Thanks for the Thanks

Hey America, Thanks!

What am I thanking you for, just saying thanks actually. I know there has been a lot of Canadian/American tension over the last few years, but when you guys were down and out in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina we were more then happy to send help. I know things are really hectic, and we don't expect remuneration, but we appreciate Senator Walter Boasso's praise and thanks.

So thanks Senator for your class and grace, and lets get Louisiana back on her feet together.

How this other guy failed the Turing Test

Read a great blog today, made me chuckle, but brought up old Allan Touring who needs to be recognized from time to time as the one of the fathers of modern computing. So here is the post

Shuttle's going home

The Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride on NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the flight from the Dryden Flight Research Center in California, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 19, 2005.

Image Credit: NASA/Lori Losey

Here is the sword maker's maker mark on the ricasso.

My new S Word! It is really cool. Check out darksword-armory.com for more info on it, but here is the basics. It is a hand forged replica of a 12th Century two handed sword. It is very wicked!

A close up of the beds

Our Japanese Maple

Our weekend work, a nice new garden.

Trying this again, Jack and the Bear

I am happy to repeat the announcement of the birth of:
Jack Henry Peart
A little boy
7 lbs, 11oz. 20 in.
at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton
on Monday August 1, 2005 10:24 am
Mom and Baby are both doing well as you can see in this picture.

congratulations to my brother, and his wife, and now that I am an uncle I can teach Jack about all the bad things like, poker, girls, fast cars, and that other silliness, but I might have to wait a few years.