Year: 2006

Well the Vic President has come on gone from our city. A police officer was run over and still managed to protect and serve. Our local dog park committee meeting was crazy as usual but it looks like the upcoming WOOF Walk plans are coming together. The news crews no longer are filming the house that was torched for the third time around the corner. The idiots that have been doing donuts inside our complex coming very close to hitting our vehicles seem to be quite tonight.

I am too lazy to write something thought provoking or at least worldly. I am working on my Britannia model and have compiled a very long list of what NOT to do on the next model. I find my missing hand control and fine motor skills very annoying. Not as annoying as all the political ads that are being played over and over and over and over …

Is there some requirement that says we have to stick to one topic? I hope not, because if that’s the case I’m in trouble. I still say that the best blogging is what we do for ourselves, and hopefully there are others out there who think it’s worth reading.

Drumsbwhistles – odd time signatures

I could not have said it better LOL – lately I really have not felt like sticking to any one subject. It is funny how a blog can mimic life. I have not been very focused on anything in particular lately. Kind of bouncing from here to there. Just as I decided to get into summer mode the rain came back. Now there is the problem – I decided – ha – like a am the pilot?

Well back to my model for now. That is it unless something waps me in the head I and I just have to write about it.

I sit here listening to the rain come down wondering what is going to happen to the plans to reinforce the levees in California. What are the people along the southern coast going to do to survive another hurricane season. Is Edwards going to run for President. How many died in Iraq today. Anybody find a cure for cancer, AIDS, or a solution to our environmental problems.

No dogs hikes, motorcycle rides today due to the rain. No emails from my friends. Just kind of a boring Sunday. …

This blog is not read by many. In fact the most entrances come from google searches on U tube or the actual word bifurcate. Next are hits off the names of the ship models I am building. Some of the blogs that I enjoy reading have stopped posting or slowed down. Others are questioning why they even bother. The others are gettting read I hope and I do see a few responses on them.  Knowing that a person has to pick a subject and stay with it to become a “read” blog kind of takes all the fun out of it. I mean really, why should I care if x number of people visit this blog? I do not I just care that some of my friends do not.

May is Catfish dogs (left) birthday. It is also his best friends Buddy (right)  Birthday month. Catfish and Buddy grew up playing together much like children in nursery school. They took many trips to the ocean and love to go to fund raising events. Catfish likes this picture so he had me put it up to celebrate is pals birthday.

Woo Hoo. I finally finished the second planking on the Britannia model. I have never planked a wooden ship model hull before. It is not perfect and the shape is off a bit but it came out better than I thought it might. The stern is done incorrect because I missed something in the translation – like – english. I corrected my error the best I good with my limited skills in this area.

Trying to get the shape of the bottom pieces of wood was a challenge also. The two pieces had to line up exactly with the planking strips. I am hopeful that the rudder will hide some of the worst of it all.