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by Rick | Wed Feb 1, 2012 | All (Home), Your Host | 0 Comments

Our iPhone 3G S Warranty

by up10ad | Sat Jul 4, 2009 | All (Home), Horses, Web/Tech | 0 Comments

On release day Sandi and I both got the new iPhone 3G S models and they are great. Last week, after having the 3G S only 10 days or so, we were playing Scrabble together over WiFi in bed when all of a sudden the entire left one-third of her screen inexplicably went...

Honey. Dew. Original and three edits. #tangledFX #melon

by Rick | Wed Feb 27, 2013 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Fun Stuff, Photography | 0 Comments

Sun Roof

by up10ad | Sat Jul 7, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Relax. #cigar #espresso

by Rick | Thu Mar 21, 2013 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Fun Stuff | 0 Comments

Christmas season has started

by up10ad | Thu Dec 3, 2009 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

I thought I'd launch the season with a pic taken in 2004 or 2005. I dressed up as Santa at the NC Telecom offices and greeted kids and adults alike. Bad Santa.

Sister Visit

by Rick | Thu Oct 29, 2020 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

A few weeks ago I visited my sister Diane in Maryland. She wanted to get a tattoo and since she was with me when I got my first, I was excited to accompany her. We had a great lunch with Cosmos and then headed for Flesh Tattoo in...

Christmas Greetings

by Rick | Fri Dec 18, 2020 | All (Home), Dogs, Lifestyle, Seasonal | 0 Comments

Merry Christmas from Willow Street, Port Monmouth, New Jersey Drago is actually a very friendly boy who is trained well. In the photo above he was just responding to the "speak" command. He is passing along best wishes to everyone for the...

Olathe Sweet Corn Festival

by up10ad | Sat Aug 2, 2008 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Brandy and the boys came down and we went to the festival. All the roasted corn on the cob you can eat! The best sweet corn available anywhere.

Home to the Peacock in the previous post

by Rick | Fri May 8, 2015 | All (Home), Landscape | 0 Comments

Beautiful water feature at Magnolia Park. I went to a bluegrass festival there last weekend and the views were nice, but the music wasn't to my taste. Not your typical Bluegrass, more like toothless swamp folk singing colloquial lyrics about life.

We have a new baby!

by up10ad | Sun May 23, 2004 | All (Home), Horses | 0 Comments

After waiting 11 months we finally have our new baby pony. Even before leaving California we tried to get Zanna pregnant but had little success with artificial insemination. The original stud just didn't have good swimmers I guess. Well, last summer we...

Zoo Lights

by up10ad | Sat Dec 13, 2008 | All (Home), Travel, Work | 0 Comments

Sandi and I spent the weekend in Denver finalizing the NCT auction. We had great food. One night at Mizuna and one at McCormicks. The Oxford Hotel got us complimentary tickets to Zoo Lights and provided Town Car transportation. Not only were the light displays...

Just a Sunday Ride

by Rick | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Music, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Bike ride on the Henry Hudson Trail, first stop was Off The Hook Restaurant & Bar for a quick Yuengling. On the way back home stopped at Water Witch for a coffee. Great local jam, lots of blues and a great rendition of the Stones Dead FLowers.

Removed…

by Rick | Fri Mar 5, 2021 | All (Home), Funny | 0 Comments

Everyone seems to get butt-hurt so easily these days. At least the Irish don't get offended easily. I don't see them demanding that Lucky Charms change their name or stop using the diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, the beloved leprechaun.

More iPhone stuff and NCT update

by up10ad | Wed Apr 8, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech, Work | 0 Comments

As if you were interested. I've been running the v3.0 beta for weeks now and it is nice. But the really exciting news is the new hardware that is probably going to be released, probably in June. I plan on pushing my current 16GB 3G phone to...

Pumpkins, Bats and Owls

by up10ad | Mon Oct 25, 2010 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

We stayed up until about 2am making cookies.

More snow

by Rick | Thu Feb 18, 2021 | All (Home), Homestead, Weather | 0 Comments

Another snowstorm today, 10″ plus. Took a slow-motion video out the back window. Click the square in the lower right corner to adjust to screen size.

Abandoned house in Meeker, CO. Post processed on iPhone.

by up10ad | Sun Nov 27, 2011 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Bette discovered TV

by up10ad | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | All (Home), Dogs | 0 Comments

After 6 years Bette has decided that she likes watching NatGeo and Animal Planet.

Bike Rides

by Rick | Tue Dec 22, 2020 | All (Home), Health, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

So here is another ride. This is just too much fun.

2nd hay cutting today

by up10ad | Fri Aug 19, 2011 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Sand Crane Streetwalkers

by Rick | Sat May 23, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

These guys roam the neighborhood regularly. Took this just before sunset from about a foot away. No Fear.

WOOT! Celebrate! Today is National Weatherperson’s Day

by up10ad | Fri Feb 5, 2010 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

Thursday, February 5, 2009 is National Weatherperson Day, commemorating the birth of John Jeffries in 1744. Jeffries, one of America's first weather observers, began taking daily weather observations in Boston in 1774 and he took the first (hot air) balloon...