Month: October 2004

Blogger Boobie-Thon… Show 'em for charity

Blogger Boobie-Thon… Show 'em for charity

In an effort to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation to fight breast cancer, the fine folks over at Boobie-Thon have launched their third-annual ‘blogger boobie-thon’ which raises lettuce by showing melons, so to speak.   For more information on their 2003 event which…

SnapStream Beyond TV 3.5 released!

SnapStream Beyond TV 3.5 released!

After a long development cycle, SnapStream released version 3.5 of their excellent Beyond TV product on Friday, October 8, 2004. Beyond TV is software that turns your home PC into a personal video recorder (PVR — pronounced “PEE-ver”, rhymes with ‘beaver’) that records your selected television/satellite/cable programs to your…

Thought for the Day…

Thought for the Day…

The trouble with a kitten is that
When it grows up, it’s always a cat.

— Ogden Nash

Christopher Reeve: 1952-2004

Christopher Reeve: 1952-2004

By JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press Writer MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. – “Superman” actor Christopher Reeve, who turned personal tragedy into a public crusade and from his wheelchair became the nation’s most recognizable spokesman for spinal cord research, has died. He was 52.

Wishful Thinking!

Wishful Thinking!

Regular visitor to this site, Jo, sent these examples of "wishful thinking"… Thanks Jo! Click either picture for a larger view in a new window.

MEXICO '04: We're home!

MEXICO '04: We're home!

We arrived home late on October 23rd from our vacation to the Mayan Riveria in Mexico. We stayed at the Barcelo Mayan Caribe.

The pictures are UP in the Photo Gallery. To view the pictures, click here. (UPDATE, 11-5-04: More pictures just added! Thanks Marilyn, Michelle, and Rodney!) You can also go to the Gallery (very top (above the logo), at the right), click “Vacations”, then “Mexico”, and then click on “04-October Mexico“. There are a LOT of pictures this time – over 650 — that’s over 30 pages in the gallery.

To the great folks we met on the trip, we welcome you to this site!

Ray, Belinda, Rodney, Michelle — our wonderful travel companions, Sandra, Rem, Silviana, Gabriele, Russell, Chris, Carrie, Kurt, Linda, Shelly, Dan, Barry & wife (forgot your name, sorry!), Edgar, Marilyn, Brenna, the cool couple who sat by Wendy on the Orlando->Cincinnati leg of the flight, and everyone else we met on this vacation!

Be sure to let us know what you think about these pictures! All visitors can post comments in the Photo Gallery, and registered users can post comments to articles on the main site.

Why people get married…

Why people get married…

From the movie "Shall We Dance?" on why people get married: "Because we need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet. What does any one life really mean? In a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things.…