elfintech posted a photo: Gretchyn dances with her step-dad, Ron

elfintech posted a photo: We saw this in Taneytown, MD this weekend while we were there for our friends’ wedding. Isn’t the name a little bit creepy? Oh, and it really is just a block away from the funeral home.

Last night after upgrading my version of Firefox I reopened my browser to discover a blank content area confronting me here. Obviously, I’ve been quite absent recently, having fallen behind not only on my own writing, but on uploading pictures to Flickr, posting quick links or even on keeping up with what my other friends […]

See the video clip that so outraged incoming Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on the very first day of her job, and that led to PBS’s censorship of an episode of a children’s television series. Via del.icio.us/elfintech

An article about the phenomenon of “cyberbullying”.

Last night, I dreamed that Jeff and I had been somewhere abroad on holiday, and at the end of the week he needed to return home, but I still had two days of vacation so I decided to travel on by myself. I left my bag in storage at the airport, and went to the […]

Yesterday’s warmth naught but a groundhog’s brief dream. Punxatawney sleeps still. Yesterday the temperature here reached a balmy 70 Fahrenheit; people were out on the courtyard in their shirtsleeves, enjoying lunch on the patio outside the cafeteria. Today the temperature already has dropped into the 30s, there’s a mix of snow and freezing rain falling, […]

We’re going to see Tori Amos during the April 6th stop on her Original Sinsuality tour. Tickets went on sale to the general public today at noon and while we didn’t do as well as Jeff’s co-worker Tina, who managed to snag 4th row center tickets on presale, we’re in the first balcony at the […]

Gay men seem to read maps in a similar way to women. Although this seems like an insigificant finding, it may help uncover some of the neural functions that are related to sexual preference, as these abilities are known to involve specific areas of the brain. In fact, this isn’t the first study to find […]

NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, etc.