Listics

Because of the odd jokes.

> >15. Where do you find a dog with no legs?
> >Right where you left him.
> >
> >17. Why don’t blind people like to sky dive?
> >Because it scares the dog.
> >
> >19. What is the difference between a Harley and a Hoover ?
> >The location of the dirt bag.

I have a horrible toothache. I am whining about it. The dentist can see me at 4:20pm. This is the best I can do blogging-wise until my appointment. Aspirin helps a little. Very little.

Got the “away” presents all wrapped and packaged and ready for the trip to the USPO tomorrow morning in time to mail them off for the annual holiday of consumption celebration across this great land of ours. Meanwhile, took some crude measurements and decided if I reconfigure my workspace by moving my 36″ module to the west wall, move my narrow bookcase to where the 36″ module was, and move the big shelving unit from where the 36″ module is going to where the narrow bookcase is coming from, I’ll have better, more usable space in the office for the workbench and server lab set-up. But how do I get started?

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Cookie Crumbles contest finalists, originally uploaded by Esthr.

Yes, I had an excuse for being the only geek avec laptop at the table. I was messaging with Leslie, gathering her response for the de minimis feedback actually expected from the content creators during this part of the FTC bake-off.

Quick pause for a reminder regarding my roots:

Work continues on my new site.  You are invited to drop in, leave a comment, subscribe, whatever…  Sometime in the next few weeks Sandhill Trek rel. 2.0, this site, will be frozen and Sandhill Trek rel. 3.0 will be born at LISTICS.COM

My nephew Tony wrote an essay on the Importance of a UN Peace-Building Commission and the role of the United States in its Formation and was selected the 2006 Dane County UNA-USA contest winner.  They have forwarded his essay to NY to  the National contest.  East Side Pride!

On a sad note, Matt and Ben and their mom family are gathering with family in San Diego to share their love and comfort with each other and with Grandma Joyce who is gravely ill and at eighty not expected to recover.

A year ago, Dan Gillmor appeared via phone on Madison’s WORT community radio station talking about his book, "We the Media."  Diane Farsetta hosted the show, and she had me in the studio with her providing a little local blogger color.

Today on Alternet I noticed a reference to a recent Sandhill post.  That made me happy, but I was happier still at the company I kept there…  Diane Farsetta, was quoted extensively regarding media ethics.

I haven’t seen Diane since October at the UN Day banquet here in Madison, but her picture in the Alternet posting reminded me of what a good and true person she is.  I am so proud to know her.