August 17, 2009
August 16, 2009
bowdlerize
bowdlerize \BODE-luh-rise; BOWD-\ , transitive verb:
1. To remove or modify the parts (of a book, for example) considered offensive.
2. To modify, as by shortening, simplifying, or distorting in style or content.
Whatever the opposite of bowdlerize is, that would describe this blog.
We only put in the parts that are offensive.
Cast Away Locations in Google Maps
For greater detail, click on the link "View Larger Map" at the bottom of the embed.
View Larger Map
I've got it set to the intersection but you can drag the map upwards* to see the farm house.
*Go up/North by dragging the map DOWNWARDS with your cursor.
Since I couldn't put a "push pin" in the map, I wasn't for sure just how I would pinpoint the locations, then found out by opening up the larger map, then clicking "More" and checking the box "Photos", there were a couple of photographs of each location, allowing the viewer to zoom out and see a better map by selecting "Map" at the top of the Google Map page.
After following those convoluted instructions, you should see something like this:
The top photo is the location of the farm house; the bottom one is the intersection.
Google Maps won't let you zoom in too close, but at least by having the two photos as "placemarks" in lieu of "push pins", you can have some idea of just where the locations are.
If you have the Google Earth application, you can download a .kml file with the locations at this page on Waymarking.com
Here are the two main posts about those locations:
Cast Away Crossroads
Arrington Ranch House
Edit to add: I had noticed my Cast Away posts were still among the most searched for articles in my blog and decided to check them - to correct grammar errors, "clean up" a few sentences, center the photos, etc. and I noticed that when I followed the directions to view the photographs in the larger map that they had disappeared - meaning that whoever had uploaded them had deleted them or their account(s). I'll see if I can upload my own photos to those same spots on the map.
August 15, 2009
Zip Line Mishap
The extreme zip lines have fascinated me since I found several vids on You Tube and the regular visitors to this blog may remember a year or so ago when I posted several of them. When I was a kid, some friends of mine and I put up a small one, much like the one in the following video.
I think this might be the last zip line vid I'll ever post.
There might be some cursing, but it's fairly unintelligible. If it'd been ME on the zip, you'd have heard a bunch of cussin'. You probably would've seen me throwing up, too.
I Win Again!
Was just notified that I had won a 12 serving sample pack of Arbuckles coffee from my entering the current Marlboro sweepstakes.
I don't smoke Marlboros these days, but I appreciate the prizes I've won. I got my bottle opener the other day but have yet to receive my money clip.
I'll have to divide that bag up into several servings, though, because I have only a 4-cup coffee maker. That's about as much coffee as I can stand to drink in a day and even that gets me pretty jittery. 12 cups of coffee would keep me up for days!
(keep me "up" going to the bathroom, actually)
