Wandering through E-Space

D.W.Q.M.: the Second Doctor: "If only I could find my recorder, I could play you a little something to pass the time." the Brigadier: "We should be thankful for small mercies." Ahh, here we are, half way through the Feast of the Assumption. Two days behind us, two days ahead. It's been a rough week-(not even Feast related). But hopefully things will start to calm down soon. The Feast has been fun, though-the weather has been great-not too warm in the evenings. Tonight there is a 50 percent chance that we may be rained out, so we'll see. Hopefully the weather will be nice when we do the procession tomorrow morning. The first night we were at the home of one of the shut-ins, playing some music for her, when, right in the middle of Tik Tok Polka a lady in the house next door slammed her window shut. Half the band nearly lost it while playing. LOL. Oh, well-at least the woman who we were playing for enjoyed the music. ;) Suprisingly, after two nights of the Fe...

D.W.Q.M.: Duke Juliano: "There's this man in Florence claims that by arranging ground glasses in a certain order, it's possible to see the moon and stars as large as your hand." Marco: "Is that a good thing?" (from the Fourth Doctor story, the Masque of Madragora ) I've decided that if I don't get to the night sky posts until the middle of the month, I'll still write about events that happened in the past. Today's astronomy post is brought to you by Sky and Telescope. Sky Events August 2nd: Jupiter reaches quadrature (90 degrees east of the Sun) August 7th-10th: Mercury is 2 degrees below Venus near the eastern horizon at the first hint of dawn twilight. August 9th: Full Moon August 10th: Neptune in opposition. August 11th-12th: This morning and tomorrow, Venus forms a nearly straight line with Castor and Pollux. August 12th: Perseids peak, but the moon interferes (see below). August 16th: From now until the end of the month-10:30pm-1...

D.W.Q.M.: "Eureka!" -the Third Doctor Apparently, the same thing made me and Michael happy today. It's finally official!!! Both the BBC and the SciFi Channel have confirmed that series 2 of Doctor Who will air on the SciFi Channel starting at the end of September! YAY! New Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica on the same night?! I'm in scifi heaven. Perseph and Foofy-better make room on the couch! I'm comin' over!!!! (oh, and the Twins won again last night! They won the series against the Tigers! Woo-Hoo!) *Romana does the happy dance all the way home.*

D.W.Q.M.: "You know, I am so constantly outwitting the opposition, I tend to forget the delight and satisfaction of the arts... the gentle art of fisticuffs." -the First Doctor Things that make me happy: Good sports days- Twins: 4 Tigers: 2 Yeah, baby!! The Twins are currently in Detroit-playing the best team in the league. I have to admit-the Tigers are kicking some major butt this year. So at the start of this series, all I asked was that the Twins don't get swept-let them win just one game and I'll be happy. Last night I got my wish! It's so hard being a Twins fan here in Cleveland-the only time I get to see them play is if they are playing the Indians or the White Sox (thanks to WGN.) So last night I spent the evening surfing through all the channels that show scores-and when I saw the Twins score, I couldn't help it, I shouted "YEAH!" and jumped off the couch. ;) So I got my wish, and I'm quite happy. Of course, if they win again tonight-...

D.W.Q.M.: "There's no point in being grownup if you can't be childish, sometimes." -the Fourth Doctor Oooh! Two days in a row! No matter how hard I try to change (well, I don't really try that hard)-I will ALWAYS be a kid at heart. ;) Today Sharon and I were reminscing about Sesame Street, and I found this-my favorite Sesame Street sketch/song EVER! "MUSIC!" Ahh, that never grows old! I still get a silly grin after watching it. ;) I had a vinyl LP of Sesame Street with this song on it-it was my first record-and I just love this song! Of course, on the record, it ends with Harry telling Cookie that he does know about up and down. And Cookie replies, "Well, of course I do!" So Harry asked why he was looking up in the sky for his cookie, and Cookie says, "Because I dropped it and then a birdie came and grabbed it!" (or something along those lines.) I remember seeing it on tv while I was in college-I was flipping through the channels, ...

