Comments Are Back!
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A couple of weeks or so ago the journal got hit by a comment bot. I think I've got it fixed now, but for now comments are going to be approved by hand.
I hate to do that, but I can't spend hours cleaning up from a bot attack, either.
This isn't an attempt to stifle comment, but I do appreciate you reading and adhering to the comment terms.
Thank you.
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Filed under: Housekeeping
5/10/2023 2:51:50 PM
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Macro Shots With the S23
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A few weeks back we both upgraded our phones to the Galaxy S23 Ultra. Man, it's a nice phone. Of course, I have to put the camera through its paces. Today's exercise was macro photography. Of course, it's May in Texas, so the winds here aren't exactly calm. I did the best I could. These shots are straight from the camera. The only change I made was to resize them for the journal, which is generally standard for most of my photography. After all, why force you to wait on gigantic images?
Here are seven of the best:
I am amazed I got this one in the wind.
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Oh, boy! I'm on a podcast!
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Matt Dale for the Quantum Leap Podcast. Some (or both) of my readers may know that back in the day I wrote Quantum Leap A-Z, a sort of concordance for the series. This is the topic of the podcast.
Enjoy me in my dorky glory!
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Filed under: Quantum Leap
5/4/2023 10:18:25 AM
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Because someone can't play nice...
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I've removed comments. Maybe I'll get them back later.
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Filed under: Housekeeping
4/30/2023 9:04:40 AM
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Testing the new mobile entry page
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If this works, have a beer! 
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Filed under: Housekeeping
4/21/2023 10:12:41 AM
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Test
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It's a cat!
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Filed under: Cats
4/18/2023 2:32:12 PM
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More Postcards!
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I have a massive update to the Postcards area, starting with this one:
Lots of work went into this. And yes, there probably are typos. You can report 'em to me via the webmaster link.
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Filed under: Nostalgia
1/22/2023 5:57:07 PM
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Pictures For A Cloudy Day
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It's a bit of a nasty day here: cloudy and windy with rain off and on. Of course, that makes it a challenging opportunity to find some color in the gray. I got lucky when the sun poked through the clouds and the wind died down a bit. I managed a couple of halfway decent pictures.
A found some green poking through the carpet of leaves. Not bad considering what the weather was like here a week and a half ago.
I shot this with the macro attachment on my Olympus. Not terribly sharp, but I'll take it as a win because the wind never died down. The really sharp pictures I managed used a flash,
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Filed under: Pictures 1/2/2023 3:14:02 PM
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It's the Big Year-End Wrap-Up!
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Should there be a Kermit flail here?
Well. This year was much like last year, but maybe a tad better.
My business barely managed to stay out of the red this year.
I have a shiny new laser engraver/cutter, and am looking forward to doing a lot of cool things with it next year.
I did three cons this year. I was a guest at SoonerCon, attended ArmadilloCon and put some stuff in the Art Show, and helped run FenCon, along with putting stuff in the art show. We did radio plays at SoonerCon and FenCon. As always, they were fun.
We've kept up with our boosters and flu shots and have been relatively healthy.
We both signed up for Medicare Part A. Yes, we are now officially seniors, so you can just get off our lawn.
There were still plenty of frustrations, and I'm working hard on overcoming those. More on this later. Paul ha
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Filed under: Life 12/30/2022 5:33:20 PM
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Facebook, It Hurts When I Do This!
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You know the old joke:
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.
Doctor: Then don't DO that!
Only I don't know what I did. Facebook restricted my account for six hours because my "account activity didn't follow community standards." What did I do? I posted my Wordle score. That was my sole post since yesterday's Wordle post. No, I posted a couple of birthday wishes. Since when is "Happy Birthday!" against community standards. Oh, I forgot to capitalize the "B" in one post. Perhaps that was my sin?
Last week I had a comment taken down for promoting violence. Do you know what I said? I said that I prefer LED candles because I am a klutz. Otherwise, I would burn the house down.
I appealed that. The appeal was turned down, but I was given the opportunity to take it to their Oversight board. Which I did - in no uncertain terms. I don't expect to hear back on that one.
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Filed under: Life 12/29/2022 11:29:47 AM
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