I used to be an SEM operator, so I really love these images – and the whole concept of MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) just turns me on.
So. Cool.
More MEMS images. Click image for original site, images re-hosted locally.
Inclinometer
MEMS Ratchet
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Was thinking about my beloved Marilyn Bonita today (it’s our wedding anniversary today) and this song came up on the radio.
I swear sometimes God is standing right next to me with His hand on my heart.
I’m trying to go on, but when a song touches ‘the one within’ part of me bursts into flame and my grief becomes incandescent agony.
I miss you Didi. Thank you for sending Tammi. She knows this pain and she helps me as I help her grieve for her beloved Scott.
I’m glad you’re someplace where pain can no longer touch you.
by Josh Groban
Wash away the thoughts inside
That keep my mind away from you.
No more love and no more pride
And thoughts are all I have to do.
Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
Felt the ground and looked up high
And called your name.
Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
In the darkness I remain.
Tears of hope run down my skin.
Tears for you that will not dry.
They magnify the one within
And let the outside slowly die.
Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
I felt the ground and looked up high
And called your name.
Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
In the water I remain
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Chip and Dale still make me laugh out loud. Donald is a classic sendup of many archetypes. Love YouTube.
Clayton Morris and John Gruber show off FaceTime on their iPhones.
Amazing.
No wonder there’s so much deviance in the Church – they’re all cross-dressers.
Besides, the guy in the middle looks exactly like Tim Conway.
Just updated this site, using the TwentyTen theme just to see how it works. Not bad at all!
Everything went fine – the upgrade process went without a hitch! Updated some plugins and themes, also no problems.
Beautiful piece of work from the WordPress development team!
Kudos and Huzzah!
In this vineyard
I have waited
parched of throat
despairing of kinship
hiding in the shadow
Comes a vintner now
eager and joyous
blessed by the light
unafraid of the dark
to lead me forth
Working as one
we prune away the dead
shore up the weak
and harvest together
the sweet fruit of life
When the wine is ready
bloody red and warm
fill the cups
brimming full
and raise them high
Let us toast this day
and vow between us
to always drink deep
until the cups are empty
or stricken from our lips
MDW 6/98
to Marilyn on our wedding day
I often hear it said that parents ‘…would give their child the moon and the stars…’
My father did.
I will never forget
late on a summer evening
deep in the humming heart of science
my father, master of machines
said “Come here,
I want to show you something.”
With careful hands
he took a small wooden box
from a locked cabinet
and opened it, carefully
so carefully,
like a priest.
Inside the box,
inside a glass jar,
perched on a wire,
was a stone
more a cinder, really.
Removing the glass
he plucked it free
and told me to hold out my hand.
“Be careful, don’t drop it” he ordered
as he placed it in my palm.
As I inspected this nondescript clinker
he said
matter of factly,
“That’s a piece of the moon.”
Just able to realize what it was
I goggled in awe
at the wonder of it.
Now, in the night
looking up at that gleaming coin
sliding through the clouds,
I realize what he gave me that night,
most precious of all,
respect.
MDW 7/98
From Laughing Squid:
Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships
World Beard & Moustache Championships official site
True madness.
This video exemplifies why I don’t like ‘professional’ sports. How does this promote the game in any way? This man is just being an overgrown child and no example to youngsters.
You Raise Me Up
by Josh Groban
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
There is no life – no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
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To all of you who have come to ‘sit awhile with me’ when it was the darkest, bless you. Your names are written in my deepest heart, not to be forgotten.
Please help Charlie Fellenbaum find his car!
Craigslist posting with photos
STOLEN – Green 1998 Acura Integra GS-R 4-door
Last night (Wednesday June 9) someone stole from my driveway in Central East Longmont my great car.
If you have any information about this car, phone the Longmont Police Department, 303-651-8501, or write me directly.
Body was almost perfect except for a small scrape on left rear quarter panel near tail light.
Factory green-blue paint.
Location: Longmont
Hat tip to LaughingSquid!