Of Work and Swifter Dusters

I apologize if you have been waiting for me to write about my first week on the new job. I have just been busy with ‘honey do’ things this weekend, plus I washed the MINI again, and washed Jenne’s Honda, and did my share of the house cleaning, and we...

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Photo Flash Mob

I really, really love the idea of the flash mob. I look forward to being harrassed over photography so I can organize this sort of event, as described by friend Rob at Strange Geometrical Hinges. Flash mob... see, you do learn something new everyday and today it was brought to...

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The Orange Cat

"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat." - Mark Twain "With their qualities of cleanliness, discretion,...

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MINIs

Red 5 and Zergling This past week our good friends, Steve & Debbie stopped by with Steve's MINI Cooper S, Zergling. I will give 20 geek points to whomever is the first with the correct answer as to where the name, Zergling comes from. Steve & Debbie are of...

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Battlesta Friday for 07.29.05

This week's early BSG Friday entry here. You’ve been reading for a long time now how much I love the new Battlestar Galactica. You know that I think it is the best SciFi show – nay – THEE best show on TV. Yes, The Simpsons have been relegated to a...

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Battlestar Friday... a few days early

A few weeks back I ranted against Best Buy and their 'exclusive' Battlestar Galactica Season One four DVD set. It came out yesterday by the way. I said that I would not buy it and I stuck to my guns. I didn't buy it simply because I don't like Best...

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Snake in the Grass

After dinner this evening the doorbell rings. Not expecting visitors I assume - and assume correctly - that it must be one of our fine neighbors. Opening the door I am greeted by Dawn and her dog, Hunter. "Hi Will, I hope I am not bothering you," she says....

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Bumper Sticker Rant

My good friend, Steve (AKA in video game circles as Rat Bastard) has a good post up on his site - Peace, Love and SOUL-eyrette - about bumper stickers. As he says, "I hate to rant. Really I do. It brings out the worst possible sides of me – I...

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First Day

WOW! That week off sure flew by. I did a lot of relaxing and de-stressing that is for sure. If I was still at the old job, I would have been up at 5:30 AM, on the road at 6:00 AM and in the office already. As it is now...

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MOTORING MOJO!

I am going to have to create a new topic category for the MINI. It simply must be done and it will be called MOTORING MOJO! So let it be written... SO LET IT BE DONE! Yesterday was a great day for motoring too! Jenne and I hopped in Red...

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It's Pink, therefore it's SPAM

Spammers are a relentless lot of scum bags and should I ever meet someone who's job it is to create and send spam I am gonna shove a tin of the real thing up his or her arse! Until yesterday, BDTH was being comment spammed with as many as three-hundred...

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MINI & Me

Red 5 Standing By! YES, this is my brand new '05 Chili Red and White MINI Cooper. Yes, I bought it this week. On Wednesday to be precise. Yes, I traded in the Civic Hybrid. No, this is not a mid-life crisis. Seriously, it's not. MINI & Me...

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Battlestar Friday

If you saw last week’s Battlestar Galactica episode, Scattered, then you know that a squad of Cylon Centurions has boarded the Galactica. You know this means trouble with a capital T and it also means that tonight’s episode, Valley of Darkness will have some very serious combat action. I personally...

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It's Not All a Life of Leisure

It seems that many folks believe that I am "living the life of leisure" on this, my week off before the new job. Hey, I am doing some chores too... a few. So you are not entirely right in leisurely assumption, you are merely 80% right. SO THERE! I...

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Flight ~ Theme Thursday Photos for 07.21.05

To see this week's Theme Thursday submission of a gallery of flight images CLICK HERE. Click the thumbnails for full sized images. Enjoy....

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It Figures

My second day off and I wake up around 8:00. After getting up at 5:30 AM for seventeen months 8:00 AM is sleeping in late for me. So I get up, shower, and head downstairs for breakfast and morning TV. Pressing the on button the TV springs to staticy (is...

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Monday Star Wars Geek Out!!

Clark in Command of Imperial Forces My Wookies Strike Back with the Grapes of Wrath It is wonderful to not wake up at 5:30 AM. It is wonderful to not drive the Circle of Death and the Legion of the Damned Bridge. It is wonderful to sleep in late...

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As Something to Remind Me

My blog/cyber friend, Julie at the blog, A Life on the Konza Praire has started a new section on her blog called Reminders. Here's how Julie describes it... "I am constantly running across little tidbits, mostly cartoons, that remind me of people, places, etc. Rather than emailing them willy-nilly, I've...

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Henry Pigott House, Portsmouth Village

The Henry Pigott House On our vacation to Ocracoke Island, Jenne and I visited the deserted town of Portsmouth Village on the neighboring island to the south, Cape Lookout. In this long deserted village there are twenty-one preserved structures and the home of Mr. Henry Pigott is one of...

