Jun. 10th, 2005

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Some mostly unrelated little things:

1) Saw another toad or frog - I saw it leap, Deb saw it, but wasn't sure which. I expect it was a toad, as we don't have enough water nearby to support frogs.

2) Neighbors reported that Tanis chases bears (add to the list: golden retrievers, German shepherds, white tailed deer, black bears.)

3) Mowed the lawn and got string trimming done Tuesday night. Expect the resulting clover explosion is why I was out sick Wednesday and Thursday.

4) Deb finally saw the ovenbirds, in the middle woods, just past where Tanis was buried. They have an interesting song: chertle-cherTLE-CHERTLE! that grows louder as they sing along, and she's been trying to get a positive id, but they proved elusive for a while. A week or so ago, I thought I spotted them walking around the edge of the deck and all around the backyard, but I'm still not sure.

5) Noticed that the deer hit the weeping willow and pussy willow prior to Tuesday, noticed last night that they also trimmed most of one of the new flowering crabs and took bits and pieces off of both elderberries.

6) Took a picture of a deer - came right down the path while kids were sitting at the table; opened the sliding doors and snapped a few of shots (flash going off, so he/she posed for some of them), and then we all went out on the front porch to watch the rodent slink off into the woods. Hadn't discovered the elderberry damage at that time, or I would have encouraged Tanis to take chase and bring it down. As it was, he stood on alert, but once the deer was walking away, and we were all standing around ignoring him, he decided to rub up against our legs instead.

7) Fixed the last remaining bug on the primary piece of coding for the project I'm working on - no worries, I'm sure there'll be more when testing resumes. Making progress on the worksheet print - going to hard-code it for three possibilities; a future release (when there is time and/or money) will make it dynamic. A mass-manipulation program and a navigational center were added to the task list - about one week before the betas get the software. Almost want to knock them out first because they won't take long (find-and-replace on some names, and a tweak on the recordset involved), but this worksheet has to work in mode 2 at the least...
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Book #18: His Dark Materials book three: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

In short, I liked it.

Complete and Total Spoiler of the Ending )

Cross-posted to [livejournal.com profile] 50bookchallenge and me own journal

roadkill

Jun. 10th, 2005 02:50 pm
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Not a new poem, but as the topic of the day seems to be grammar (or lack thereof), I thought this might be apropos...

roadkill
April 17, 2001

lying in a crumpled heap
forgotten
ignored
a rotting pulpy mass
that was once
living
breathing
wait, does it move still?
or is that the wind
a limb
or part of one
picked up and lifted into
animation
by the turbulence of
passing cars
paying no heed
looking the other way
it can't exist
it's too awful
and as such
a thing of interest
a focal point
catching the eye
once a faithful companion
honest
true
in its own way
but now a victim
lying on the side of the asphalt road
crushed by the multi-media highway
its stories unheard
simplified
tabloid tales
no matter how
the editors may try
if one looked closer
poking through the
soft wet parts
they might find something
legible
a headline
or obituary
proclaiming the death
of the printed
word


Copyright © 2001 Everett Ambrose Warren

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