Hippo, birdie, two ewes...

... to the lovely and talented jhayman!! Have a good one!

Cloud pictures and other vagueness

I rarely, if ever, mention cloud pictures in my posts, but this morning on the way home the morning sky was exceptional, and there in front of me was a perfect little griffin. Sadly, it had vanished by the time I had turned the corner on Leigh and parked in front of my house, to be replaced by a somewhat unsatisfactory little unicorn. There was also a rather blurry running quadruped; it might have been a wolf if you were in the right mood.

I spent some time yesterday morning working on the track lists for the next two albums: Amethyst Rose and Hackers' Heaven; they're still extremely vague. Realized that AR was altogether too crowded already; there's going to have to be another one for most of the fantasy songs and the leftover computer and space stuff. Not sure I want to think about that just now, but part of the motivation for all this is the fact that I'm feeling particularly mortal these days.

(Note: if you follow those links (and I don't really recommend that you do), you'll find the directories on the other end to be really rough. I cut a lot of corners to get CC&S out the door; it will take me a while to glue them all back on.)

Walkies

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen.)

Despite the fact that both knees were aching a little this morning, I decided it would be ok to take a moderate walk. Besides, I wanted to go back to Long's and get another knee brace. So I did that. I split the stats for the two segments: there (all downhill on Sand Hill Road) and back again (a slightly longer and hillier route with uphill parts on both Sharon Park Drive and Sand Hill).

Stats: time: 20:30; avg: 109; max: 125 (down)

Stats: time: 31:16; avg: 123; max: 144 (back)

Reminder: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen.)

thatcrazycajun reminds us that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

My Mom is 87 years old; she had her double mastectomy roughly half a century ago. My Sister-in-Law is fighting it now. My Mother-in-Law died of it, among other things. (Her smoking didn't help, either. Don't do that.) Don't push your luck: get your mammogram. Give generously. Race for the cure if that's your bag. Don't give up.

Gotta Get Gutsy Gibbon!

As several folks on my flist have mentioned Ubuntu 7.10, code named "Gutsy Gibbon", is now available from the usual mirrors. I have my copy; what are you waiting for?