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Battlestar Friday

THIS IS IT! TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! In four hours the premier of BSG Season Two! I will be joing my friend, Steve to watch it on his 54" widescreen high def TV with surround sound! Here's a brief synopsis of tonight's episode... SCATTERED WRITER: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson DIRECTOR:...

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iPod iIronic iHumor

My iPod mini has an ironic sense of humor. I put the ear buds in, press the dial, select the option to shuffle songs and out of one-thousand and twenty-nine songs it starts with Long Line of Cars by Cake. There's a long line of cars And they're trying to...

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Going from Three to One

So this is the day, the last day of my employ in Northern Virginia. This evening is the last that I will drive the Dulles Toll Road, travel the Circle of Death and cross the Legion of the Damned Bridge from Virginia into Maryland for a job. Unless Jenne and...

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80 x 80 = Laughter and a Big Thank You

Last evening I took Jeff & Becky, Daveed & Apryl and their young nephew out for a thank you dinner for having hosted me in their homes a couple of times a week for the past fifty-two plus weeks. We went to a favorite Manassas restaurant, that, because of our...

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Journey

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." -Ursula K. Le Guin The above photo was made when Jenne and I were on our Ocracoke vacation way back at the beginning of June. It’s so hard to...

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Lessons in Management from the Jedi Masters

Fellow blogger, Mr. Miata (AKA, Brian the Red) has posted an essay on his site about the management lessons to be found and heeded in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Check out these reviews. Darth Sideous says, "Gooooooood, good! Bruhahaha!" Yoda declares, "A good read it is....

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They're Going for SPEED! ........................ But I'm Not

It all started a month ago with watching the evening world news. They had a ‘feature’ segment – not headline news, but a filler spot near the end of the half hour – about fast and aggressive driving in the United States. The segment told me things that any American...

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In the Shadow of the Headless Chickens

This morning was the last drive from Ellicott City, MD to Reston, VA. It was the last time driving on the outer loop of the Circle of Death. I won't miss it....

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Battlestar Friday (very early this week)

Thanks to my special undercover operative planted deep in Cylon occupied territory (I can not disclose LD's exact location) we have uncovered the following secret and shocking plans of the enemy. Click here to read the secret plans. Gather your two dollar bills now because those are the only currency...

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Here in Willandia

Okay, so what’s been going down here in Willandia. My head is totally geared up for the new job. I am actually excited about a Software QA and Test job. Did I miss my meds? Seriously, I am excited about it. I would be more excited if I was independently...

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The Aim of Life

"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, serenely, divinely aware." -Henry Miller Quite often I have to remind myself of the above. Have a great week everyone. Being this is my last at the NoVA job, I fully expect to have...

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Battlestar Friday

One week to go to the premier of season two with an episode titled Scattered. Sweet anticipation is building and I love the feelings that come with antici.... SAY IT... PAY-SHUN! For those of you who collect "collectors' editions" of TV Guide next week's issue will feature The SCI FI...

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BLACKLIST THE BASTAGES

I need to give a shout out of thanks to friend and fellow blogger, Rob at Strange Geometrical Hinges for setting up MT-Blacklist, performing an update of the publishing software and generally straightening up some background ops here at BDTH. I was getting relentlessly and viciously spammed by online perscription...

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious news everyone!

Please take a moment to untie your tongue. I have been offered, and I have since accepted a new job north of the POO-tomac River in my home state of Maryland in the city of Rockville. I start in two weeks. This morning I handed in my resignation to my...

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Not Yet a Master

Yesterday I was asked if the girl in the Child of Liberty image was "shopped into" the image. In other words, was she added into the image of the flags. I think this is a fair question since I thought the same thing about about it after I worked on...

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Happy Fouth of July

Child of Liberty and Freedom Happy Fourth of July! The above photo was made Saturday July 2nd at the 20th Annual Antietam National Battlefield Salute to Independence celebration (a free concert and fireworks show). The above flags are are located in the Healing Field at the south-east corner of...

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Fireworks over Antietam ~ A Fourth of July Celebration

The fireworks as seen from inside in the Healing Field at Antietam National Battlefield Fireworks illuminate the night sky and the battlefield Maryland National Guard artillery fires during the 1812 Overture...

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Moth Wings

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." -Ralph Waldo Emerson The moth had a wingspan of around four inches. He, or she, was clinging to the cool cinderblock wall in the garage at work. The...

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Battlestar Friday

Exactly two weeks to go until the premier of season two! Yes, this is a pretty lame Battlestar Friday entry. I would love to bring you some news or something a little more, but the Internet is ripe with season two spoilers and we all know how I feel about...

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House Votes to Save House!

It May Not Be Pretty, But's Our Home It Is! What do you know, lots of folks are pretty upset with the Supreme Court! As soon as I heard about the Supreme Court's decision last week to empower state and local governments to claim eminent domain willy nilly for...

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