Sunday, January 15, 2006

Picnic 01-15-2006

Items I found while perusing my blogroll.

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Charmaine Yoest of Reasoned Audacity

It's a special weekend of interviews. Yesterday, we had Jack Yoest. Today, it's Charmaine Yoest of Reasoned Audacity...

Charmaine Yoest

Our questioners are all set to go...

questioners

Let's get things underway...

Picnic 01-14-2006

Items I found while perusing my blogroll.

Friday, January 13, 2006

Jack Yoest

This weekend, we have an unusual, but special, treat: Jack and Charmaine Yoest. Today, it's Jack Yoest...

Jack Yoest

The question panel is ready...

 

crowd

First question ...

Headline News 01-13-2006

From CNN:
Bush sees 'dramatic' change on Gulf Coast
Administration plans to cause more hurricanes, blow up levees

From CNN:
Hajj police: Crush not our fault
Bush blamed

From CNN:
U.S. blocks Spain warplanes sale
Because we can

From KERO:
Sikhs meet to discuss pig heads at temple
Other topics were already covered

From WDIV:
No food at pool, breastfeeding mom told
Also not to be used as a flotation device

From KPRC:
Student says he was forced to strip
Pole dance was optional

From CNN:
Best man torches groom's house
Action may drop him to fourth- or fifth-best man

From CNN:
Report: Millions of descended from 4 women
Spokesman for the four women say they are exhausted, need a break

From CNN:
Opera great dies at 87
Fat lady sings

From CNN:
Pilots warned of Alaskan volcano eruption
Pilots thankful, would not have avoided large mountain spewing rock and smoke

Picnic 01-13-2006

Items I found while perusing my blogroll.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Walkin'

Ever since the Wife started her new job, we car-pool.

Her new position is just a few blocks from where I work, and since our schedules are the same, we save gas (which saves money) by taking turns driving.

This week is my week to drive. But yesterday, I didn't drive. The Wife had to pick some stuff up and we needed to take the truck. She drives the truck. So, she drove.

Which was all well and good except that I forgot I had an afternoon meeting at another building in Columbus. Not normally what I'd call walking distance, either.

But, since she had the truck, and since it was a nice day, I decided to walk.

I don't walk downtown much. Nobody does. Except folks pushing shopping carts and wearing 4 sets of clothing.

But, Thursday, I decided to walk.

I've occasionally walked short distances in Columbus. Not often, but on occasion. But not normally more than a block or two at the most. But Thursday, was a little further than a block.

From my desk to the desk of the person I was meeting took me 25 minutes. Actually 25½ minutes. So, I got some exercise. I need it.

Anyway, walking in Columbus wasn't a bad walk. I encoutered only a handful of people, all but one looking like people walking somewhere. As opposed to spending the day sitting or rummaging through garbage cans.

Most, like I said, looked like there were going somewhere. I was the only one wearing a tie, but most others were dressed business casual. Which seemed to me like they were walking because they wanted to.

Is it that the other people out walking were not lazy? Was it that they saw a pretty day, had enough time, and decided a healthy walk was in order?

If I had a car Thursday, I would have driven. I'd have been lazy and sat in the air conditioning and waited in traffic.

I'd have been wrong.

Next time I have a meeting scheduled in another building downtown, I think I'll walk.