...Creek Fire to the north-east

...here's the fire map.

"My ipodcast app was off my phone this am and I just listened last night. And my keyboard was missing from my iPad this morning. Got it all fixed but... these updates must be written by Penn and Teller." -- denise

...live forever

You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please try to raise your children right
Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead them safely to the light

-- billy joe shaver

Trying to sleep last night started out a little restless for me (lots of "work" things on my mind). The moon was full, like a giant flash-light illuminating the normally dark grove of trees, that our home is settled in. The crickets outside my open window, I deemed, were making my fitful rest worse. And then the coyotes down the street starting their occasional "racket" of yelping over some exciting find in the night. I thought "man, I'm never getting to sleep".

Something clicked in my brain. I'm lucky to be sleeping in such a peaceful spot. The sounds of nocturnal life around here do not consist of honking horns, sirens, helicopters or gun-fire. Outside my window at night, it's the hum of mother nature, at work. A cool breeze kicked in through the window and I drifted off to sleep.

Then... in the ponderosa pine, next to my window, a big ol' hoot owl started his shift.

Bandwidth is the "new" hot water... not enough left over once I logon after the kids.

What does "s/b" mean in "texting"... and more importantly when did "texting" become a language?

...Turkeys have been trotting through the neighborhood. Not as bad as the feral trains in Merced.

... friend says "I am related to the very first Game Warden in Idaho"
... denise hears "I am related to the very first gay Mormon in Idaho"

unite under the banner of vindication (must share with spouse!). According to the Atlantic, we are part of the disruptive technology that helped bring about the internet as it is today. read on... or just change the channel.

Denise says "I was cutting the beans this am..."
Denise means "I was grinding some fresh coffee beans this am..."

So with the latest snow fall in the Sierra...

...California is looking a whole lot better on the drought map.

Holiday Tree decorating idea #22

this is a visual proof for this venn diagram.

I am trying to think of my new pope name? I think it should compliment my rapstar name, my gangsta name, my guido name, and my mafia name. It can't clash with my gravatar or my facebook username or my gplus nickname...

... or I might just go by how I am known to my country.

ping... just starting out on a new platform!

"Hindsight really is 2020" -- denise

could someone please text or call Mr. Žižek...

"coffee tastes better when you don't have to go to work" -- denise

"that truck needs faster tires" -- denise's comment about a sloooow moving pickup on the highway today.

my kids were doing this before college...