Photographs from a Bloy in Wisconsin
An new e-mail discussion list for web designers started last week. Css-discuss is a list devoted to discussions of cascading style sheets and their use in web design. I’ve only been subscribed to the list a few days, but I’ve already learned more from css-discuss in a couple of days than I’ve learned from other e-mail lists in months. Kudos to CSS guru and List Chaperone Eric Meyer. Nice job.
Now if I just had some more time to read all those e-mails…
I know I’ve been complaining about the lack of winter weather here in Wisconsin, but I must admit today was a gorgeous day. We had mostly sunny skies and a high temperature of 55 degrees (that’s 27 degrees above normal)! In the afternoon I decided to spend some time out in nature and went hiking at a local nature preserve. Apparently I wasn’t the only one itching to get outside because there were quite a few other people with the same idea. Luckily the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is a pretty big place with lots of hiking trails. It was a little muddy, but great to be out hiking through the woods and along the shore of Lake Michigan. Now if I could only go back there with my snowshoes…
Rock and roll can change your life. Thanks to the band Wilco (and a link on their site) I recently discovered Glorious Noise. A site that “contains some essays, stories and rants about how rock and roll can change your life.”
They also keep good current links to commentaries, news and other stuff on the net. Well worth a spot in your rock and roll bookmarks.
Snow Update: I guess it helps to whine a little. After my previous post about a lack of winter here in Wisconsin, yesterday we got 3 inches of snow. Not enough to snowshoe in, but it’s a start. Keep it up, Old Man Winter.
So here I am living in Wisconsin in the middle of January and we’re having spring weather. Sure, it’s nice to have the sun shining and the warmer temperatures, but I want to see some snow! One of the things I like about living in the Upper Midwest is the change of seasons. I look forward to spring, summer, fall and yes even winter. So far this winter we’ve had about two inches of snow (annual snowfall where I live averages 50 inches). I want to get out there on my snowshoes and do some hiking. Right now the only way that’s going to happen is if I go to Canada — or maybe even the Arctic!
This situation makes me more convinced that our dependence on fossil fuels is indeed causing global warming. The warmer weather and lack of snow is also likely to cause the Upper Midwest to experience drought this summer. Water levels on the Great Lakes are already low.
In addition to time teaching all things (see my New Year’s entry) I guess time takes its toll on us as well. Today I went to the optician because I was having problems with my new eyeglasses. He told me that one of the problems I was having is an indication that someday I’ll need to get bifocals. Yikes! Proof that yes, the calendar is correct, I am getting older.
I also discovered a cool link today, Google Zeitgeist. It’s a look at the most popular search terms used on Google in 2001. Be sure and check out the timeline for a snapshot of searches people made throughout the year.
Happy New Year! My thought for the new year comes from Sophocles: “Old age and the passage of time teach all things.”
May the passage of time teach you and give our world peace, happiness and good health in 2002.
Now that the year is winding down, a lot of music publications are releasing their lists of best albums of the year. I thought it would be fun to mention a few favorite CDs that I listened to this year. In my opinion, you can’t go wrong by choosing any of these, so start listening and feed your soul.
Ryan Adams – Gold
Excellent rock & roll and alternative country from the former front man of Whiskeytown.
Bjork – Vespertine
Put this CD on and revel in the icy, snow covered soundscapes that Bjork can paint.
Happy winter solstice! Well, at least for those of you living in the northern hemisphere. On this half of the planet, the sun is at its lowest point in the sky and we have the least amount of daylight for the year. Native peoples living in the North America believed it was a time for renewal, a time to celebrate. Once the longest night of the year has past, the Coldmaker relinquishes it’s influence on the sky, the sun begins to travel north again and we will have another warm summer to look forward to. So in the spirit of the solstice, may your darkness get a little lighter everyday and may you enjoy warm, brighter things in the coming year.
It’s been three months since the terrorist attack, and the ruins at ground zero are still smoking and smoldering. I certainly don’t want to appear to be an ignorant American, but it just boggles my mind that people can have so much hatred as to cause that kind of devastation. To quote U2 (from their latest album):
Peace on Earth, we need it now. I’m sick of all of this hanging around.
Sick of sorrow, sick of the pain, sick of hearing again and again,
That there’s gonna be peace on Earth.Hear it every Christmas time, but hope and history won’t rhyme.
So what’s it worth, this peace on Earth? Peace on Earth…
As promised, here are the best pictures from the roll I took during Mike and Kirstin’s wedding. Enjoy.
