updated:
Sunday, 27th May, 2007:
Ms. Siew Mei is helping me modify the web-site / web-pages into CSS format. Something that's NOT ALTOGETHER EASY nor simple at this point... - I couldn't resist a picture - and I'm 'HOPING' that by the time June rolls around (the end of this week) that I can promote a totally NEW web-site-layout (no I won't go back and re-do all the OLD stuff - but I HOPE to make June (2007) and the future web-pages to be different... ... ...
updated: Sunday, 20th May, 2007:
- YES - Mr. Bill has spent the last two days Yard-Working - it's a WONDEROUS feeling to have cleaned-up the yard - to have mowed (it had been at least 3 months) and raked, and trimmed, and snipped, and clipped, and trash-canned (8 cans ready for Tuesday morning pick-up!) and etc. etc. etc. - the yard looks SO MUCH BETTER, however, we are still on 'water restrictions' but that did not prevent me from using-up what was in the 'rain-barrel' thusly:
Mango Tree - 5 x 2 gallons = 10 gallons
Calamondin 1 x 2 gallons = 2 gallons
Avocado 1/2 x 2 gallons = 1 gallon
other?? 1/2 x 2 gallons = 1 gallon
starfruit 4 x 2 gallons = 8 gallons
loquat 2 x 2 gallons = 4 gallons
misc 4 x 2 gallons = 8 gallons
orchids 1/2 x 1 gallons = 1 gallon
wowie-zowie - a LOT of water in the 'rain-barrel'!
AND to have bought 6 bags of salt at Lowe's (for the water-softener) and to have made-up a list of 'twiddley bits' to get to fix the toilet in Ms. May's studio (which is leaking all over the place (which we NEVER USE (so that's probably why it's leaking!), and to have cleaned-out the mini-van and re-organized it and so-on and so-forth.
YES - Every Web Page MUST have a picture of our cat!
Ms. Siew Mei - our one and only cat, that we love very much - even if she talks a LOT!
last updated: Friday (early) afternoon, 11 May, 2007:
AND NOW - Mr. Bill is back 'home' in Stuart, Florida - the yard definitely needs me (seems as though WEEDS have happened in my absence)...
HOWEVER, I went grocery shopping on Thursday morning (since the only thing in the fridge was a quart of soured-milk and some (Chinese) soup of Ms. May's that looked like some biology experiment (green, blotchy and such?!)
So - Mr. Bill has made his own visit to the grocery store and made his standard breakfast on Friday Morning (amid Ms. May's phone-call) and what is NOT in the previously noted image is the FRESH Mango, the semi-fresh Pineapple and the banana(s).. - ALL very tasty. Tomorrow is cereal day - looking forward to more Mango too!
ALSO: found (for the second time (Lightning???)) a blown-fuse in the yard-watering-gadget. But it's now got a new fuse and a lot of TLC (to say nothing of re-programming.
I WONDER, too, about weeds - why is it that 'weeds flourish' when we are away but the grass doesn't?
ANYWAY _ there was a meowling-cat here ( small ) or ( large ) when I returned home at about 12:30 a.m. on Thursday morning. She's STILL TALKING and still hugging and still reading books with me!
The teaching thing did NOT HAPPEN _ seems as though the "market" for GIS courses is NOT what it used to be. However, my boss tells me that the fall semester will prove interesting and productive.
old-text:
When Mr. Bill returns on 9th May; - he'll teach (GIS (Geographical Information Systems)) (software from 'ESRI' ( http://www.esri.com )) at _IRCC_ and then he'll visit Mom, in Jacksonville. He hopes, also, to catch-up with the gang at Quest Air to do some hang-gliding on his new glider (which he hopes will have been delivered to Quest by the time he returns and can fly? After all the WALKING AROUND here in Hong Kong - maybe his knees, legs, ankles and feet will be prepared for foot-landing-practice, huh?
Reviews: - Books & Movies that I have partaken of...
