I burned my bacon so I threw it away and put some more in the pan and burned that too. I was going to try and eat some of it anyways and then I realized it’s Good Friday (that means no meat to those who don’t know).
Do you think someone was trying to tell me something?!?
So I was looking at flickr photos (not mine) and saw this interesting building. I’m guessing it’s in Egypt (but I’m not really sure…
I’ll let you know what I find out. From the comment I was able to find out more.
It’s the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier build in 1975 in the Nasr City district in Cairo.
It looks as if Anwar Sadat inaugurated the statue, was assassinated near it and was buried there also.
So did I tell you for sure that I am absolutely positively going to go to Egypt this spring? Details to follow…
This week in Circuits with David Pogue he’s interviewing Scott Gaidano president of Drive Savers (a hard drive recovery business):
This is our most famous computer: it’s a laptop that was rescued from the bottom of the Amazon River. A cruise ship hit an underwater barge, and sank down to the bottom. And the woman, an amateur diver, several days later, against all international law, broke in with a Maglight flashlight. Went down two flights of stairs underwater. Green, dark water. Found her stateroom. Remembered to bring her key, and rescued her laptop, and got it to Drive Savers. And we recovered all the data for her.
What makes that one extra interesting is that message came through while I was planning and trying to decide on the 3 or 4 day Nile cruise of my Egypt trip. Maybe just the 3 day (and I’ll back up all my data).
So I came home and took a nap after all my errands (I feel great now). Since then I’ve watched a bit of TV and now I’m thinking of funerals. This wasn’t weird dreams, it was what was on the TV show (didn’t you hear, someone was going to die on Smallville).
I still remember being freaked out at my first funeral. Here’s why:
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Posted in friends + family, holidays + events, me + myself + i
Tagged funerals, Smallville
There is a reason that there is no mail and the banks and (some) schools are closed this Monday. Don’t forget…
Listen. Look. Learn. Pay attention, listen to what people are saying in person and on TV the next few days.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, was first declared a public holiday in the United States by President Reagan in 1983. Born on January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King became a Baptist minister and doctor of theology. He travelled extensively throughout the United States, preaching and working for Afro-American civil rights and was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee on 4th April, 1968.
So just after midnight last night I tried to make a few New Year’s phone calls. I could get a signal (I had lots of bars signal) but I couldn’t get the network to complete a call, it just timed out. The same thing happened with the analog network but eventually I got through (on analog). Just made me think of disaster and emergencies and times you might really need to make a call…
Merry Christmas!! I was going to try and sleep a little more but my mother is visiting and is downstairs trying to use the remote control to turn the lights on down there. But she keeps blinking lights (and relays) on and off in my room. Scared the crap out of me! I guess I should get up so we can eat and do the present thing. Yea!!!
Everyone have fun today and don’t forget to be nice to your family :)
I’ll have a report on some of my loot later…
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Tagged Christmas, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas
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