A blog full of memories
I am structuring my time around projects and learning. In September, I had a few things I wanted to do with my time off but I am finding that if I don’t schedule it, I don’t do it. Therefore, I am declaring Wednesdays to be Website Wednesdays. Wednesdays will be the day I work on …
I am talking to Joe at Directware Plus in Petaluma a lot recently. I found him the other day because I was randomly calling computer networking numbers in the Yellow Pages. I was hoping to find a WiFi solution for this Verizon PC5740 broadband card. I called Directware Plus because they have a local Petaluma …
“When I use a word, it means exactly what I want it to mean. Nothing more. Nothing less.” Humpty Dumpty says this to Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. I love languages. I love finding true words: one word, one meaning, and nothing else. Somebody called me a logomachist once. I had to …
Today, it’s raining on this mountain top. I guess winter is setting in. Yesterday, I called a local computers-R-US technician to ask if he could help me find a way either to plug this Verizon Broadband PC5740 card into a router so I could broadcast the internet connection from the one corner of the house …
Yukonjen.com is getting a makeover. I’m very excited at the prospect. The worst thing is though, that I’ve already written this post, but I lost the connection. Now I have to remember what I’ve already written–Ugh! I have two weeks to figure out this Verizon Broadband thing. I hope I can figure something out WiFi-wise. …
What a relief. Finally. This Verizon Broadband data plan does work…It just doesn’t work in the corner office! It works in various places throughout the house, it just doesn’t work in the corner office. I WILL NEVER BE BOXED IN AGAIN!!! Yukon Jen –outside the box. The only way to be. I just have to …
I bought a new laptop yesterday. I was so excited. Well, I still am excited about the laptop, just not about Verizon’s Broadband plan. It works fine in Petaluma. It just doesn’t work up here at Bush-Field. I’ll have to return it tomorrow. The Tier 3 support guy at Verizon said that there are two …
My SAD (slow-ass-dialup) days are numbered. I’m sure of it. I’ve been trying to find a high speed solution for Bush-Field. I’ve tried DSL. I’ve tried cable. I’ve tried satellite. No go. We are too rural for DSL or cable. We’d have to pay our own contractor to lay the cables. Upwards of $50 000. …
I feel like a farmer today. I am muddy and grubby and just dirty in general. I have dust in my ears. I have dust in my nose. I have dirt under my fingernails. I can’t remember when I have felt more completely and utterly satisfied. We harvested the grapes from the fields today. Well, …
I make my coffee on the stove top. My friend from university (Ann) married a fellow from Croatia and they now live in Whitehorse, Yukon. Ante (Ann’s husband) taught me how to make this coffee. I think, however, it’s all in the routine of making the coffee and drinking it that makes it so pleasurable. …
Here is something from my archives of blog starts. I think I wrote it last October before Zebulon’s turned to SoHo. My friend and former neigbour Carol would point out that I haven’t really gotten anywhere in a year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Livewire is a literary salon hosted every Tuesday night at Zebulon’s Lounge in Petaluma, California. …
I am invited to go to the Ujena Bikini Jam. Not to model (as if!). Just for fun though. It would be interesting I think. It would definitely make a good blog story. My friend Waitman (the very generous soul who gave me this blog) writes the software for Ujena.com. He is also writing the …
Tony Beckerman said: August 1st, 2006 at 2:36 pm “The “Simon Brush™” looks like it was originally made by a company called “Bobbie”, who makes Bobbie Pins etc. That particular model was probably discontinued many years ago.” So, for all you people out there who have stuff from 25 years ago, check to see if …
The short story of the long story below is: Tony is looking for a replacement brush for Simon. I haven’t actually figured out why Tony is trying to find a replacement brush, but that could be for another time. The specs on the brush are (see entry below for pics): plastic silver coated paint 15 …
Not a brush with a celebrity, but–quite literally–a brush and a celebrity. Actually, it’s not even my brush, but it is Simon Cowell’s brush. Apparently, he is looking to replace his brush with an identical one. Here is a picture of his brush: Front Profile of The Brush Side Profile of The Brush My friend …
No, this is not a recipe. It has been HOT here. HOT. HOT. HOT. I’m melting. But at least I haven’t keeled over like this cow…poor thing.
I just dug this entry out of my collection of starts for blog entries. I’d started this story sometime last year when I was still living in Healdsburg. I used to walk around Fitch Mountain every Sunday morning with my neighbours. We called ourselves Fitch Mountain Fitness. I haven’t seen my neighbours for awhile, let …
When is it OK to sit on a toilet and use your cell phone? NEVER! That’s why they should be called When NEVER minutes. Not whenever minutes. Here is an excerpt from and email I received today. I can’t believe this sort of thing happens. I mean, people in California barely even smoke for Christ’s …
One thing I like about the Internet is that you can find communities of people who are interested in things you like to do. They can be virtual communities, or you may actually get to meet them face-to-face. For any degree of weird fetish you might have or any topic you are researching, there is …
That bird. That stupid bird–the one I thought was trying to mate his reflection. My friend Mela says he’s a California Towhee. And, he’s jealous of the bird in the reflection. He’s staking out his territory and attacking the bird in the mirror. I just think he’s a bird brain. Here are some pictures of …
Yesterday, Alan told me he’d found two rattlesnakes sunning themselves on the deck. He said he’d found one on the BBQ deck. He’d opened the sliding door to go outside to play with the dogs and he’d just simply walked by it. He noticed it, though, when he was going to go back inside. It …
It’s time, I think, to start my series of stories on toilet humour. I have a few stories about outhouses, about flatulence (yes, I can write about the F word, but I can’t really say it–or talk about it–so, unless I know you really well, please don’t come round expecting that I can hold a …
When my sisters and aunt came to visit, we somehow got talking about losers and the sign for losers. When my friend Rachel was 11, she showed me the universal sign for loser along with a little song. I can’t remember the song, but I do remember that it was Rach showed me that universal …