Movies - first: a couple that will 'rip your heart out and stomp that sucker flat' - but in different ways:
"Chasing_Freedom" starring _Juliette_Lewis_ and _Layla_Alizada_ directed by Don_McBrearty, 2004
the first (that I watched) is about an Afghan woman who comes to America to seek political asylum and her trials and tribulations (and those of her female lawyer) in working the 'asylum law' nightmare and what it throws at her / them - and their ultimate success within the 'system'.... To those of us who have never faced this obstacle - seeking asylum, this story really outlines some of the pitfalls and hoops one has to jump through. I'm sure the situation is even worse, since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York. It is, though, gut-wrenching in the realistic presentation of some of the antiquated views towards women
"Chasing_Liberty" starring _Mandy_Moore_ (as the president's daughter "Anna" (code-named "Liberty") and Matthew_Goode as a secret service agent posing as a photographer) - this is the typical "how does one protect the president's teen-daughter in Europe" movie - no surprises at the 'model' behind the story-line. Some ExtraOrdinary footage and visuals of their travels in and around European cities, many of which Ms._May and I were able to visit when we lived in Paris for a short while. The bottom-line is a love-story that ends extraordinarily and remarkably positively.
Some Books:
"The Spirit Team" by: Walter Wager 1996 - a very very interesting, if new and different approach to the 'spy-novel' - about a group of people (the Spirit Team) - who are all 'legally dead' - but they work for an arm of the US-CIA... - Interesting & engaging, if a bit slow in the begining...
Tunnel - from the same author - about a potential terrosit attack on the "Lincoln Tunnel" in New York - so that's where the title "Tunnel" comes from - excellent book - some very interesting 'preparation' and 'potentials for failue' information!
Telefon: the 'book' from which the ANCIENT movie Telefon (1977) was made. This movie is based on the premise there were sleeping 'agents' of the USSR in the USA during the cold war. The Telefon name comes from they are supposed to receive a telephone call, and listen to a Robert Frost poem (Stopping by the snowy river) line (Miles to go before I sleep) - to 'awaken' them from 'sleeping' - and then blow-up certain USA-based military installations. - The movie starred Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, amongst others...
I'm 'attempting' to change this web-site / web-page(s) to a more 'modern' format - something based on "CSS" (Cascading Style Sheets).... - I've used these two books to get a 'start' at this form / format to modify my web-page / web-site...
HTML by: Paul Whitehead and James H. Russell - 2005
Designing CSS Web Pages by: Christopher Schmitt - 2002
last updated: 11:34 a.m. - Sunday, 27 May, 2007; revID: 1d (in Stuart, Florida)
Ms. Siew Mei is helping me modify the web-site / web-pages into CSS format. Something that's NOT ALTOGETHER EASY nor simple at this point... - I couldn't resist a picture - and I'm 'HOPING' that by the time June rolls around (the end of this week) that I can promote a totally NEW web-site-layout (no I won't go back and re-do all the OLD stuff - but I HOPE to make June (2007) and the future web-pages to be different... ... ...
updated: Sunday, 20th May, 2007:
- YES - Mr. Bill has spent the last two days Yard-Working - it's a WONDEROUS feeling to have cleaned-up the yard - to have mowed (it had been at least 3 months) and raked, and trimmed, and snipped, and clipped, and trash-canned (8 cans ready for Tuesday morning pick-up!) and etc. etc. etc. - the yard looks SO MUCH BETTER, however, we are still on 'water restrictions' but that did not prevent me from using-up what was in the 'rain-barrel' thusly:
Mango Tree - 5 x 2 gallons = 10 gallons
Calamondin 1 x 2 gallons = 2 gallons
Avocado 1/2 x 2 gallons = 1 gallon
other?? 1/2 x 2 gallons = 1 gallon
starfruit 4 x 2 gallons = 8 gallons
loquat 2 x 2 gallons = 4 gallons
misc 4 x 2 gallons = 8 gallons
orchids 1/2 x 1 gallons = 1 gallon
wowie-zowie - a LOT of water in the 'rain-barrel'!
AND to have bought 6 bags of salt at Lowe's (for the water-softener) and to have made-up a list of 'twiddley bits' to get to fix the toilet in Ms. May's studio (which is leaking all over the place (which we NEVER USE (so that's probably why it's leaking!), and to have cleaned-out the mini-van and re-organized it and so-on and so-forth.
YES - Every Web Page MUST have a picture of our cat!
Ms. Siew Mei - our one and only cat, that we love very much - even if she talks a LOT!
last updated: Friday (early) afternoon, 11 May, 2007:
AND NOW - Mr. Bill is back 'home' in Stuart, Florida - the yard definitely needs me (seems as though WEEDS have happened in my absence)...
