jimlawrence

Where I really am on the Web

2009-10-01T20:56:09Z

You will rarely find a new posting here on LiveJournal (this is the first one in more than a year and a half). The place to find me is a my actual personal Web site -- jimsjournal -- which passed its 13th anniversary a few days ago.

http://www.jimsjournal.com

On line since September 26, 1996

Hanging out in virtual worlds

2008-01-23T02:03:59Z

Hey, look at that, I posted a new entry just two days after my previous one.

In this one I talk about Second Life and other virtual worlds... complete with some screen captures of scenes in Second Life...
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj08/012208.html

I finally got around to posting

2008-01-21T12:38:18Z

I finally got around to posting a new entry on my Web site...

http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj08/012008.html

It's a one week delayed report about our most recent lets-go-to-New-York-City and play with grandchildren trip. Yes, of course there are pictures.

splish splash

2008-01-02T21:57:12Z

I posted my first 2008 entry (and the concluding Holidailies entry) yesterday -- complete with pictures of my participation in the New Year's Day swim at Narragansett Town Beach. Brrrrrrrr!

Enjoying a Pier Plunge -- 01/01/08
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj08/010108.html

the rest of the Holidailies

2008-01-02T21:53:51Z

I suppose I should list the rest of my 2007 Holidailies entries...

Driving tests -- 12/06/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/120607.html
Tis the season -- 12/07/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/120707.html
We have our tree -- 12/08/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/120807.html

(and then I skipped ten days....)

Winter weather -- 12/19/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/121907.html
Office parties -- 12/20/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/122007.html
Finished until next year -- 12/21/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/122107.html
Happy Boxing Day -- 12/26/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/122607.html
Avoiding the scatological -- 12/30/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/123007.html
Saying goodbye to 2007 -- 12/31/07
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/123107.html

some geeky holidailies

2007-12-06T04:21:03Z

I seem to be on a geek theme in my most recent two postings...

"Bits, bytes, gigabytes" -- 12/04/07 --
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/120407.html

"Knowledge Navigator" -- 12/05/07 --
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/120507.html

Holidailies

2007-12-04T02:54:28Z

I decided to attempt Holidailies again this year. (If you've not come across it before, participants pledge to attempt to post a daily journal or blog entry from December 1st through January 1st.

Thus far I am three for three...
Dec. 1st "Holidailies for 2007" http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/120107.html
Dec. 2nd "Telephones" http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/120207.html
Dec. 3rd "Time's winged chariot" http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/120307.html

Last year I posted 22 out of the possible 32 days.

two most recent entries...

2007-11-28T22:44:21Z

There are two new entries at www.jimsjournal.com...

One about Thanksgiving http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/112407.html
and one about this past Sunday on Block Island http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/112607.html

Both have photographs.

While I'm at it...

2007-11-20T03:03:52Z

couldn't even cut and paste right

2007-11-20T02:53:59Z

The entry immediately below this one was supposed to point to what (at the time) happened to be my two most recent entries over at my jimsjournal site... but I just now noticed that I posted incomplete URLS.

They should have been
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/090907.html
and
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/091507.html

two more entries at jimsjournal

2007-09-16T03:12:57Z

In keeping with the idea that, even if I don't post actual entries here (with stuff like actual content), I could at least post pointers to entries to be found on jimsjournal.

So, there's a new entry up at jimsjournal...
It's about a sleepy cat, high blood pressure, a walk on a beach, and taking another night course at RISD
The middle of September -- 09/15/07
and also one from last week...
That one was mostly about art on display at a local history museum, although I also mention running and doing some yard work
September weekend -- 09/09/07

jimlawrence @ 2007-09-05T21:48:00

2007-09-06T01:48:41Z

So it's been almost a year since I posted anything here, not even to note the posting of entries over at www.jimsjournal.com.

Hmmm, well, I can remedy part of that. Here are the most recent postings at jimsjournal.com --
Shrimp shrimp http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/090407.html
Sam and Milo http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/090307.html
A long bike ride http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/083007.html
Watching tennis http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/082507.html
Diane Blue http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/082307.html
An August weekend http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/082007.html
Perfect summer days http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/081807.html
A walk on the Cliff Walk http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/080907.html

Oh, but if I'm going back that far, then I should go one more so that you can meet our new grandson at http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj07/073007.html

a new jimsjournal entry

2006-10-18T01:02:15Z

There's a new entry on jimsjournal...
http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/101706.html

With pictures
-- two pictures of clouds at dawn
-- Jill & Tiger
-- a slice of lemon meringue pie

politics on youtube

2006-10-16T14:54:21Z

Most of the political advertising I've seen here in Rhode Island has either been very air-headedly empty (vote for me because I have a family and I know how to shake hands with old people) or have been nasty mud-slinging hate ads (no actual content, just attack, attack, attack).

