The Flatland Chronicles and The Digital Artwork Gallery for 30 August 2006 through 1 September 2006. Gordon Ramsay. Other Matters as Well.

I decided today to make this page an index/table of contents for all my other blogs and to relocate the actual content I was posting here to "The Flatland Chronicles", located here.  The main reason I decided to make the switch is that I am having problems with this particular blog; it isn't updating properly, even when I ping Technorati individually, and I have no idea what to do about it.  Anyway, the new addition to my weblog family is HERE.

I've done a fair amount of posting in the past couple of days, as follows: 

IN THE FLATLAND CHRONICLES [MY NEW "EVERYTHING GENERALLY" BLOG], I HAVE POSTED THE FOLLOWING: 

• CHRONICLES FOR 29 AUGUST 2006:  On August 29, I was in a ruminative frame of mind.  I started talking about my work and how the fact that I'm passionate about it makes me feel good about getting back into it full time; and somehow from there segued into another discussion of Gordon Ramsay and the episode of Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares we happened to be watching.  That somehow brought me to Deadwood----<SNIFF>---and how pointlessly annoyed I am with HBO for not giving us a couple more full seasons.  It's sort of a long and winding road but eventually I arrived where I was going.
• QUIDDITIES & ODDITIES [30 AUGUST 2006]:   Believe it or not, there is a connection:  free books, Bartleby the Scrivener, the Encantadas, dinosaurs, hobbits, and the late, great Mr. Edward Gorey.  BONUS:  For fans of the macabre, I included two of Edward Gorey's remarkable limericks!  (Not recommended for the squeamish).
• CHRONICLES FOR 1 SEPTEMBER 2006:  THE GROCERY BAG SANDALS---PART 2.  I've been meaning for days to get around to writing about the charming note I received from the maker of the original grocery bag sandals.  They got me thinking.  Then they got me making things.
• THE BLOGCOMBER FOR 2 SEPTEMBER 2006.  REAL LIVE PREACHER---THE NATURE OF EVIL.  In my new cateogry, I respond to two fascinating essays by the author of my favorite Christian blog, "Real Live Preacher."

IN THE DIGITAL ARTWORK GALLERY:

• Blue glass.
• Striped satin.
• Sapphire ribbon on white.
• Globe & hieroglyphs.
• Dragonfly gems.
• Red & blue decorations.
• Red & blue ornament.
• Woven metal.
• Multi-colored flower.
• Dancing star.
• Mystical cross---light against the darkness.
• Gold tubular cross with jewelled centerpiece.
• Gold and sapphire bead.
• Antique amethysts.
• Sapphire cross.