Archive for September, 2004
Marcos’ Birthday
From Sassy Lawyer, a tidbit I hadn’t been aware of: September 11th was the birthday of Ferdinand Marcos. How apt. Read on for a nice capsule summary of Marcos’ life and tyranny.
Ne’er Re’isited
It only occurred to me last night, as I was reading the original words to Greensleeves, that perhaps the reason old hymns tended to pronounce words such as “ever” and “heaven” as single-syllables with silent v’s was because the archaic form used u’s rather than v’s in the middle of words, and was therefore pronounced [...]
Photos from Last Christmas
It took me nine months to get down to it, but I’ve finally uploaded and captioned the photo albums for my trip to the Philippines last Christmas: Christmas in Manila — photos of me with family and friends through the holidays — and Santa Cruz Y Majayjay — a couple of days in Laguna to [...]
Baby Bunny
One more NJ photo I forgot to post: this little baby bunny that hangs around Amy’s yard. He’s about the size of my fist, and can often be seen hopping about the front lawn or resting under one of the chairs in the backyard. Fidgety, but also rather brave, he let me get in this [...]
Empire State Building
Early Monday morning, Amy and I visited the Empire State Building. We arrived there about 11am, and got to the 86th Floor observation deck in less than an hour. Tourist volume, while heavy, was far lighter than what we expected for a summer holiday. It was a perfect day to go up there: bright, warm, [...]
Scenes from a Suburb
I was up in the Garden State with Amy through Labor Day weekend, and I’m always amused at how quintessentially suburban so much of the state is (with the possible exception of Trenton and Newark). Some sights from the quiet, sleepy towns of NJ: A butterfly on a bush in Cranford, where Amy and I [...]
“The Genesis Experiment is a failure.”
Wham. Ouch. The Genesis space probe, designed to hover in space at a La Grange Point to collect solar wind samples and return them to Earth via stunt-helicopter-grab, failed to open its parachute on descent, and slammed into Earth at over 100 MPH. One wonders whether JPL/NASA could have opted for some less risky, somewhat [...]
Blogshares
I’ve been having some problems with Blogshares lately. (Link goes to a brief history of Blogshares’ troubles last year, as described by StupidEvilBastard.com) Apparently they saw fit to add Mobrownpau to trading, without so much as a by-your-leave or even a note by email. I only found out about the unauthorized listing when Blogshares profile [...]
A Very Russian Rail Ride
Up in NJ to visit Amy for the long weekend. Last night’s train ride out of DC was packed, but I managed to get a seat in the cafe car, where my seat neighbor, a fellow commuter, kindly introduced me to the delectable joys of a White Russian (kahlau, vodka, and milk). Excellent stuff: like [...]
Judiciary Squirrel
Here’s a bold little squirrel that came right up to me outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse Building near Judiciary Square. May have been related to Supreme Court Attack Squirrel. Photo taken with a Sony Ericsson Communicam attachment (on T300 phone).