Dynamic Stall

Today is going quite well. Fortunately, H got her mobile back and that’s great news! Thanks Shakey for bringing it to us before we had to get to St. Pancras to catch the train to Nottingham.

I’ve never been on an English train. I’ve ridden one in Alaska and on Amtrak to Savannah. They do not compare! This train experience is unforgettable! The trains are extremely nice and comfy. Getting on or off is easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. H bought the tics for the first leg and messed up a bit so we had to pay another £ 6 to upgrade to first class. That was easy to do and cheap!
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favonian • \fuh-VOH-nee-un\ • adjective
: of or relating to the west wind : mild

Example Sentence: A favonian wind is blowing across the plains of Le Backwater (aka my back 40), an unwelcome sign of global warming because it should be boreal.

Did you know?
In Ode to the West Wind, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley called the “wild West Wind” the “breath of Autumn’s being.” But according to Greco-Roman tradition, the west wind was warm and usually gentle.

Its Latin name, Favonius, is the basis for the English adjective “favonian” and derives from roots that are akin to the Latin “fovēre,” meaning “to warm.”

“Zephyros,” a Greek name for the west wind, is the ultimate source of “zephyr,” meaning “a gentle breeze.”

In Greco-Roman tradition, it was the north wind, Boreas (aka Aquilo), who was the rude and blustery type.

What blog do you read most?
Defective Yeti and A Curates Egg

What’s your best source of online news?
My iGoogle homepage with CNN, Reuters and BBC

Which blogger do you ping most often?
I don’t ping anyone…that I’m aware of…I think

Which blogger would you like to be?
Jason Kottke cuz he makes a living with the blogging and makes things look dope

Which blog do you look to for inspiration?
everyone’s!

What’s your favorite online network?
I’m not hip enough to know of any beyond the myspace

What’s your favorite widget?
About Me from Sam Devol

What’s your middle name?
Lorraine

Who do you “see” online most often?
In IM land I see CF and CBB the most

Who do your friends talk about?
Me, I hope but most likely some inane TV personality from some show I don’t watch.

Where do you post your tags most often?
Um, mostly Flickr but sometimes del.ico.us

Your favorite blog software?
Wordpress, baby!

The blog software that you started with?
Blogger

What is your first daily read?
Bloglines to check all my feeds and see who’s posted

What Web 2.0 tool are you least impressed with?
I have no idea what tool is Web 2.0. I’m not that cutting edge. I’m more bleeding edge.

When do you blog?
When trying to avoid something I really don’t want to do…like clean my house…or call a stinky client…or go to BR for my lame p/t job

What’s your industry?
Real estate

Last book you read:
Last book finished was The Italian Woman by Jean Plaidy, see my Shelfari widget for my current reading list

What do you do when you are not blogging?
Sleep and other non-virtual activities

I use Google to search for anything on the Interweb. I like it. It delivers.

The other night I hopped on the old laptop to find some fun things to do in Maui during my next vacation. I hadn’t cleared my search history in a while so it listed all my previous searches. I’m not sure if I should be cracking up at what I have or getting a prescription for some sort of medication. Either way, I’m sure you’ll find it amusing.

Check it out. I’m proud to say I am interested in pea sticks, gluten free pancake recipes, Boeing and Airbus planes, and poetry. I’m so well-rounded, don’t you think?!

What do you have in your search history?

That’s it for now. I have to go put on my helmet and get on the short bus now.

I was over at Pfitz’s blog reading about the bygone era of UHF shows. For those whippersnippers in the audience, that’s a kind of TV station we had before cable. Back in the day when TV had a dial instead of a remote and the channels only went up to 13. It’s when TV programming actually ended, signed off. They would literally turn off the station. Usually, they would announce all sorts of boring stuff like the transmitter tower location, wattage and broadcasting tech stuff. Then a lovely picture of the American flag waving would come on while the national anthem played, then a funky test pattern with all sorts of shapes that looked like a geometry test, and then the color bars like you see above. Then static. Wierd, huh?
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