Harvest Time

WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock
And the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens,
And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it's then the time a feller is a-feelin' at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

-James Whitcomb Riley

Brown Rice and Falling Leaves

I'm glad its fall, but sometimes I feel like I can only tell the change of seasons by the change of the displays in Wal-Mart. It's nice that we've been having so much rain. Yesterday it even hailed, and I've never seen hail before.

Our close of escrow is coming right up. We're really excited to get the keys and paint it before we move in. You can view the picture here. We have a free blue hide-a-bed couch if anyone living in the LA area is interested. I'd be glad to email pictures.

Search Engine Optimization

I want to improve my rankings in Google. Rumor is Google ranks the text inside anchor tags from foreign sites very highly. As of today my resume at scguild.com is the first on Google if you search for 'nate murray' and this site is also first if there is no space: (natemurray)

So here's the plan: if you have a website, myspace etc. just paste this code in your site.
Here's a link to my friend
<a href="http://www.natemurray.com">nate murray</a>

We Buy a Juicer... and a Condo!

I got this great book at Jamba on how to make juice and I was really excited about it, but it turned out that you couldn't even juice citrus very well. So I returned it. Besides you can get them refurbished only for half-price. Check Froogle.

On a more interesting note: we bought a condo! We looked at it a week ago Sunday, we made an offer on Monday and they accepted on Tuesday. Escrow closes on the 28th. We'll post some pictures once we get some.

Pumpkin Carving Links

Here are some pumpkin carving links for you to enjoy:

http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/
http://www.pumpkinglow.com/Patterns.htm
http://www.ehow.com/halloween/templates.html
http://www.thepumpkinfarm.com/carvemenu.html
http://jack-o-patterns.com/index2.ivnu
http://geusnet.com/~evets1/MyPumpkins/
http://www.extremepumpkins.com/