"Good Morning, World" Graphics

For quite a while, I have been collecting (and creating) graphics that I have posted on Facebook and Twitter under the heading Good Morning, World. I have decided to share a few of these on Nicks Bytes. Most of these are of a quality that they may be used as wallpaper on one’s computer. Please enjoy them as much as I have creating them.

I Do NOT Have High Blood Pressure!

Yesterday I was working on a blog post in progress, tentatively entitle Diatribe Against Tea Partiers. I was about two or so hours into the project when the problems began:

1) I do not have high blood pressure; however, the research I was doing, the words tea partiers said, the actions that tea partiers took, enraged me to the point that my blood pressure skyrocketed up to 180/85.

2) My train of thought was broken about every 30 minutes because the damned diuretic I take each morning was working overtime.

3) I could not access a video on YouTube to which I was referred, so I changed browsers. In the second browser, a window popped up telling me that I needed a newer version of Flash. Like an idiot, I downloaded it without checking its source. It was NOT published by Adobe AND it added three unrequested (and unwanted) programs to my computer. Following this installation I could get none of my browsers to work properly. It took me three hours to get rid of this pseudo-flash and the other programs.

4) It took another hour to get my browsers and Internet connection working properly again. Therefore, today I spent about two hours on the blog post and approximately 6 hours on all this other stuff.

Exhausted, I retired for my afternoon nap. 

Hopefully I shall be able to complete the post by the time the Tea Partiers destroy the Federal Government. [YAWN]

Please

Back in Contact with the World!

I created the two graphics below on Sunday, August 2nd, and expected to be able to post them on August 3rd or 4th. However, the NEW AT&T had different ideas and didn't get around to repairing the line from the telephone pole to my house (and thus affording me phone and Internet service) for another week plus.


Now that I again have telephone and Internet service, I have many things to do to catch up! I'll write more about my time offline in the next fews days, as well as post a new Too Bad It Monday Jokes & Humor and some very recent photos of Alex, the furball.

My thanks to everyone who has expressed concern about my absence and especially to Carol for her post on Nick's Bytes announcing my isolated condition!

Now, I am going to get that long list of things I need to do, the primary one being to obtain a divorce from Ma Bell (AT&T).

I am soooooooo happy to no longer be isolated from the world!

Life Goes On

Burma's democracy leader and Nobel Peace prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, is one of my heros. I have previously written about her and the people of Burma's struggle for democracy under the rule oppressive rule the military regime.

Still, it seems that the struggle for justice and freedom is an every day process. On May 14th, Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested and sent to jail just days before her 13 years of house arrest was due to expire, charged in connection with an American man who allegedly sneaked uninvited into the compound where she is being held in Yangon. Aung San Suu Kyi is reported to be seriously ill; her incarceration in the notorious Insein Prison without medical care could be life threatening.

In the daily struggle for justice and peace, I sometimes get frustrated because I feel that all I can do is write posts such as this one. However, organizations are working for justice and peace; joining with others can be most effective!

Are you willing to work toward freeing Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma? Burma's brave democracy activists are calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to secure all 2,100 political prisoners release -- he can make this a condition of any renewed international engagement. We have just six days to get Ban Ki Moon's attention -- the petition will be presented on May 26th. Sign the petition below and forward the email. You can sign this petition HERE. You may also send a message to the Burmese juanta by clicking HERE.

Below are a few other web resources dedicated to justice and freed for the people of Burma:

• For more about Aung San Suu Kyi
  
• Campaign for Human Rights and Democracy in Burma.
  
• The full statement from the UN Sectretary General on Aung San Suu Kyi's arrest.
  

I seem to be feeling better each day since my hospitalization last weekend, even though I still have a bit of a sore throat. I've completed the latest steroid regime; the new meds seem to be effective; the doc was at my house yesterday and was as pleased with my recovery as I am.

Meanwhile, I am learning as much as possible about my recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetes. One of the gleanings that I have picked up is that some of the symptoms that I would not have associated with diabetes can explain quite a bit of declines in my health and lifestyle over the past ten or so years, especially my fatigue, depression, and massive weight changes. 

There is still no audio on my computer! All of the tests indicate that the the software and drivers are installed correctly and the speakers are OK. It plays most Windows sounds (like critical stop), but nothing else. The lack of computer audio doesn't take music from my life: I have CD players in my living room, kitchen, and bedroom. However, it does prevent me from doing some creative stuff on the computer, such as creating neat videos.  I also miss watching videos that are on the Web. But most of all, I am have some great Wednesday Coffeehouse ideas that I can create because I really need to hear the music I am posting.


Let's end this post with a few KAT laughs.