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Monday, February 21, 2005
Good Morning Silicon Valley?
Just to answer the questions before they get asked, the GMSV stuff off to the side is just a feed I'm working with because I had it to use. I'll eventually get an RSS feed or three running down the side of the page, but I really haven't decided which one(s) yet.
Posted 02/21/2005 19:18 by Fritz | Comments (0)
Allie
At long last, we have a picture of Rick's girlfriend, Allie. She's as sweet as she is purty.
Posted 02/21/2005 19:13 by Fritz | Comments (0)
Emma and Lauren at the Circus
Emma's friend, Lauren, somehow ends up with backstage passes to the Barnum & Bailey Circus once in a while. Here they are earlier this month.
Posted 02/21/2005 19:04 by Fritz | Comments (0)
Friday, February 18, 2005
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Posted 02/18/2005 22:26 by Fritz | Comments (0)
Thursday, February 17, 2005
The War. On Drugs.
The US food and drug administration [sic] has given the go-ahead for the soldiers to be included in an experiment to see if MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy, can treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
From The Guardian.
Posted 02/17/2005 15:46 by Fritz | Comments (0)
In Twenty Years, No Matter What
I think this shot must have been taken around Thanksgiving of 1985. This group of guys hung out in various configurations throughout the early '80s, and at some point during that time, each of them was my best friend. Pretty cool to have them all together in one shot.
Posted 02/17/2005 06:55 by Fritz | Comments (0)
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Upgrade
I've upgraded the blog software to version 3.15. Comments are back on again, and I've added Grampy to automatic notification. You'll need to register to comment, which should keep the crapflooding down.
Update: Er, comments are back on but I haven't found where to allow registration. Sorry for the confusion.
Update: All right. Comments disabled until I can figure out what's going on. I'm getting an error that claims I haven't registered with TypePad, which is very wrong. Stay tuned. /sigh.
Posted 02/10/2005 18:58 by Fritz | Comments (0)
School Pictures 2004
Posted 02/10/2005 17:28 by Fritz | Comments (0)
Organ Donor Saves 20 Lives
Okay, now that's impressive. If you're not already signed up, get your donor card. You can give while you're still alive, too. I'm scheduled to donate pint number 30 today.
Full text of the linked article after the jump in case the Sun's links rot after a time.
Girl gives new life to 20
By VIRGINIA WHEELER
A PRETTY 23-year-old girl killed in a car smash has given up to TWENTY people the chance of a new life.
Blonde graduate Clare Ekins was carrying an organ donor card when she died instantly in a head-on crash as she drove to work.
Because she was young, fit and healthy her tissues were ideal for transplants — and her parents gave the go-ahead.
Dad Graham, 54, a headmaster, told yesterday how he and teacher wife Evie, 53, had no hesitation.
He said: "We knew how strong her feelings were. Clare thought society should help others and wanted to do her bit. We’ve been told her tissue will be particularly compatible for young girls, which is wonderful. Her bone tissue can be stored for up to four years."
Caring Clare’s major organs — such as her heart and lungs — were distributed immediately. Tissues from other parts of her body will be kept for use in skin grafts for burns victims and for heart valve grafts.
Police are probing the crash near the personal assistant’s home in Chelmsford, Essex.
The National Blood Service said: "Clare’s gift is truly marvellous and generous."
- GET your donor card by calling the Organ Donor Line on 0845 6060400 or follow the links at www.uktransplant.org.uk.
Posted 02/10/2005 08:46 by Fritz | Comments (0)
Thursday, February 3, 2005
Because this is the kind of thing I'm not catching...
I'm going to be an Aunt and an Uncle. Cool.
Heard from Marc tonight. The twins are doing great. Baby A is a girl, and the other is a boy. Definitely. We're not entirely sure where he got it.
Turns out Betty and Shelly (and I) were hoping for girls, while Marc really hoped—'cause he's scairt—they'd both be boys. He'd've missed out. Girls are different, and somehow you've missed some critical education if you don't have at least one. Life, from another angle. He's helped a couple of boys grow already, so it'd be fun to watch him raise girls. With Shelly. And Julie. And Betty. And Sherie (whose name I've probably misspelled). I'd buy tickets for that.
Matt got a job today. He's going to be selling designer cologne perfume knock-offs. I wasn't so sure at first, but the more I hear about it, the more it sounds like the sort of thing that could show him the direction he's looking for. It may not be the direction any of us are expecting, but it'll be right.
[Soapbox moment: For the record, I wholeheartedly approve of designer cologne knock-offs. Let's face it, they don't have the "gosh, all this r&d resarch costs so much" excuse the drug companies claim, and designing a pleasant smell isn't exactly an art form. But I smoke, so my sense of smell isn't that sharp. Hey! there's a market. Duh. Besides, perfume may be the only remaining area of IP law where Fair Use still exists, and it's still okay to reverse engineer and improve.]
Oh, by the way, Shelly has to stop shopping, or she's stuck with bedrest. Either that or Marc's going to have to get off his ass and start helping around the house. Something like that. Family is cool, huh? :-)
Posted 02/03/2005 21:03 by Fritz | Comments (0)
Is this thing on?
Just a public acknowledgement that I've been exceptionally slack for the past several months, but I should be getting back on board soon. I'm planning on redesigning the layout and color scheme, updating links and "who we are" stuff, adding some zing, and upgrading the blog software.
If anyone reading has suggestions or requests for content, please let me know. If you're one of the folks in the "Knacks of Charlotte" circle, I'd also appreciate a brief writeup on who you are so that I can include you in the cast of characters. 50 words is probably more than sufficient. Take a look at the two-year-old stuff I pulled off a few months back to see what I'm replacing.
Speaking of the blog software, I got flooded this week with about 90 "trackback pings" that were spam—it's one of the ways the bad guys have found to increase they're ratings on Google—so I've turned that functionality off as well. Hopefully with the upgrade, I'll be able to re-enable comments and the like. Stay tuned.
Posted 02/03/2005 10:22 by Fritz | Comments (0)