The Peaceful Gnome

Lora's Birthday 2013 , a set on Flickr. A few shots of Lora's 32nd Birthday party with the Cagle Crew.

Yuba River 2013 , a set on Flickr. Had a great time at the river, as usual.

Plans and preparations continue apace for our giant moving day on the morrow.  Most everything is in order already, things have been boxed and packed and even a little bit of "minimizing" has taken place, though not to the extent I think it should!  I hate moving, so does Yoda, and Mom and Lora.  Hey, only Max has not said "I hate moving," and that's probably because he only says "good-bye" and a couple of other words anyway ;-)  Earlier today mom and I went over to Tracy where she got her satellite TV hooked up and I managed to get the WiFi going.  Mom and I struggled with and finally managed to put up the pool fence so we are confident that Max can safely be in the back yard with supervision, that is a good thing.  It is going to be great once we have moved, but for now it really sucks.  Our new house is closer to the Bay Area, is larger and more logically laid out and has a pool and RV parking.  So, it's a good thing over all.  Wish us lu...

Anyone who knows me really well will understand how happy this music makes me. :-) http://feeds.wnyc.org/~r/radiolab/~3/qJ4n2ZC5FfE/

I ride BART to work, the ride covers 28 miles as the crow flies and takes about 40 minutes.   On most days it's pretty uneventful and even rather pleasant, sitting in comfort and reading or napping on the way to and from work. On other days the ride can be downright weird.  Today was weird. It being a holiday, Labor Day, the trains were on a limited schedule.  When I arrived at the Dublin BART station there was train at the platform with about a quarter of it's doors open.  Inside were a number of "homeless" people, most of them very pungent.  I walked along the platform seeking a car with an open door and lacking fragrant crack-heads.  As I was passing about the third car with, a half dozen of the seedier denizens of the Bay Area sleeping in the seats in each car, I passed one in which one of these fine upstanding citizens and honored BART passengers was sitting spread eagled in the seat with an extremely explicit large format color pr0n magazine and his h...

Well, I went back on Facebook a few days ago and it turns out it just makes me even crazier than I am without looking at it.  I'm not going to be specific about why because I don't want to insult anyone, even those friends who really really annoy me.  :-)  So, for my own mental health, and that of those who inadvertently read my posts, I'm quitting again.   Yes, I'm a quitter, so slap me.  I'm also going to try my best to go back to not posting about politics here.  No guarantees on that though, sometimes the behavior and proclamations of our masters just calls out for response and rebuttal.