Apr 30, 2009

Camera Test - refurbished (ie bargain discount) panasonic digital camera

short steps, random steps, should read the instructions steps, bird is across the street (so 2 yards and a street away), too much ZOOM for unpracticed hands....


Apr 29, 2009

a library video . . . . to bad this wont go full screen

Using comic life to create a short comic book, exported as a movie file, with a Gregorian Chant version of MAD WORLD playing in the back ground. Comic Life: toss in photos, ad captions and jumbo/comic print. Have a 30 day free test . . .

Apr 27, 2009

Living Room, kind of oriental with the shades drawn.

Can you tell which one has the shades drawn?
Can you spell silhouette (I guessed right!)


that tree is where the squirrels dance in the winter.....


so much light, not a vampire in sight!

Only in AKRON! blimps (and not human)

Sunday afternoon, from the driveway..... double click see it big, it sounds like a lawn mower in the sky . . .


fading into the distance.....



Don't you wish you were on a blimp?
I'm on a blimp
I'm on a blimp!
Straigt flowing on a blimp in the deep blue skies,
Busting five knots, wind whipping out my coat.

-john

a bit of nature

grape hycathins in our yard


a pretty tree (what is it for 10 points) down the street....



the indoor lemon tree that has survived over a year, it enjoys being outdoors...




Apr 20, 2009

hard times in Ohio!!

you have got to wonder:


Police say novice stripper attacked by shoe-wielding rival
By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 12:30 p.m. EDT, Apr 20, 2009

A 52-year-old woman who took a job as an exotic dancer to help make ends meet was attacked on her first day by a jealous co-worker armed with a stiletto shoe, police said.

The altercation occurred Friday night at Club 1245 at 1245 E. Tallmadge Ave., according to Akron police.

The victim received multiple cuts to her face that were treated at a local hospital with seven staples, police said. She has refused to discuss the incident with detectives.

Police said the victim needed extra money and got the job with the help of a friend. Friday was her first day, and as she walked into the basement dressing room, she was attacked by a co-worker armed with the shoe, police said.

''The other girls were upset she was there and said, 'We don't need any more dancers around here,' '' Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards said.

A dancer then took her high-heeled shoe and began striking the rookie stripper in the face, police said. The victim was taken to Akron General Medical Center, where nurses contacted police.
The victim left the emergency room before police arrived. Edwards said the dancer did not want to make a report. However, hospital officials are obligated under Ohio law to report the assault.
The suspect is described only as a black female in her late 40s.

A 52-year-old woman who took a job as an exotic dancer to help make ends meet was attacked on her first day by a jealous co-worker armed with a stiletto shoe, police said.
The altercation occurred Friday night at Club 1245 at 1245 E. Tallmadge Ave., according to Akron police.
The victim received multiple cuts to her face that were treated at a local hospital with seven staples, police said. She has refused to discuss the incident with detectives.

Police said the victim needed extra money and got the job with the help of a friend. Friday was her first day, and as she walked into the basement dressing room, she was attacked by a co-worker armed with the shoe, police said.

''The other girls were upset she was there and said, 'We don't need any more dancers around here,' '' Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards said.

A dancer then took her high-heeled shoe and began striking the rookie stripper in the face, police said. The victim was taken to Akron General Medical Center, where nurses contacted police.
The victim left the emergency room before police arrived. Edwards said the dancer did not want to make a report. However, hospital officials are obligated under Ohio law to report the assault.
The suspect is described only as a black female in her late 40s.

end

Apr 16, 2009

Susan Boyle, Talented British Singer . . .

Exclusive: Susan Boyle's first ever song release revealed

prior to her sudden fame:


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This is a high quality youtube posting of the

Britains Got Talent 2009 - Susan Boyle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg




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Susan Boyle first interview - Scottish Television

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Apr 14, 2009

on a boat?



I do like this show......

. . . . . clips to go to this entire song from just two eps, "Dead in the Water" and "Red Sky At Morning." (Well, three if you count the snippet of the Pilot from the "Then" thing...)

Apr 12, 2009

a touch of spring, a bit of Easter....





Hope you had a fine holiday.
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Mar 31, 2009

do you remember Gilda?




do you remember the 70s?


Mar 27, 2009

Paul's Birthday Cake






Chocolate, from the Westside Bakery, in lovely Akron Ohio.




Mar 25, 2009

true, just when I thught things could not get crazier:

and the writing is funny....

http://promotions.mardenkane.com/cbs/cbscares/

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Mar 22, 2009

Spring, I still believe (even if it snowed a tiny bit on friday)

The front door through the eyes of a land fish?


The crocus patch, up close and personal!







ah, the return of color, chattering birds, robins, kids on bikes, windows rolled down, sneakers and jackets.

Mar 20, 2009

HAPPY SPRING


could it be, could it be Spring?

Could it be? I looked out my bedroom window and saw a flash of purple color yesterday.

A bright purple, the snow was gone, no one was stuck in the street. It was cold tho 40s.

But sunny...... a flash of purple, and a prelude of things to come!




Thrilling, isn't it? and air no longer has the heavey cold in it, and the birds are chirping at 5:30 a.m. and sun sets well past 7:00 p.m.

ENJOY THE WEEKEND!

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Mar 18, 2009

From A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

[HYSTERIUM]
I'm calm,
I'm calm,
I'm perfectly calm,
I'm utterly under control.
I haven't a worry:
Where others would hurry I stroll.
I'm calm,
I'm cool,
A gibbering fool
Is something I never become.
When thunder is rumbling
And others are crumbling,
I hum.
Hm--hmmm--hmmmmm!!!!!
HMMMMM!!!!
H-M-M-M!!!!

I must think calm comforting things,
Butterfly wings,
Emerald rings,
Or a murmuring brook,
Murmuring, murmuring, murmuring...look,
I'm calm,
I'm calm,
I haven't a qualm,
I'm utterly under control.
Let nothing confuse me
Or faze me-- [yawn] --
Excuse me.
I'm calm.
Oh so calm.
Oh so--

[PSEUDOLUS (offstage):]
Hysterium!

[HYSTERIUM]
I'm calm,
I'm calm,
I'm perfectly calm,
Indifferent to tensions and shocks.
Unruffled and ready,
My nerves are as steady
As rocks.
I'm calm, controlled,
So cool that I'm cold,
Aloofer than any giraffe.
When something's the matter,
Where others would shatter
I laugh. [Laughs hysterically]
I must breathe deep, ever so deep,
Think about sheep
Going to sleep,
Stop and count up to ten, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9...when
You need aplomb
And want to be calm
'Cause life is a horrible dream,
Just count up to ten
Very slowly, and then--

[PSEUDOLUS (offstage):]
Hysterium!

[HYSTERIUM]
[screams]

Mar 11, 2009

ripped from a DVD....

...... from A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (the end, funny.....)


Mar 10, 2009

PetitionSpot

jbeckhamlat's books from LibraryThing

talk to me

jbeckhamlat's books from LibraryThing

ITS TIME TO READ, even if its 1927!