Interests:guitar, photography, skiing, reading, paddling, knitting, geocaching, mandolin, breathing Expertise:i do what needs to be done Occupation:Computer related Industry:Entertainment
Last week, Twitter released a feature that has changed how the service works for everyone. The feature is called 'twitter lists'. Twitter lists are curated lists of twitter users created by other twitter users. The lists can be private or public.
Then you punch in where you'll be looking for caches. Yesterday was a perfect fall day so a friend and I decided to check out caches in New Hope PA. From the list you look over the list of caches and pick the right difficulty and terrain level for your group. I tend to go for the easy finds and not too much climbing.
From there you punch in the coordinates into a GPS enabled device. I have an old garmin e-Map that I use for this. The GPS gets you to within 20 feet or so of the cache coordinates.
Now you have to use your eyes to look around and find the cache.
Once you find it, you get to write in the log book and trade any toys or knick knacks that are in the cache.
You then return the cache to its proper hiding place
Repeat.
Easy and fun! On the way home, we saw some hot air balloons for an added bonus. I love happy accidents!
After seeing the promos for Lars and the Real Girl more than once, I figured I'd check it out. I didn't have high expectations as the promos didn't give a clear indication of the type of movie it was.
Lars is a small town boy who hasn't grown up. He lives in the garage of his family home and his brother and sister in law are his only family. The small town life is one where everyone knows everyone else and there is a strong sense of community. Lars hears about a sex doll that is life like and thinks it would make a good companion. He orders it and takes it everywhere introducing 'Bianca' as his friend from South America. The delusion obviously ruffles quite a lot of feather in the small town but instead of castigating him, the people of the town try to work with him and accept Bianca as one of their own. She is offered a part time job as a mannequin in a department store and is volunteering at the hospital. While this sounds impossible in the retelling, the story and acting make it very believable. This is a personal movie about true community and compassion. The respect and concern people have for each other is palpable. It reminded me of another great movie about community, Big Eden. The depth of peoples compassion brought tears to my eyes more than once. As Lars and the towns people work through their relationship with Bianca, we are given the gift of seeing a man transformed from a traumatized young boy to a man embarking on a new life. I really enjoyed this movie. If you like personal films that are heartfelt, you'll enjoy this film.
How did I just learn about http://noteflight.com ? This site allows you to enter music and it will render sheet music that can be played online. There's a facility to search for other peoples scores and save them to your collection. What a great way to learn new music and improve your sight reading skills. Nicely done!
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