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28 years!

This is the original holiday card I sketched back in 1994 along with a bit of midi. I borrowed a Wacom tablet and made a few strokes with the pen - a minute's worth of work.  The music took longer.  The web was new so I posted it on a server under my desk at work.  I didn’t have enough time or imagination to make some new the next year so it returned unchanged.  The third year rolled about and I would have forgotten about it, but there were a few dozen requests.  From then on it went up every year on or soon after Thanksgiving in honor of the Winter Solstice holidays.  It’s a survivor having been hosted on five different servers over the years.  For the silver anniversary I though about drawing something new and held a vote.  The old card stays - it was unanimous.

Now it’s 28 years old.

the original holiday card

Autoplay didn’t exist then so you’ll have to start the music yourself.

Happy Holidays! - peace, friendship, and health to all.

Steve

 

mask up!

This is from Dianna Cowern aka. Physics Girl.  She's known for her curiosity, beautiful presentations of science on YouTube and enormous energy.  Last July, on her honeymoon, she came down with Covid.  Unfortunately she's one of the five percent or so suffering from long covid.  This is from yesterday..  she's only 33.

There's increasing evidence that multiple covid exposures lead to greater chances of getting long covid and having worse symptoms.  It's an inflammatory disease and, as such, can cause havoc throughout the body.   So mask up indoors!

 

 

happy birthday steve!

 

Happy Birthday Steve!

 

anything you want.. as long as German Chocolate Cake and ice cream are somehow involved.

 

a friend selling spices in toronto

Sarah and Canadian Thanksgiving

focusing on fun

Sarah Pavan's beach volleyball partner of five years quit the partnership about a month ago.  The game is one of nuance and communication and, even with great personal chemistry,  it generally takes months of practice for results to come.  Sarah and Zana Muno teamed up for a competition in Phoenix on Friday and Saturday.  Their first practice was the Monday before.  The video will start at the 54 minute mark.  They had won a close first set and are down at this point  (best two out of three, first two matches to 21, third to 15 and must win by two) They put together some dramatic shots to win.   And the shorts ...  this is very rare and certainly not Sarah, but Zana has been known to dress unconventionally.

happy birthday sarah!

 

Happy Birthday Sarah!!

 

more great games to you!

 

a few segments showing the strength of the team.  Sarah is the blonde Canadian.  Start around 30s

 

The full world championship match for those interested in what elite beach volleyball looks like.  Two great teams and dramatic finishes to each set.

happy birthday corinne!

 

 

Happy Birthday to my very artistic sister!

 

friends playing in jūrmala

Some highlights from a hard-fought beach volleyball world tour semifinal.  The winner goes on to the gold medal match tomorrow.  Sarah Pavan, one of the Canadian players, is a friend.  She's the blonde.  The Canadians lost the first set, built momentum half way through the second and owned the tie-breaker third set given them the win.  A good example of high level play.

happy anniversary

 

 

Happy Anniversary Sukie!

 

I lucked out those many years ago and the streak continues.

 

 

a season begins soon

The governing body for beach volleyball posted a few chips of the best teams in the world.  Here's Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes.  They excel at reading the opponents and having good "court sense" - knowing where the other three players and ball as well as likely motions.