Sporadic Update

Life is good. But Michigan's governor isn't. Granholm wants to release 7,500 prison inmates and close five state prisons... loss of both public safety and much-needed jobs. New unemployed workers will live off of government welfare if she gets her way... all in the name of budget cuts. Not a very good thing at all. But in general, my personal life is going very well.

Merry Christmas, I haven't updated in 4 months

So much for keeping my blog updated! Merry Christmas to all... none of you who regularly read this. My life has been going well this year.

And that is all.

At the irritating cousin's house

I have been spending the labor day weekend at my cousin's house. They live on a lake but we can't swim because their access is prohibited by their selfish ratty neighbors, the Long's. On the bright side, I got a new typewriter yesterday, It's a Royal Arrow from approximately 1939. had toasted cheese sandwiches for lunch, which were good.

Me on the Internet

Here are links to where I am mentioned on other people's websites.

http://www.richardloxley.com/fun/risk/
(I contributed a ZIP file containing the old Mac game Risk.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/institutional/2009/06/090605_soundscavengers.shtml
(I contributed a sound file of a 1923 Underwood typewriter to Save our Sounds.)

An Opportunity: Follow-up

Daisy the deer hasn't come back to Paula & Steve's house in three months. I am assuming that she has grown up and will be starting a family next spring. Down at the creek, we saw a dead fawn that looked no more than three weeks old under wawter. I think it must have drowned.\

We got a new cat, found down at the creek behind the guardrail, where someone dropped him off. He was scared to death, and you can't just leave a kitten of his age (8-9 weeks) alone, so we took him home. His name is Shadow Max Beland (Ever heard of Shadowfax, Gandalf's horse in the Lord of the Rings?).

What to say

"The weather's been hot, humid, and cloudy these past 3 days, and I have forgotten what it was like to see the sun. The parching thirst can only be quenched by licking the air, which is not awfully convenient." This sad fact has lead me to say that I am glad that this little story is not true, except for the three days weather. Just thought I'd be creative after how many months of non-blogging.

I have put up a couple sounds on the BBC's "Save Our Sounds" project. You ought to visit it by going to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specialreports/saveoursounds.shtml. Click on the differrent markers on the map, and the one in Michigan is from me. To add your own sounds, read the guidelines and go to the upload page.

What a world this place we call home has come to (For better or worse)! The center-right's have come to power in the EU parliament, which is good, but not good enough. Nothing very good ever came from those who made too many compromises. Look at Mr. B. H. Obama, I am sure he won't get re-elected, he is loosing support.

Weather And Politics

These two topics are probably the most discussed in our nation, at least that's what I think. First off: the weather here has been nice and not so nice. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, we saw beautiful 70 degree weather. Now, On Sunday and Monday, there has been rain, clouds, and a general temperature of about 50. Now, for the politics. Mr. B. H. Obama has defied all logic once more. Yes, he warmly greeted Mr. Hugo Chavez, who is supposed to be an enemy of the U.S. he has made some obviously Anti-American statements during his reign in Venezuela. Chavez