HOWEVER, I went grocery shopping on Thursday morning (since the only thing in the fridge was a quart of soured-milk and some (Chinese) soup of Ms. May's that looked like some biology experiment (green, blotchy and such?!)
So - Mr. Bill has made his own visit to the grocery store and made his standard breakfast on Friday Morning (amid Ms. May's phone-call) and what is NOT in the previously noted image is the FRESH Mango, the semi-fresh Pineapple and the banana(s).. - ALL very tasty. Tomorrow is cereal day - looking forward to more Mango too!
ALSO: found (for the second time (Lightning???)) a blown-fuse in the yard-watering-gadget. But it's now got a new fuse and a lot of TLC (to say nothing of re-programming.
I WONDER, too, about weeds - why is it that 'weeds flourish' when we are away but the grass doesn't?
ANYWAY _ there was a meowling-cat here ( small ) or ( large ) when I returned home at about 12:30 a.m. on Thursday morning. She's STILL TALKING and still hugging and still reading books with me!
The teaching thing did NOT HAPPEN _ seems as though the "market" for GIS courses is NOT what it used to be. However, my boss tells me that the fall semester will prove interesting and productive.
old-text:
When Mr. Bill returns on 9th May; - he'll teach (GIS (Geographical Information Systems)) (software from 'ESRI' ( http://www.esri.com )) at _IRCC_ and then he'll visit Mom, in Jacksonville. He hopes, also, to catch-up with the gang at Quest Air to do some hang-gliding on his new glider (which he hopes will have been delivered to Quest by the time he returns and can fly? After all the WALKING AROUND here in Hong Kong - maybe his knees, legs, ankles and feet will be prepared for foot-landing-practice, huh?
Reviews: - Books & Movies that I have partaken of...
Movies - first: a couple that will 'rip your heart out and stomp that sucker flat' - but in different ways:
"Chasing_Freedom" starring _Juliette_Lewis_ and _Layla_Alizada_ directed by Don_McBrearty, 2004
the first (that I watched) is about an Afghan woman who comes to America to seek political asylum and her trials and tribulations (and those of her female lawyer) in working the 'asylum law' nightmare and what it throws at her / them - and their ultimate success within the 'system'.... To those of us who have never faced this obstacle - seeking asylum, this story really outlines some of the pitfalls and hoops one has to jump through. I'm sure the situation is even worse, since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York. It is, though, gut-wrenching in the realistic presentation of some of the antiquated views towards women
"Chasing_Liberty" starring _Mandy_Moore_ (as the president's daughter "Anna" (code-named "Liberty") and Matthew_Goode as a secret service agent posing as a photographer) - this is the typical "how does one protect the president's teen-daughter in Europe" movie - no surprises at the 'model' behind the story-line. Some ExtraOrdinary footage and visuals of their travels in and around European cities, many of which Ms._May and I were able to visit when we lived in Paris for a short while. The bottom-line is a love-story that ends extraordinarily and remarkably positively.
Some Books:
"The Spirit Team" by: Walter Wager 1996 - a very very interesting, if new and different approach to the 'spy-novel' - about a group of people (the Spirit Team) - who are all 'legally dead' - but they work for an arm of the US-CIA... - Interesting & engaging, if a bit slow in the begining...
Tunnel - from the same author - about a potential terrosit attack on the "Lincoln Tunnel" in New York - so that's where the title "Tunnel" comes from - excellent book - some very interesting 'preparation' and 'potentials for failue' information!
Telefon: the 'book' from which the ANCIENT movie Telefon (1977) was made. This movie is based on the premise there were sleeping 'agents' of the USSR in the USA during the cold war. The Telefon name comes from they are supposed to receive a telephone call, and listen to a Robert Frost poem (Stopping by the snowy river) line (Miles to go before I sleep) - to 'awaken' them from 'sleeping' - and then blow-up certain USA-based military installations. - The movie starred Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, amongst others...
I'm 'attempting' to change this web-site / web-page(s) to a more 'modern' format - something based on "CSS" (Cascading Style Sheets).... - I've used these two books to get a 'start' at this form / format to modify my web-page / web-site...
HTML by: Paul Whitehead and James H. Russell - 2005
Designing CSS Web Pages by: Christopher Schmitt - 2002
last updated: 11:34 a.m. - Sunday, 27 May, 2007; revID: 1d (in Stuart, Florida)