http://margy423.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Musings, Ramblings, Connections en Vox Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:08:12 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/a-bit-of-beauty.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/a-bit-of-beauty.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/a-bit-of-beauty.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:08:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa9684d2e30003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa9684d2e30003-50si" alt="Sugarpine" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I have a lovely friend on Live Journal, with some rather artistic inclinations. This is one of her wallpapers: She creates icons and wallpapers, mostly based on astronomic images and themes. She's an astronomy buff and her talents are on this w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/a-bit-of-beauty.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa9684d3040003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/the-destruction-of-small-things.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/the-destruction-of-small-things.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/the-destruction-of-small-things.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:47:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad697488b0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad697488b0004-50si" alt="IMG00046.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa96842da40002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa96842da40002-50si" alt="Blown Asunder.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa96842da80002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa96842da80002-50si" alt="Snapdragons Down.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad69666a80005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad69666a80005-50si" alt="The Survivors.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad69666fa0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad69666fa0005-50si" alt="Jun 27 2008 - VID00002" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I drove home in a roaring thunder storm, inundated with sheets of rain so heavy I could see only the pair of back lights ahead of me. There were long, jagged bolts of lightning every 2 - 3 minutes and thunder that crashed through the sound of the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/the-destruction-of-small-things.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fae8c8c14e000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/hail-and-high-water.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/hail-and-high-water.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/hail-and-high-water.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:57:43 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad69611820005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad69611820005-50si" alt="I&#39;m Drowning!.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fae8c86c1a000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fae8c86c1a000b-50si" alt="Flattened Flowers.jpg" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> More storms, with hail. My husband said there were huge chunks of hail raining down from the sky. Good God, what is going on here? Here's what I came home to today: And talk about flat: Man, this is weird! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/hail-and-high-water.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad696f4140004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/chocolate-mint---for-real.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/chocolate-mint---for-real.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/chocolate-mint---for-real.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:40:56 -0700 I just had my first sip of iced tea, made from a chocolate mint plant. The plant does have a mild aroma of chocolate about it, but I wasn't expecting anything beyond that. But, to my surprise, chocolate mint actually TASTES like chocolate mint! T... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/chocolate-mint---for-real.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa9682eda80002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/continuing-the-harvest.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/continuing-the-harvest.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/continuing-the-harvest.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:14:50 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fae8c7767c000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fae8c7767c000b-50si" alt="Chocolate Mint" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I decided to begin harvesting the mint, starting with a pile of chocolate mint that I brought in today. I boiled up some water and, after washing, tore the leaves into it. It's sitting, steeping, right now. The fragrance is wonderful, although I ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/continuing-the-harvest.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad695fee00004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tomatoes gardening; mint http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/what-is-going-on-with-this-weather.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/what-is-going-on-with-this-weather.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/what-is-going-on-with-this-weather.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:16:13 -0700 Will somebody tell me? It's been pouring, soaking rain in Boston for the past few days - like you'd get in a southern climate with daily downpours. But, that's not supposed to happen in Boston. This afternoon we had another roaring downpour, after... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/what-is-going-on-with-this-weather.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa968215590003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> climate http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/end-of-a-funny-era.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/end-of-a-funny-era.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/end-of-a-funny-era.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:19:28 -0700 George Carlin died today, at the ripe young age of 71. Too bad. He was a rough-edge guy, but managed to put a spin on things that very few others could. I still remember his monologues about growing up Catholic and howling over it in the 1970s wit... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/end-of-a-funny-era.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa96812a3e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor george-carlin http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/some-of-my-favorite-george-carlin-routines-part-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/some-of-my-favorite-george-carlin-routines-part-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/some-of-my-favorite-george-carlin-routines-part-2.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:15:53 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad6943edc0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad6943edc0004-50si" alt="Baseball and Football" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Football and baseball. Only makes sense if you're from the US! But...funny! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/some-of-my-favorite-george-carlin-routines-part-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad6935ddf0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor george-carlin http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/gypsy-beef-stew.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/gypsy-beef-stew.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/gypsy-beef-stew.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:41:43 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa968089e40002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa968089e40002-50si" alt="Gypsy Beef Stew" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I had too much fun making this one tonight not to show you! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/gypsy-beef-stew.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fa96812fd50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food video http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/cute-little-video.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Margy) http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/cute-little-video.html?_c=feed-rss http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/cute-little-video.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:11:57 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad69399e30004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad69399e30004-50si" alt="Crouching Tiger Hidden Entrance" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Look before you leap! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://margy423.vox.com/library/post/cute-little-video.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143b9d84685e00fad692baef0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor video