Ramblings of Silver Blue

Another debilitating migraine people. Sorry for not getting this up sooner. But hey, it’s still Friday, right? Dance the night away.

Return the item. I’ve made some phone calls to various stores in the area this morning. All of them said the same thing. There is NO way they would EVER carry a Cubic Zirconia in their display case when attempting to sell diamond jewelry, regardless of if the piece had to be custom made or [...]

It’s the day before Friday!

I’ve simply taken to not blogging. Sure, there’s plenty of fodder for the blog — most of which would be very justified to be aired to the masses. Some involved family, some friends, some former friends, but you know what? These situations are better handled in private. You know, the old sit down and write [...]

You know that text that spammers throw in to try to fool your spamtrapper? This has to be one of the most insane: “He thought they would take her. Soon even her ears were glowing. Yes, yes,she said impatiently. I have satisfied myself of that. How long do you think you need? It sprang all [...]

This week’s Friday FloorFiller is a flashback. But not because we’ve done it before. But because the production team no longer exists. Stock – Aitken – Waterman. You’ll get to hear classic tracks from Hazel Dean, Kylie Minogue, Pat & Mick, Donna Summer, Bananarama, Sandra, Samantha Fox, Laura Branigan, Nicki French, Pepsi & Shirlie, Gloria [...]

Stop for a minute and think. Most people stop to think and then forget to start again.

Collectible Style. 1. Do you collect anything currently? 2. What’s the strangest thing (in your opinion) that people collect? 3. What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever collected? 4. What constitutes a “collection”? 5. How do you display your collection(s)? 6. Who has the largest collection of something that you know of, and what is it? [...]

As you know, I collect Cherished Teddies. Found someone online who was selling a collection for a friend. Seems their friend’s husband’s ex-wife (how’s that for trying to follow who it is?) collected, and the new wife didn’t want the collection in the house any longer. So I purchased the lot, sight mostly unseen. $2 [...]

Don’t get me wrong. This is both good and bad news. It’s good news because BP is being proactive and shutting the line before it becomes an environmental disaster. It’s bad news because the price of gasoline is supposed to jump between 3 and 5 cents a gallon. What am I pissed about, then? Record [...]

Certain sites are inaccessible (mine being one of them for a while). The work site has been down for about 24 hours. Sounds like it’ll be interesting to go in and see what they say is going on. Other than that, it’s a cool morning (well, at 75, for it to be less than 82 [...]

I think the heat has cooked my brain, but that’s no excuse for not posting to the blog. Or maybe it is. Who knows. But lots of things are going through my head. * If you’re going to complain about something, and someone takes the lead about fixing it, why are you going to go [...]

I’m busy putting together a web gallery, but in the meantime, feel free to browse through some of my photography. I’ve still got lots more to go through and find out what is ready to go online.

Fridays are supposed to make you feel good. RealAudio.

With all the heat, and last minute vacations, readership is at an alltime low. Could be worse. This could be the way I make my living. In which case, I’d be shopping for a new cardboard box.

the reason there was no blog posts yesterday. I had hit day three of the migraine and finally decided it was time to just crash and let nature run its course. Which it did. Finally. About 8 pm last night. By that time I’d been asleep for a great deal of the day, after quaffing [...]

The new single to be released in Europe in September. Graphic courtesy of a link provided in the DailyRoxette forum.

One thing I love to do is snap photographs. Especially in older towns. Many of you might remember my old website where I had posted photographs of Ohio in 1999. While those shots were digital, they were very limited by technology at that time. I grabbed some great ones this year, the “instant gratification” method [...]

I’m a travellin’ man… 1. When you travel, do you prefer car, train, boat or airplane? 2. What’s the worst trip you’ve ever taken? 3. What’s the best trip you’ve ever taken? 4. Is commercial travel broken to the point where it cannot be fixed? 5. Why do you almost always land at Gate A1 [...]