On a day like today, one remembers where one was when he or she learned that the world possess the kind of evil–crouched cowardly and hypocritically behind false religious rantings–that takes delight in the murder of unarmed civilians.
Such perpetrators–indeed, Bin Laden, himself–are the most cowardly among the lowest of cowards. (more…)
He was with us at LinuxNewbie.org and JustLinux.com.
Bone marrow cancer claimed his life on 2004.08.25.
“Google First. Ask questions later.”
You will find him under the name of ‘mdwatts’. He was Michael D. Watts.
We miss you, Mike.
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OK. I’m posting the contents of a page to which I’m linking to from things like sig-lines, and to which I’m pointing others in my quest to make generally known the needs of a family in Austin, Texas. It’s a ‘for the sake of completeness’ type of thing, because of a couple of points that I hadn’t raised earlier, just in case you’re wondering about the obvious repetition. (more…)
The situation which has prompted this entry is tragic and, for your reference, I’m going to bracket the antecedent interval of concern with a couple of links to pages that I urge you to read fully; then give serious consideration to the matter of helping a member of the Linux Community, Ken Starks (aka: Helios).
First link: http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/2005/09.html
Second link: http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/2006/08.html
…and now, for those who are loathe to read the linked pages, I’ll give you a bit of a thumbnail sketch of what is going on with Ken. (more…)
I have to confess that the following song is one of my favorites.
In spite of this, favorite songs don’t normally occupy my mind for the length of waking and ‘odd-moment’ time that this one has of late.
Of course I’ll share the lyrics with you–as if you ever thought that I wouldn’t. (more…)
We had a bit of a birthday party in the backyard, yesterday, for daughter #5.
At some point during the festivities daughter #4 instigated a turn in the flow of conversation; which I didn’t hear, but clarified after the fact. It was something that was substantially similar to a verbal exchange that took place a few months back; upon which, since I have a greater familiarity with the earlier event, I’ll base my comments. (more…)