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March 18, 2009

Fearful Fortune



I hope she's not packin' heat.

elucidate

elucidate \ih-LOO-si-dayt\, transitive verb:
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.



This blog sometimes illustrates, but fails miserably on the other definitions.

Freaky Favicon

Quite a few hits on this blog come from image searches, such as the following:



Sometimes it's easy to see...as above...what the post was, but sometimes the Feedjit widget just shows someone came to this site from the Google image search. The result sometimes does not show what they were looking for and I have to click on the link in the frame from the Google image search to see what graphic they were wanting to see.

I noticed something unusual the other day when I clicked on the link; usually the favicon (the tiny image in front of the URL in the address window) will show the Picassa favicon:



But the following photo had a favicon that was the photo!



This is going to bother me until I figure it out.

I'm thinking of adding a favicon to this blog, BTW, but most images are not very clear when reduced to 16x16.

Cowboy's Ten Commandments

Posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas.

(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.

Fallen Angels



Maybe it's the angels that HAVEN'T noticed me I should be worried about catching their eye.

The only earthly angels that have noticed me lately are the fallen kind. (the Russian ones that show up in my spam folder... the angels that have an angle)

Earth Angel - The Temptations

March 17, 2009

libation

libation \ly-BAY-shun\, noun:
1. The act of pouring a liquid (usually wine) either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice to some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
2. A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage.
3. An act or instance of drinking.



What an appropriate word for St. Patrick's Day!

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