An idea, and a question (or the other way around). I’ve always liked astronomy; growing up I had several astronomy books and a small telescope, I eagerly consumed news and information about space (I had a newspaper photo clipping of Saturn as taken from Voyager taped to my wall), and I took Astronomy for my… Continue reading Open astronomy book
Author: Jon
High Desert Sun
Something I hadn’t blogged yet but thought I should “break”: I’ve been approached by the new publisher of the High Desert Sun newsletter to write for them. I said yes, of course, and the first article I’m turning in (by tomorrow) is based on my Reynolds Pond blog entry from about a year and a… Continue reading High Desert Sun
First a mouse, now a puppy…
So first a mouse set a man’s house on fire, now a puppy has done the same thing here in Bend: A frisky puppy left in a laundry room apparently sparked a northeast Bend house fire that almost claimed his life. Investigators said Friday the dog caused an aerosol can to discharge vapors that a… Continue reading First a mouse, now a puppy…
I am Snarky Bend!
Chris started it; I’m just jumping on the bandwagon!
Mouse fire!
Okay, this is kind of an awful story… No, scratch that. It’s a story that seems like it should be awful, but I just can’t take it seriously. It just makes me laugh. I can’t help it: Mouse takes down house. On Saturday, a Fort Sumner man’s home fell victim to a mouse fire. Homeowner… Continue reading Mouse fire!
Two for the price of one
Just pointers to a couple of blog posts I enjoyed. First, Chris reviews Burger King in a fun sort of anti-Bend Restaurants way. Plus, you gotta love it when someone puts so much effort into writing a review like this… “Parked in lot?”, you ask, and yes I did because there are critical steps in… Continue reading Two for the price of one
PlayStation 2
So I had a bunch of Christmas and birthday money this year and decided to go crazy and do something I normally wouldn’t do: I bought a PlayStation 2 game system. I know, I know, new XBox, yadda yadda, but frankly there’s a larger library of PS2 games out there and most of the ones… Continue reading PlayStation 2
’05 retrospective (personal)
So, now I’m looking back over 2005 from my own standpoint. It was a busy, eventful year. Last January I buckled down and began eating healthy in order to lose weight. That was enormously successful—and satisfying—as I lost 40 pounds. So far I’ve kept it off, and plan to keep it off. My next goal… Continue reading ’05 retrospective (personal)
’05 retrospective (historical)
Looking back on some of the historical events of 2005. For some reason, it seemed to me to be an interesting year for centennial events also. 2005: The Huygens probe landed on Titan (Saturn’s moon). One Pope died and a new Pope was selected. Deep Throat’s identity was revealed. Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of New… Continue reading ’05 retrospective (historical)
End of the World!
Okay, not so much really since it’s only the beginning of January, but go watch this. It’s surprisingly hilarious.