Note

I've tried to write up a blog entry about some news I got last week but each time I do it just spirals into something I'd never post.

This past Thursday night, I got a call from the brother of an old friend of mine, Scott. Scott, who I had met my first year at OU, was killed in Iraq last week. His brother, Henry, called me to let me know that the wedding was cancelled. I didn't know about the wedding, but I hadn't heard from Scott in a few months. The news hit me... a lot more powerfully than I had ever anticipated.

After phone calls from friends trying to find more information about what happened (I still don't have the details) which tore me up each time I had to talk about it, I started to crumble a bit more. I wanted to be left alone.

It's been a long weekend and I'm still not over it but there's not much I can do about it now.

All I can say in this blog is:

I miss ya Scott.

-Tom

Books and Latex

First, get your mind out of the gutter!

Second, check out this website where someone has begun to make a latex cover for the Necronomicon.

New Book Done

New Book done and posted over on the Lonely Road Journal site.

Da Vinci Notebook

Today on Moleskinerie I found a post about some animation work done with the sketches in Leonardo's journals. The animation work is very cool even if you're not a notebook geek like me. Click the icon above to go to the post.

-Tom

Bookbinding You Tube

I found these videos on You Tube.

• Perfect Binding


• Japanese Bookbinding (1)


• Japanese Bookbinding (2)


• Japanese Bookbinding (3)


• Paperbacking Silk

Email Issues

In case you're trying to email me, I'm having some problems with Roadrunner.

My pop-server and smtp-server connections are being refused but, of course, it's not Roadrunner's problem.

So after consulting with the Evermind (aka Bryian), I've installed Thunderbird and waiting to talk to yet another tech at Roadrunner for assistance.

Until I post otherwise, please email me at thomas_the_green@yahoo.com

Thanks.

-Tom

Pirate Name

My pirate name is:

Mad Tom Rackham

Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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Year of the Serpent

Welcome to the Year of the Serpent



Year of the Serpent
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Born: Those born in the year of the Serpent are continually reinventing themselves. Whether they stick to a New Year’s resolution or not, they seem to always be itching at their life, never satisfied with what they are for long. One year it’s yoga, the next it’s a tattoo. They are also more likely to change their appearance to match their ever-dynamic personality.

Year: The year of the Serpent is a year of transformation. In this year, you will slowly scratch yourself along the rocks to free your from the itchy dead skin of years past. The process of pulling the skin from your body is a painful process that can last the whole of the year but in the end you will have been transformed into something greater than you were.