I’ve always enjoyed astronomy, of the backyard variety at least. I was born after the first Apollo moon landing. I’ve watched as many of the Space Shuttle launches as possible even after moving to Texas.
My first time to see the Milky Way was in 1986 while crossing over the mountains north of Málaga.…
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I watched the Steve-Note address yesterday. I had anticipated the release of a new iPod. The iPod nano is beautiful. I have already talked to my mother about getting one but I am concerned about its interface. It only seems to support USB.…
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I’ve been wanting to get started blogging but I have not been happy with the software tools available. I have been writing news sites for years which are essentially just blogs. I had planned on using one of them but never got around to it.…
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Rain and camping are a bad combination. So, it’s important to set your tarp up properly.
Attached are 2 pictures of what worked for us on Memorial Day weekend. However, this is NOT a recommendation. 🙂
I just came from a guest lecture at school by Jackson Katz. He works in gender violence prevention and has made several movies. Anyway, it was such a great lecture and really brought a lot of things to my attention I had never thought about before!…
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Well my show season came to a close this past week end in Twin Falls, Idaho at the zones horse show. I had qualified for the regional show by getting 35+ points from shows throughout the school year (1st place is 7 points, 2nd place is 5, and so on).…
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Well I got back from my last horse show of the season. We had three western shows in Dillon Montana and I won a third place and two firsts. Now I’m qualified for the regional show which is a kind of preliminary for the national show.…
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I put up some new pictures from my regional show which took place today. I placed fourth in my class of eight, which unfortunatly was not high enough to proceed on to the zones and then national show. I will be going to zones with the team (as opposed to individually) so if anyone wants to watch, we will be in Ridgefield, Washington.…
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Jim’s youngest son, Zach Gibson, graduated from Air Force Basic Training in San Antonio. He’s on his way to more training to be a forward combat air traffic controller with the Air Force Special Forces. I wasn’t able to make the graduation but Jim was there.
I just got back from a polo clinic in Bozeman, which was a ton of fun! My horse, Ezra, wasn’t so sure about that ball flying at him and horses galloping everywhere, but he got the hang of it by the end.…
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Every year we take the family out to a movie on the day after Thanksgiving. Usually Disney has some offering that the whole family can enjoy. This year the offerings of Cat in the Hat and Brother Bear we not on anyone’s list.…
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I just got back from seeing The Matrix Revolutions. I did not write up The Matrix Reloaded when it cam out so I guess I can talk about both movies. No such review would be complete without referring to the original movie.…
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This movie had a lot of promise. The case looked good. The special effects are excellent. The story broke down for me when the movie failed to follow its own movie logic. The movie is about a war between Vampires and Warewolves.…
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