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Writer's Block: Single pride day

We're also one week out from the Great Backyard Bird Count.  I'll be away from home for both.  Guess which I'll miss most.

From Twitter 02-07-2010

15:21:30: Saw two plum trees in full bloom in Austin--Shoal Creek just north of Anderson La.
19:48:52: No sunshine today--winter returns this week, cold, wet, and gray. Less outdoor temptation, more writing.
20:24:25: Sang both services today: Elgar's "Ave Verum" and Stanford's "O For a Closer Walk." 3 weeks away from choir, and I'm rusty.
20:26:20: And my throat's a little sore. These anthems aren't hard--I was singing incorrectly, or wouldn't be sore.

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My First Movie Review

You gotta love an editor who, after you send her a wildly enthusiastic report on a movie you saw, says "Fine...add these bits and we'll put it up on Suvudu, the publishing house blog-site, with a link to your related book."   The movie was Temple Grandin, that I blogged about everywhere I could think of  (see, I sneak in another plug for it.)   That was late Friday, and then Saturday our internet was out, and I didn't think to look last night.   But it went up Saturday before the movie...

Another brag on the son

Not only did he navigate the very complex day last Thursday with accuracy and competence...including the bus breakdown...but we found out that he'd had a class quiz in his math class that day...and made 100. 

Wow.

From Twitter 02-06-2010

00:51:32: Have you ever heard a whale, ConneryBeagle? The only ones I've heard made sounds like a squeaky toy.
19:44:27: Internet went poof this morning, and just came back on. Tech said lots of errors in our line--expect more outages, service call Monday.

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Internet problems but phone fixed

Internet's been out all day, and techsupport said if it came back, it would probably be unstable--they think there's a bad line somewhere (ya think?)  and I shouldn't do anything involving transfer of sensitive material.   Supposedly we get an actual on-the-ground repair person on Monday afternoon, but let's assume that might not happen, and I might be offline several days. 

From Twitter 02-05-2010

00:54:56: Went to see Temple Grandin movie: blog post up at http://www.speedofdark-thebook.com/blog/
00:57:27: Son traveled alone on buses for first time. Did everything right, made all connections. A great day for all of us.
19:16:37: New post up on 80 acres blog, with pictures of first anemone this year: http://www.80acresonline.org/blog/
19:17:34: A round trip train ticket from Temple to Dallas costs less than the gas it would take to drive it. And I don't have to drive!

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Anybody know...?

LJ has rearranged the layout of my home page (and I presume others) in a way that I find very, VERY annoying, and I would like to know if there's a way to change it.

The "Writer's Block" is now larger and on top.  Do not want.   Any way to get rid of it entirely?   The list of new friends is at the bottom, with birthday reminders at the top and a lot of stuff I don't care about in between (the list of new friends used to be at the top, with birthdays right under.  The "comments" showing are...

The Son's Solo Day

Win, win, win.    He gets A++ all down the line.  Caught every bus, kept track of his stuff, went to his classes, recognized the friend who picked him up from the ice rink.  Was able to both answer his cellphone and use it appropriately.   Had been able to perceive the bus breaking down as an adventure, making his adventure of his first solo trip even more exciting.

Liftoff. 

Temple Grandin: the movie

See this movie.   If you have to beg a friend who has cable to watch it so you can too...it will be on HBO...do so.  It's worth it.  It's worth it for anyone...but for everyone who knows an autistic person or is on the spectrum or is curious about autism...See.  This. Movie.  

I saw it at a special invitational screening tonight...and had not known ahead of time that much of it was filmed here in central Texas...that Capitol Land & Cattle Co., which I've driven by dozens of times,  became an A...