Is that right? Autumn? Must be some sort of Latin influence with an 'N' after an 'M', but who cares.
I love the change in the year. From Summer to Fall, from Fall to Winter, Winter to Spring and Spring to Summer.
Today, celebrates the arrival of Fall.
After Labor Day, it's official arrival of the campaign season, and Fall reminds me of traveling the state helping great candidates with radio, newspaper and direct mail pieces to get people motivated to vote for good people who have put themselves out for public scrutiny.
I look out the window and still see the blossoms of the crepe myrtles, with the vibrate dark pink and other colors still in bloom. I wonder how they have lasted so long, but I'm glad they are here to greet Fall.
And while it's warm, we all know that there will be cooler nights because of the shortening of the daylight. As I wake up earlier and earlier (I guess there is something to the circadian clock) I find myself driving in darkness. Soon, after the change to Standard Time, I'll wake up and drive in darkness to work and drive in near darkness home at night.
And so it goes, another year, shortening the daylight ever more fast approaching Winter. Soon some of the holiest days for religions will arrive.
As the old year heads towards the New Year of 2008, I can't wait for 08!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
No Quotes...No Pictures....No Comments
Apparently I write interesting things.
Who would have thunk it?
Recently, in the statewide newspaper, The Oklahoman, I've been quoted once in a story about what indicates Fall is coming, and interviewed by reporters about the iPhone.
I didn't buy an iPhone, but I put my comments on The Oklahoman's Forum pages and discussed my experience about the drop in price regarding iPods.
I waited a long time to buy an MP3 player and decided on a Sansa unit with 2 gigabite of memory for about $100. It was a great deal and I still have the unit and may keep it for excercise or driving, we'll see.
Anyway---I recently purchased an 80 gig iPod unit and paid around $325 which is a pretty good deal. I've transferred all my music and I'm starting to winnow out the duplicate songs.
Unless you've been under a rock, you know prices dropped, you get more for less but the bottom line is that the price for an 80 gig iPod dropped by about $100.
I contacted the store I purchased the unit from after the price reduction and asked what they could do, and they volunteered to credit my account for the difference---WOW.
I was pleasantly surprised and happen to mention this to The Oklahoman. They called me and interviewed me about my experience, the story ran Saturday, but I didn't make the story. Too bad, but I tried.
Who would have thunk it?
Recently, in the statewide newspaper, The Oklahoman, I've been quoted once in a story about what indicates Fall is coming, and interviewed by reporters about the iPhone.
I didn't buy an iPhone, but I put my comments on The Oklahoman's Forum pages and discussed my experience about the drop in price regarding iPods.
I waited a long time to buy an MP3 player and decided on a Sansa unit with 2 gigabite of memory for about $100. It was a great deal and I still have the unit and may keep it for excercise or driving, we'll see.
Anyway---I recently purchased an 80 gig iPod unit and paid around $325 which is a pretty good deal. I've transferred all my music and I'm starting to winnow out the duplicate songs.
Unless you've been under a rock, you know prices dropped, you get more for less but the bottom line is that the price for an 80 gig iPod dropped by about $100.
I contacted the store I purchased the unit from after the price reduction and asked what they could do, and they volunteered to credit my account for the difference---WOW.
I was pleasantly surprised and happen to mention this to The Oklahoman. They called me and interviewed me about my experience, the story ran Saturday, but I didn't make the story. Too bad, but I tried.
Monday, September 03, 2007
R U Kidding?
They say when you're a hammer then everything looks like a nail.
I read the entire transcript of the police interview with Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) and now I wonder if resigning was the right thing to do?
Let's have some fun first.
First, it was wrong for him to be in a men's room, if you need to relieve yourself, it's always better to use the lady's room. That way there probably won't be any undercover police officers tapping their feet.
And, since there wouldn't be male officers in a lady's room, you wouldn't have to wonder if the next stall was merely listening to an iPod and that's the reason you're tapping their feet. Oh yeah, that reminds me of "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" and you begin tapping your feet because that's a great song.
Oh, oh, he's tapping his feet and moving them closer to yours--WHAT DO YOU DO?
"Dude, move you're foot!" would be your only retort if you were in a men's room, but if you're in a lady's room---this could be interesting.
But back to Sen. Craig----if a police officer is sitting in a men's room waiting for someone to tap their feet and getting paid for it---WHAT A COUNTRY!
I'd like to think the reason this particular officer is in an Idaho airport men's room, he's there because he did something so bad that he was banished from the street. I wouldn't think he volunteered? Or did he?
He also appears to be very good at mimicking homosexual bathroom behavior? Hmmmm. Certainly he isn't out cruising, is he? Let's hope not.
Perhaps Sen. Craig did those things, perhaps the police entrapped him and others. I hope not. Sadly it presents even more of a double standard. Why did Sen. Craig leave while others, mostly liberals, remain in office? Points to ponder....
I read the entire transcript of the police interview with Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) and now I wonder if resigning was the right thing to do?
Let's have some fun first.
First, it was wrong for him to be in a men's room, if you need to relieve yourself, it's always better to use the lady's room. That way there probably won't be any undercover police officers tapping their feet.
And, since there wouldn't be male officers in a lady's room, you wouldn't have to wonder if the next stall was merely listening to an iPod and that's the reason you're tapping their feet. Oh yeah, that reminds me of "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" and you begin tapping your feet because that's a great song.
Oh, oh, he's tapping his feet and moving them closer to yours--WHAT DO YOU DO?
"Dude, move you're foot!" would be your only retort if you were in a men's room, but if you're in a lady's room---this could be interesting.
But back to Sen. Craig----if a police officer is sitting in a men's room waiting for someone to tap their feet and getting paid for it---WHAT A COUNTRY!
I'd like to think the reason this particular officer is in an Idaho airport men's room, he's there because he did something so bad that he was banished from the street. I wouldn't think he volunteered? Or did he?
He also appears to be very good at mimicking homosexual bathroom behavior? Hmmmm. Certainly he isn't out cruising, is he? Let's hope not.
Perhaps Sen. Craig did those things, perhaps the police entrapped him and others. I hope not. Sadly it presents even more of a double standard. Why did Sen. Craig leave while others, mostly liberals, remain in office? Points to ponder....
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