by CJ | Aug 31, 2009 | Journal
We aren’t sure what happened. We lost both phone and internet and the tech said it was ‘unusual’ and ‘nothing you could have caused.’ Which sort of makes us think, yep, it wasn’t us. Jane is still having trouble getting...
by CJ | Aug 30, 2009 | Journal
Oh, yes, I’m backed up. But it doesn’t help: here’s the details. 1) I knew we were creaking. I wrote to the software people to ask what the max file size was. They were supposed to answer by 2 days ago. They didn’t. I can now answer the...
by CJ | Aug 29, 2009 | Journal
We got the stone lantern yesterday. It is so perfect for the scale of the garden. We set a tealight in it last night, and sat out there and just had a quiet drink in the garden after dark, both a slightly somber occasion, remembering family, and a happy one....
by CJ | Aug 28, 2009 | Journal
Closed Circle. We don’t have everything up, but there is a hint of content. We haven’t got an actual ‘anything’ yet, but as Lynn says, you can go push buttons and kick the tires and provide whatever comments you like in whatever venue you like....
by CJ | Aug 28, 2009 | Journal
Closed Circle. We don’t have everything up, but there is a hint of content. We haven’t got an actual ‘anything’ yet, but as Lynn says, you can go push buttons and kick the tires and provide whatever comments you like in whatever venue you like....
by CJ | Aug 27, 2009 | Journal
You know one of my hobbies is genealogy. And you’ve heard the 6 Degrees of Separation theory. Well, I have one for you. You are one. Your parents are 2. Your grandparents are 4 in number. Your great-grandparents are 8. You have 16 great-great (or 2nd-great)...
by CJ | Aug 27, 2009 | Journal
You know one of my hobbies is genealogy. And you’ve heard the 6 Degrees of Separation theory. Well, I have one for you. You are one. Your parents are 2. Your grandparents are 4 in number. Your great-grandparents are 8. You have 16 great-great (or 2nd-great)...
by CJ | Aug 26, 2009 | Journal
Thank you all for signing up, and I hope you find it a pleasant place to hang out. I can’t say, because I don’t know who was the 500th member…but you all are the first member AND the 500th. Let’s reach for our next 500!
by CJ | Aug 25, 2009 | Journal
It has apparently stopped disappearing everytime she makes a move to remove the ‘scaffold’, she has apparently found all the stray asterisks, located the mistake in the instruction book, and, according to Lynn…we are now attempting to handle...
by CJ | Aug 25, 2009 | Journal
http://www.janefancher.com/TheCaptainAndLime/ She’s been doing a hysterical rundown on the woes during my absence and later—
by CJ | Aug 24, 2009 | Journal
It hadn’t cleared appreciably, and new green algae started growing. Arrgh!f This is where I put on my water chemistry hat and bite the bullet and get the (fairly expensive) phosphate remover. Or, as we say in the marine reef biz, don’t bother getting a...
by CJ | Aug 23, 2009 | Journal
The pond is still a murky mess, but the fish are eating, and doing well. They’re spooked because they can’t see in the murk, but they know our voices (try talking to your fish: “Here, fishie, fishie, fishie!”) and will come when called to eat....