Have a few more pictures from Oregon to post, but I'm losing motivation quickly. I helped out with Ape Rock last night and was up past midnight (very rare for me) and up at 6 this morning. I still have to unpack all the equipment from the event out of my car, but all I want to do is lay down. Alexis has been working this weekends, not as full days ( Read more... )

The house sparrow chatter outside makes it sound like it's a beautiful warm spring day. In fact we're getting our traditional March First snowstorm, first of two parts. Today it's light and fluffy but sticking. Tomorrow it's supposed to pile up to nearly a foot. I guess my Texan coworker will get her chance to go sledding after all ( Read more... )

If Rock Band ever gets the rights to "Cult of Personality" I will die happy playing it. My arms will probably fly off and I'll bleed to death, my face in a tortured rictus of exhausted glee ( Read more... )

Well, Satan must be happy; I joined Facebook.  I ain't hard to find.  I'm not sure what the advantage of it is, except now I know where I could contact a lot of old classmates, if for some reason I wanted to.  Also, it's a hell of a lot more active right now than livejournal.  Where the hell did everyone go for the weekend?

Do real army guys and ( Read more... )

I don't know what this new year will bring with it. I see it as a bridge year, where big changes that are going to happen in the following year will get their start ( Read more... )

New spider species discovered in Vietnam. Vietnam is like the new species discovery capitol of the world these days. Now, a new spider's nothing too exciting, they probably find new little ones all the time. But this one's REALLY BIG.

I've seen this picture before:

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Say what you want about Bush, but the man can duck a shoe. Ought to provide fodder for a few late night skits and editorial cartoons ( Read more... )

Paying attention to politics angries up my blood.  Watching The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on hulu.com helps a little bit.  Now that the conventions are over, maybe I'll stop thinking about it for a little while.

I just read this news story.  The gist of it is that one guy is complaining that the local game and wildlife service (of ( Read more... )

Noticing the year: second chilly morning in a row (had to wear socks!) plus I noticed one of the hawthorn trees nearby is dropping ripe fruit all over the sidewalk.

Woke up this morning with a vivid memory of requesting the Uriah Heep recording "Songs About Racism." I've never listened to Uriah Heep, know nothing about them (except what I learned ( Read more... )

As the owner of a German shepherd/yorkie/Boston terrier mix, I wouldn't know much about this subject, but it is nice to see a positive pit bull story in the news: Pit bull saves owner from attack by two dogs

In other dog news, a proposed bill would allow Pennsylvania towns to make their own dog laws, unshackling them from the tyranny of the state ( Read more... )