A Dusty Little Earthquake...

You can tell it's a slow news day when a 5.4 earthquake generates CONSTANT COVERAGE in the local news...

Mom and I were headed off to lunch when the Caddy began to act as if one of the cylinders had taken a vacation. I looked around, not being new at this earthquake rodeo, but could not see anything moving untowardly.. I was about to curse the vehicle into oblivion ( I can DO that, you know) when I noticed people exiting buildings and gathering in little groups..

Yep..

an Earthquake...

Mom and I went to lunch in the ALL GLASS LUNCH ROOM anyways, and had fun teasing the tourists...

Well, I did...

Now a 5.4 earthquake in California is rather like an inch of snow in Massachusetts... barely noticible, but the news acted as if THE BIG ONE had just occurred and we were all in deathly peril..

AND IT WAS ALL DUSTY'S FAULT!

Just yesterday, we were talking about nothing of great importance (other than the fact that it was US talking) when she commented, rather casually, that there had been no earthquakes recently..

So, if you live closer to it than we, blame big mouth (grin).



Now.. THIS is an earthquake fault.

The big one.

The San Andreas ...


The reason I won't live in Gualala (that pretty little town I found north of San Francisco) since it is at the VERY BEGINNING OF THIS FAULT..

The one that WILL drop us all off into the Pacific someday.


When that one happens, I'll let you know, but until then, don't pay attention to anything less than a 6.5.. m-kay?

and Dusty??

just be very careful from now on.. I haven't told anyone about you and the midwest floods yet...

oops..

Just Keep it On the Kitty Videos.. (or The Laptop is Easier for Kitties)

It turns out that Squeak likes animal videos if they are on the computer... TV doesn't mean much to her...

They were both sneezing last week and made me nervous, but I watched them carefully and they are all better now. Baby Kitty (Squeak) would sneeze about 4 times and then once she just rubbed her nose furiously with her paw... it was such a human gesture that I cracked up.. I helped her by super heating a washcloth until it was steamy, and then rubbing a little of her favorite food on it. She would sniff at it for a short time, which seemed to help whatever congestion/dryness she was experiencing...

Now you know why I get the big bucks!

I will get back to blogging... I'm still messing with three computers, trying to condense them to one... and fighting with Roadrunner BIG TIME (I will save an entire post about this, it's just tooooo stoopid). Hey.. does anyone know a good 'cleaner' that will erase all my stuff from my old Mac but leave the applications? That's my next goal.

ciao

for now!

The First Thing It Showed Was My Face! eep!

I got a new computer (pausing for polite applause)... It's incredibly cool, and so much more than even my laptop that I am taken aback. I can't believe my first computer (built somewhat by me) had 1/2 mg of RAM and 1/2 mg hard drive. I thought it was the end of the earth, it was so cool...

So, If I don't blog right away a lot (but I might, cuz it's going to make some things easier), it's because I have to learn a new keyboard and some other new stuff.. and transfer things.

Oh.. and the first thing it did while I was 'signing in' was show me my face...

Scared me to death!

Who asked for a camera??

So I played with the image... at least I'll always have special effects!

One Last Moonshine... For Now...

This is a picture of one of Russell's shows.... I'm including it because you can see the kind of 'platter' that he made on the videos. I DO, however, need to discuss his show table. He needs back light, he needs an enclosure, he needs... well... some input (grin)