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I never expected to install Windows on my iMac or MacBook Pro. Oh, my gosh. What is the world coming to?

The Florida State University is forcing me to obtain and to learn to use Microsoft Office Project and Microsoft Office Visio (drawing flowcharts and diagrams) for COM 5450 Project Management course.

Too bad that The Florida State University, The College of Communication and Information, or the Project management instructor didn’t advise me before registering for the course, or between registering for the course and the start of the course, or on the first day of the course, or on the second day of the course that I would need to do this.

All I knew was that I needed three books. I had bought them and dutifully read two in their entirety before the semester began.

I  hadn’t known that I must obtain these applications and obtain a windoze pee-cee or somehow install Windows on a Mac so that I could run windoze applications. Surprise! »→

In the first year of ownership, I have driven my Jetta 18,760 miles. »→

I went to church, I bought ‘back to school’ clothes and shoes, I ate lunch, I saw my nephews on Skype, and I’ve been reading, on the Internet, news of the nation and the world while I eagerly await the start of the IndyCar race in Loudon, New Hampshire on ABC television.  I hope to see Oriol Servia, James Hinchcliffe, and Tony Kanaan on the podium after the race.

Today we had bright sunlight, clear skies, F-22s and a C-130 flying over my neighborhood, air temps in the 60s, … beautiful weather for jogging or kayaking.

I backed my Jetta out of the garage, cleaned its interior, reorganized the stuff in it, then washed the car, applied Armor All and Rain-X.  Then I drove a beautifully-clean machine into my garage, and felt quite content.

Indoors I carried upstairs a new bedside table, vacuumed carpet, dusted, tried to steam wrinkled out of new curtains, vacuumed carpet upstairs, washed huge glass windows & sliding doors, washed the kitchen floor…

I forgot to phone the local VW dealer to ask for an appointment for a car checkup.  Yesterday my car reached 10,000 miles, so I want to have it serviced (free of charge) this week before I resume studies in F.S.U. next week.

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I just watched an en enjoyable movie, Green Zone, set in Iraq in 2003. I recommend it. »→

another college math quiz item:

I’m in a condo on a narrow beach of the bay that’s north of Tyndall Air Force Base.  It’s about half a mile from the north end of the northernmost runways.  Often F-4s, F-15s, F-16s, F-22s, and/or A-10s fly off the runways northward or southward for training sorties or to travel to- or from other bases.  Many days aircrews will practice touch-and-gos repeatedly, and they bank over the condo, the beach, or the bay beyond my back porch.  »→

Flag Day

June 14 is the ‘birthday’ of the United States Army …

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Here are several things that you can easily do to keep your car, truck or van running safely and conserve money in the long run.

Tires:  key to your vehicle’s performance and safety

Acceleration, braking and turning all depend on reliable rubber meeting the road.

Once a month, perhaps after you’ve washed your vehicle, look at the tires and check their air pressures.  You may be glad you did. Inspect the tread for damage –chunking from rough roads, uneven wear across the tire from left to right, cupping, or balding.  You may even find a screw, nail or other object embedded in the tread! The sidewalls hold up your tires and hence suspend your vehicle.  Many of us have bumped curbs with our tires, so look at the sidewalls — inner and outer — for signs of weakness – rippling, bulges, abrasions or small tears. »→

I’m overdosing on televised races today.  I watched on TV four of six hours of Grand-Am racing at Watkins Glen.  The steamroller Scott Pruett won. Now I’m watching the pre-race show for the IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway. Drivers mention high cornering forces, the g that they feel when turning left, that inhibits their breathing (they breathe on straightaways).  I remember that in 2001 Champ Car decided against racing due to dizzing effect of exteme lateral g.  Yesterday Briscoe Inferno qualified fastest for this race.  I’ll bet he hopes to win and redeem himself/restore Penske’s confidence in him.  Alongside Briscoe on the front row of cars in the Indy 500 winner, Dario Franchitti. The Penske Racing juggernaut has three strong racers who can win this oval race (Castroneves has won thrice here).  And Ganassi Racing’s Franchitti and Dixon (who’s won here) are more than capable of winning.  Should be interesting!

I’m watching the Kansas IndyCar race on ABC in high definition.

In the pre-race show, Marty Reid tells us that Silvestro de Simona is one of the women who’ll race. Her name is Simona De Silvestro, Marty. »→

I’ve moved to a beachfront condo overlooking East Bay. I can see sunrise and moonrise over East Bay, go fishing, paddle a kayak, go swimming, beach-walking… Oak Shore Drive – Parker, Florida (click for map)

Lord, hear our prayers for women and men, boys and girls who are homeless, for those sleeping under bridges, on benches, in alleys, in bus stations and under trees.

Lord, inspire us to help our brethren who suffer nights of fitful sleep in places unsecure, who wander in the day, looking for work and hoping for housing.

Lord, help us to mend families that are split because rent could not be paid on time and relatives could not take in everyone. »→

Do people fall for this idiotic e-mail? Do people believe that they can “make an average $25 – $250 per survey… earn $10 – $50 per movie trailer that (they) preview”?

Here’s the e-mail from “Clicked Cash” <kkapeller2552ezih@yahoo.com>:

How would you like to make $75 – $250 every single day just for clicking
your mouse ?

This program is a MUST for:

Stay at home moms or dads »→

an interior view of the sparsely-furnished, 860-square feet apartment in OceanView on Penang Island where I lived March to August 2009

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OceanView apartment building in Jelutong, Penang

No view of an ocean from my balcony … I can see a hill on Malaysia’s mainland (left).

Residents in upper floors’ apartments with eastern views can see the channel between Penang Island and mainland Malaysia … but not an ocean. Pulau Penang (Betelnut Island) is in the Andaman Sea.