Some places have had more substantive (although quite pointed and hard-hitting) political ads. This one is against Representative Jim Walsh, who represents New York State's 25th Congressional District (which, I believe, the Syracuse area). He apparently voted against federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. It is hard-hitting but quite clear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4tFk9WLjwM&eurl=

(I tend to support the point of view expressed in that ad -- but I'm a bit torn -- on his Web page Rep. Walsh has a section called "Jim's Journal" -- heh! How can I be against a guy like that? *grin* Ah, well, not my district nor state, so it's a moot point.)

combining dominos and billiards...

2006-10-16T00:35:55Z

Hi,

Check out this video that combines dominos and billiards:
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=83b39844f22f26d6b880678d0a106935.852705
(en francais)

Heh!

I've not noted recent jimsjournal postings (not that there has been an excessive number of those)...

Autumn in Arcadia -- 10/13/06 -- http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/101306.html

Over the weekend -- 10/10/06 -- http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/101006.html

CVS Downtown 5k-- 09/30/06 -- http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/093006.html

Ten years! -- 09/26/06 -- http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/092606.html

Pictures of Sammy -- 09/25/06 -- http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/092506.html

The Cherry Orchard -- 09/24/06 -- http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/092406.html

Eggplant -- 09/15/06 -- http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/091506.html

also amusing...

2006-09-01T17:46:24Z

From ifilm.com, a trailer for "Wife Force One" -- a imaginary Harrison Ford film (made up of clips from real Harrison Ford films)
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2711610

amusing

2006-09-01T14:37:08Z

College professor posts a list of "Top Ten No Sympathy Lines (Plus a Few Extra)" -- witty and sarcastic responses to student whining about grades, exams, requirements, etc.
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/nosymp.htm

Architectural Gems -- a new jimsjournal entry

2006-08-31T17:53:12Z

There's a new entry up at www.jimsjournal.com
"Architectural Gems"
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj06/083106.html

Pictures and brief descriptions of eight houses of historic interest in South Kingstown, RI. with a slight seasoning of historical comment -- Druidsdream, Fairlawn, Dunmere Gatehouse, Stone Lea, the Old Perryville Baptist Church, the Red House, the Oliver Watson House, and the General Isaac Peace Rodman House.

I left out vast amounts of stuff...

For example, I noted that Perryville is named for the Perry family, which included Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero in War of 1812 -- but I didn't mention his battle report from his naval battle on Lake Erie which became famous ("We have met the enemy and they are ours") nor the name of his ship (The Lawrence, named for his friend James Lawrence who died in that war) -- Perry's battle flag bore Lawrence's famous saying "Don't give up the ship." (of course at the time Lawrence said that his ship was on fire and taking on water and he himself was mortally wounded). Perry's ship -- the Lawrence -- was itself in danger of sinking and his crew had suffered eighty percent casualties (killed and wounded) and Perry took his battle flag into a rowboat and crossed half a mile through fierce gunfire to The Niagara and proceeded to defeat the British. He went back to the Lawrence to take the British surrender because he wanted them to see the price his men had paid. (I assume you can figure out why I am interested in Captain James Lawrence -- and, no, I no knowledge of any relationship; Lawrence is a fairly common name.)

another entry

2006-08-30T16:48:23Z

I put up another entry at jimsjournal yesterday...
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj06/082906.html

New entry at jimsjournal

2006-08-29T04:23:56Z

Hey, I finally posted a new entry over at www.jimsjournal.com

http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj06/082806.html

It mostly has pictures from a bicycle trip to Beavertail State Park on Conanicut Island (Jamestown).

Tea Partay

2006-08-16T14:42:22Z

Hillarious video -- Tea Partay by Prep Unit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTU2He2BIc0&NR

Oh, by the way there are a couple of new entries on jimsjournal --
"A tasting at The Towers" http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/081406.html
and
"Playing tourist" http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/081306.html

a jimsjournal entry

2006-08-11T11:39:53Z

Duh... so I finally put up a new entry at jimsjournal.com last night and then forgot to post a link to it here....

http://jimsjournal.com/jj06/081006.html

Treadmills...

2006-08-04T21:22:44Z

OK Go -- music video with dancing on treadmills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI
Heh!

Waiter Rant

2006-07-26T02:08:35Z

There's a marvelous online journal -- Waiter Rant -- that I enjoy reading. The author is a waiter in a New York City restaurant he calls "The Bistro." He posts stories about the restaurant, its customers, its employees, and his thoughts about these little vignettes.

http://www.waiterrant.net/

Give it a try; I think you's find it interesting.

Let's get physical

2006-07-25T21:05:47Z

There's a new entry up... in which I talk about my physical and my treadmill exercise stress echocardiogram
http://www.jimsjournal.com/jj06/072506.html