Zen has taken to the new training grounds with glee. Today she managed some structure training, followed by swimming, and washing up. The requisite nap was squeezed in before heading out to the pitch for a pick-up game of ball. It was all Zen all the time. The other players didn’t have a chance …

She looks for an open player to receive the pass …
it’s the wind up for the kick …
WHAT! no one is going for the ball ?! Well, I guess I had better get a move on …
She cuts the ball off …
… and now eyes up her next pass …
She picks up the ball …
… and prepares to use her signature “head fling” pass
She rushes and traps the ball !
That was a good game everybody !

… life doesn’t get much better than this !

Sometimes a picture is all you need …

For years, I’ve used “spoken” prompts for my cellphone as well as various computer alerts. Most of these have been created using the text-2-speech demo from AT&T.

Today, I entered “Welcome to theSalmonFarm blog.” What I got was something very different. Given I had chosen a British female voice, the results sounded very much like a character you might expect in Harry Potter.

So, without further adu, let me introduce “Thessle Manfam“. Over the next several months, I’ll try to find out more about this character – where he lives; who is parents were; where he went to school; what he does to make a living.

If you know Thessle, or have any information as to his whereabouts, please let me know.

On Carl’s encouragement, I contacted the Public Library of Manchester England. I wrote in hopes of finding some information about “Arnold & Lewis”, the manufacturers of my tower clock. Continue reading ‘Letter from the Library of Manchester England’ »