Monthly Archives: October 2006

Help me out! 

It’s halloween and time for a scary story!! 

I’ll start a story and let’s see where it goes.

“Into the evening staggered an event of extreme importance. 

The daylight had been shaded with wisps of cirrus clouds and stabs of chilly wind.  Around the grounds of the humble abode, once stately flowers were now withered stubs.

As if to announce the evening’s folly, a piercing yowl arose from the depths of the flatland.  As if brushed by a hawk’s breath, a frightened rabbit skirted around stubble and moldy hay bales.

There in the center of the field arose a frightening . . .”

OK, that’s the start.  Notice the use of adjectives and unusual action verbs!!  Let’s see what develops.

The bus ride was great! 

39 interested persons.  Two more join us. 

With over 40 in tow, the tour operators take us around.  They show the sights.  We eat a delicious noon meal.  Afternoon coffee break includes dutch pastries.

We come with one thing in mind.  To see, know and understand.

The object of our affection?

A seniors complex called Caleb Manor!!

Yes, we were there to see a model of seniors housing.  A scaled down model would end up being the possible thing for Kindersley.  We’ll see!!

By the way, the ride was great.  Even the singing on the way back was enjoyable!!

11 of us.  Our group up by almost 100% from last year. 

Four hours travel.  Three vehicles..  

Overnight in sleeping bags.

Great stuff!

1,000 men in one place. 

With God. 

Not a bad combination!!

These last few days have been away from my computer.

I’ve set up for a recording session for this evening.  The recording studio is basically contained in my laptop — which I bought recently to do just that!  My laptop, portable as it is and with wireless capability of the highest quality, does not have a wireless router nearby.  Thus, no connection to the world of the Net.

As well, I have been visiting, doing church administration, along with a myriad of other tasks.

So, I thought to myself, “Self”  — this idea of calling one’s self, “Self”, has been a practice from my youth that has never ceased to amuse me!! — So, I said to my self, “Self, all these other blogs I am reading are constantly linking to articles and amusements they have read on the Net.  How then shall I live?”

To which I replied — “If life is the internet, I am in trouble.”

Now, I know the bloggers I read also have a life — if you read their blogs you soon see this.  And they have RSS feeds to sort out the newest items from other’s blogs, instead of having to go to each one individually each day.  So they aren’t as deeply enmeshed as one might think!!

In my defense, I do enjoy surfing the Web.  My library background prepared me to do research in a labyrinth such as the Web.  In some ways, I am ideally suited to the Web. 

But today, and yesterday, and the day before  —  I slipped right out of the Net!