A landowner outside town wants to recreate a European village on a large tract of farmland. He’s gotten all the correct government approval, has a wonderful set of plans drawn up, but, despite successful similar developments elsewhere, he’s having trouble finding a developer to actually build the place. I got to see the land during the Tour de Sprawl a few weeks ago, and I would love to live there. It looks like it’ll be priced outside my range, though.

While most of the surrounding area burned, Athens was spared from destruction during the Civil War. Two markers describe the battle that defended the town.

Last weekend, over 100 webloggers took photos throughout the day for 24 hours for a project titled BEHIND THE CURTAIN: a day in the life of webloggers. I participated, and here is my gallery. Enjoy!

I’m suffering through a hard drive failure in my laptop. Data’s been recovered, and now the reconstruction has begun. Updates to this page will wait until I’m through.

A new hard drive and two version upgrades later, and Microsoft Outlook Express managed to retain all 2785 emails from my old, dead, drive? A-mazing.

She’s back! After two months of checking, just in case, only to be met with the same kind-of depressing Vignette, today Anne Sussman is back! Oh, happy day!

I give to you a Kestrel’s Nest exclusive: How I Spent My Birthday Weekend, by Eric Wagoner (Age 29). Consider it a warm-up for my submission to BEHIND THE CURTAIN: a day in the life of webloggers. Pictures for that were taken the day after my birthday.

I felt like I was driving through Mirkwood on my way to work this morning. It was mighty foggy, and the mists were clinging to the trees. I passed several huge circular spider webs, easily four or more feet across, hanging from branches that hung over the road. I kept my eyes peeled, but I didn’t manage to spot any elves.

Yesterday it was my birthday
Hung one more year on the line
     I should be depressed
     My life’s a mess
But I’m having a good time

So true. So very true. Except for the whole “I should be depressed, my life’s a mess” bit. That’s not true at all.

The “most surprising birthday present” award goes to CafePress -- the make-your-own-shirt-mug-and-mousepad virtual store. They sent me a check for $10.75 for referals. I’ve got a store there that I use mostly for making T-shirts out of cool pictures I find on the net. I find a graphic, say “that’d be cool on a shirt!”, make the shirt, and buy it (if I’ve got the money). Friends of mine have set up their own stores, too, and used me as a referal. Thanks to their sales, I’m nearly $11 richer. Say… that’s enough for a T-shirt!