Weather: Frost this morning. Occasional rain and pleasant temperatures -- perfect spring day.
Wildlife: We have to get those @#$%! motorized boats off out lake. The neighborhood covenants say that they are not allowed -- let's see if the Army Corps of Engineers and Fish & Wildlife have something to say about non-covenant users.
Charity Alert: The Animal Rescue Site : Feed an Animal in Need
Media Watch: National Public Radio -- I'm glad to hear more than six lines of news once an hour.
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Monday, April 19, 2004
Weather: Pretty darn good -- mostly sunny, with moisture at night for the last few days. More! More! More!
Wildlife: A Harlequin Duck graced the log on our lake all yesterday afternoon.
Waterfowl - Harlequin Duck
Charity Alert: The Hunger Site : Give Food for Free to Hungry People in the World
Media Watch: (Later -- gotta work!)
It's later now! Books: I read Isaac Asimov's Opus 200 last night -- he eventually published around 500 books before he passed on. A Catalogue of Isaac Asimov's Books
Towards the end of the volume he did an annotation of Rudyard Kipling's poem Recessional (i.e. song played as the congregation leaves).
Here's the poem without the annotations (any resemblence to the present is intentional):
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
dominion over palm and pine --
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
The tulmult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
A humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
Far-called, our navies melt away,
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
If, drunk with the sight of fire, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law --
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And, guarding, calls not Thee to guard --
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!
The end of empires, written at the height of the British debacle in 1896.
Wildlife: A Harlequin Duck graced the log on our lake all yesterday afternoon.
Waterfowl - Harlequin Duck
Charity Alert: The Hunger Site : Give Food for Free to Hungry People in the World
Media Watch: (Later -- gotta work!)
It's later now! Books: I read Isaac Asimov's Opus 200 last night -- he eventually published around 500 books before he passed on. A Catalogue of Isaac Asimov's Books
Towards the end of the volume he did an annotation of Rudyard Kipling's poem Recessional (i.e. song played as the congregation leaves).
Here's the poem without the annotations (any resemblence to the present is intentional):
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
dominion over palm and pine --
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
The tulmult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
A humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
Far-called, our navies melt away,
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
If, drunk with the sight of fire, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law --
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And, guarding, calls not Thee to guard --
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!
The end of empires, written at the height of the British debacle in 1896.
Friday, April 16, 2004
Weather: Light persistant rain, and snow above 5000 feet. GOOD!
Wildlife: I have to watch out about feeding birds in the front yard -- sprinkle lightly in nooks and crannys for the ground-feeders, like pheasants, otherwise songbirds crash into the windows from frenzied feeding, flocking, and flying.
Charity Alert: The Breast Cancer Site : Fund Mammograms for Free
Media Watch: Kingdom Hospital's plot is finally moving at a discernable pace. That show needed some humor BADLY, and it finally got it with a separated head, and the decapitated body that is searching for it. At the end of yesterday's episode, a German Shepherd was carting the head around the hospital, and laid it at the feet of two doctors -- right after one told the other, derisively: "If you see anything that seems strange, just reach out and TOUCH it, to make sure its real." (He ran away when the dog started growling at him.) The headless body caused an earthquake by thumping the basement floor in frustration after losing his head again.
At the College: I bought five more books at the sale today: The New Age, Martin Gardner; Tales of Henry James; Filmgoer's Companion 3rd Edition; Introduction to the History of Mathematics, Howard Eves; Cults in America, Wila Appel.
I think I'll take some photos at the Multicultural Fair too. (Prof. Gerda Reeb's Global Friends club).
Done!
Wildlife: I have to watch out about feeding birds in the front yard -- sprinkle lightly in nooks and crannys for the ground-feeders, like pheasants, otherwise songbirds crash into the windows from frenzied feeding, flocking, and flying.
Charity Alert: The Breast Cancer Site : Fund Mammograms for Free
Media Watch: Kingdom Hospital's plot is finally moving at a discernable pace. That show needed some humor BADLY, and it finally got it with a separated head, and the decapitated body that is searching for it. At the end of yesterday's episode, a German Shepherd was carting the head around the hospital, and laid it at the feet of two doctors -- right after one told the other, derisively: "If you see anything that seems strange, just reach out and TOUCH it, to make sure its real." (He ran away when the dog started growling at him.) The headless body caused an earthquake by thumping the basement floor in frustration after losing his head again.
At the College: I bought five more books at the sale today: The New Age, Martin Gardner; Tales of Henry James; Filmgoer's Companion 3rd Edition; Introduction to the History of Mathematics, Howard Eves; Cults in America, Wila Appel.
