Category Archives: Photos

April Showers

Posted on April 27 2006 by Mickey

    Late Saturday night, we had a lightning storm with no rain and no thunder. (I assume it was storming over Canada, to the east of me.) I had my camera set for five-second exposures, and took over eighty-three … Continue reading →

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Psoriacast (2006-04-09)

Posted on April 9 2006 by Mickey

        My brother Mark is insisting on a Psoriacast update. Back in mid-March he let me try some skin cream called Clobetasol Propionate. The directions called for it to be used twice a day, but the cream … Continue reading →

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Psoriacast (2006-01-21)

Posted on January 21 2006 by Mickey

    A bonus … with a bonus.

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Psoriacast (2006-01-19)

Posted on January 19 2006 by Mickey

    I’m dry again.

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Upgradeable to 64 MB

Posted on December 9 2005 by Mickey

    Obviously others have greater tall tales to tell about their first computers; but, still, I got a kick out of seeing all these specs, ca 1994, from my old Packard Bell box, uncovered while doing the Christmas decorations.

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Posted on November 11 2005 by Mickey

    Today marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Great Lakes freighter immortalized in Canadian folksinger Gordon Lightfoot’s ballad. The Fitz went down in Lake Superior, off the eastern coast of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, thirty … Continue reading →

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The Fish is Ailing

Posted on November 7 2005 by Mickey

    Fish VI seemed fine when I left him on the morning of Friday, October 21. But he was behaving differently that night and the next morning. He was listless and instead of just sleeping on the bottom of … Continue reading →

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Psoriacast (2005-10-20)

Posted on October 20 2005 by Mickey

    That is one ugggly bird…

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September 24 Peace March

Posted on September 24 2005 by Mickey

    Apparently “two thousand”* to half a million people are marching in Washington DC, demanding the start of troop withdrawal from Iraq. You can’t see any mention of it on the networks, despite the fact the protest reflects the … Continue reading →

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A Grand

Posted on September 17 2005 by Mickey

    This might not be a big deal for a lot of car owners out there, but it’s new to me. Tonight, for the first time, I got to watch my odometer roll over from 099999 to 100000. Usually … Continue reading →

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