crates | July 8, 2007
A surfer riding a wave finds the best position in order to most efficiently move along with the wave knowing there is a fine line here between success and failure. In thinking of various human activities, I think there is often an area where two conflicting endeavors come together to create an area of tension, where one [...]
crates | July 7, 2007
Have you ever read something about a subject and found it hard to follow? There are some papers and articles that leave me totally confused and somewhat chastened. When it is about a subject that I know nothing about I assume that my confusion is simply due to ignorance, but when the article is [...]
crates | July 6, 2007
I just saw a study claiming that the common perception of women talking more than men is false. The study said they talk about the same amount. I simply don’t believe this. Although I have known a few garrulous men in my time, when I think about the talkers that I have known they have [...]
crates | July 2, 2007
Some teachers stand out above the rest. I’ve already written of my geology professor, Dr. L. F. Brown, but there was one other teacher that had a lasting effect upon my life. I have to give credit to my second grade teacher, Mrs. Baird, for the following: A lifelong interest in Conservation. A through knowledge [...]
crates | June 30, 2007
As a child On the way to school My pants were painted With daubs of yellow As I walked through Fields of nodding flowers I’m not sure how it all came on…this feeling of loss. I was thinking how as a child, my friends and I would hike across a grassy prairie [...]
crates | June 22, 2007
I am left handed, my mother was left handed, and her mother was left handed; beyond that I am unsure. Lefties have always been not only passively discriminated against but also actively. My grandmother was forced to only use her right hand in school and ever after did so when she wrote. A friend of mine [...]
crates | June 12, 2007
A while ago, I noticed that my tooth paste was almost out and bought a new tube. It was a new flavor and I was looking forward to using it. However, I was too much of a cheapsk… thrifty person to toss the old tube away until I get every little bit of toothpaste out. So, [...]
crates | June 11, 2007
I just installed wordpress on my site, texafied.com and am now orienting myself to the program and all its options. After looking at all the difficulties some people have had and the confusing directions posted on the help sites of bluehost.com (which is my host site), I am unsure that this installation has been successful. [...]
crates | May 8, 2007
The past two days here have been very warm actually getting up to 73 degrees yesterday. I actually heard people complaining about the heat, and of course, many people are wearing their skimpy summer clothes. People here really can’t take any kind of heat whatsoever. The vegetable seeds that I planted are germinating and poking [...]
crates | April 20, 2007
I’ve been trying to do a lot of projects, and to help myself out I have made a detailed list that fills almost an entire page. I have listed the main items below that I want to accomplish by next Tuesday:A. Set up a new computer and connect it to my home network.B. Clean out [...]