Sunday, October 07, 2007
BTW
Bruce and I are expecting an addition to our family come March. I will update once we know more about the little bean!
RIAA Does it again
I have been ignoring my blog... I know. I feel bad, but this one makes me want to puke. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Downloading_Music.html
Single mother of 2 making $39,000 a year receives a judgement against her in the amount of $222,000. Yes for 24 songs at $.99 each she will be forced to pay $222k.
Single mother of 2 making $39,000 a year receives a judgement against her in the amount of $222,000. Yes for 24 songs at $.99 each she will be forced to pay $222k.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Will we elect a Mormon President?
I sure as heck hope not. Sorry, the Mormon's lost me when some missionaries told me that you couldn't go to the highest level of heaven if you weren't married.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0509.sullivan1.html
I am wondering how this will wash with the evangelical republican base.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0509.sullivan1.html
I am wondering how this will wash with the evangelical republican base.
Friday, May 25, 2007
The worst real estate investor ever.
www.iamfacingforclosure.com
I think the usa today article is pretty hilarious. My sister pointed out that this guy was young and really had nothing to lose, but my gosh is it crazy! Might I add he is a total idiot.
I think the usa today article is pretty hilarious. My sister pointed out that this guy was young and really had nothing to lose, but my gosh is it crazy! Might I add he is a total idiot.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Emotional Damages for loss of a cat?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002268301_yofi09m.html
$45k for a cat, makes me want to go down to the animal shelter and adopt..... Only in Seattle.
$45k for a cat, makes me want to go down to the animal shelter and adopt..... Only in Seattle.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Tommy Tu Tone Hey Lenny?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070519/ap_on_fe_st/odd_phone_number_fight;_ylt=AlAmvxZACrcDt1f8ofwj4gnMWM0F
Plumbers are currently waging a legal battle to use the coveted 867-5309. Tommy Tu Tone has opted not to get involved, though I agree he could likely take the number away from both of them. I always wondered who you'd get if you called that number...
Plumbers are currently waging a legal battle to use the coveted 867-5309. Tommy Tu Tone has opted not to get involved, though I agree he could likely take the number away from both of them. I always wondered who you'd get if you called that number...
It's been awhile
It has really been a while since I have posted. I am hereby re-dedicating myself to actually posting to my blog occassionally.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Dorlyn Williams
As many of you may have heard my mother-in-law Dorlyn Williams passed away on April 3rd. We (me and the girls) had the gift of being with the family when it happened. We attended her memorial yesterday April 14th here in Harpers Ferry. Below is her obituary, for those of you who never met her, Dorlyn was an outstanding human being. We are very sad she is gone, but greatful to have been given the last 3 years with her.
Dorlyn Ewing Williams, 60, an optometrist with wide-ranging interests and countless friends, passed away Tuesday, April 3, at her home in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., after a three-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.
Ms. Williams practiced optometry for more than 21 years, retiring in 2003. She served in the Army for eight years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Fort Leonardwood, Mo., and Fort Myers in Arlington, Va. Moving to private practice, she worked in Prince William County, Va., and Winchester, Va.
Ms. Williams studied optometry at the University of California at Berkeley and became a doctor in optometry at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry near Philadelphia, Pa. Prior to that she received a bachelor of science degree from the University of California at Davis.
Her thirst for knowledge, however, extended beyond optometry. She completed a course in leadership and team-building skills in the Army’s Combined Arms and Services Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and obtained a masters degree in management from Webster University in St. Louis, Mo. She completed six months of training with the Medical Service Corp., in San Antonio, Tex. She also took an intensive Spanish language training course in Guatemala.
Always on a quest for adventure and fun, Ms. Williams traveled extensively. She was born in Chanute, Kan., on April 13, 1946. But during the course of her life, she lived in 13 states as well as Germany and traveled to every state in the U.S., all of the provinces in Canada, and many countries overseas, including Malawi and South Africa.
In 1978 she completed a marathon race of more than 26 miles in Charlottesville, Va., and in 1991 she hiked the 2,160 mile Appalachian Trail with her husband, Bob.
During the mid-1990s, she and a friend decided to attend services at every church in Jefferson County, W. Va., where Harpers Ferry is located. They worshiped at all of the 105 churches in the county over a period of many months.
In 2006, she and Bob criss-crossed the country visiting family and friends. Their travels took them to Seattle, Texas, Minnesota, New Orleans, where she had her picture taken with Chef Paul Prudhomme, Maine, and Newfoundland, where the sun first rises along the east coast of North America.
Ms. Williams was an avid reader and loved word games and crossword puzzles. Possessing a keen intellect, she never tired of exploring ideas and complex issues. She enjoyed photography, became a master of rug braiding, and pursued many other interests.
Her greatest gift, however, was her ability to make friends with almost everyone she met, drawing them into her family and recruiting them for various adventures. She nurtured relationships, helping one friend fight an addition to alcohol, tutoring a colleague’s son and encouraging him to follow his musical interests, and opening up her home and hospitality to many family members and friends for extended periods of time.
Her favorite color was yellow, a symbol of her enormous warmth and compassion. She touched everyone she met and left a lasting impression, which will help them endure her loss.
Survivors include her husband of more than 40 years, Bob Williams of Harpers Ferry, daughter Jenny Williams and grandchildren Paco Cathcart, Whitman Clark, and Clementine Williams of New York City, son Bruce Williams and grandchildren Lucy and Violet Williams of Kirkland, Wash., two sisters, Joyce Burnett of Olympia, Wash., and Karen Coomber of Tacoma Wash.; and a brother, Glenn Ewing of Maple Valley, Wash.