I think I'll take some photos at the Multicultural Fair too. (Prof. Gerda Reeb's Global Friends club).
Done!
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Weather: It looks like it MIGHT rain -- do it! do it! do it! There's new snow on the mountains, at least.
Wildlife: Several flocks of Golden Eye Ducks have landed in Middle Foy's Lake. Ducklings of many kinds will be waddling and swimming in about four weeks.
Charity Alert: The Child Health Site : Help a Child in Need Lead a Healthy, Active Life
Media Watch: I'm reading God's Secretaries : The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson. It's a pretty opinionated historical work so far. I'm glad I didn't live in the early 1600s! Even the people Nicolson seems to LIKE come across as pretty, selfish, and mean-spirited.
This book praises the memory of William Tyndale -- three generations gone, as the King James Bible was being edited -- he wrote (or translated, as it were) the bulk of this bedrock English Bible.
Information about Tyndale: William Tyndale, Bible Translator - Christian Biography Resources
Heres a play about him: Friends of William Tyndale ... History of the English Bible
At the College: An oral reading in the Learning Center, featuring Brian Bechtold and George Cowan.
I think someone read Desiderata -- I was asked to research it -- here's Snopes' story: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Language (Desiderata Errata)
A book sale! Here's what I bought: The Universe, Isaac Asimov; The Halloween Tree, Ray Bradbury; Mariner IV to Mars, Willy Ley; Trozas, B. Traven; Museum Without Walls, Henry Moore in New York City; Introducing Science, Alan Isaacs; No! In Thunder, Leslie A. Fiedler; Change and Habit, Arthur Toynbee; How to Create New Ideas, Eugene Raudsepp, From the New Criticism to Deconstruction, Art Berman.
I'm going to give Isaac Asimov to Stormy Good, our technical writing teacher, and Henry Moore... to the Hockaday Museum's library. Hockaday Museum of Art - Prime visual arts resource in Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana.
Wildlife: Several flocks of Golden Eye Ducks have landed in Middle Foy's Lake. Ducklings of many kinds will be waddling and swimming in about four weeks.
Charity Alert: The Child Health Site : Help a Child in Need Lead a Healthy, Active Life
Media Watch: I'm reading God's Secretaries : The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson. It's a pretty opinionated historical work so far. I'm glad I didn't live in the early 1600s! Even the people Nicolson seems to LIKE come across as pretty, selfish, and mean-spirited.
This book praises the memory of William Tyndale -- three generations gone, as the King James Bible was being edited -- he wrote (or translated, as it were) the bulk of this bedrock English Bible.
Information about Tyndale: William Tyndale, Bible Translator - Christian Biography Resources
Heres a play about him: Friends of William Tyndale ... History of the English Bible
At the College: An oral reading in the Learning Center, featuring Brian Bechtold and George Cowan.
I think someone read Desiderata -- I was asked to research it -- here's Snopes' story: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Language (Desiderata Errata)
A book sale! Here's what I bought: The Universe, Isaac Asimov; The Halloween Tree, Ray Bradbury; Mariner IV to Mars, Willy Ley; Trozas, B. Traven; Museum Without Walls, Henry Moore in New York City; Introducing Science, Alan Isaacs; No! In Thunder, Leslie A. Fiedler; Change and Habit, Arthur Toynbee; How to Create New Ideas, Eugene Raudsepp, From the New Criticism to Deconstruction, Art Berman.
I'm going to give Isaac Asimov to Stormy Good, our technical writing teacher, and Henry Moore... to the Hockaday Museum's library. Hockaday Museum of Art - Prime visual arts resource in Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Weather: It rained most of last night! It's welcome to do it again any time now. (HINT)
Wildlife: Canadian Goslings any day now! They are seriously nesting on Little Foy's Lake and Firehouse Pond.
Charity Alert: The Rainforest Site: Help Save Our Rainforests!
Media Watch: The pilot for Queer Eye For The Straight Guy was on last night. Ted and Carson are the only two left from the first Fab Five, recorded in Boston. Paraphrase: "They may do different things in the bedroom, but after all, gay guys and straight guys are JUST GUYS."
At the College: The Honors Symposium Lecture was about heredity and behavior -- yep, there are correlations, but environment is inseparable from genes as far as human history goes.
At the Art Museum: Staff meeting -- we have a VERY busy spring and summer coming up!
