Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Cape Foulweather - historic marker
Cape Foulweather - historic marker
Originally uploaded by Alhazred
Sent to a postcrossing chum in Holland.
On back:
Historical marker at Cape Foulweather
Viewpoint which is 500 feet above the ocean on the Oregon Coast.
Photo: Katherine Peyton
Finns love postcrossing!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Bull Shark - postcrossing
Bull Shark - postcrossing
Originally uploaded by Alhazred
Bull Shark. Sent to a postcrossing chum in Finland.
On back:
Sharks of the World.
#46532 Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
The bull shark stays close to land from New York to Brazil and from Baja to Peru, and it often ascends rivers for many miles. Bull sharks have been reported to attack humans.
Photographer-Innerspace Visions/copyright Doug Perrine
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
How IT Support teams usually get engaged: an analogy
Bob points out to the owner that he doesn’t really know much about bobcats.
“Sure you do!” the owner retorts. “Bobcats are things you sit in, have four wheels, and are smaller than a Sherman tank. Just like riding mowers. Perfect for you! Besides, I just got this big contract with Grundy corporation to do all their bobcat repair. They’ll be delivering four broken ones in an hour. Can’t back out now!”
“Well, heck, do you have an repair manuals?” asks a downcast Bob.
The owner seems a little confused. “Repair manuals? Huh. I didn’t think you’d need any, talented guy like you. But I think I saw an old one page photocopy called ‘Bobcat starter motor problems.’ That should give you everything that you need!”
A couple of hours later Bob is up to his elbows in bobcat engine oil, quietly weeping.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Postcard Archive 11: Enchanted Beach with Three Fluid Graces
Enchanted Beach with Three Fluid Graces
Originally uploaded by Alhazred
Sent to postcrossing chums in Portugal.
On back:
Salvador Dali (1904-1989). Enchanted Beach with Three Fluid Graces, 1938. Oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 32 inches. From Six Dali Paintings Cards, a Salvador Dali Museum \ Dover publication. Copyright 1996 Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
BBC Johnny Cash bio
- I watched the BBC documentary Johnny Cash: The Last Great American last night, and recommend it very highly indeed. It is a sympathetic and penetrating study of this great man. Containing large amounts of archival footage, it also features interviews with Rosanne Cash, John Carter Cash, Rick Rubin, Kris Kristofferson, Little Richard, and others.
I was fortunate enough to see Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash front stage at the 1997 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. It was certainly one of the highlights of my life. (Cash was followed on that ocsassion by Ashley McIsaac, who put on one hell of a show.)
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First post of my South Africa vacation 2009 travelogue. A summary of the last few days in brief. Sunday 05/31 - We left home remarkably earl...
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The New Statesman brings us a review by Mark Bearn of a recent translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. He gives us a rather unflatteri...
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The mountain man and the surgeon - economist.com Relative levels of poverty, using examples from Appalachia and the Congo. The internet is ...