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August 31, 2009

Still Here

Just been farookin' busy. When I'm not busy I'm in "reading mode" which means I'd rather grab a book and read than sit in front of a computer.

Over the weekend I tried staying off the computer somewhat, but that meant I had to go scrub down the shower to get rid of rust stains (our water system had... issues... a while back and the water got a bit rusty for a while).

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Bought some sample packs of photo paper from Red River papers. Now I have to find a few pictures I'd like to test print to see if my poor little one lung HP ink jet can produce decent results. Not sure which picture(s) to try though. So I haven't done anything. I like the fact that I can get a bunch of different types in one pack instead of trying to decide which of the multitudes will work for me. Now to find a decent pic...

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Been out walking two nights this week. Had to wear coats (it's still August!) also I had out the ear warmer headband. *sigh*

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Not being ready for winter, I thought I'd cheer myself up and bought a pair of Frye boots (Zappos rocks!). At least if it's going to be cold, I can wear something fun. Well, I should say, I'll be able to wear them a lot when I get them softened up.

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Now I'm off to fold clothes since I didn't get the laundry done on the weekend. ~~~ I'm such a slug ~~~ then I shall read some more.

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August 27, 2009

Ready for the Big Cat

Snow Leopard comes out tomorrow. That would be the upgrade to Mac's current Leopard operating system.

I'm all ready. Got Aperture updated tonight. I will be buying it soon At $30 there is no reason not to upgrade. First I'm waiting to see if Apple actually sends me the email about it. I signed up but have yet to see one. I wonder why. Heh.

Hey Apple - Paying customer here!

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Oh The Irony

So there is now a US Senate seat vacant. Oh the agony to Democrats everywhere...

As the law currently stands:

the seat would have to remain vacant for the next 145-160 days -- thus busting the Democrats down to 59 Senate seats -- until a special election can be held. The Democrats would be heavily favored to win that special Senate election.
However, there appears to be at least a theoretical possibility that the seat could be filled sooner than that. In the final weeks of his life, Kennedy had called for the law to be changed to allow Gov. Deval Patrick (D) to make an interim appointment, selecting a caretaker who would represent the state and pledge not to run in the election.

Now you may be asking... what irony?

Well, the ability for the governor to appoint an interim Senator was the law until 2004. It was used in 1962 when John Kennedy became President.

But in 2004 when it looked like John Kerry might become President - guess who was governor. Go on, guess... yes that's right, Mitt Romney - a Republican.

The Dems of the state quickly changed the law... just in case. Thus making it impossible for the evil Romney to appoint a Senator the Dems may not like.

Now, of course, this is coming back to bite them. It's the most hilarious thing. The dithering...

Most everyone in the state hates the current governor (Coup Deval), but he is a Democrat and he could appoint a Dem until the next election is held.

I'm pretty sure most of the state's Democrats see nothing odd at all in changing the rules on a regular basis as long as it benefits them. Imagine the uproar if Republicans were doing this. The hypocrisy is astounding. Yet all the people of this state keep electing them to office. Amazing.

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August 26, 2009

The Flowers They are Blooming

Earlier today I took a few minutes to dash out with my camera (well, I did have to go get the mail...) and took a few pics of the flowers in the yard. Because it was necessary.

It seems one of the old rose bushes has a bloom. Since this "bush" is pretty much a stem with a rose on it, I decided it needed a picture for putting forth so much effort.

Pretty isn't it.

For some reason the next one just cracks me up. Don't know why, just the drapy nature of it I guess.

Still no idea what these ball type flowers are called, but this one is nearly done blooming and still looks good.

Coneflowers everywhere. It looks like this one has some pollen from a passing bee - tiny dots of yellow in the center.

My rose still survives. It's looking a bit wilty at the moment, but it's blooming again. Probably needs another handful of Rose Tone. I'll get that this weekend.

Last of all, the ornamental grass is being very ornamental indeed.

And that's all for tonight. I was also working a little bit on bracketing. Maybe more of that in the next couple of days. We'll see.

