/blog/FeuDesAstres/?pid=p9814 ... a place to lean back in your chair and ponder life's little and not-so-little "gifts" ... Feu des Astres = Fire of the Stars = Starfire ~ Look for me when you go outside at night and look to the sky. I'll be there. :) /blog/6470/post_132898.html?pid=p9814&m= I am a paying "silver" customer of FriendFinder.Three days in a row I've been assaulted by trojan horse attempts within the banner ads run on FriendFinder pages.I won't be back.To all my friend here: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:23:31 -0800 /blog/6470/post_132898.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_131755.html?pid=p9814&m= It's almost time for the seasonal shopping frenzy once again.I do wonder, though, about the window shoppers who repeatedly "look through the window" at my profile and yet won't come to read my blog. I Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:01:52 -0800 /blog/6470/post_131755.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_130483.html?pid=p9814&m= Ah! Back from another week in the Finger Lakes of New York!The sunrises over the lake each day are lovely.The gorge of Watkins Glen is as beautiful as ever with it's string of falls and path up from t Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:03:08 -0800 /blog/6470/post_130483.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_129149.html?pid=p9814&m= Women RuleMen Drool... goes to find a towel ... Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:03:44 -0800 /blog/6470/post_129149.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_126242.html?pid=p9814&m= The weather has finally warmed up a bit and trees and flowers bloomed this week.I'm still cruising about in EVE Online, recently near the planet shown. The asteroid mining is good, if a bit hazardous, Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:26:46 -0800 /blog/6470/post_126242.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_121985.html?pid=p9814&m= Welcome to just one of thousands of worlds and moons ... in Eve.Come, explore. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:21:11 -0800 /blog/6470/post_121985.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_119557.html?pid=p9814&m= I may be off to visit the wineries in the New York Finger Lakes region again in early October. It has been a few years since my last visit and I'm looking forward to a few days away from telephones an Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:31:42 -0800 /blog/6470/post_119557.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_103825.html?pid=p9814&m= The Haunting (somewhere in time)by Kamelot, featuring Simone SimmonsIt's an amazing duet, highly recommended. Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:59:12 -0800 /blog/6470/post_103825.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_101490.html?pid=p9814&m= Have you listened to these?A band from Finland called Nightwish ... with either Tarja Turunen or Anette Olzon.Sandra Nasic's former band: Guano Apes, from ... I believe ... Germany. Sandra is now work Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:27:17 -0800 /blog/6470/post_101490.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_98295.html?pid=p9814&m= I've been listening and watching clips of Apocalyptica on the Tube ... an interesting group.Of particular interest, to me, were two videos, one featuring Cristina Scabbia and one featuring Sandra Nasi Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:50:40 -0800 /blog/6470/post_98295.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_86303.html?pid=p9814&m= OK, the secret is out ... well, a little further out than previous, anyway.The Seattle Chocolate Company, Seattle, Washington, makes "Pike Place Espresso", a bar of "Espresso Infused Dark Chocolate".I Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:42:53 -0800 /blog/6470/post_86303.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_85518.html?pid=p9814&m= Broken (the music video)Seether, featuring Amy Lee ...I wanted you to know I love the way you laughI wanna hold you high and steal your pain awayI keep your photograph; I know it serves me wellI wanna Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:10:33 -0800 /blog/6470/post_85518.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_78060.html?pid=p9814&m= Megadeth ... featuring Cristina Scabbia ...A music video that caught me somewhat by surprise, and pleasantly so. Cristina Scabbia is one of the vocalists of Lacuna Coil, a band whose music I have rece Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:21:26 -0800 /blog/6470/post_78060.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_74883.html?pid=p9814&m= Along with the finally falling temperatures, leaves and sunsets ...Depeche Mode released "Exciter" and "Ultra".I've been listening to these two sets of tracks this afternoon while working and they fit Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:49:11 -0800 /blog/6470/post_74883.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_68561.html?pid=p9814&m= Well ... I have moved and am starting to be able to find things, at last. When you don't get a chance to pack and mark boxes on your own schedule, things get jumbled together haphazardly and it can be Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:30:01 -0800 /blog/6470/post_68561.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_66677.html?pid=p9814&m= I got flooded out of my apartment today ... the carpets are all squishy with muddy water. Bleh.The apartment management arranged for everyone in the building to spend the night in a hotel, at least, w Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:12:01 -0800 /blog/6470/post_66677.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_63132.html?pid=p9814&m= It's raining and thundering VERY hard outside, so, for lunch, I'm web surfing while listening and tapping my toes to Velvet Revolver's new album "Libertad".I hope everyone is safe and dry somewhere. Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:47:11 -0800 /blog/6470/post_63132.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_60830.html?pid=p9814&m= Cheers to all you ladies who've been winking and hotlisting this old gent ... you truly do make me smile when I see your smiling faces pop up in my FF e-mails.It has been a very busy week at work and Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:39:57 -0800 /blog/6470/post_60830.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_60652.html?pid=p9814&m= Lacuna Coil: Listen to their music if you have a chance. Cristina Scabbia's voice has me enchanted.Her eyes ... well ... I'm lost. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:06:13 -0800 /blog/6470/post_60652.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/6470/post_57210.html?pid=p9814&m= Tori AmosAmerican Doll Possereleased 2007-05-01I'm tapping my foot to Tori's new tunes and liking this album a lot.Work is keeping me quite busy, lately, but I will still find time for music. Thu, 03 May 2007 16:31:39 -0800 /blog/6470/post_57210.html?pid=p9814&m=