Tomorrow we are hosting the opening of Flathead Community College's Photography Show. Hockaday Museum of Art - Prime visual arts resource in Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana.
Wildlife: Canadian Goslings any day now! They are seriously nesting on Little Foy's Lake and Firehouse Pond.
Charity Alert: The Rainforest Site: Help Save Our Rainforests!
Media Watch: The pilot for Queer Eye For The Straight Guy was on last night. Ted and Carson are the only two left from the first Fab Five, recorded in Boston. Paraphrase: "They may do different things in the bedroom, but after all, gay guys and straight guys are JUST GUYS."
At the College: The Honors Symposium Lecture was about heredity and behavior -- yep, there are correlations, but environment is inseparable from genes as far as human history goes.
At the Art Museum: Staff meeting -- we have a VERY busy spring and summer coming up!
Tomorrow we are hosting the opening of Flathead Community College's Photography Show. Hockaday Museum of Art - Prime visual arts resource in Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana.
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Weather: Too nice, too soon -- we'll be hurtin' if it doesn't start precipitaing like it should!
Wildlife: Haven't seen a deer for three weeks or so, but the birds are going cray-zee with the cracked corn.
We are using fewer sunflower seeds -- the uneaten ones grow up!
Charity Alert: The Animal Rescue Site : Feed an Animal in Need
Follow Up: I haven't mentioned my VERY talented friends in Duck's Breath Mystery Theater.
Site One: Once was ducksbreath.com
The photo shows (L to R): Leon Martel, Dan Coffey, Bill Allard, Merle Kessler, and Jim Turner.
Their most famous character is Dr. Science (Dan): Ask Dr. Science!
Merle plays Dr. Science's assistant, Rodney, and does a fast-talking commentator named Ian Sholes who has haunted radio and TV for the last 20 years.
Review of a rcent play (with Bill directing): Tuneful 'Broke' picks apart painfully absurd reality
Jim Turner played "Randee of the Redwoods," and other roles on TV, after he moved to NYC.
I've lost touch with Bill, Leon, and Steve, their manager, but here's a not-too-outta-date biography page:
UIAA
At the Collage: Lotsa media today -- Giotto, straight from Italy, on DVD via the computer. (It was in PAL mode, and our TV equipment wouldn't play it.) Later on this evening, the Honors symposium wants a computer/data projector setup at the hotel in the mall! At least I'm getting paid. At the same time, Brian Bechtold is showing You're Telling Me from 1934 with W.C. Fields, for the Film Appreciation class.
First Site: Juggling Hall of Fame - W. C. Fields
2nd Site: W.C. Fields Fan Club
Filmography: W.C. Fields
Media Watch: My wife took me out to dinner last night -- not much TV at all!
Who in da' heck is Gina Gershon? She was on IFC for an hour.
Filmography: Gina Gershon
Wildlife: Haven't seen a deer for three weeks or so, but the birds are going cray-zee with the cracked corn.
We are using fewer sunflower seeds -- the uneaten ones grow up!
Charity Alert: The Animal Rescue Site : Feed an Animal in Need
Follow Up: I haven't mentioned my VERY talented friends in Duck's Breath Mystery Theater.
Site One: Once was ducksbreath.com
The photo shows (L to R): Leon Martel, Dan Coffey, Bill Allard, Merle Kessler, and Jim Turner.
Their most famous character is Dr. Science (Dan): Ask Dr. Science!
Merle plays Dr. Science's assistant, Rodney, and does a fast-talking commentator named Ian Sholes who has haunted radio and TV for the last 20 years.
Review of a rcent play (with Bill directing): Tuneful 'Broke' picks apart painfully absurd reality
Jim Turner played "Randee of the Redwoods," and other roles on TV, after he moved to NYC.
I've lost touch with Bill, Leon, and Steve, their manager, but here's a not-too-outta-date biography page:
UIAA
At the Collage: Lotsa media today -- Giotto, straight from Italy, on DVD via the computer. (It was in PAL mode, and our TV equipment wouldn't play it.) Later on this evening, the Honors symposium wants a computer/data projector setup at the hotel in the mall! At least I'm getting paid. At the same time, Brian Bechtold is showing You're Telling Me from 1934 with W.C. Fields, for the Film Appreciation class.
First Site: Juggling Hall of Fame - W. C. Fields
2nd Site: W.C. Fields Fan Club
Filmography: W.C. Fields
Media Watch: My wife took me out to dinner last night -- not much TV at all!
Who in da' heck is Gina Gershon? She was on IFC for an hour.
Filmography: Gina Gershon
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