Wear it proud, say it loud!

(Weird Al rules!)

I have a headache...

...YOU guess which one is which...

Happy Towel Day!

Happy happy, joy joy!

I got my car back from being repaired!
(Hurricane Wilma damage..yeah yeah, I took a long time to get it fixed, so sue me...)

(On second thought, please don't sue me.)

I hate it when this happens...

NOTE TO SELF:

...buy more driveway sealer next time...

Mockingbird update...

I checked on the nest...from the ground...this morning, before I went to the office. All was quiet...and the wind was still. No parents in site, and I couldn't see if the baby was still in the nest or not. Hmph...guess I'll check when I get home, I thought.

I came home today from work, and as I walked up to the next, I could see one of the parents flying away from it, with the baby peeping loudly, and another one of the parents nearby. So all appears to be well, and they are tending to their baby...

Yay!

Good karma...

...helping out the little ones...

I came home today from an eye doctor's appointment, eyes dilated...when I went into my backyard, squinting, to find a toy one of my kids lost in the grass. As I'm walking along, peering into my neighbors lawn where she had been playing, I see a small dark spot in the grass, and then a tiny yellow mouth open up at me...it was a baby bird that had fallen from it's nest.

I didn't know what type of bird it was, but it was in the sunlight, in the open, and the next dog/cat that wandered by was about to have a nice meal, so I took it inside, put it in a small box, put a sock over it to keep it warm (I had the A/C on inside) and then tried to figure out what I was going to do.




I called my mother, who recommended I call my oldest sister, who apparently had experience in such things. After talking with her, we had a plan of action. While waiting to put the plan of action into motion, I had to wait for my wife to return home to help me. It was during that time that I realized it was a baby mockingbird, and the parents were looking for it. While I was waiting, I put it next to the tree it had apparently fallen from and made sure it was safe.

The plan was to get a small plastic container, poke holes in the bottom to let water drain out, put sticks, leaves, etc. in it, and then screw it in as high on the tree as possible. Then put the baby back up in it and hope for the best. The end result:

The parents never dive-bombed us throughout...thankfully...maybe they sensed what we were doing. I saw them afterwards getting insects from the grass and flying up to where I had placed the container...so I think all should be well.

Roger Waters...

'nuff said...

Mark your calendars!

New Flavor Day is almost here!

The glow of life...

I live this every day...Doonesbury nailed it...

...my count is probably somewhere around 60...

Luke, you pansy!

Luke never questioned Ben's training lessons again...

Relics...

All of these...

...all alone...

...especially this blue one...

...and the lonely lifeguard chair...

Things that made me happy this week...

A couple of things happened this week which really made me happy, both of them involving space...in a sense.

"Space...here I come!"

First, Stephen Hawking got to experience zero gravity...something very few of us will ever get a chance to do...and he looked like he had a great time. Way to go, Dr. Hawking!

The Final Frontier...

James Doohan, Scotty from Star Trek, had his ashes blasted into space via a suborbital rocket today. RIP, Scotty...we miss you.

Yeah...I just KNEW it...

Dave Barry for President in 2008!

Yes, of the United States.

New proof of the pending apocalypse...

...fortified Diet Coke...



For those playing along at home...this 20oz bottle contains:

0 calories
37.5% RDA* of Niacin
37.5% RDA of Vitamin B6
37.5% RDA of Vitamin B12
25% RDA of Magnesium
25% RDA of Zinc

*Recommended Daily Allowance

Dammit...

...couldn't get a better shot as this Lamborghini sped by...

Woohoo! WINGS! COMIN' SOON!

Remember the victims at Virginia Tech

This is not me normally...

A day on a boat...continued...

A cruise ship arriving...

...and a cruise ship departing...

The Hard Rock Cafe (Miami)

Looking down the beach on Key Biscayne...

...and an end to the day looking down the beach.

A day on a boat...

Downtown Miami

Poor, poor sailboat...(Hurricane Wilma leftover)

One of the popular hangouts on the bay...

A building towers over the entrance to the Miami River

Easter 2007

First, there was traffic...

Then, there was kid traffic...

Then, there was duck traffic...

Then, there was no traffic...

The problem with America today...

I hear that they have a trough inside for you to eat out of...

The end of hockey in South Florida...for this season...

Alas, the end of another hockey season has come...and I make my trek up to the stadium...

As I walk to my seats, I look out the window...interesting view...

All the better when you go outside those doors and look out at the magnificence that is the Everglades...

...which later is overcome by smoke from a dumpster fire set by some jerk who flicked his cigarette into the dumpster...

Thanks for the great season, guys!

See ya next year...if I can get the situation with my jersey that the organization promised fixed...

Yeah, this makes sense...

Look closely at the rear-view mirror...

...that's an air freshener hanging down. In a convertible.

Ya can't stop 'em all...

*sigh*

Europe

Just a placeholder for now to my photos...I'll write more later!
02-02 Flying out
02-03 Leiden and Amsterdam
02-04 Amsterdam, Leiden, Etten-Leur, Eidenhoven, Best, Oploo, St. Anthonis, Goch
02-05 Etten-Leur
02-06 Etten-Leur
02-07 Etten-Leur
02-08 Etten-Leur
02-09 Etten-Leur

The Fun*

(*that I'm missing)

Buying overpriced Super Bowl merchandise!

"Luck"

As "luck" would have it, I'm going to the Netherlands today for work. As "luck" would have it, my sister-in-law won two tickets to the Super Bowl, which is being held on Sunday not five miles from my house. As "luck" would have it, I'm in the Netherlands on Sunday.

I hate "luck".
P.S. Private message to Justin: I hate you. 8)