Blogging

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For those of us with itchy rears, I'd just like to say that scratching those itches can be a very important activity.

Rhymes with Orange at the ZOO

Rhymes with Orange

Great band with some
great music. Don't worry
about the rhymes.
Just listen up!

Check 'em out;

Rhymes with Orange

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Headline

Political Briefings At Agencies Disclosed

White House Calls Meetings Lawful

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Apparently they bought an L to go in front of awful to make things look better.

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The Bel Airs

The Bel Airs
were back at the ZOO for another great show.

Check 'em out!
http://www.belairs.com/index.html
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TSUMI

TSUMI was back at the ZOO for another evening of good music and dancing. I love it!

You can check out their stuff at:

http://www.myspace.com/tsumimusic
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VAGO

VA means move it in Spanish, and GO means the same in English.
VAGO makes you move in whatever language you speak.

Check em out here: http://www.vagomusic.com/
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ZOOfotos Blues Messengers

Good Music for Good Times
The Blues Messengers
You know you should'a been there. No excuses accepted.

Check 'em out at:

http://bluesmessengers.com/
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Herr Profesor Doktor Kearney Rides Again!

I'll be giving a presentation on website creation to SENCUG (South East Nebraska Computer User's Group) next Wednesday. It's sure to be a big hit, so everybody show up, OK!

It'll be nice to put my professor's robes back on for a short bit. I always did like teaching. I just didn't like all the departmental politics and other crap that went along with it.

Rain!

Do we really need THIS much rain??

I guess I'm just getting spring fever, but after a whole winter inside wasting all my time on the computer, I'm ready to spend a little time in the sun. We had just a taste a week ago, but it's been cold and cloudy since, and I hate it.

New Camera

I went out and splurged on a new compact Canon camera, the SD40 Digital Elph.

This baby is really small, about half the size of my palm.

The flash is a little small too, only illuminating to about six or eight feet, which is a bit short for a lot of the stuff that I do. Still it should work fine for a second camera. It does seem to handle low light pretty well, and there are in camera adjustments that I can use to improve that.

I wasn't too impressed with the documentation, particularly the setup descriptions; and I would rather not use a cradle, but I guess that's the trade off you have for the small size.

There is supposedly some anti shake technology built into the camera, but I didn't notice that it made a marked improvement in the inside shots I took without a flash. I probably need to experiment a bit more, and compare to some shots taken with another camera to get a better idea of how it's actually doing.

There does seem to be more of a learning curve than I really want with a second camera though. I don't want to be spending all my time experimenting, I just want some good point and shoot pictures. --gk

St. Patrick's Day Silliness

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We had this bagpipe band at the Zoo to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. After listening to them for awhile, I know why the Irish are such heavy drinkers. I don't really have anything against bagpipes, they look and sound great in military parades, but they aren't what I'd call easy listening either, and I'm Irish.

Anyway we got to listen to the greens instead of the blues for a change, but I think I'm going to stick to the blues until next March 17th. Takes a lot of Guiness to love a bagpipe tune.

New York Times Letters on Libby

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These are portions of some letters from the New York Times in response to an article about the Scooter libby verdict. --gk

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To the Editor:

The conviction of I. Lewis Libby Jr. on perjury and obstruction of justice charges presents a serious dilemma for President Bush. How does the president now pardon a convicted felon who once worked for the very White House that the president repeatedly promised to restore honor and integrity to?

Jack Nargundkar, Germantown, Md., March 7, 2007

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I. Lewis Libby Jr. has been called the fall guy for the Bush administration. His guilty verdict and eventual appeal will probably do little to assuage that argument.

But it is worth pointing out that Mr. Libby simply lied when he should have told the truth. Perhaps he was lying to cover for someone else, but only he will know the truth about that.

But on the same day that Mr. Libby’s guilty verdict was splashed across the headlines, it was reported that nine more soldiers had been killed in bombings in Iraq. Like it or not, our soldiers and marines are the true fall guys of this administration, not Mr. Libby.

Dan Shea, Seattle, March 7, 2007

The writer’s brother, Lt. Col. Kevin M. Shea, was killed in Falluja on Sept. 14, 2004.

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The Libby verdict reminds us that after much painstaking effort, one may be convicted of lying to the F.B.I., but not yet of lying to the American people.

Howard Popper, Phoenix, March 7, 2007

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If they jailed everyone who lied to the American people, who'd be left running the country. I guess we'd get to give anarchy a try. No government at all. --gk

Just in Case

Just in case some of you alert readers noticed my absence, I have an explanation. I've gone over to the dark side/site and bought a Mac.

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Happy New Year

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Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year to Everyone.

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Merry Christmas 2006

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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

Try to restrain yourself from eating too much candy and Christmas dinner. (That way there'll be more for me.) Make some good resolutions for 2007, and pray for peace.

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NaNoWriMo Winner

National Novel Writing Month

I was a winner this year. I managed to string together 50,000 words of crap, so I get to call myself a writer. They even sent me a little temporary tatoo to impress my friends with.

I was kind of surprised that I could get that much done in such a short time, and I did learn that I need to think a lot more about the structure of the story BEFORE I start writing. My characters just ran away with the plot, and now they won't give it back.

I still have a way to go before I'm actually done. They don't actually ask you to finish the novel, just to get the word count. I'm gonna take a break though. The sun is shining, so maybe I'll ride my bike. It's windy and below freezing though, so maybe I'll just curl up with a book or magazine. I've gotten a bit behind on my reading while I was doing all that writing.

Happy Thanksgiving

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Cluelessness

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I loved this poster from: www.despair.com They have a lot of similar stuff for sale as well. Demotivators they call them. Love it. --gk

Biking Brrrr.

I didn't actually see any snow when I was out biking today, but it was cold enough. There was about a twenty mile-per-hour wind from the North as well, so I had my work cut out for me on my way home. I guess brisk is a bit of an understatement. I did enjoy the ride though. If it doesn't warm up some, it will get old pretty fast though. I guess I should be used to it. I've lived in Nebraska since 1943, and we've had winter every one of those years.

NaNoWriMo

I'm participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this year. The idea is to write a novel of at least 50,000 words in the month of November. This may result in things like less attention to posting here and lack of sleep. I'm already at 10K though, so I'm doing pretty well. Lots of distractions coming up though, so I need to get ahead a little bit to make up for the time I'm going to lose later.

See you in December.