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We stopped at a roadside nursery on our way into south Texas. Don’t remember the name, but the brilliant colors drew us in, and we left with about $50 worth of plants. This one plant is still “hanging around.”
July 3rd, 2008 — Family
This image was recently received in my inbox from a trusted source. It’s interesting from the standpoint of how simply we can represent real life with imagery. An entire lifetime is presented here with four liquid containers. Each stage of life represented by the liquid inside.
June 22nd, 2008 — Photography
As a celebration of his life, music and philosophy, From Life to Life, A Garden For George’ is a tribute to George Harrison’s journey from the material to the spiritual world.A highlight of this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, it was designed by Yvonne Innes in collaboration with Olivia Harrison and sponsored by The Material World Charitable Foundation.
Founded by George in 1973, The Material World Charitable Foundation aims to encourage the exploration of alternate and diverse forms of artistic expression, life views and philosophies as well as a way to support established charities and people with special needs.
May 23rd, 2008 — Daily Rover
OK this type of service is way overdue.
Google Health aims to solve an urgent need. Organizing patient information and making it accessible and useful.
Read more about Google Health on their official blog : http://googleblog.blogspot.com
May 20th, 2008 — Daily Rover
This is the most bizarre crash landing I’ve ever seen at a small private airport. This incident happened last Thursday at Northwest Regional Airport, about 20 miles northeast of Fort Worth, Texas.
May 16th, 2008 — Daily Rover
I flagged down a Schwans truck in our neighborhood this evening. I had seen them around town and remembered how great their foods are. We had their service years ago and I was always satisfied with their products.
Everything from their cheese bread to their ice cream is good. And I love the home delivery. It’s old fashioned, but it’s still a valid service today, especially with gas prices rising toward four dollars a gallon.
Tonight we got the Ice Cream Pizza, which is a chocolate brownie topped with vanilla ice cream, and drizzled with chocolate fudge with M&M Minis on top. We snagged the last one they had. It was delicious.
May 15th, 2008 — Daily Rover
Since today was Earth Day, I thought I would post this NASA News Release…
JPL Earth Scientists Reflect on Earth Day
In commemoration of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, we asked JPL Earth scientists to reflect on the event and what it means to them. Here are some of their responses:
“My father was a biologist who brought his family from Cuba to the United States. I still remember as a boy long walks with him on the beach as he pointed out the different organisms and the beauty of our planet. Those long walks instilled in me a love for understanding our planet, and more importantly, the desire to make sure we are good stewards of the precious gift we call planet Earth.”
- Jorge Vazquez, Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center task scientist“At NASA, every day is Earth Day. After all our explorations of the universe, we are still awed by our own miracle planet and reminded daily that we have only one Earth. But we also see warning signs posted all over our home. Oceans are warming and rising, glaciers are retreating, our atmosphere carries pollution to all nations, forests are disappearing and our out-of-control population growth is crushing the environment. Yet Earth is a tough old gal, and we still control our collective future. Earth Day is a time for us to pause and consider how each of us, all of us, can work together as trustees of our home, Earth, to benefit our collective future.”
- Bill Patzert, climatologist“At the moment I am working with a number of JPL colleagues on the topic of global change and the role that JPL and NASA can play in this process. The considerable talent and expertise of the people I have the opportunity to work with in conjunction with their and JPL’s sincere intentions to contribute to this very important global problem make Earth Day particularly meaningful and going to ‘work’ extremely fun!”
- Duane Waliser, senior research scientist“I study Earth science because I want to know: ‘What will the future bring?’”
- Tony Mannucci, Ionospheric and Atmospheric Remote Sensing Group“NASA and international space agencies are collaborating to study the polar regions of Earth in ways that have never been done in the past. Observations gathered by satellites as well as field parties on the ground have shown that the vast expanses of ice in Greenland and Antarctica are melting away in response to climate warming. We are now putting all our efforts to be able to predict how ice will melt in the coming century because ice melt raises global sea level and the impact this will have on coastal populations will be significant–some populations will have to leave their homes and move inland.”
- Eric Rignot, senior research scientist“I have been working at JPL for 10 years, mainly on developing and using radar satellites to study vegetation all over the world. Radars allow us to measure vegetation changes and some characteristics of its structure, such as height and biomass (the amount of material in the forest). This enables measurement of the impact of climate change on vegetation. How do they contribute to the atmosphere (example: oxygen, carbon dioxide) and other life forms (human and animals) on Earth? Are forests destroyed? Can they survive climate change?”
- Marc Simard, senior scientist, radar systems
Earth Day Links:
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration noaa.gov
EarthDayNetwork ww2.earthday.net
April 22nd, 2008 — Weather
I just got an email about Adobe TV. Looks like Adobe has beefed up their free online training videos to include all of their latest product lines, including Dreamweaver and Flash. It’s not just Photoshop anymore. Their new URL is http://tv.adobe.com
There’s also the ability to either embed or link to each video, just like on YouTube.
April 14th, 2008 — Video
You know it’s spring in North Texas when the weather forecast reads like this…
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 849 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 160 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR 23 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 318 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008. NOW...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALONG AND NORTH OF A GRAHAM...DENTON... SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE UNTIL 4 AM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 SOUTH TO ATHENS... WACO AND TEMPLE...THROUGH 10 AM CDT. A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLARKSVILLE... TO GREENVILLE TO BROWNWOOD AT 320 AM...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH... WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH. A TRAILING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DENISON TO WEATHERFORD. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...REMEMBER TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
Check out the radar image below. These are the severe storms that woke me up this morning
at 3:30.
April 4th, 2008 — Weather
An Easter message of Faith, Hope and Love
from Pope Benedict XVI…
Source: EWTN, the Eternal Word Television Network’s news page www.ewtn.com
Easter should remind us that love has triumphed, and that we can “start again from Christ” to build a society of peace and love. “These holy days reawaken a great hope in us,” he added. “Christ was crucified, yet he rose again and conquered the world.
“Love is stronger than hate, it has triumphed and we should affiliate ourselves with this victory of love. We should therefore start again from Christ and work together with him for a world founded on peace, justice and love.”
Pope Benedict XVI said this in a commentary on the Easter triduum; the three days prior to Easter; Thursday evening, the Mass of the Lord’s Supper; Good Friday, the Way of the Cross, and Holy Saturday, the Easter vigil, when “the Church holds vigil next to the newly blessed fire and meditates on the great promise contained in the Old and New Testaments, of the conclusive liberation from the ancient slavery to sin and death.
In the darkness of the night, the Easter candle is lit from the new fire as a symbol of Christ who rises again in glory.”
March 23rd, 2008 — Holidays
