Davey Allison in, I think, 1992 at Rockingham, NC

New Look

I had to pick a wider template because I was having a heckuva time getting my last one to do what I wanted. It's going to be nice to be able to post larger pictures and not have to worry about them fitting into the blog.

Embed more than one video on your website

Just found this helpful tool today. You can embed various videos from different websites at one time on your blog or website. Pretty cool. The site is here

Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com

Tom Tomorrow nails it again

I've had some online debates with some crazed right wing lunatics on some boards and, yeah, it's pretty pointless. At one point once when evolution came up I stopped debating and just said, "You're wrong." There will be no "equal time" when there is no science that backs up a belief that is being passed off as an opinion.

This quote from Tom Tomorrow about journalism helps: "That’s how right-wingers want to live, in an information-free zone in which facts are supplanted entirely by opinion, in which there’s no need to hear from a reporter on the ground in Fallujah as long as Rush Limbaugh has an opinion on the topic. But it’s not how I want to live."

Sharon and Fairview

Sharon and Fairview
Originally uploaded by zzazazz

One more post for today. We went for a walk and I took this panorama at the intersection of Sharon and Fairview. It's gotten real pretty out with the sun shining.

New Figurine

I've been wanting to do this and a snow day is the perfect time to do a time lapse movie of a rotating figurine. This is Rorschach from the Watchmen comic which is soon to be released movie.

The Great Blizzard of 2009

We are still hanging in there. The Mountain Dew and the coffee are holding out just fine. The sun has come up and it is releasing us gradually from the deep freeze we have endured. Local news has yet to report any fatalities. Us Carolinians are nothing if not a hardy folk. There is no precipitation anticipated for the next couple of days and for that we are thankful. The low tonight is supposed to be 13 and we are much afeared. We just got back from a walk and our noses are really cold. We endure.

Frozen Flowers. Can you feel their pain?


Walking Down the Street


A Tree


Melanie Gazes up with Wonder at the Snowman (now with cap)

The Great Blizzard of 2009

It snowed and snowed and snowed last night. The trees in our backyard that our landlord never has trimmed were dropping limbs like leaves in autumn. The power flickered a couple of times and we lost power for thirty seconds once. Wendell and I stood by the road and watched cars drive by too fast. After I went to bed, Wendell and Randy built a snowman in the side yard. Then it snowed and snowed and snowed some more. It was pretty treacherous but we got through the night and today we rise in a wonderland of wintry type stuff. We are shut in. We have coffee and Mountain Dew. We will survive.

The Morning Sun Kisses the Tree Tops


Wendell and Randy's Snowman


Reverse Angle of Snowman


See How Dark and Dreary it is?


Long Meadow Road


Wendell Had to go to Work


A Firetruck Full of American Heroes


The Snowman in Better Light


Chris by the Snowman for Scale


The Snowy Tree Across the Street

The Great Blizzard of 2009

It's been snowing for a few hours now. The school system has announced that they will be closed tomorrow. There's snow in the air and on the ground. So far everyone is safe but we get cold when we go outside. We will persevere.

Our Backyard


The Driveway


Ice Encrusted Trees


The Backyard Again

pano
Originally uploaded by zzazazz

OK, it's been raining off and on in Charlotte, NC for about 36 hours now. If it's going to snow, let it snow. Please, this gray rainy weather blows. If I wanted to live like this I would have moved to Seattle.

AIG

Wondering about how AIG screwed the tax payers? There is a nice article on the New York Times website. Thanks to Talking Points Memo for the link.