http://blog.somenet.net Not just another pretty WordPress weblog Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:16:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With this introduction . . . . . please go visit my new RadioActive Blog : http://wb5rmg.wordpress.com [caption id="attachment_329" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="WB5RMG launches RadioActive Blog"][/caption] Please add this new site as a bookmark, or favorite - and come back now and then to see what else has been added. The old html site ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/06/14/a-radioactive-blog/ It is that time of year again - the warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico would like to come back and take it's place over the the southeastern states, but the cooler dry air in place over the northern states keeps trying to push it back. Seems this ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/04/11/atmospheric-angst/ Welcome home Discovery & crew !! Thanks to everyone for everything. Discovery flew a great mission and delivered the last of the solar arrays to the ISS and brought Sandy back after her extended stay in orbit... Good job everyone, I'm glad everything worked so well. More details on the STS-119 mission ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/03/28/sts-119-lands-in-florida/ (I originally composed and e-mailed this blog entry on March 28, 2008.) And the governor kicks in at 115. Today (Wednesday), I went from Columbia, MO to Laramie, WY. Yesterday, (Tuesday) which was the day I left, I went from Huntsville, AL to Columbia, MO. According to my Rand McNally Deluxe Motor ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/03/03/cruise-control-set-on-80/ I'll be publishing some posts I made but were not able to publish because of "technical problems" over which I had no control. Some of them are very nearly a year old. So please, as you read them, bear in mind the elapsed time frame, and consider the potential for ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/03/01/in-the-coming-days/ I used to own a solid black German Shepherd Dog which I named "Florentine Ebony Princess." Her call name was "Princess." She lived nine years. She was absolutely and without question, THE most wonderful dog I've ever had the joy of owning. Her spirit and temperament were remarkable, and her drives ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/03/01/bad-dog-bad-dog/ Recently I was watching a rerun episode of "3d Rock From The Sun," a serial science fiction situation comedy which originally aired on NBC from 1996-2001. It starred John Lithgow as (High Commander) Dr. Dick Solomon, Kristen Johnston as (security officer, Lt.) Sally Solomon, French Stewart as (communications officer) Harry ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/02/23/calling-honesty-come-in-honesty/ Just the other day I saw a former supervisor of mine entering the ABC store #77 located at 700-A Pratt Avenue in Huntsville. According to my receipt, it was shortly after 5:32:22PM CST. I had just purchased a fifth of Jack Daniel's Old Number 7 whiskey. With 4% state sales ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/02/22/i-met-you-at-the-liquor-store/ Sometimes, death and funerals can pose dilemmas. For example, what do you say to someone you don't know? Alan Seig - WB5RMG, and I went to Scottsboro for the visitation with Dieter Schliemann's - KX4Y widow and family.  I only listened, nodded in agreement and said a few words of reinforcement when ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/02/15/remembering-dieter/ While at the checkout stand of the grocery store this evening, I spoke with the clerk. She was wearing a rather interesting necklace, from which a guitar pick hung at the center. On it was printed "Barlow Girl." I thought it might be the brand of jewelry, a brand of guitar ... http://blog.somenet.net/2009/02/12/barlow-girl/