Geo-Logic

Horny Condom Pups

2009-01-22T15:22:00.001-05:00

One less useless appendage...

2009-01-19T15:40:00.005-05:00

Emergency appendectomies are not the most fun thing in the world, but having drugs and technology handy can have its perks.

Exhibit A

The Offending Bit

Nurses can never find my veins....

Two of the twelve attempts...

Ughh...

Star Wars - as told by an Amanda (not me!) who hasnt seen it...

2009-01-16T13:02:00.001-05:00

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

January 16, 2009 - Tales of a teenage nothing

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I have my dear friend Michelle to thank for this long-lost piece of art. For the record, I have no idea whats going on here and why I look the like the clown division of Crayola did my lipstick.

Talk about your lanky teenager days... Thank god I outgrew this phase and am the beautiful swan you all know and love now.

January 15, 2009 - Comic dogs

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January 14, 2009 -

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January 13, 2009 - Deadly snow killing puppies

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January 12, 2009 -

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January 11, 2009 -

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January 10, 2009 - mwah!

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January 9, 2009 - How to age with style

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January 8, 2009 - Whats your bet... intellegence?

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January 7, 2009 - Arctic Critters

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January 6, 2009 - mmmm.... Its Hawai'i warm here!

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January 5, 2009 - How cold? . . . Nikola Tesla cold!

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January 4, 2009 -

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January 3, 2009 - Another year, another office Christmas party...

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January 2, 2009 - Livin' it up down South

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January 1, 2009 - Ringin' in the new year...slacker style

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IM BACK BABY!!!

2008-12-29T18:01:00.002-05:00

On with the New Year's hope and dreams of consistant posting, renewed vitality for Project 365 and just getting things done in general. But first... a funny video...

"Mystique is Pregnant" featuring Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn by Jerry Minor

you say whats the harm?

2008-12-05T00:18:00.002-05:00

I say dont get me started! Its finals week and I barely have time to post a cartoon. Good things are coming though...

...ahhh Fairbanks....

2008-11-30T21:00:00.002-05:00

I hate to stereotype, but I hear this is fairly representative... make sure to watch to the end...

LOVE-HATE

2008-11-23T02:53:00.007-05:00

I hate this because its critical of something I love (ah hem, lurve) but its soo funny how easy we ('we' in the sense of the TV watching world, ps. your looking at a screen right now... get over it!) all get sucked into formulated shows, no matter how smart they seem or make you think you are. (Click for full view, the right side is cut off)

New, younger models!

2008-11-21T19:06:00.001-05:00

Live TV by Ustream

TWINS!

2008-11-21T01:10:00.001-05:00

# Girl with the Perl Earring

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!/usr/bin/bash/perl

open (FILE1, "perl_earring.jpg") || die "cannot open\n";

# Comments go here --- if you dont get it, dont worry, it just means you have yet to descend to the 7th level of coding hell.close (FILE1);

The Canadians are ATTACKING!!!!!

2008-11-18T11:16:00.002-05:00

And thier using snow!

Well, its not the first snow this winter, but before today it was not substantial enough to stick. Click on the pics for full view and it's glory.

Im pretty sure my car has never felt this way... I mean after all the crap Ive put this car through, its finally getting to experience a real winter.
Funny, she looks like a good car doesnt she? Its like you cant even tell the engine is blown...

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

2008-11-11T17:47:00.001-05:00

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

(You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.)

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).

Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

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1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,'

'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize'

will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').

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2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u'' and the elimination of '-ize.'

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3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

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4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist,then you're not ready to shoot grouse.

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5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

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6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of

conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you

understand the British sense of humour.

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7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.

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8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

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9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth

- see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.

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10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

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11. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).

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12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

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13. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

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14. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).

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15. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.

God Save the Queen! foreigner

(yeah, this is just funny! Thanks Sarah!!!)

Live Streaming Puppies!!!

2008-11-05T19:50:00.002-05:00

Election party

2008-11-05T11:18:00.007-05:00

Hypothesis: There's no point in staying sober no matter which way it goes.

Theory behind the hypothesis: booze = good. plus, if you mention crab legs + free you will be inundated with geologists

Obama wins a state - drink the tequila
McCain wins a state - drink the jagermeister
The Republicans take the 'Bible belt' - drink the Jack Daniels
McCain wins - commit suicide by drinking the bottle of Stroh (see Strohface posts)

fool copied my car!!!

2008-11-04T10:15:00.000-05:00

seriously. WTF?!!!

Halloween festivities - these dont really need explination, just enjoy

2008-10-31T09:08:00.000-04:00

Strohface : Michelle

2008-10-30T09:44:00.000-04:00

Stroh: For over 170 years STROH branded spirits and liqueurs have stood for outstanding quality, exceptional strength and taste. In 1832 Sebastian Stroh started the unrivalled Austrian story of success - STROH is today available in over 30 countries worldwide and is appreciated for it’s particular aroma and great taste. The brand STROH represents Austrian art and quality of life.

BULLSHIT! Stroh should only be used to self medicate for throat cancer and when you run out of that acid shit for alien blood!

Strohface: stupid faces you make while someone takes pictures of you drinking stroh and not telling you its the most terrible thing you'll ever put in your mouth (well for most of us, not including my botched attempt at patchouli absinthe, thats another story)

Strohface : Sonja

2008-10-29T09:56:00.000-04:00

Strohface : Nik

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Strohface : Mandie

2008-10-27T09:58:00.000-04:00

Pumpkins Gone Wild!!

