Category Archives: Hobbies

These are a series of short videos of the girls’ lessons with Juan the Olympic Trainer.  They are learning along with Diva how to jump.  Pretty interesting stuff!   http://p.webshots.com/flash/smallslideshow.swf 2008 – July – Callegari Stables – DIva

After the track meet, Katherine and I met up with Valerie and Emily at Callegari to watch what was left of the Stable Show.  We missed the english events in the morning, but got to see some good western horsemanship.  … Continue reading →

I have been researching good deals on Canon cameras… here is what I have found after exhaustive research .  Check out the links and pick up a camera or two!!  🙂 Search all Canon Cameras on Amazon   For Point … Continue reading →

 When I became a regular at my not so local Cigar Shop at Westbury Square, Cliff introduced me to the world of SETI and the fact that they were using regular folks’ computers to do tiny chunks of needed computations.  … Continue reading →

The three top days of the year for cigar smokers lucky enough to attend!  Christopher and I spent Sunday through today at the RTDA which was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center here in Houston.  Sunday started out pretty … Continue reading →

In no particular order:     He uses statistics like a drunken man uses lamp posts–for support rather than illumination. Andrew Lang    A vaincre sans peril, on triumphe sans glorie. (When there is no peril in the fight, there … Continue reading →

 During Katrina and some other recent disasters, the current ARES systems showed some faults… these folks are aiming to update our amateur radio response… I suggest you go take a look!!  The mission of the World Radio Relay League (WRRL) … Continue reading →

Floccinaucinihilipilification is the act or habit of esteeming or describing something as worthless   Thought you might like to know that 🙂   The last week has been pretty forgettable.  Didn’t bounce back too fast from my chest cold/flu or … Continue reading →

A buddy sent me the following link from an interview I gave some time ago that just won’t go away 🙂   "Sgt. Jay Chase and four members of the Houston Police Department’s gang unit felt a twinge of apprehension … Continue reading →

Back to work after a long, long weekend.  Just looked at an OJ Simpson website… wow!!  some folks are pretty in-depth.  Saw a police mag that had pictures of Satty boy on the floor of the dome.  Definitely him… you can … Continue reading →