Pic of the Day - "Memories"

WoW is back up. I have a job interview on Friday. Things are looking slightly better.


This photo is from an old home site down in the KY mountains.

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He's Baaaack! With Astonomy Pics Of The Day!

I'm leaving for a trip down to the mountains in just a few minutes. It's a gorgeous day here..sunny and about 73deg(F). The tree foliage should be fantastics though it's a bit late. I'll be taking pictures, may post a few when I get back. Going by the old cemetery where my parents are buried down there and plant some potted perrenials. This is THE best time of year for that.
Anyway felt like making an appearance on the old Blog, it's sure not like the good ol' days when I was at a computer station at work all day and could post at will..Aah, the "days that are no more".
Before going here's a few latest favorite astronomy pics of the day, with link for description:

Galaxy Cluster JKCS041, at a distance of some 10.2 billion light years. So far away that you're observing it as it was was when the Universe was just one quarter of its current age.


Photo from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit which is basically "Stuck" in the sand on Mars right now. From what was originally going to be a 3 month mission Spirit has worked on Mars for more than 69 months. A lonely life for a little robot on Mars:


And what can you say about Stickney Crater other that Wow.. :


Gotta go! Have a GREAT weekend passerbys and surfers...

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Happy Labor Day America! Continuing Education....Oh, And Some Pics!

Unfortunately there still hasn't been an offering of a "labor" position for me(yeah I know, and millions of others). I even uploaded and/or emailed 4 resumes for jobs today.
I got some papers from the Department of Labor a few days ago giving me some information on government grants, etc. for college. AND..I could probably still receive unemployment benefits while I went for a degree! It's just that with my age and this economy I don't even know if that will help much.
I have been thinking seriously about it though.
Going back to school. Maybe We'll see.
Went down to the country over Labor Day weekend. Here's a few of the pics from the trip to the "backcountry mountains". Check out the work on this old stone mill chimney:
"Last of the mill"

Last of the mill 2:

The old "Buck house"; Or, "Middle of nowhere":

Looking up river at "the narrows":

I haven't quit posting also been pretty busy. It doesn't much matter this blog(small "b") isn't a job(it doesn't pay). It's just a little "Log" of mine, or diary if you will. Sigh..If it paid I wouldn't have any worries and could Blog all the time(I know, frightening thought!).
Anyway I'm still around passerbyes and here's hoping you have a nice and safe remainder to your Labor Day.
Gotta go feed the doggies and give 'em their meds. Back later..

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Newsflash: Going Away! Fishing The Little South Fork Kentucky

I'm leaving tomorrow for a visit "Into the mountains"(Get it? Into? Aah..), and won't be back till sometime Saturday. No web access, and not even taking a computer if there were any. I'm staying in a friend's "cabin" by the South Fork of the Kentucky river. Hoping to do lots of stream wade fishing, some hiking, photos, lazying on the deck with a beer(and such) and visitin'. Maybe do some canoe fishing on the Beech Creek Reservoir.
I'll be out of touch with news and tv to. Some solitude and nature is about it.

AAAAH...

So surfers and passerby. If you want to save a kitten click on one of the little ads at the top of this page.

Thank You. The management...
Kidding(possibly)

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On Line | Going To The Country | Toshiba Laptop

"Baby don't you want to go?"

I'm online for just a few minutes. It's been a hectic few days with work, family in the hospital, work that never ceases, Ellen's work on her online classes, whine and whine. Well here I am now but not for long, Brittany and I are leaving for the country(mountains of S.E. KY) in an hour or so. I'm dropping her off at an aunt's house so I might get to do a lot of stream fishing. The South Fork KY is a great wading river. Hopefully I'll get back to my online rec room here tomorrow night. No computer and NO ACCESS where I'm going.:-)
On the other hand with our wonderful "stimulus" check I went out and finally bought a new laptop. It's mostly for Ellen's school work(or so she's claimed it) but at least when we get it hooked to the Internets also then when she's online for hours at school I can get online with the desktop(Sigh..) and maybe, who knows, maybe even BLOG! I bought a new Yoshiba Satellite with 160g HD and 15.4" screen. It only has 1 g RAM but I'll add another g myself. That's it right now. I'm going to get my internet news fix before I have to leave so I'll talk at you Droppers Ins later. Oh, and here's the way I feel about Obama right now:




Courtesy of Mark Adams and here. I'm pretty disappointed in Barack right now but what can you do? Later

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Friday Night Video | Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol.1

I got the Jackson Browne cd "Solo Acoustic vol. 1" a few days ago. It's just a lot of his music played live and acoustic in concert. I hadn't heard a lot of these songs in a long time, "These Days", "Your Bright Baby Blues", "The Pretender", and the last time I had heard them was from my old record collection. They sound just as good on this cd. Or as good as the memory anyway. Very simply done, pretty much guitar and piano, and the interaction with the audience. As with any music I'm listening to at any given time the songs are running through my head. So here's one of Mister Browne's acoustic American musical masterpieces:


This is one of the better videos with a song from the cd I could find. Check more of them out on YouTube, etc. His music's well worth a listen, and he's got a long catalog of good music. I'll get Solo Acoustic Volume 2 next.
This will be my last weekend post till Sunday at least. Try not to miss me to much(WAAH!). I'm going to the mountains for a visit and for a break. Been a long week. No computer or Internet access "tubes" where I'll be.
Night all and have a nice weekend. American troops, heads up and watch out for each other! Iraqis I'm still sorry for what my leaders have done to you and your country. Be safe..ALL.

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