I suppose I ought to post something, if for no other reason than if I don't, it'll really screw up my first lines of each month meme in December.

The air show was this weekend, so yesterday I headed on over to Quonset to view the festivities.

( Words and Pictures... )

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Today was spectacularly gorgeous. Did twenty-one miles on the Blackstone Valley path, and took lots of pictures. One weird thing I noticed as I headed north on 295 was that some of the trees are changing colors already, two days into September. I even noticed a few down here on the way home. It's probably because we've had so little rain, but damn ( Read more... )

...The weather, that is. August seems to be trying its best to make up for all the hot, hazy, and ridiculously humid we've had for most of the month. The last three days have been truly spectacular. This evening I just wanted to ride around in the truck with the window down because the temperature and humidity were so absolutely perfect for it ( Read more... )

'Twas ominous this morning, as dawn broke o'er the evil thicket...

( Bad Omens... )

Score Bard's 2006 Top 25 Baseball Player Names and Vacation Photos

Ken Arneson is a frelling genius. He took photos of his trip to Scandanavia, and titled them with appropriate player names. Great fun. Watch the slide show (and perhaps imagine some Grieg in the background), and you'll understand.

It was bright and sunny this morning, so I decided to grab the camera, and go photograph a few lighthouses. ( Whadda ya mean, the battery's dead? )

One thing I did over vacation was buy stuff. I won two eBay auctions, and bought a bunch of things at Newegg.com. The biggest purchase was an Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera that is just neat. Alex bought one of these over the summer, and I have been envious ever since I saw it back in June. The price was down to $700 for a package with two lenses ( Read more... )