what you mean
May 3, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Comment #46731
My mom and sister are 5-1, my brother 5-6.5 and my dad is about 5-7. They have all of the other attributes, muscles for the men, you know for the women, and I got some height.
Of course they are all gray-haired and I have yet to experience that at 46, so I’ll take the trade-off.
May 3, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Comment #46730
(((CB)))
Hi everyone!
May 3, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Comment #46729
No eye for detail here, Wade… should have been obvious.
A Scottish friend in Oman got eye laser surgery incredibly cheap (no taxes)… just gotta change your location and vocation I guess.
She doesn’t wear glasses or contacts now.
May 3, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Comment #46728
Funny thing is that I was always the shortest kid in class. I grew 10 inches between 9th and 11th grades and boy did my knees pay the price!
I still think I’m short until I’m in a room full of people.
*shut up, wade*
May 3, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Comment #46727
just because the story is from wisconsin, their state of residence, rose
ROFL, CB i guess i am full of surprises
May 3, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Comment #46726
I tell Crash he is the right height for me and he goes back into real life *sigh*
Long legs, okay shaped arms - not too many problems here…
There are two wacked-out people in that story. Why did you post it for Glo and UHG, Wade? I haven’t backread everything yet, so maybe I’ll find out.
Day was good. Nice swim. Weather is good. Am going to plant out some lobelia and lavender.
Hey CB. Long time, no chat.
Airplane seating is only comfortable if you’re one metre tall (3′2) in my opinion…
May 3, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Comment #46725
I never thought of it that way, Gigantor! LOL
I always pictured you as about 5-9 to 5-11 and bureaucratic.
May 3, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Comment #46724
later Crash
the flowers are beautiful, rose
May 3, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Comment #46723
Hey, I’ll check back in later
IRL calls right now…
Have fun.
May 3, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Comment #46722
My sister’s taller than me…
By 1 1/2 inches…
May 3, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Comment #46721
i agree, Crash. when i heard the story on the news tonight, i was pretty sure heavy drinking was involved
hey there, rose ♥ hope your day dawned well
i’ll remember how you feel, CB, the next time i shoehorn myself into an airplane seat
May 3, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Comment #46720
Hey rose !!
How’s it going ?
May 3, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Comment #46719