Moth, Resting
I saw this little guy hanging out in our stairwell this afternoon, likely just trying to nap for a bit without being bothered by photographers.
Ninja Toast!
Less than the sum of its parts
4 Sep
2010
15 Aug
2010
Yummy!
With the correct picture. If you'll excuse me, I need to give ViewNX the stink eye.
9 Aug
2010
Dangerously Good Cake
"Marty, did you leave Rhys in the bathtub alone?"
"No."
"Well, I just noticed that there's some more cake missing."
"I ate a piece while I was feeding him dinner. I like cake, but not enough to endanger the life of my son for it."
"Well, I was just checking, because if you did, I wasn't going to make cake anymore."
25 Jul
2010
Luna in Infrared
This is a scan of a photo I took in college. Shot at the Detroit Zoo
using b&w infrared film and a red filter.
23 Jul
2010
Competition!
Perhaps I should explain. My wife, who owns the car on the left with the sign on the front door, has a pet care business in Austin, TX. The sign on her door is for that business. The car on the right is sporting a sign from a competing pet care business. Just thought that was funny.
Incidentally, Tonya's business is:
Home Safe N Happy Pet Sitting
http://homesafenhappyaustin.com/
512-791-0154
22 Jul
2010
Starbucks
This morning, as I was waiting in a traffic bottleneck*, the woman in the Lexus behind me started waving her hands and gesturing wildly. Since she clearly wasn't texting, it took me a moment to figure out exactly what she was doing. The best I can come up with is that she was somehow making traffic go faster, using only her will and wacky waving tubeman arms.
* The Y at 290 and 71, for those of you in the know.
After we made the light, with only minutes to spare, she immediately turned off into the Starbucks parking lot. This raises a question for me: Exactly how much road rage is Starbucks responsible for?
21 Jul
2010
Dogs and Blue Ribbons
Whilst walking my dog, a child on a bicycle pedaled on up to me and started a conversation. It went like this:
Boy: "What's his name?"
Me: "Augie."
Boy: "What is he?"
I decided not to be a smarmy ass hole to some random kid, so instead of saying dog, I said...
Me: "He's an airedale terrier."
Boy: "Is he an achiever?"
This question took me by surprise. I felt sad for the boy, as his father was clearly one of those crazy ass Texas Football dad who love to yell things like, "You're either a dreamer, or an achiever! WHICH IS IT?" This poor boy, now forced to categorize everything in his world as either an achiever, or useless. And, apparently, my musing on his home life and psychological development took a bit long, because the boy decided to rephrase the question.
Boy: "Does he achieve?"
Now, Augie is a bit like his owner, in that he's a goal setter, but lacks some follow through. I'm sure, if he put his mind to it, he could win a ribbon at something.
Me: "Well, we haven't really..."
The boy interrupted me at this point.
Boy: "Like, you throw a ball and he achieves it, and brings it back."
Retrieve. Got it. He didn't have a horribly overbearing father who spewed retarded platitudes in between plays on television. He simply... and I noticed this now... had a speech impediment. I would have written his statements with the impediment included, but that would be rude.
As for Augie's retrieving abilities, you see, he's a bit like me. He's a goal setter, but lacks on the follow through...
21 Jul
2010
My fortune
Blurry, but it says, "An alien of some sort will be appearing to you shortly!"
UPDATE: After I posted this, I met someone over on Friendfeed, whose real life nickname is "Alien." I KNOW! I'm totally playing the lottery numbers on the back.
