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8 April, 2010
Loving this future Moscow.
6 April, 2010
Antenna: Listen to Music Around the World
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Sure, you can find radio websites on the interwebs, but Antenna gives you a good interface allowing you to search the world for radio stations.
27 March, 2010
The blog hits are going up up up…so here’s the chance to drop a quick line, say hi, tell me what you like/dislike/want to see on the blog. Comment away…
27 March, 2010
14 March, 2010
Took a short holiday to Arizona to see the Grand Canyon. I had thought it was further away than it was — just 5 hours, give or take, with a stop for gas to Williams, where we stayed at the Travelodge (about 350 miles from Albuquerque.)
Williams is a quaint little town, very quiet, nice to walk around at night. They roll the place up at 9pm. I’d go out of my mind if I lived there, but it was a great place to get away to. The Travelodge was clean, but I was allergic to something in the room. Had dinner Saturday night at the Red Raven restaurant — well worth the visit! I had a swordfish steak that was near perfect and mashed potatoes made with a hint of green chile, pico de gallo, and red pepper.
Here’s Willams on a hoping Friday night about 6pm…
Saturday morning, up and at ’em with a trip to the Grand Canyon — my first time visiting. Gorgeous place and well worth the visit.
Took a trip to Sedona afterward, which meant an hour of battling 30+mph side winds with a couple of very violent gusts, followed by another hour or so on Route 89A — a twisting series of switchback through a deep gorge. Lovely scenery and very green; reminded me of Jim Thorpe in PA or a little place in southern Arizona (another art community — Benson?)
The getting there was great. Sedona was essentially a giant mall set in some wonderful natural beauty… As the wife put it: It’s Taos…but people here bathe.
Left out on a very cold Sunday and stopped for a spot of breakfast at the Red Garter Bed & Breakfast. The proprietor was very nice; his wife(?)…not so much. Not impressed.
The trip back included a frigid stop at Meteor Crater — $15/person is a bit steep. A quick note on Arizona roads…they make Pennsylvania look good. ADOT and PennDOT are in competition for who can leave a road in the worst condition. It made New Mexico seem downright conscientious! The weather through NM: attrocious. Snow, sleet, wind, and apparently it rains screws at some point, because I got one in my rear right tire.
Fortunately, the screw was still in. A fill-up with air and a can of Fix-a-Flat saw us the other 100+ miles. Strangely, my Taurus actually got 30+mpg on the trip…
12 March, 2010
Off to the Grand Canyon ’til Sunday night!
9 March, 2010
Ninja by 7 Seconds of Love…
8 March, 2010
Next on the List
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I’m hoping to shake a bit of time loose later this week to work up a few of the spaceships from Quantum Mechanix’s new Serenity coffee table book, The Traders Guild Guide to the New Canaan Run. In it, there are a series of alternative ships for the discriminating Firefly/Serenity gamer.
If you haven’t seen this, yet, here’s a peek. Like all of their stuff, it’s absolutely beautiful, but also has some real use as a gaming supplement. Also see their guide to the Firefly-class transport and their wall map of the ‘Verse.
This first part to QMx’s Atlas of the ‘Verse, includes maps of Londinium, Sihnon, Persephone, and Hera — to name a few. There are maps of teh Eavesdown Docks Beuamonde docks from the movie, and other bits and bons of interest. Here’s their take on the planet Hera:
Also hoping to get some work done on my future Serenity RPG campaign, so I can post some ideas I had for the ‘Verse, but between teaching tonight, dissertation proposal nonsense, meetings, and a trip to the Grand Canyon, the chances I get anything constructive done this week is zip.
2 March, 2010
Blog posts will be a bit sketchy for the next week, maybe two. I’ve got a bunch of meetings and a dissertation proposal to knock out in the next few days, then most likely am hitting the Grand Canyon the week after this.
The Black Campbell 