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August 25, 2009

Summer's About Over

If the weather nuts are correct, we have one more 80+ degree day in store and then the temps drop to the 70's. That means fall is ready to dig in and get things underway.

At this time of year the temp seldom shoots back up once it starts the downward trend. Of course we had about 2 and a half weeks of summer. So I guess I should say Yay! And I have to say that while it was very humid and yucky... it wasn't incredibly hot (I'm sorry but high 80's don't count as incredibly hot) and it wasn't even all that humid compared to say... Florida where it's about 100% humidity all the time.

So Yay - we had a leetle bit of summer.

Okay, I said it.

Until the beginning of August we had "not-winter" instead of summer. I'm pretty sure most of the kids around here are all bummed out because now they have to head back to school and they barely got summer.

Usually fall is lovely here. I'm waiting to see if all the rain earlier this summer makes the fall better or worse. Stay tuned. I'm sure there will be pictures involved.

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August 24, 2009

I Must Be Ordering Everything Under the Sun

Because I am suddenly getting about 500 email spam a day saying:

order confirmation #29175

Most annoying.

They are going mostly to a single email box. I will be closing that down. It's one I used to use frequently to subscribe to newsletters and such. Now it's just a huge spam catcher. I've been working on changing the real emails over.

*sigh*

I hate spammers.

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August 23, 2009

The Weekend is Nearly Done

This is what I'm looking for this next week...

Mind you, I doubt I'll get it, but it's what I'm looking for. Hope everyone else has a nice peaceful week.

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August 22, 2009

It's All About the Light

Photographs that is. They are 100% dependent on how your camera (and you) handle the lighting in the area.

Ever since I sent my camera in for cleaning and they upgraded the firmware, I can't seem to get a good handle on my camera metering anymore. Something has changed and it looks like it will be a bit more work for me to get shots that are properly exposed for the lighting situations. (in other words they're making me think - damn it!)

Of course the Nikon D80 is known to have issues with metering. It can be dealt with, I just wish I was better at it than I am. (basically I suck at this - I am overly dependent on Aperture to fix the lighting of my pictures - not a good thing)

So today I took my camera out - in between storms - and took a number of pictures. Each set of 3 were of the same object. The difference is in the metering which was in order: spot (uses the focus point area to meter), center weighted (uses a slightly wider area around the center point to meter), and matrix (uses all points available to meter).

Naturally, different lighting conditions produce different results (if I may state the bleeding obvious without someone strangling me). BTW - this is one time I'm posting pictures that might be out of focus since I was going for the overall light effect rather than the object itself. These are straight out of the camera with absolutely no adjustments at all.

First we have a flower from a butterfly bush. The flower is in shade, the background is bright from the sun.

Spot:

Center:

Matrix:

Of those 3, I think the spot metering turned out the best when not having any adjustments made. That might change if I was working with the pictures and messing with levels... I have no idea.

Next set is in shade with even darker shade behind it.

Spot:

Center:

Matrix:

Of those 3, spot is the worst. With center being brighter and matrix being the brightest.

Then we have a very confused rhody (they're supposed to bloom in the spring) that has a few blooms. It's in direct sun, mid-day.

Spot:

Center:

Matrix:

Of this set, the spot metering once again looks the worst as it nearly has blown highlights on some of the leaves. Center is a bit darker but seems to be the most balanced. Matrix isn't bad, but also seems a bit too bright in some areas.

Last of all we have a wider angle scene in bright sun.

Spot:

Center:

Matrix:

In this set, Matrix metering seems to bring out details a bit more in the darker areas and is overall the brightest. The other metering modes are creating a darker image even in bright sun.

Why did I write this out? Hopefully so I remember to mess about with my metering and even with exposure compensation while out taking pictures. Most of the time I am thinking more about grabbing a shot than how the camera is set up. I need to work on that so I have less work after the shots are taken.

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1 I forgot about metering. Totally. How do you know which to use? Spot for close ups, matrix for wide angle?

