Hello:
It has been raining hard here today, but not now. It is very wet outside.
I cannot access our local library here as my password no longer works. It goes in automatically when I go to the site, but starting last night it did not work. I need to go to our library later today to find out what went wrong.
I am listening the Kindle Women podcast and each of the three are surprised at the ferocity of Japanese treatment of prisoners. They never learned this in school or after they got out of school. The are discussing Unbroken. I am going to send them an email to read The Rape of Nanking, one of the most interesting books I ever read. What the Japanese soldiers did to the Chinese in that city defies description. I could not believe what the Japanese did in that city.
I did not read Unbroken; the same author wrote Seabiscuit one of the best books I read in the last two years.
What are your plans for the weekend? Me, I am working both days as I need to finish a project by early next week.
Steven
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Space pictures for today...
Today's top picture is Japan from the Space Shuttle.
The bottom picture shows Europe at night.
Remember when I posted a picture of North Korea at night? No lights at all.
Steve
Mid-week now...
Hi:
I tried to make chocolate shortbread cookies today, but it did not work out. A very simple recipe: 2 sticks of butter, 3/4 cup of sugar, mixed together until creamy. Then add 1 and 3/4 cups of flour and 1/2 cup of chocolate powder. I apparently did not mix the butter and sugar together well enough. I am suppose to make it creamy but it was not like that. My batter ended up dry so I could not make balls of the stuff. So I added some vegetable oil to it make it bound together. Well.....I tried....
My back is still sore so no coffee again today. I have no coffee or tea since Sunday. It is day-to-day thing.
I am now reading The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer. I need a good novel to get back into reading for a long time. I have been reading articles on my Kindle, not books.
I am still not very hungry these days. I had breakfast at 7:00 this morning, a small waffle. For lunch I made some french fries and chicken nuggets. I got this stuff last week when reading The French Fry Connection, a series of articles in The Oregonian in 1999. I found it on their website and copied it to my Kindle to read it again. Made me hungry for french fries. I know, a strange connection...
Once again, downloaded Morning Edition stories early today and forgot to listen to them. Had to add ATC to the list and will hopefully listen to both shows tonight.
Tomorrow starts the March birthdays in my family. Randy, my youngest brother is March 3. My dad's birthday is this Sunday. My younger brother Kenny is the next day. My ex-wife is the 11th. One of my ex-girlfriend's from Eugene is March 12. My late mother is March 19. Then comes my son Jeffrey, March 28 and my oldest son Dr. Brandon, March 29.
During a break in the rain here, I made a trip to the library on my bike. I would rather ride my bike to the store and library. Tomorrow a trip to the store.
Enjoy your March.
Steven
I tried to make chocolate shortbread cookies today, but it did not work out. A very simple recipe: 2 sticks of butter, 3/4 cup of sugar, mixed together until creamy. Then add 1 and 3/4 cups of flour and 1/2 cup of chocolate powder. I apparently did not mix the butter and sugar together well enough. I am suppose to make it creamy but it was not like that. My batter ended up dry so I could not make balls of the stuff. So I added some vegetable oil to it make it bound together. Well.....I tried....
My back is still sore so no coffee again today. I have no coffee or tea since Sunday. It is day-to-day thing.
I am now reading The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer. I need a good novel to get back into reading for a long time. I have been reading articles on my Kindle, not books.
I am still not very hungry these days. I had breakfast at 7:00 this morning, a small waffle. For lunch I made some french fries and chicken nuggets. I got this stuff last week when reading The French Fry Connection, a series of articles in The Oregonian in 1999. I found it on their website and copied it to my Kindle to read it again. Made me hungry for french fries. I know, a strange connection...
Once again, downloaded Morning Edition stories early today and forgot to listen to them. Had to add ATC to the list and will hopefully listen to both shows tonight.
Tomorrow starts the March birthdays in my family. Randy, my youngest brother is March 3. My dad's birthday is this Sunday. My younger brother Kenny is the next day. My ex-wife is the 11th. One of my ex-girlfriend's from Eugene is March 12. My late mother is March 19. Then comes my son Jeffrey, March 28 and my oldest son Dr. Brandon, March 29.
During a break in the rain here, I made a trip to the library on my bike. I would rather ride my bike to the store and library. Tomorrow a trip to the store.
Enjoy your March.
Steven
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Pictures for U...
Pictures from the Space Shuttle, not the one up there now, but the last one.
The top one shows South Africa at night.
The bottom one shows Japan, highlighted by Mt. Fuji.
I will have some more pictures in later posts.
Steven
Finally stopped raining
Hi:
It has been raining here since yesterday morning but now it has stopped. What a wet week...
I was so busy yesterday, getting up at 4:00 am. By last night I was very tired so I went to bed and slept for 10 hours.
I have given up on coffee or tea for the time being. A place on a part of gum is swollen and hot stuff irritates it. It is getting better today so maybe I can make coffee tomorrow morning.
I have four books waiting for me at the library. Two other books expired last week, but I think I read one of them already. The library closes at 5:30 pm today, so it is closed as I write this at 5:45 pm.
I have fallen behind on listening to my NPR programs. Last night I downloaded stories from ATC but went to bed instead of listening to the stories. This morning, at 6:30 I went to the NPR site and found out even at that early hour, Morning Edition was ready. So I downloaded stories form that show, spending most of the morning listening to story after story after story.
Too many stories on Libya now. I can listen to what is happening now but not all of the stories on Libya.
Tomorrow I am planting my peas outside. All are growing in the plate with water under paper towels.
Have a good week.
Steven
It has been raining here since yesterday morning but now it has stopped. What a wet week...
I was so busy yesterday, getting up at 4:00 am. By last night I was very tired so I went to bed and slept for 10 hours.
I have given up on coffee or tea for the time being. A place on a part of gum is swollen and hot stuff irritates it. It is getting better today so maybe I can make coffee tomorrow morning.
I have four books waiting for me at the library. Two other books expired last week, but I think I read one of them already. The library closes at 5:30 pm today, so it is closed as I write this at 5:45 pm.
I have fallen behind on listening to my NPR programs. Last night I downloaded stories from ATC but went to bed instead of listening to the stories. This morning, at 6:30 I went to the NPR site and found out even at that early hour, Morning Edition was ready. So I downloaded stories form that show, spending most of the morning listening to story after story after story.
Too many stories on Libya now. I can listen to what is happening now but not all of the stories on Libya.
Tomorrow I am planting my peas outside. All are growing in the plate with water under paper towels.
Have a good week.
Steven
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