Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
Uninvited guest.
This peach was about three inches from pinchers to stinger.
I escorted her outside and asked her not to return.
I escorted her outside and asked her not to return.
Boy Toys
A friend mentioned to Amy many years ago that "Men in San Antonio were too into their recreational vehicles to be worth pursuing." Amy didn't listen.
Thank providence.
Thank providence.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Lost Maples Cafe and butterfly obstacle course
Tom and I rode to the Lost Maples Cafe in Utopia for breakfast the other day.
It's the Snout-nosed butterfly migration, and they are flowing over the Hill Country like a river!
We stopped by the Lost Maples General Store on the way home...
It appears there is a slight difference in the intended purposes of our bikes...
It's the Snout-nosed butterfly migration, and they are flowing over the Hill Country like a river!
We stopped by the Lost Maples General Store on the way home...
It appears there is a slight difference in the intended purposes of our bikes...
Friday, August 04, 2006
Golden Purple morning...
These colors are not artificially enhanced or changed or applied. This is just what it looked like this morning, from the top of the world...
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Mr. Lemur and the Ladies...
Mr. Lemur: Dang, that is one major hottie over there.
Mrs. Lemur: Hi Honey.
Mr. Lemur: Hi Honey (Damn, now I have to pretend not to look.)
Mr. Lemur: (I'm not looking, I'm not looking)
Mr. Lemur: (I can't stand it--I've gotta look. Dang she's hot!)
Mrs. Lemur: I hate him, he's such a primate.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
Well, look who's back!
After a long absence, the fox returns in broad daylight!
Only to be chased off by a llama, of all things!
Only to be chased off by a llama, of all things!
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Solo Ride - 337
Took a nice solo breakfast run to the Lost Maples Cafe in Utopia today. Rain was forecast, and although it threatened all morning, it never materialized.
Took this shot on 337 on the way back from Vanderpool...
Took this shot on 337 on the way back from Vanderpool...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Aotearoa: Land of the Long White Cloud
It's what the early settlers called New Zealand, and also what I called the Hill Country last Sunday morning, as I set off to Joe's for a breakfast run ...
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Pushy Software
Dear Intuit CEO,
Thank you for making several fine products, (Quicken, Turbotax, etc.).
I would also like to ask you two favors:
1. When I install a program I’ve purchased, I would really REALLY prefer not to have additional icons (in the case of Quicken— 4 additional) for other products you’d like to sell me or products you are affiliated with also placed on my desktop. After installing Quicken, I had icons for “Best Card (credit) for Quicken users,” “Experian Free Credit Report and Score,” “NetBank,” and “Quicken Billpay” taking up my screen real estate.
2. Change your registration screen so it has a checkbox that says, “Never show me this again,” or a button that says, “Do not register,” or some other obvious way to turn off the registration. I was so annoyed at the constant prompting to register anytime I used the online updates that I nearly uninstalled Quicken and vowed to never use your products again. As it was, I had to do a Google search to discover that it can only be turned off by holding+ and clicking “Online-One Step Update.” That is ridiculous.
Thank you for making several fine products, (Quicken, Turbotax, etc.).
I would also like to ask you two favors:
1. When I install a program I’ve purchased, I would really REALLY prefer not to have additional icons (in the case of Quicken— 4 additional) for other products you’d like to sell me or products you are affiliated with also placed on my desktop. After installing Quicken, I had icons for “Best Card (credit) for Quicken users,” “Experian Free Credit Report and Score,” “NetBank,” and “Quicken Billpay” taking up my screen real estate.
2. Change your registration screen so it has a checkbox that says, “Never show me this again,” or a button that says, “Do not register,” or some other obvious way to turn off the registration. I was so annoyed at the constant prompting to register anytime I used the online updates that I nearly uninstalled Quicken and vowed to never use your products again. As it was, I had to do a Google search to discover that it can only be turned off by holding
Friday, April 28, 2006
Flight 93
Flight 93.
We just returned from a showing of Flight 93, a dramatized version of the only plane highjacked on September 11, 2001, that did not reach its target.
The movie was shot very much like a documentary, and unfortunately too much of the camera work was the close, quick, and jerky motion favored by MTV music video directors. We had known going into it that it was directed by the fellow who directed "The Bourne Supremacy," whose camera handiwork was abominably shaky.
Apart from that, the movie was touching, heartrending, and inspiring all at once. The characters (even though many were played by themselves, not actors) were very believable.
Although we knew what to expect at the start, we kept hoping for a better ending. I suppose in some ways it did end well, in that it was a shining example of courage, decisiveness, and fighting spirit when it counted. And we find that very inspirational.
Amy has the best idea of any I've heard for a memorial at that site. It would be a statue, thirty or forty feet high. It would show the tail of flight 93 disappearing, in flames, into the ground of that Pennsylvania field, and rising above the tail, out of the flames like a Phoenix, an eagle…
We just returned from a showing of Flight 93, a dramatized version of the only plane highjacked on September 11, 2001, that did not reach its target.
The movie was shot very much like a documentary, and unfortunately too much of the camera work was the close, quick, and jerky motion favored by MTV music video directors. We had known going into it that it was directed by the fellow who directed "The Bourne Supremacy," whose camera handiwork was abominably shaky.
Apart from that, the movie was touching, heartrending, and inspiring all at once. The characters (even though many were played by themselves, not actors) were very believable.
Although we knew what to expect at the start, we kept hoping for a better ending. I suppose in some ways it did end well, in that it was a shining example of courage, decisiveness, and fighting spirit when it counted. And we find that very inspirational.
Amy has the best idea of any I've heard for a memorial at that site. It would be a statue, thirty or forty feet high. It would show the tail of flight 93 disappearing, in flames, into the ground of that Pennsylvania field, and rising above the tail, out of the flames like a Phoenix, an eagle…
Monday, April 10, 2006
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