Posted by: Pam at August 22, 2009 02:30 PM (l6NIn)

2 Argh! The minute I read "firmware" update, I knew you had a Nikon.

For a while, my boyfriend, my dad, and I all had identical Nikon's. My boyfriend was the first to get the firmware update. Of course, it through his metering way off. We took it in for repairs a number of times, but still the metering was all wonky. We figured it was just a defective camera....never figured it would have been the update. Then I got the firmware update on mine, and guess what....metering went all wonky.

Luckily, we figured this out before my dad did his update. But, oy, the frustration! We finally just gave up and bought new cameras....not Nikon!!

I don't think there is a way to undo the firmware update, but if there is, I highly recommend you try it, because I am sure that is entirely what is causing your problem. Good luck!

Posted by: DogDontPurr at August 22, 2009 02:48 PM (1KC4A)

3 Pam - as you can see above in the pics, it's a matter of learning what works in which situation. In other words, if your camera gives you a metering option, try them all under the same circumstance (if possible) and see what works best. The problem with most point and shoots is that any metering changes that might be allowed are buried in menus. With the D80 it can easily be changed via a button and the rear scroll wheel on the camera body...

DDP - oh I love my Nikon, it's just changed is all. Since I shoot RAW, it's easy enough to fix pics in Aperture or Photoshop, I'm working on getting a better result before having to do any fixes - that's the tricky bit. The D80 has the worst rep for their metering - which is why I'm seriously thinking of the D300s in a few months. While the D80 has this issue, Canon has its own - like the oil spots on the sensor of their flagship 5D Mark 2 and one of the newer Rebel cameras that grab hold of a lens and won't release it...

With all digital cameras there are issues. They can all be compensated for... it's just a matter of learning your camera quirks and how to work with them.

Posted by: Teresa at August 22, 2009 03:29 PM (epSz+)

4 Always bracket your shots. If you're using your internal meter, then take what ever it suggests, then up of f-stop and down one f-stop. Are you using a fill flash, by the way?
The one thing I hate about digital photography is that I've had to give up the nuances of different types of films. If I was shooting landscapes, I'd use Fuji 64. Portraits, Agfa 100. If I was shooting b/w, I'd usually use Kodak Pan for outdoor work and Plus-X for portrait or indoor work. Architectural work, I always used Kodachrome. The only good thing about digital is that you can shoot all day and you're not throwing away money on unused negatives or slides. I also miss using filters in combination with the characteristics of the different types of films. Sometimes just using a .05 neutral density filter with Fuji 64 would add incredible depth to my work. It wouldn't work with KodaColor, though, Kodak used a different blue dye didn't react well with it.

Posted by: gregor at August 22, 2009 09:26 PM (AoAEA)

5 Gregor - my husband is all with you on the film camera stuff. I had a more difficult time with film because it was too long between the time I took the pictures and when I would get the results. LOL.

On the bracketing. Yes, I do that, but what I really wanted to see was how the meter on my camera was working under various conditions. Then I can use the right type of metering (hopefully) along with the bracketing to get a better result. Good part is - the D80 does bracket, I don't have to do it manually. Yay!

Posted by: Teresa at August 23, 2009 01:09 PM (epSz+)

6 Personally, I prefer the center weighted metering on all but the last set. Do you always shoot in aperture mode? I shoot manual and adjust my shutter speed and aperture and if necessary, I adjust the metering only occasionally, usually opting for partial or center-weighted metering because all the other factors provide me with the control I need. I wish I could tell you how to go back to previous firmware versions, but I wouldn't even know how to tell you how to update to the latest. Sad and pathetic, isn't it?

Posted by: Da Goddess at August 24, 2009 12:10 AM (yS1tB)

7 Joanie - I switch between aperture and program mode (P for when I'm feeling lazy and don't want to bother or it's busy and I don't want to miss things - LOL). I use shutter only if I'm photographing something that has movement which is seldom.

As for the firmware - they did the upgrade when I sent it for cleaning, even though I didn't ask for that. Seems it's part of the package from Nikon. Heh.

As I said, I feel no need to go back, I just have to take the time to figure out how the camera works now. Of course it would help if I wasn't quite so lazy - LOL.

