So, I want to try my hand at sharpening my writing skills. Here a link to a review of some iPhone SW I did
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I just found this, it reminds me I have to get by drive fixed as that’s where a few years of digital photos reside
I had been meaning to write this for a while, so goes life I suppose.
About two months ago we took Natascha, our 6 year old daughter to the East Bay (in Berkeley) Vivarium. I have been to the vivarium countless times in the past and cool as it has been, this particular day was special in that there 3 feedings we manage to witness. Two Monitor lizards feeding on a chick and a small mouse respectively, and then a Burmese Python feeding on a rabbit. What was truly amazing was that Natascha watched all three feedings with rapt attention.
The python feeding was fairly sterile except for the fact that the one of the rabbit’s eye popped out as it was being constricted. Then there was the smaller of the two monitors who effectively bit the chick in half as my daughter was watching, and finally the mouse who was pretty much chewed and swallowed as well.
This all caught me by surprise as I was sure Nat would be a bit squeamish. Go figure.
Ok, finally, done…. so now I can rest a little easier.
Raising a daughter is truly amazing
Well it looks like I need to get serious about pursuing something outside of technology. Try as I might, I am no longer an engineer at heart. I’ll be a free agent in a few weeks, free of steady income that is.
So, what next for me ? I don’t know. There are some back burner (or at least former back burner) projects including finishing up my film; a history of black surfers, extending my Dreamweaver skills, and maybe getting a little more consistent in making entries in this blog. That and going surfing more now that I have some free time.
Cheers, and I hope to update this more frequently
I don’t intend on writing much about this beyond that it is a shame. Instead, here are a couple of links to some podcasts, the first, from WHYY’s Fresh Air with Terry gross, the interview is with Michael Greenberger, from Univ of Maryland I believe. Here is a link to it, Fresh Air, April 3 Show, the second is from the NPR show which aired July 18th, its easiest to go to the NPR site and search it out, but it is worthwhile as this show in addition to documenting some current state on the mortgage crisis, also includes a pretty good conversation with William Grieder of the The Nation.
That’s all for now, btw, we are all back in Oakland, our true home. Its nice to be back
Peace
Paul Richardson
