Downtowning It
Mom and I are downtown this morning at the main branch of the Dayton Metro Library. Within the last few minutes, the skies have darkened and a huge cloudburst has occurred. We hear the loud rumbles of thunder and the pelting of rain against the windows. It looks like it’s night outside.
We had planned to go feed the parking meter in about 10 minutes, but I think I’ll wait to see if the weather simmers down.
The Red Planet Approacheth
The Hubble telescope has been a busy photographer lately, especially in recent hours. Space.com reports that the Hubble telescope has produced the pictures of the red planet that have ever been made.
There is also a really cool, enlarged photo and corresponding write-up on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
I’m Missing Part of My Body
I have misplaced my day planner, which I tend to rely upon to bring some order to the otherwise chaotic life I lead. I realized this yesterday evening while at church, as we began to receive announcements about upcoming events.
This morning I looked upstairs and down, and I looked inside Mom’s car, which I drove to work on Monday. No luck. Perhaps it’s inside our car, which Jennie used to drive herself to work this morning. Or, maybe I accidentally left it at work.
Whatever the case, it feels like a part of my body is missing.
Bark in the Park! taken directly from the Ohio Basset Rescue Events Page:We would like to invite you to a dog event in the Miami Valley / Dayton area. On Saturday, September 27, the Second Annual Bark in the Park: A Festival for Dogs and the People They Own, will take place at the lovely Delco Park in the city of Kettering, Ohio.
Bark in the Park officially opens at 11:00am until 4:00pm (rain or shine) at Delco Park with free admission for dogs and families. Contests for everyday dogs and their owners, demonstrations, snacks for canines and humans, pet care seminars, and a “Flea Market” featuring products and services for canines are all planned.
At last years 2002 Bark in the Park, a little pup dressed as Raggedy-Ann trotted away with the top honors from the Costume Contest (also our most popular contest)! Dorothy and toto stopped by to accept first prize in the Celebrity Dog Look-Alike Contest, and the top dog in the Frisbee Contest nabbed the disc at 138 feet! The crowd at the Walker Auto Group Stage went wild for the Fashion Show, while the Cricket Green Poodle relaxed on the green Cricket Couch!
I cannot remember when last year’s Bark in the Park was, but I do remember blogging about it. Maybe June or August of last year?
And All That Jazz!
I saw the movie “Chicago” today for the first time. Jennie bought it on DVD last Saturday, and, since I had the day off, I saw it, along with the extra features. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rene Zelleweger, Queen Latifah, and Richard Gere all have tremendous talent!
I have the song “All That Jazz” going through my head right now. Not so much of a bad thing, except that those words are the only ones I remember! 
I’ll get something else in there soon, though.
Long-Distance Email
I’ve mentioned my friend and brother in Christ, Steve, before. He’s on the tail end of a 90-day stint in Biloxi, Mississippi, being retooled for his work in the USAF. He recently sent me an update:
Hello all,I know that it has been at least two weeks since I have e-mailed people but have been PS2 addicted and passing the time with playing games and other things
here in Biloxi.My last block test was about a week and a half ago, I got a 97 on that test, again, a stupid on my part negated me to get a 100. Well, I need some help. If
all of you could say a prayer for me for the next block test on Tuesday I would really appreciate it. I do not feel very comfy with the information. Things
are starting to run together and getting harder to understand. It is all new info for me so I am having to work harder.Spent tonight working with XML editor to help build questions for this block to study for (who said that hardware networking people don’t use software?). Should be done tomorrow, so will have the next 4 days to study like everyone else.
Went out with about 12 people for lunch tonight at a mexican resturaunt called Cucos. Really good food, great heart burn. A bunch of us are thinking about
going fishing the last weekend that we are here. More to come with that.The laptop got struck with that MSblast virus, luckily the laptop survived, but will have to reload it, it’s acting really screwy. Should be fun.
Well time for bed, so have a good day.
Take care and God Bless
Steve
More Library Blogging
Long time, no blogging. I’m at the library with Mom. It’s been a long time since I’ve been on the Internet, so I’m here checking email along with the other stuff.
Let’s see… 38 new messages in the Inbox… 105 new messages in the Bulk folder. I guess folks would like to keep in touch. I bet a lot of these are spam. I’m banking that most of the messages, if not all, in the Bulk folder are.
Be right back.
Library Blogging
I took the home PC to be serviced yesterday. The technician said it would be about 2 to 3 days before they could look at it and do the work. So, I’m still at the library, checking email, blogging, etc., in my one-hour timeframe.
Today Keisha is off school, so she’s around here somewhere. I need to get off soon so that I can see whether she’s tearing the place up.
I’ve updated my reading list. I’ve been doing a lot more of that, since I haven’t had the computer available at home. I suppose that’s a good thing, isn’t it? I miss not being able to catch up with all the folks on my blogroll, though.
I heard this guy on the Bob and Tom Morning Show some time ago, and I need to see if the library has any of his CDs available.
[His first CD, Revenge on the Telemarketers] contains an especially memorable bit in which a burial plot salesman calls and Mabe announces he’s about to kill himself. After a few meager attempts to get him help, the salesman asks, “If I got the paperwork out to you this afternoon, do you think you could maybe hold off until tomorrow?”
This guy is my hero.
Call for Officials!
Okay, gentle readers… Here’s the deal. I want you to become an “Official” of this weblog. There is no real responsibility for the office you will hold, except that you stop by once in awhile, which you probably do already.
You get to choose the office you wish to hold, unless it has already been taken by someone else. For example, Mark Morris is the Official Iowan.
Today, I am pleased to announce the naming of two additional Officials. Today I name my Mom the Official Mom of Journey Inside My Mind because she’s my Mom 
. IreneQ asked me to pick an office for her to hold, so I’ve come up with something that I think will fit nicely: the Official Introspectional Blogger. If you read her blog with any frequency, then you’ll understand.
So, let’s hear it for the Officials!
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