Monthly Archives: May 2010

Another Earthquake.

Ponderings

We had a magnitude 2.6 earthquake hit today.

Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 07:01:52 PM at epicenter
Magnitude 2.6, 3.1 miles deep
Lat: 36.295 Long: -94.251
Event ID: us2010wnab

I was at the tattoo studio and there was two loud bangs which reverberated through the building. I thought someone had wrecked their vehicle into the building. I went outside and looked, but nothing. Freaky.

This is the 2nd earthquake in the last month. Freakier.

Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 10:52:31 AM local time at epicenter
Magnitude 2.5
36.33N 94.31W
Event ID: us2010vrbm

Before that, there have been no earthquakes in this county in recorded history. Even more freaky.

I dug some digging at the USGS database and found the following other earthquakes near the area:

  • May 25, 1986, Twin Oaks, OK, Magnitude 2.2, Lat: 36.230 Long: -94.877
  • June 20, 1926, Evening Shade, AR, Magnitude 4.2 (Richter?), Lat: 35.600 Long: -94.900
  • July 8, 1925, Alpena, AR, Magnitude 3.9 (Richter?), Lat: 36.300 Long: -93.200

There have been others felt in the area, but as per information found in other sources, but those were the only ones recorded.

I guess something had to build all the gorgeous mountains around us here in Arkansas. Maybe it’s back to add on more?

Until next time...
Erik

Exposure?

Ponderings

So, the Husbear and I have turned up in an advertisement for an event we’re not part of. We’ve had two separate sets of friends tell us about it.

This ad is on display at thebearmall.com:

Which is a link to an event called Beachcomber Bear. Where we also show up in a few pictures. The pictures were taken at another event called Tidal Wave (which sadly we won’t be attending for the first time this year). As near as I can tell, the events are not related as far as organizers go.

I’m not sure how I feel about that.

I have no problem with my face being out there, because Big Bertha only knows that I’ve uploaded enough pictures of myself to the Internet. And I’d probably go to the event if it was something I could afford to do, but…

It’s just weird.

Until next time...
Erik

30 Day Challenge, Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Meme,

My seventh entry in this “30 Day Challenge” is a photo that makes me happy.

The following photo is almost 8 years old, but it still makes me smile every time I see it.

20020812-DSC00179-House - Robert in kitchen

It’s of the Husbear showing off his kitchen in our new-to-us house that we just had our bid accepted on.

While it’s not the clearest or best photo ever taken, it does capture a special moment that I hope I never forget.

Until next time...
Erik

30 Day Challenge, Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Meme

My fifth entry in this “30 Day Challenge” is my favorite quote.

My first favorite quote that stuck with me for the longest time is the following:

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

It’s from my favorite book.

But there’s one quote that has stuck with me since I first read it, and is also by the author of my favorite book, Douglas Adams. This one is from a book called “The Salmon of Doubt“, published posthumously in 2002:

I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

  1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
  2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
  3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

Having been in the technology field for so long in my previous career, I found both axioms to be ever so true while observing those around me attempting to either create or to use technology.

And I hope I remain technologically open-minded enough to never fall in that last category.

Until next time...
Erik