It was 5 years ago today that Hurricane Charley cut a path of destruction across the Florida peninsula, slicing through Orlando and reminding Central Floridians that we are not as immune from Mother Nature’s ocean-spawned storms as we might have … Continue reading
Yesterday was a very strange day for me most of the day. For some reason I kept thinking it was 9/11/09 instead of 8/11/09, so much so that I realized later in the day that I had even written 9/11/09 … Continue reading
…you should be a bit more circumspect and careful if you’re going to post something about your job and said boss. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you … Continue reading
Our friend and soon-to-be mountain neighbor Art is in the process of building a cabin on Sheepback Mountain also, though he is building his himself and with his own hands. I greatly admire him and his ability, though he is … Continue reading
You know how, when you need to get a birthday, anniversary, graduation or holiday card for someone, and you go to the Hallmark store, or the greeting card section of a Walgreen’s or Publix? Sometimes you’re lucky and you find … Continue reading
This past Thursday was a difficult day for users of Twitter. The service went down early in the morning due to a Denial Of Service attack that left most of us wondering for the first few hours why tweets seemed … Continue reading
One of my RSS feeds caused me to stumble across this really (if you read a lot of science fiction books in the mid-60’s to mid-70’s as I did) interesting site. The Art Of Penguin Science Fiction site is a … Continue reading
Over at Mental Floss, someone posted scans of a cache of Victorian era photos of twins, like this one. But look at the boy in the back and the girl on the right; they look absolutely evil, like they would … Continue reading
Our tale begins with an end; the end of a phone call with Cindy at 5:35pm on Monday when she called me to let me know she was on her way home from work. As I clicked “End Call” on … Continue reading
Circumstances beyond my control (more on that tomorrow) compelled me to visit the Apple Store today. Now I know what heaven is like. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. … Continue reading
Is it really August already? Where has the year gone? Sitting here, typing on my Magic Box, it seems incredible that 2009 is two-thirds gone. I’ve spent the bulk of my day nursing a bad back, sitting against a heating … Continue reading
Last Sunday I spent the day with Cindy at the Eola Market where she sells her handmade candles and incense. Early in the morning, before it got unbearably hot in the sun, I did a Photowalk around Lake Eola shooting … Continue reading
Last Saturday morning several, though not all due to scheduling problems, family members gathered for breakfast at Cracker Barrel restaurant to celebrate my father-in-law’s 75th birthday. Everyone had a great time and here are a few pictures from the festivities. … Continue reading
What a day! I began the day by getting my teeth cleaned at 8am. What a great way to start your day; having expert practitioners in the ancient art of medieval torture perform their hideous acts of pain and suffering … Continue reading
