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Hey, everyone. I have had a tough week with lots going on. Pressing business matters, among other things. This has prevented me from seeing Thor, which is a major drag. I hate it when life and responsibilities interfere with fun and recreation.
I have been having problems with the Blogger service. I couldn't post because I kept getting this spinner, like it was loading the page. Fortunately, a nice lady on the blogger help page posted a comment that helped me. If you use blogger to post your own blog, do the following until Google fixes the issue.
1. Sign in.
2. Go to settings.
3. Go to basic.
4. Go to the place where you select "old editor" or "new editor".
5. Select "old editor" until they fix the problem.
Speaking of Thor, I read on the web that a lot of people are opting to view it without the 3d feature. That saves you a few bucks and the 3d thing seems to bother me just a bit. Of course there are twice as many show-times for 3d. Make your own decision about that. The movie seems to be poised for a smash hit.
Hey, speaking of 3d, the Apple rumor mill, which never stops spinning, is abuzz with the possibility that I-Pad 3 will be 3d. I guess that they can't allow themselves to be upstaged by the 3DS manufacturer.
My wife, the puzzler, has a new game called Blastoff Addiction which she likes pretty well. She rates it 4 stars out of five. I watched over her shoulder as she played it, lest I be contaminated with puzzle fever and lose my shooter status. You have these brightly colored space ships of differing hues that are on grids. You have to fling them along tracks to match with a like color. When you do, the spaceship blasts off with a cool animation. I mean, the game would be much better if you could blow stuff up, but it's pretty good. Seriously, she likes it and there is a free version, which is very generous of the developers. She liked it enough to go back and buy the paid version after she tried it out. The paid version is a modest 99 cents.
I found some more debris in the woods today from the tornadoes that ripped through the southern U.S. This was a piece of aluminum trim made to go around a window. I stood there in the woods, behind my house and held it in my hand. I wondered where it came from and if the owner of the house had survived. What awesome power there is in nature!
You have doubtless noticed that I changed the picture at the top of my blog. I was playing around with the editing function and messed something up to the point where I was only getting about half the picture on the original. I was kind of tired of the picture of the creek, anyway. The new picture was taken with the I-Pad 2, and is looking west, here at the green retreat. This was taken before the leaves came out. I hope you can get a feel for the loneliness and the beauty of this place. When you stand outside at night, you have to appreciate nature's wonders without forgetting to be vigilant. There are mountain lions, timber rattlers and other things to watch for, here at the green retreat.
I'm CE Wills.

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