D.W.Q.M.: "How about a trip in the TARDIS? I'm just off." -the Fourth Doctor Hmm...well, it looks like this is going to be a weekly entry, rather than a daily-or maybe every other day... :) Happiness is... Road trips! Friday Perseph , Jerm and I went to Orville to visit Smuckers, and explore the area. Smuckers was fun-I love the big Doughboy they have in the middle of the store. Krismutt came too-and I hope I have time to update his page soon(I haven't updated it in ages!). The ladies and Smuckers loved him-I was taking a picture of him writing on a chalkboard table, when they came up and said, 'Oh, how cute! I wish my dog behaved that well.' LOL. We also got some cute shots of him hanging around town. :) Of course, when you're in Amish country, you have to stop for some cheese-I bought some yummy smoked Gouda, and some Norwegian Jalsberg-YUM! :-D We also stopped in a store called World Crafts-they had some really cool stuff. All of the items in the sto...

D.W.Q.M.: "It takes all sorts to make the galaxy." -the Fourth Doctor Last year, I participated in the August Blog challenge-where everyday (or most days) I'd write about something that makes me happy. Michael has challenged us to do it again this year, so I'm certainly going to try. (btw, this is Michael's 3rd year for the challenge) What made me happy today? Unexpected kindness from a cashier. Sometimes there are just days when you get the cashier who is tired, grumpy, and had a bad day. They toss your stuff around like they don't care, and have a serious attitude problem. I always try to be nice to the cashiers, but if you're rude to me and I didn't do anything to deserve it, well then... So, anyway- Perseph and I had to run to "the evil" Walmart today, and we both managed to forget a bag at the counter. We discovered our error several feet from the door-I turned around to go back from them, and there was our cashier, running after us s...

D.W.Q.M.: Barbara: "Perhaps it's frozen." the First Doctor: "No, impossible... not in this temperature. Besides, it's too warm." Ugh. It is entirely too hot. I hate the heat. I could never move out west or down south-I would just be too miserable. Unfortunately, I wouldn't escape the heat if I went up north! Minneapolis is supposed to get up to 102 today-and no one believes me when I say it can get pretty hot and miserable in Minnesota... I finally broke down and installed my air conditioner yesterday. I know you must think I'm nuts for waiting this long-but actually, I had been doing pretty well up to now. Saturday night was the first night that I couldn't sleep because it was too warm. So, with the heat advisories for this week, plus the fact that I'm fighting off an ear infection(which feels 10x worse when it's hot and muggy) I installed the good 'ol A/C, and my apartment is much more comfortable now. ;) This past Saturday was the...

D.W.Q.M.: Ian: "Where's your spirit of adventure, hm?" the First Doctor: "It died a slow and painful death when those bats came out of the rafters." There are times when our "library of the future" doesn't seem so futuristic. Why must everything keep breaking down? The other day I had to bring some microfilm I was linking from the second floor back down to the first floor. I took my truck, loaded with microfilm, and headed for the elevators. After waiting a bit, elevator #2 opened up and I pushed my truck inside and hit '1'. The doors closed, the elevator hummed, the display went from 2 to 1, and the elevator dinged like it was going to open... ...only it didn't open. The arrow indicated that it now wanted to go up, but the elevator itself didn't move-it dinged a few more times, the arrow still pointing up, flashed 'LL' briefly, dinged some more...and just when I thought I was going to have to hit the emergency button, the ...

