http://www.strivingafterwind.com all is vanity and striving after wind. ~eccl 1:14 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:46:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...it might just airwalk™ into the side of your head. http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2008/11/14/beware-of-brown-shoe/ Found this gem at a Salvation Army between an old dot-matrix printer and a set of 3 golden glasses. This book is full of ideas for the exciting new fashion trend of decorating denim jackets. The book is divided up into sections, so you can get ideas for exactly the ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2008/03/26/totally-radical-denim-to-die-for/ ran outside in the snow about 5 times last night in my shorts to get these pics. parts of my body started freezing while I waited for a break in the clouds. more information on the eclipse after the pics. A very large timelapse image from wikipedia.com: lunar_eclipse_02-20-08.jpg A lunar eclipse occurs ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2008/02/21/the-lunar-eclipse-of-2008/ here are close ups of stuff i saw in my kitchen this morning. no reason why, but see if you can guess what they are. seems easy enough to me, but i'm the guy who wasted time taking the pictures. maybe it will give you a minuscule sense of accomplishment ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2008/02/03/stuff-in-the-kitchen/ One of the dreams I've had for well over a year recently came true when a friend at work and I brought our gorilla suits in and had a fight in the front lawn of the company I work for. We did it during lunch when we thought everyone would ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2007/12/06/the-delta-gorillas/ Yeah, I've been trying a lot of new teas lately, but these have topped the others. At around $1 a bottle (on sale), it's a little more pricey than most, but you get what you pay for. No high-fructose corn syrup, just good old fashioned cane sugar. The tea tastes ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2007/11/23/peach-and-apple-tea-with-cane-sugar-ito-en/ Found this tea at a discount grocer and was pleasantly surprised by the taste. if you close your eyes, and try really hard, you can taste the apricot. you can taste the peach. and ultimately, you can taste the honeydew melon. because the Orient Emporium Tea Company would even think ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2007/11/22/yadumo-black-tea-with-a-triad-of-fruity-flavor/ Here is a script I wrote a few days ago to make a mass change to one of my sites. I write PERL scripts often, but this one seems like one that I'll be using again in the future. Copy this PERL script to the folder you want to process. ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2007/11/15/perl-script-that-does-a-search-and-replace-on-all-files-in-folder/ during a dentist visit, I was chatting with an assistant about chewing gum. she explained how gums like trident and spry not only loosen food stuck to your teeth and cause you to salivate more (saliva = good, it neutralizes acids), but since they contain xylitol, they can prevent cavities ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2007/11/01/xylitol-the-magical-sugar/ After installing a new battery, I needed to update the car clock in my 1993 Plymouth. The owners manual proved to be useless: Electronic Digital Clock - The procedure for setting the clock varies slightly with each radio. The correct procedure is in the Chrysler Sound Systems Manual. The Sound Systems Manual ... http://www.strivingafterwind.com/2007/10/23/setting-the-clock-on-a-1993-plymouth-car-radio/