Posted by: Teresa at August 24, 2009 08:34 AM (epSz+)

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August 20, 2009

Some This and That

Spent the day doing odd little things. Chasing down little bugs in html and figuring out why a number of things don't work right. All in all, not very productive, and somewhat annoying.

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My husband has been showing me "the ribbon" on his more modern version of Office he uses at work. What a mess! When I have to switch over it's going to take me forever to figure out where they put stuff. (all in the name of making it more convenient for me to use - sheesh!)

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If you didn't see it, Lileks has a video with scenes of the post storm distruction in Minneapolis. Here's his take along with the link to the vid.

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Someone using bing hit my site with this search term:

my toddler turned on dishwasher with no dishes

They got this page. I hope that helped them. No toddlers were involved in the making of my blog post though.

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Last of all we have a building down in Boston. A thin building. A building that looks as if it has been on a diet and slimming down.

One wonders if the apartments take the entire width or if they are long skinny stringlike places.

That's all for now. More when I think of something else.

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August 18, 2009

Whew - End of the Day Again

Here's hoping that tomorrow is a little less... busy... than today.

I leave you with this.

For some reason, a gondola on the Charles River in Massachusetts makes me giggle. And that's a good way to end the day.

Later peeps.

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August 17, 2009

Chinooks At Night in Afghanistan

Michael Yon has some incredible pictures and (naturally) terrific writing about night landings of Chinooks in Afghanistan.

Go check it out.

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August 16, 2009

An Afternoon in Boston

On Friday my son and his girlfriend flew out here for the weekend. (part of that time was spent elsewhere since he has a friend up this way who was having big doin's on Saturday).

Having Friday afternoon open, we proceeded down to Boston to wile away some time sightseeing.

First of all, it was very very sunny which makes pictures a bit difficult. However, it does make for a few decent silhouettes. Here's one:

It constantly amazes me that these people can figure out how to put up street signs to name their alleys, but not signs for major roads. (I guess everyone is supposed to just "know" those)

We saw many a rooftop garden while strolling about. My question is... how much weight can those rooftops take? I'd hate to be sleeping on the floor below if one of those trees decided to fall through!

Looks nice though.

I think we found the place where the Boston Pops play outdoors - by the Charles River. Look at the inside of that band shell! I never paid much attention to these things on television - had no idea it was wood.

It was a lovely warm day - exactly what one wants during summer. A bit of humidity, right by the river, and a couple of canoes looking just right.

Looking out over Boston Commons toward the South part of the city was an excellent view.

There are more, but that's all I have time for tonight. Got a text that they got back to Chicago just fine a bit earlier this evening.

All in all a great weekend. Hope that bodes well for the upcoming week but I won't hold my breath.

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Patchy Patchy

Yes, it's that time once again for me to jog your computer screens and tell you to make sure your patches are up to date on your computers. AND your iPhones!

Last week Microsoft released a number of patches for some long standing security issues. If you don't have automatic update running - please do a manual check and get the patches installed. The rest of us thank you for making your machine a bit safer.

Attention iPhone users!!! If you haven't heard, there was a major exploit involving the text messaging service of the iPhone (not sure which software sets).

If your iPhone is one of those at risk, you have to download a patch and install it. This is a nasty one - it can crash or take over your phone with a text message that you never even see. The worst part is, you have to go looking for the update from what I last heard (they might have changed this).

Plug into itunes and go looking for the iPhone update now. Make sure you are up to date and this exploit won't get you.

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August 15, 2009

It's All In the Cache

Twitter is excellent for short messages, but when it comes to debugging a tech problem - 140 characters becomes difficult if not impossible to use.

So we come to a tweet by David Pogue.

I'm putting the rest below the fold as it will get long.

more...

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August 14, 2009

Note To Self

Buy more stuff from Whole Foods!

Via Instapundit we find this:

Health Care Stirs Up Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, Customers Boycott Organic Grocery Store

In his op-ed, "The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare," published Tuesday, Mackey criticized President Barack Obama's health care plan.

This has apparently so outraged the lefties that they are threatening to never shop there again.

Excellent!

Yeah, I can now shop at WF without dodging hippies! I think this is a win-win all around for regular people who want to shop at WF.

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Those brain addled cackleheads will shop there and like it. Just because The Goode Family has wrapped up for the summer doesn't mean those dumb slackers are going to turn normal anytime soon.

Also, speaking of slacker numbskulls, that photo in the WSJ Weekend Journal from yesterday is most certainly not me! I was no where near Woodstock. At the time I was just a normal corn-fed Midwestern boy, trying to score beer and chicks hanging out at the corner drugstore and leading a normal life.

Posted by: Cappy at August 15, 2009 04:57 PM (Z1Brj)

2 I don't shop WF because 1) it's too far away, and 2) I don't like spending extra money on food I can buy for less at a store closer to me. Sigh. Then again, I have a Henry's here and that's better.

Posted by: Da Goddess at August 15, 2009 08:36 PM (/2+FR)

3 Oddly, I've noticed that when I shop at Whole Foods a.k.a "Whole Paycheck," I actually spend less, but get more food...and more interesting food...than when I shop at the regular grocery store. I don't know how that is possible, because everything seems so expensive, but I've found it to be true time and again. Yet I rarely go because it is always sooo crowded, and everybody seems cranky.

Another observation I've made about WF, is that in Northern California, the people who shop there are your typical hippy type. They all look like they are in poor health, looking for a miracle cure by eating "health food." A very sickly, cranky bunch. But in Los Angeles, the majority look like they're either dressed up for an audition, hoping to be "discovered," or are fresh from their latest yoga/meditation session. Beautiful people, but still, cranky!

Anywayyyy. I read the CEO's comments, and I didn't see anything particularly inflammatory, but the comments to his comments were super inflammatory. Argh! But that just goes to support my observation that a lot of the people that shop there are indeed cranky.

Posted by: DogDontPurr at August 16, 2009 05:23 PM (1KC4A)

4 Sounds good to me!!!

Posted by: JihadGene at August 16, 2009 08:46 PM (NeOuu)

5 People still shop at Whole Foods?:

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/american_studies/dear_whole_food.php

Posted by: Harvey at August 17, 2009 06:14 AM (QExRX)

6 Harvey - yes I do because it's the only place I can buy chicken that doesn't make me feel queasy after eating it.

Do I buy everything there? No. For heaven sake - who the hell buys their staples like paper products or foil from a WF? Not me - I don't like what they offer (not even looking at price).

I shop there for their meats - mostly it's hamburger, chicken, pork chops that kind of thing. If I want really fancy meat - I'll go to a really good restaurant where they know how to cook it too... LOL.

I am not a gourmet cook, I do basics. WF sells basic stuff at prices that are fine for me. And the added bonus of being able to eat it without feeling like crap afterward. I think it's a win-win. But that's just me.

Posted by: Teresa at August 17, 2009 09:09 AM (epSz+)

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August 13, 2009

Too Tired to Blog

I've been doing way too much typing this last week. Too much thinking... hurts my poor little brain cell. So I leave you with this cute little flower from last weekend's walk. (before the balloon fest)

Back when I can think again.

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August 11, 2009

Biggest Meteor Shower of the Year

It peaks tonight according to the Wired article I saw here.

So will I be watching?

Only if it stops raining and clears up. So I guess not.

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August 10, 2009

A Few Last Things for Tonight

Yes people it's 11pm and now I'm awake. Geeze it just figures.

I have just finished writing a bunch of checks to pay off the doctors and hospital for my recent thyroid fun and games. Amazing how much one day in the hospital will cost... the hospital does not have online bill payment. I guess that's better than having online payment that they can't do the right way.

Now before I head off to do some reading and hopefully unwinding for the evening. Here are a few headlines that caught my eye.

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Chicago Gets New Area Code: 872

Ever since it became mandantory (lo these 10+ years ago) for everyone in the Chicago area to use the area code when dialing a phone number - even if it's the same as the area code you are dialing. I see no reason to make a major announcement about a new area code overlay. What's the difference? Is it a slow news day?

