Snow!!!!

Here's a video of the snow pile that was created by the backhoe I hired to move the snow away from the up-hill side of my house.


in case you can't get an appreciation of the hight, this next one is taken by me walking toward the pile.



Boy, I'm glad that's over with!

Our 1970 European Vacation

I created a fly-by of the various cities our family traveled to as part of a 1970 family vacation.



We bought a car and had it delivered in Brussels, and purchased a huge tent 12x15 feet or so, and proceeded to tent our way across Europe. I was too young to remember it, but it left a gypsy spirit in me that has me constantly yearning to travel.

I've found the Christmas Spirit!

No, not that one... (though I've found several of those too!)

My brother Doug showed me this

These guys are amazing!
The group is called "Straight No Chaser", they are from Indiana University.
The concert can be purchased here.
Their website is www.sncproductions.com

Despair Inc.

Despair Inc. (www.despair.com) now has a do it yourself tool to make your own parodies of the classic motivational posters.

Here are a few that I made...

For the love of beer!

I've been catching up on my blog reading lately, and found this on James Gosling's blog, and felt that... well, if it's good enough for James...



Now I'm laughing even harder, since the blogger editor has a button on it labeled "Save As Draft"... shouldn't that be spelled "Draught"?

The Australians should use this as an emigration advert... I'm ready to move!

Elmo's Stanley Cup Prediction

I'm not a Habs fan... but this is just too funny.



That little laugh is contagious!

Understanding the autistic mind

Here is a lady who appears to have "non-communicative" autism like my son. It is a little long, but well worth taking the time to watch it the whole way through. She uses a Text To Speech program to speak what she types.

She raises some good points, among them:

1. That non-communicative people still have thoughts, still have a desire to communicate, and can learn to communicate with the rest of us.
   
2. From their position, it is us who have the disability. (I've often felt that way. Like my son understands me just fine, it is I who doesn't understand him.)

If you have the opportunity to spend time with an autistic person, be thankful for the time they give you... you know, it's just as difficult for them to spend time with you, listening to you blabber, as it is for you.

Watch it here.

Her website is here.

Well done Miss Baggs!