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Friday December 23, 2005

Just like us

Filed under: Politics — don @ 11:49 am

Baghdad, Iraq. “Demonstrations broke out across the country Friday to denounce parliamentary elections that protesters called rigged.”

It looks like Iraq is getting just like the US. In 2000 the Democrats claimed our election was rigged and illegal.

Imagine this happening 3 years ago in Iraq. There would be even more dead bodies in the mass graves.

It isn’t perfect but democracy beats all the other forms of government. At least people don’t die for their political beliefs.

Friday December 9, 2005

Spellcheck in WordPress!

Filed under: Geek — don @ 11:44 pm

I’m trying out the new Google toolbar. It’s got spell check on it. Let’s see if it works. It works.

I’ve been reading a lot of family blogs and noticed one or two people seem to have a little trouble spelling words correctly. Heck I’ve been known to misspell a word or two. If you too are prone to this I suggest you install this little Firefox extension. It’s got a few other features besides the spellcheck. One is AutoLink which searches a web page for an address and if it finds one it lets you click and go to Google maps. Kinda cool.

Saturday December 3, 2005

Blogging and Glamis

Filed under: Life — don @ 10:25 am

Jocelyn is now a blogger. She hasn’t written much yet but I suggest we bug her until she does. Heather also has a blog and she writes fairly regularly. In fact most of the people in my family have blogs. Donna has one. Richard has one. Robin has one. Even Lauren has a website very similar to a blog. Mom’s isn’t really a blog but it’s more than just a web page with pictures. It’s actually quite interesting for the genealogicly inclined.

Glamis is a REALLY LARGE sandbox. Pismo Beach is a pile of sand next to Glamis. We were there for 2 days and only saw a fraction of the place. On one of our rides I was leading, Jeremy was behind me and Scott was behind him. I went over a hill that Jeremy didn’t want to try so he stopped while I kept going. It took me a few minutes to realize they weren’t following anymore and when I did I headed back.

I couldn’t find them. I rode around for the next 15 minutes and didn’t see them. I stopped a few times at the tops of hills and looked around but no luck. I finally decided I should head back for 2 reasons. One, it isn’t a good idea to be alone in the dunes and two, I wanted to make sure they were ok and camp was where they would go first.

When I got back they were sitting in front of the trailer. Seems they had realized we were separated about the same time I did and drove to the tops of a few hills looking for me. When they couldn’t find me they also decided camp was the best idea.

We’ve been to Pismo many times and we’ve never “lost” each other. It’s just not big enough and the sand isn’t high enough. We decided the only reason to go to Pismo is the weather. I don’t think we’ll be going to Glamis in the middle of the summer. We were there in November and the temperature was in the low to mid 80s. It also takes about twice as long to get to Glamis.

There are a few other dunes we’d like to try. There’s Dumont out by Baker and Sand Mountain in Nevada. So much sand and so little time.

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