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Credit card holders shocked to see interest rates skyrocket, limits plunge

Easy fix for this - never carry a balance. I well remember the 24 and 25% interest rates during the Carter years. (and the woman in the story looks old enough to remember those years too - apparently she didn't learn anything from it) If we can't afford to pay it at the end of the month, we can't afford to buy it. Period. Took many many years before we had "stuff" but we never paid interest on anything other than the house and 2 cars over the years.

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47 Passengers Spend 'Nightmare' 9 Hours Inside Grounded Plane

Falling under the heading of what was this airline thinking... and moving on to why weren't passengers calling everyone they could think of - tweeting from their phones, calling 911, even television stations. There is no excuse after the fiasco of past years when similar things were happening. It wasn't even snowing!!!

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Okay that's it for tonight - not much I know, but I want to get off the computer early. I want to kick back with a Nero Wolfe story and just relax a bit.

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1 I did not sleep well again last night and I think you may really be onto something with this carb thing and how bodies change. I'm seriously looking at what I eat now for dinner to see if that's a sleep issue for me.

Posted by: Bou at August 11, 2009 11:04 AM (vkUMO)

2 BTW, our attitude about credit cards are the same as yours, which is why it took 13 years to furnish our home. Our dining room and living were were big empty spaces for 10 years. My kids used it for gymnastics. If we don't have the cash, we don't buy it. We use credit cars as a platform to get frequent flier miles. Use the cc, pay it off at the end of the month, get ff miles off it.

Posted by: Bou at August 11, 2009 11:06 AM (vkUMO)

3 I'll never -- ever -- understand how people can not "get" that you shouldn't spend money you do not have or will not have at the time the bill is due. Is this a failure of our educational system or just people being EFFING pie-in-the-sky IDIOTS? Heh. Don't answer that for clearly (I hope) I am being snarky and insensitive.

Posted by: dogette at August 12, 2009 08:26 AM (1W6eH)

4 Bou - it was years before we had any serious furniture. Empty rooms were the norm even in our first tiny house!

Dogette - apparently just waiting until one can afford something is never an option for most people. I have no idea why. heh.

Posted by: Teresa at August 12, 2009 02:24 PM (epSz+)

I do wonder if it is generational. For instance, neither my parents nor my husband's parents lived on credit. Both sets of families were very open about how you spend money, what is a priority and what is not, do not spend what you do not have, live within your means.

My first roommate out of college at my first job, viewed a credit card as an extension of her income. If she made 30K a year and had a credit card for 10K, then she had 40K a year to spend. I kid you not, this girl had her degree in engineering, smart as a whip and completely clueless financially. She lived on rice krispies to pay off her bills when she got herself in one helluva mess. And we were making damn good money out of college. HUGE money for people our age and rent at $400 a piece for an enormous condo. Come to find out, her parents NEVER talked to her about money... NEVER and they lived pretty much the same way, always in debt.

Posted by: Bou at August 12, 2009 09:49 PM (vkUMO)

6 Bou - I think there are 2 types of people in the world. The planners - that would be us. And the non-planners who live for right now - that would be people like your roommate.

The planners look around and see what the pitfalls are and try to create a life plan that gets them through it all without falling into a hole along the way.

The non-planners want what they want right now. With the attitude of, "Why are you worried about what might go wrong?" They always think the planners are stick in the mud doomsayers who need to live a bit.

In other words, more of a personality thing trumping even what they are taught by parents.

Posted by: Teresa at August 13, 2009 10:34 AM (epSz+)

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Monday...

Let's see

--can barely type
--having trouble stringing words together to form sentences
--having trouble string coherent thoughts together to form any useful type email
--have backspaced twice the number of letters in this post.

Oh yeah, it's Monday. Good grief!

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August 09, 2009

Balloon Fest 09

Pictures are now up at Smugmug!

Check it out. (BTW - do not be disconcerted when the first pic is of a car... really)

It was a beautiful day for flying.