Ultimate gifts

I think I want [url=http://www.irobotnow.com/]one. So I’m looking at the robot site, and I’m hoping that I can use that robot to scare [i]Micropterus salmoides floridanus[/i] up out of the lake, towards my bait. I’ve gone back to reading Neal Stephenson’s [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380977427/fishinguideto-20]Quicksilver. Funny notation? Under the dust jacket? The book has the glyph for Mercury.

Friday Five

Friday Five List five charities where you’d like to see some holiday cash go. It’s that simple. Make a gift out of giving. 5. [url=http://www.austinspca.com/]Austin SPCA 4. [url=http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/]UT’s McDonald Observatory 3. [url=http://www.ccatexas.org/]Coastal Conservation 2. [url=http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/]Shakespeare’s Globe 1. [url=http://www.austinshakespeare.org/]Austin Shakespeare Festival There’s always the choice to send an anonymous donation to astrofish.net and help keep this Friday Five

And that’s it!

[b]Weird idea[/b]: I saw a link to something on Google, and that spurred an idea. I’ve written about this, time and again, but what I did was flow all of the 2003 columns into a single text file. Then I applied some formatting, and checked it out. 145,000 words. Plus some change for a table And that’s it!

And that’s a happy spot

And that’s a happy spot! [i]Unrelated notation:[/i] I suppose it’s for the web design group. Or folks who like to tinker with code. I played around with a couple of the Bass Pro affiliate tags and images, and I finally used the smallest one they have. Then I looked at the front page. Three graphic And that’s a happy spot

Boudin

So my out-of-work Virgo neighbor from LA (that would be Lower Arkansas) offered lunch – or supper – and it was a traditional southern feast. Greens, mashed carrots, and boudin. “So now, honey,” I asked, “I get to pass out on the couch?” “Yes, [i]honey[/i], only not [b]my[/b] couch.” Monday’s three-way action Hawk, stars and Boudin

Dirty Lizards

Did I mention that I abhor the Xmas crowds? So anyway, I called up the Pisces, the [url=www.devota.org]one looking for a job, and I suggested coffee, maybe lunch, and since we usually shop, might as well do that, too. We headed south, down to the big box stores, and I wandered aimlessly for a while, Dirty Lizards

Working weekend

That simple. Worked at a party. Fished for a few minutes, trying new, slightly heavier line. Did fine until the last cast, the wind blew the bait into the trees. Some days, the vegetation wins.

Snarled lines

I was “practicing casting” along the riverside, and neighbor ambled up to chat with me. Management issue, and I’m not management. Nor am I management material. Nor, for that matter, did I much care, as I was busy “practicing.” Which lead to a snarled mess as I’d just spooled up some new twine on the Snarled lines

This was a bad idea

This was a bad idea. [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743235266/fishinguideto-20]The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp (and Mark Reiter). I read a review while on my way to CA last month, made note of it, and figured I’d look into it. Whilst with Sister, in a bookstore out yonder, she asked about that very book. Told her I’d read a This was a bad idea