D.W.Q.M.: "The universe should be big enough for the both of us ... just." -the Second Doctor Ok, I'm having a serious case of writer's block when it comes to writing about my trip to MN. I've been home for 2 weeks now-everytime I sit down to write something...I just don't know what to write. The trip up was pretty uneventful (ooh, just wait until I get around to the trip back...) Anyhoo, the ride from Cleveland to Chicago was pretty unpleasant-the guy I was sitting next to had a tendency to cover both seats when he fell asleep (unintentional, I assume)-it was awfully hard to wake him, so I spent most of the ride riding on the edge of the seat. The ride also seemed to be one of the bumpiest ever-did the driver have to hit every, pothole there was? So much for sleeping the first half of the trip... The second half was much better-I was waiting in line for the next bus with a girl who was heading for St. Paul-we were comparing our trip to Chicago, and when it ...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" I know this is my first post since I got back, and I probably should talk about my trip...well, I meant to do that earlier this week but I was just too tired. LOL. I need a vacation to recover from my vacation! ;) Plus, I'm hoping to have some pictures to post with my trip entries, until then-I had a great time (even though I missed Boo terribly-she was in Texas visiting her dad while I was in Minnesota) and here is some Doctor Who news. (which, by the way, can also be found over at the Idiot's Lantern ) LOL. Series One (season 27) in the USA: (recap) Current episode: Series 1 has finished it's current run. *patiently awaiting news on when series two will air...* SciFi will air The Empty Child on Sunday, July 16th at 11pm. The Doctor Dances will air the following week (the 23rd) also a...

D.W.Q.M.: "The ceremonial gift merely symbolizes friendship. We have no need for symbols, you and I." -K'anpo, (from the Third Doctor story, Planet of the Spiders ). My sister IM'd me this song that she and the kiddies made up: "Oh, you better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout-I'm telling you why. Auntie Ro is coming to town. She's going to have lots of fun, She's going to play lots of games, She's going to spoil you rotten, So hurry for goodness sakes!" *heehee* I can't wait to see them tomorrow!!!!

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern ) Series One (season 27) in the USA: Fridays, on the SciFi Channel Current episode: Series 1 has finished it's current run. *patiently awaiting news on when series two will air...* Previous episodes: 13. The Parting of the Ways 12. Bad Wolf 11. Boom Town 10. The Doctor Dances 9. The Empty Child 8. Father's Day 7. The Long Game 6. Dalek 5. World War III 4. Aliens of London 3. The Unquiet Dead 2. The End of the World 1. Rose Series Two (season 28) in the UK: Saturdays, at 7pm GMT on BBC1 Current episode: 11. Fear Her Previous episodes: 10. Love & Monsters 9. The Satan Pit 8. The Impossible Planet 7. The Idiot's Lantern 6. The Age of Steel 5. The Rise of the Cybermen 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. School Reun...

D.W.Q.M.: Sarah Jane Smith: "I feel disoriented." the Fourth Doctor: "This is the Disorientation Centre." Sarah Jane: "That makes sense." Happy Solstice, everybody!! :) As of 8:27am, EDT, it is now officially summer. Here in Cleveland we have some lovely rain and thunder to welcome the new season. ;) It's that time of year again-my summer trip up north is nearing...the usual symptoms are coming back: 10. When I say I'm checking out the "local" news, I'm constantly logging on to WCCO . 9. The travel weather section of my weather bug is constantly being looked at. 8. I'm constantly running around, running some kind of errand in preparation for my trip. 7. I see everyone trying to use up their vacation time by taking an extra day everyweek, and I get really antsy-repeating, 'I need a vacation, I need a vacation', when I should be saying, 'Don't worry, yours is coming soon, don't worry, yours is coming soon. 6. I...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern ) Series One (season 27) in the USA: Friday, starting at 8pm EST on the SciFi Channel Current episode: Series 1 has finished it's current run. Tonight is a four episode marathon: Aliens of London , pt. 1; World War Three , pt. 2; Dalek ; and The Long Game. Previous episodes: 13. The Parting of the Ways 12. Bad Wolf 11. Boom Town 10. The Doctor Dances 9. The Empty Child 8. Father's Day 7. The Long Game 6. Dalek 5. World War III 4. Aliens of London 3. The Unquiet Dead 2. The End of the World 1. Rose Series Two (season 28) in the UK: Saturdays, at 7pm GMT on BBC1 Current episode: 10. Love & Monsters Previous episodes: 9. The Satan Pit 8. The Impossible Planet 7. The Idiot's Lantern 6. The Age of Steel 5. The R...

