Random Ramblings

First rain of the season

I love the first rain of the season. It is a refreshing bath to the planet and it smells so good! Everything looks, feels and smells clean. While driving home last night I was witness to natures light show, lightning. It was beautiful! No fireworks show can compare to what the planet can put on.

Here is a link to Wikipedia showing pictures of lightning. Hope you enjoy it!

National Geographic WildCam

If you have not looked at this it is a live camera at Pete's Pond. WildCam Africa is a partnership with Mashatu Game Reserve. My first peek was at 4:47am Africa time. Lots of crickets were talking.

Going Green

If your like me you have been hearing about "Going Green" for sometime now. What does it mean? What should I do? Here is a link with some information about what it means and how to get started. Green Communities

Blog Rush

Looking for a way to drive traffic to your site? I saw this posting today and I'm going to give it a try. Here's the link, http://www.blogrush.com/.

My anniversary!

Today marked the 1 year mark for me of being a non-smoker! I am amazed at how fast the time really went. In the beginning it seemed as if the time would never pass. Now I am here celebrating with my quit buddies. Others have said this, but if I can do it you can do it.

It is wonderful to be able to take a deep breath without coughing and choking. At this time last year I had not slept the night through for 5 years. I would wake myself up coughing. I'm not saying I still don't have moments when I think about smoking because even at a year quit I still think about it. The difference is now I know that it is just an urge, one that will pass if I let it.

So I'm doing a wonderful thing for my health and for the health of the planet. My birthday is also Earth day, so I really get to celebrate each year.

Parallels and Creative Zen Vision M

Success! The last perferial that I had to connect to my new setup finally is working. This one took serveral tires to get working. I checked the Parallels website and found that it is an issue for several people and did not give up. Now if you want to know what I did exactly, I don't know. It was a strange issue. The system saw the device, but I could not do anything with it and the software that I needed to use to update my subscription for the MP3 files could not see the device. Anyway, now everything is talking and it is all good.

I am not using the newest version of Parallels software.

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti dies at 71. I did not follow his music, but I know he was a great voice in the world of opera and will be missed.

Blog Day 3rd Annual 2007 - I didn't know!

OK I missed it this year, but it is on the calendar for next year! Looking around the web tonight (or this morning) I found this post at "One Degree of Separation: Five Blogs I Found Through Blogs I Love".

Looks like it was a lot of fun and will be again next year!

One of my favorite people

She has starred in some of my favorite movies and always makes me laugh even with the tough subjects. Woopi Goldberg.