Don't Ya Just Hate... [What I'm Reading]

When you start a book that is so dull / boring that you want to put it down and hide it somewhere. If there's any part of me that is obsessive/compulsive, it's that I *must* finish any book that I've started. The book that has caused this post is Twenty Decisive Battles of the World. Why in the world I started this book I have no idea... The battle of Marathon is the first battle described and I'm having quite a time getting going on it. So far, the major points I've gleaned are: Athenian armies numbered approximately 10,000 with 1,000 Plataens and they were up against a veteran Persian army of approximately 60,000 that had landed and camped out at Marathon on the shores of what is now Greece. That's it. That's as far as I have gotten. I tried to keep going, but the names and the politics that have been injected into the storyline are killing the book - at least for me... I started this book over again last night. (I had a premature start on it previously that stopped at page 2.) I'm hoping I can work my way through it tonight. Goal of two battles finished tonight (plus or minus 10 days to finish the book)...

By the way, I'm purposefully expanding my blog to have more than just picture stuff. (Not for your benefit! :P ) Look for other stuff to follow...

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More Albums Available Now

 

As I go through the older photos and organize/clean 'em up, I get to see how much Christian has changed in just a short while. I also find some really cute pictures. The one above is pretty representative of the Christian Pushups set.

Enjoy! 

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New Albums Posted

Ok, I've reworked the already published images, and have linked them on the right side as Photo Albums. I've also uploaded some older images that I am just now getting around to... The new albums just uploaded are 2004-07-01 Christian at RainGard and 2004-06-29 Christian Playing on Bed.

Teaser image:



Enjoy!

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Reworking the Photo Albums

I'm in the process of reworking the photo albums here. So if you're looking to check out the images, just wait a little bit. I should be done sometime this afternoon.

Yes, we missed church today. Christian is still a bit under the weather and I debated for a bit whether or not I should attend. I should have, but I think after I took me medicine and laid down for a bit - the "bit" became a "while" and eventually didn't leave me enough time to get ready. It's still no excuse.

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Aquarium Maintenance

One last post for today - before I get completely computer worn out. (I still have recent digital photos that I need to process.)

I did some maintenance on the Christian's aquarium tonight. On Tuesday or Wednesday, I'm not sure which, the power was interrupted and when it was restored, the aquarium started making a horrible noise. Worse than the noise was the fact that the water was not being pumped up into the filtration area. I cut a small hole in the uptake inlet strainer and placed a small airstone - with the air pump running, just enough water was pushed up the tube to keep the carbon filter wet - but not to keep the biowheel running. (I have an Eclipse System 12.) I ordered a replacement strainer, replacement impeller, and replacement impeller housing. The parts were delivered on Thursday, but I didn't get a chance to swap out the parts until today. Pictures of the parts can be found in this photo album. I've swapped them out, but after doing so, I think I probably should have ordered a replacement pump and filtration housing. Water is being pumped through the filtration and the biowheel is spinning again, but it doesn't sound that great. Oh well.

Since the last Cichlid baby is growing in that tank, I probably should be thinking and planning for at least a 29 gallon tank as a more permanent home for him. I guess I need to update my wishlist to reflect that too...

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Do You Need Something?

I'm tired of the mounds of junk I have around the house and my office. Since coming back from Walt Disney World, I decided to finish off some pin collections for Christian that were started there. The easiest way (and the way I did it) was by purchasing the missing pins off of eBay. I was able to complete this collection. I'm not sure how Christy or I will display them, but some of them are pretty neat, and I have the boxes for them too.

Anyways, back to my junk story. After making those purchases on eBay, I figured "Hey, I have plenty of junk around the house! Why shouldn't I eBay some of it away?" So without further ado, I present to you my eBay store. (I'm also adding a link over to the right, just in case you do need something I have!) Well, at least when I have something for sell. I'm just getting started on this, but I have already sold one Toshiba 16MB SD card and an Echo Indigo PCMCIA audio card. It's really easy to eBay the stuff, the only hard part is taking a good couple of pictures and processing them for the eBay auction. I purchased a Canon mini table tripod to help with taking the pictures. Taking decent up-close pictures is so much easier with it. Just frame the shot, make sure the lighting is good, hit the 2-sec delay for picture and two seconds later, *click*.

Speaking of which, I need to process a couple of pictures and setup another auction at eBay.

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I Don't Like Football

It's not that I dislike the game, in particular, or even the NFL. It's that I can't stand the nervousness that overcomes me when Auburn plays. I really wish I didn't care so much, and I honestly don't know why I care so much. Maybe it's just a side effect or something that comes with being born and growing up in the state of Alabama. About the only way I can watch an Auburn football game these days is by watching the replay of a game that they already won. Is that bad or what?

Today was just a perfect example. A team that Auburn should beat easily and they have to rally late to win. It's games like today's that irk me to no end. At least it was a win. Auburn survives to another weeked. My concern is that if Auburn plays like today again, and the games against Georgia and Alabama are going to be laughers for Georgia and Alabama... Oh well...

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