D.W.Q.M.: "Oh, my giddy aunt!" -the Second Doctor This video is hysterical!!! This was from the Dead Ringer's 2005 Christmas special. Christmas Day at Doctor Who's Enjoy!!!

D.W.Q.M.: Duke Juliano: "There's this man in Florence claims that by arranging ground glasses in a certain order, it's possible to see the moon and stars as large as your hand." Marco: "Is that a good thing?" (from the Fourth Doctor story, the Masque of Mandragora ,) This post is brought to you by Sky and Telescope All times are Eastern Daylight, EDT, unless otherwise noted. UT-4 hours = EDT. Sky events June 7th: Moon beside Jupiter in the evening sky. June 11th: Full moon June 14th: Jupiter's moon Io casts its tiny black shadow onto Jupiter's face tonight from 10:48 p.m. to 12:57 a.m. June 15th: Mars is almost centered in the Beehive Cluster this evening. ; Jupiter's Great Red Spot transits around 11:01 p.m. June 16th: Pluto is in opposition.; Jupiter is the brightest "star" in the south during and after dusk. It forms a tall triangle with Spica (to the right) and Arcturus (above). June 17th: Mars and Saturn are in conjunction at 6:25...

D.W.Q.M.: "...more than nice. Brilliant!" -the Tenth Doctor This is a little later than when I originally wanted to post this-but I just wanted to give a shout out to the folks at Non-Sport Update for being generous and sending me another copy of the current issue of NSU. :) The mail delivery to my building has been a bit shoddy for the past month-I think the post office is trying to find a new regular mailman for us-we've been having different people deliver the mail, and we suspect that when a sub can't get into the building, they don't deliver the mail at all. Eventually we get our bills, but for cool stuff like magazines, those just disappear. That's what happened to my last issue of Non-Sport Update-I've been so busy the past month that it didn't occur to me until last week that I hadn't received a new issue yet. After checking to make sure one had been sent out, and going over all the scenarios that could have caused my magazine to disappea...

D.W.Q.M.: "No! No! Not the mind probe!" -Castellan (from the Fifth Doctor Story, the Five Doctors ) Hey! As of today, I've been blogging for 3 years!!! Hard to believe that three years ago, this was just an experiment to see if I could keep a website up to date. (ok, so I haven't done much with my main site in a loooonnnnggg while-at least I've kept my blog up...more or less.) LOL. I'm really due to update my site-add a few Travel Dog adventures, add some pictures. That'll be my goal this summer. :) My poor sister, Ally (who wishes to be known as Alicat from now on. LOL) :) Anyhoo, my sister is a cashier who works the graveyard shift at a 24 hour grocery store-and anyone who works graveyard shifts could probably tell you stories about the strange customers you get during those hours. Alicat's story begins with a call she got about an hour before her shift ended. She was the only person up frongt and got a call from a woman asking if they had any soft ...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" Yay! Blogger is working again! ( author's note: this post can alos be found at the Idiot's Lantern) Series One (season 27) in the USA: Fridays, 9pm EST on the SciFi Channel Current episode: 13. The Parting of the Ways Previous episodes: 12. Bad Wolf 11. Boom Town 10. The Doctor Dances 9. The Empty Child 8. Father's Day 7. The Long Game 6. Dalek 5. World War III 4. Aliens of London 3. The Unquiet Dead 2. The End of the World 1. Rose Series Two (season 28) in the UK: Saturdays, at 7pm GMT on BBC1 Current episode: 9. The Satan Pit Previous episodes: 8. The Impossible Planet 7. The Idiot's Lantern 6. The Age of Steel 5. The Rise of the Cybermen 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth It's the last episode of the first series here in the U.S.! F...