Who Needs Role Models?

3" of rain in Seattle equals some flooding in our barn. And our creek has overflowed its banks.

This is where there is a pipe under the road. It’s full.

The overflow pond above the pipe is full too.

And the water is flowing down from the neighbor’s property, and missing the creek entirely. P.S. It’s still raining.

Jaryth and I drove the drone around the house today. I tried to send it up to Mark’s window, but I misjudged the roof and couldn’t get it up there. I’ll try again later.

This is a photo taken from the iPad as the drone was flying. It’s looking at me!

I would say that if you have any interest in RC planes, the AR Parrot Drone is a great toy. I am usually flight impaired, but the controls were easy for me to figure out after only a few flights. Plus, the fact that you can just let go of the controls to have it move back to hover mode is a really nice feature. When I get nervous or think it’s going too fast (or slow or high or low or right into an obstacle or whatever) I just let go and it comes back to hover. Granted sometimes it comes back to hover too slowly, but (I mean, I recognized the impending doom too late) it’s certainly more bullet proof than other flying planes I’ve seen.

Jaryth liked licking the icing. I also learned that marshmallows must be eaten on a stick (courtesy s’mores we had last summer). He yelled “stick! Stick!” over and over until Mark gave him a toothpick.

So, carved a stamp for a Zodiac ring and when I mentioned that the carve was approximately 5"x5" a couple people freaked, saying it was too large. So I made this ATC that showcases the print but is still only 2.5"x3.5". It’s a card AND a pop-up book. ;-)

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I decided to carve a three layer print. It looks odd at first, but as I stamp the layers it really comes out well.

I got an email yesterday from someone who wrote (paraphrased): “I read your top 10 list of best web editors, and it was interesting. I use ___ editor, and I was wondering if there was a better one than it available.” Really? The editor he mentioned was not on the list. I honestly don’t know what to tell him. I mean, seriously, if his editor was not on the list (and it does qualify to be on that list - it’s free and it’s for Windows), then chances are, I believe that all ten editors on that list are better than the one he named. The only thing I can think is that he doesn’t understand what a “Top 10” list is.

The phone is ringing. The caller ID says it’s “Telemarketer.” Should I answer? What do you think? Oooops, I accidentally decided to write this blog post before I answered. And now the phone says 1 missed call. Too bad.

I decided last Thursday to take some time off from my About.com site (and clearly I still am…) because I was tired of HTML editors, didn’t want to talk CSS, wasn’t interested in updating old pages, wanted to finish a project for my art class, and was upset about a change in pay and how they tried to spin it to make it sound like it was chocolate-coated bad news. (It’s not really that bad of news, it’s just annoying how staff feels the need to spin things. Just be honest with us, most of us are grown ups, we can take it without the chocolate coating.) Anyway… So I arrived at my desk this morning chipper and eager to get back to work, or at least not as burnt out, and found:

I’ve been using Norton Antivirus (NAV) for a long time. Honestly. And not because I worked for Symantec for 9 years. I used it even before I worked there. And I continue to use it even though I don’t work there any longer. But let me tell you, every day, often many times a day, I’m annoyed by this software. I’ve even gone as far as finding a new product that I’m considering switching to as soon as my definitions expire (in a month or so). That’s how annoying this “feature” is. Here’s how it goes:

He can’t decide what he wants to watch today: “Rocky and Bullwinkle” or “Mythbusters.” He watched an episode of Mythbusters where they tried to pop popcorn with a bomb and with a laser. And all Jaryth wanted to see was the house get “broke all to bits”. And the “big fire!” When they switched to the car driving really fast (Jamie testing if driving fast in rain with the top down will keep you drier), Jaryth wasn’t interested. Then he started yelling “Rocket J. Squirrel! Rocket J. Squirrel!” I guess the ultimate episode would be where they blew something up while Rocky flew overhead.