A memorial service is to be held Saturday, April 14, at 2:00 pm at the Camp Hill Wesley United Methodist Church, with Pastor Alexis Coleman officiating. A reception will follow in the social hall of the church. Please wear something yellow.
Dorlyn Ewing Williams, 60, an optometrist with wide-ranging interests and countless friends, passed away Tuesday, April 3, at her home in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., after a three-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.
Ms. Williams practiced optometry for more than 21 years, retiring in 2003. She served in the Army for eight years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Fort Leonardwood, Mo., and Fort Myers in Arlington, Va. Moving to private practice, she worked in Prince William County, Va., and Winchester, Va.
Ms. Williams studied optometry at the University of California at Berkeley and became a doctor in optometry at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry near Philadelphia, Pa. Prior to that she received a bachelor of science degree from the University of California at Davis.
Her thirst for knowledge, however, extended beyond optometry. She completed a course in leadership and team-building skills in the Army’s Combined Arms and Services Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and obtained a masters degree in management from Webster University in St. Louis, Mo. She completed six months of training with the Medical Service Corp., in San Antonio, Tex. She also took an intensive Spanish language training course in Guatemala.
Always on a quest for adventure and fun, Ms. Williams traveled extensively. She was born in Chanute, Kan., on April 13, 1946. But during the course of her life, she lived in 13 states as well as Germany and traveled to every state in the U.S., all of the provinces in Canada, and many countries overseas, including Malawi and South Africa.
In 1978 she completed a marathon race of more than 26 miles in Charlottesville, Va., and in 1991 she hiked the 2,160 mile Appalachian Trail with her husband, Bob.
During the mid-1990s, she and a friend decided to attend services at every church in Jefferson County, W. Va., where Harpers Ferry is located. They worshiped at all of the 105 churches in the county over a period of many months.
In 2006, she and Bob criss-crossed the country visiting family and friends. Their travels took them to Seattle, Texas, Minnesota, New Orleans, where she had her picture taken with Chef Paul Prudhomme, Maine, and Newfoundland, where the sun first rises along the east coast of North America.
Ms. Williams was an avid reader and loved word games and crossword puzzles. Possessing a keen intellect, she never tired of exploring ideas and complex issues. She enjoyed photography, became a master of rug braiding, and pursued many other interests.
Her greatest gift, however, was her ability to make friends with almost everyone she met, drawing them into her family and recruiting them for various adventures. She nurtured relationships, helping one friend fight an addition to alcohol, tutoring a colleague’s son and encouraging him to follow his musical interests, and opening up her home and hospitality to many family members and friends for extended periods of time.
Her favorite color was yellow, a symbol of her enormous warmth and compassion. She touched everyone she met and left a lasting impression, which will help them endure her loss.
Survivors include her husband of more than 40 years, Bob Williams of Harpers Ferry, daughter Jenny Williams and grandchildren Paco Cathcart, Whitman Clark, and Clementine Williams of New York City, son Bruce Williams and grandchildren Lucy and Violet Williams of Kirkland, Wash., two sisters, Joyce Burnett of Olympia, Wash., and Karen Coomber of Tacoma Wash.; and a brother, Glenn Ewing of Maple Valley, Wash.
A memorial service is to be held Saturday, April 14, at 2:00 pm at the Camp Hill Wesley United Methodist Church, with Pastor Alexis Coleman officiating. A reception will follow in the social hall of the church. Please wear something yellow.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Sorry for the silence
Sorry I haven't posted in a long while. As many of you know my mother-in-law has been very ill for the last few years. I have been in Harpers Ferry, WV for the last month. Bruce's mother Dorlyn is on hospice at this point and sleeping most of the day. It is really hearwrenching to see someone slowly die of cancer. So far in my life I have watched two people wither from cancer. There is good along with the bad. You get to say I love you and all those things you don't say until you know its the end. You were a great friend/mom/brother/sister. I'll miss you. You get a chance to process what is happening, warning that death is impending. It doesn't make it any less horrible, but maybe a little more palatable than a sudden death where you are just deprived of a persons presence suddenly without warning or closure. Anyway, we will be back in Washington the 4th of April, until then, we are just hanging out, spending what time we can with my mom-in-law, father-in-law and my parents.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
iPhone
This should be an interesting case. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/299215_ciscoapple11.html
Cisco suing apple for use of iPhone, which is the same name given to cisco's Voip technology.
Cisco suing apple for use of iPhone, which is the same name given to cisco's Voip technology.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Pillow Angel
If you haven't read this story you ought to.
http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/blog/
It is about parents of a child whose brain development was stunted at 3 months. They gave her estrogen treatments, had her breast buds removed, gave her a hysterectomy and removed her appendix. They state that this will improve her quality of life dramatically. I don't know what I think about this. It should be left to the medical ethicists, but WHAT a SLIPPERY SLOPE.
http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/blog/
It is about parents of a child whose brain development was stunted at 3 months. They gave her estrogen treatments, had her breast buds removed, gave her a hysterectomy and removed her appendix. They state that this will improve her quality of life dramatically. I don't know what I think about this. It should be left to the medical ethicists, but WHAT a SLIPPERY SLOPE.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Daughter's Birthday
Lucy is three. I can hardly believe it. Here is a great short of her father and sister at her birthday party, which was held at one of those inflatibles places. So much fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qZSfkcgrPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qZSfkcgrPE
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