2008-10-18T11:14:00.000-04:00

Several crafty members of the UB GGSA got together October 18th to carve up some fun times and represent some Halloween holiday cheer.

Trevi and Nik prepare thier canvases...

Trevi's homage to Bacchus or the grad student's horn of plenty? On the lower right is Sonja's favorite muppet drummer!

Jessica's truly frightening pumpkin made to look even scarier by my obvious lack of photography skills....

Nice effects eh?

Kelley and Emily's pumpkin goodness. Will having a Marxist pumpkin in my house make the Right call me a communist ? Its ok, the kickass grim reaper Emily carved has my back.

Nik is obviously a Nihlist.

Useful puppy tool #9: Pumpkin goo cleaner up crew

Geocaching what what?!

2008-10-15T09:01:00.000-04:00

My officemate is actually VERY tall...

What, what?! There's a treasures in these campus hills!

Its soo gurd!

Im sciencing as fast as I can!!!

2008-09-16T14:19:00.000-04:00

Ok, I havent been really, but Ive finally finished my MS Thesis and its time to step it up a bit. This blog was meant to showcase more science, and less of my personal interest stories, so be looking for more relavent information in the coming posts... ciao!

What a slacker....

2008-09-15T03:21:00.000-04:00

be back soon, school is kickin my ass!

You have got to see this!

2008-09-14T14:49:00.006-04:00

In case you missed it, like I did (cause my broke ass cant afford a Tv), here is Tina Fay's inevitable return to Saturday Night Live. Why inevitable? Bitch looks just like Palin! Lorne Michaels is probably stuffing everything she owns with money right now to get this bitch back so SNL can capitalize on it. This is seriously the funniest shit Ive seen on SNL in years! I could watch these two go on all day...

In case you missed it, like I did (cause my broke ass cant afford a Tv), here is Tina Fay's inevitable return to Saturday Night Live. Why inevitable? Bitch looks just like Palin! Lorne Michaels is probably stuffing everything she owns with money right now to get this bitch back so SNL can capitolize on it. This is seriously the funniest shit Ive seen on SNL in years! I could watch these two go on all day...

Dear god she has yellow eyes! Yellow eyes!

2008-09-12T19:22:00.003-04:00

Thank you NASA!!!

2008-09-12T00:43:00.003-04:00

I got caught in a YouTube vortex today and totally geeked out on this 47 minute video... I know I know, its a looong video but the experiments they get to do in space are soo cool. Hooray for surface tension. Show this to your friends/children and make sure they see how exited you are about it...OBEY!

Time-lapse lava flowing over the pali

2008-09-07T18:55:00.005-04:00

"Between the morning of September 20 and the evening of September 22, there were 10 separate breakouts from the East Lae`apuki tube about 50 meters inland from the sea cliff at the East Lae`apuki ocean entry. The breakout featured here was the most spectacular of the series with perhaps as many as twelve separate lava cascades over the sea cliff--depending on how you count them. The breakout started just after 4:00 PM when glare from the sun was at its worst. Thus, this movie sequence starts just before sunset when the view improves dramatical" ~HVO

9.21.2006

Video is time-lapsed over almost 6 hours.... 1 frame represents 1 minute.

September 7, 2008 - The Family Business

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September 6, 2008 - Vintage papa

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Check out the fashion icon my papa was back in the late seventies, note that he's still sportin the Burt Reynolds look. But the really creepy thing about this picture is it totally looks like Nik is in the background...WTF?!! (may need to click on the picture and see full res) Maybe Nik's been using that weird medicine that makes you teleport... if thats the case we need to talk... and also, who BBQ's in a white tie?! Thats too funny.

Poor Ed is rolling in his grave...

2008-09-06T14:56:00.002-04:00

Im pretty sure this wasnt an intended consequence of the earth first! movement... Oh Ed, Mr. Abbey, where are you now?!

Hippies Wail for Dead Trees - Watch more free videos

September 5, 2008 - Lavaburgers

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My new adviser decided to have everyone from the volcanology group over for a BBQ today. It was really nice to meet everyone's spouses and childrens... even the shy ones...

I cant even talk about this video without peeing my pants!!

2008-09-04T17:45:00.001-04:00

September 3, 2008 - Vintage Jen and Snott

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Crazy that we're still friends after all these years...

Me an my mom shared a birthday party once, lets see, it was my 15th and my mom's 35th... most of the girls were intimidated by a shaved man's penis in the face.... not Jen!!!

First boyfriend and thats all I want to say about that, oh and dirtrocker love!

really?

2008-09-02T22:32:00.002-04:00

Cool eruption video

2008-09-02T18:35:00.005-04:00

Halema'uma'u (Kilauea, HI) has been erupting for a little while now, but this little blast today was captured on film. This is a night-shot video and the resolution didn't quite come through for some reason but its a great video none-the-less

September 2, 2008 - Arizona Odyssey

2008-09-02T14:52:00.001-04:00

Hillsborough Community College Geology(ish) field trip with the Amazing! Jim Wysong and ER Gammill... This was a formative trip for me deciding to be a geologist plus it carries the extra special tinge of ewy-gooey goodness of being the way Greg and I met... I'll spare the details but it was good ;)

'Ahh!! Sunshine! Shit I cant traverse basaltic rocks, Mandie! Help me!" Anyways, thats how I remember it going down...

Two of these people are still incredibly cool with each other

Greg you look soo dreamy as I drool down your neck! Click for full eyebrow ring goodness...

September 1, 2008 - Vintage Keri and Me

2008-09-01T14:49:00.000-04:00

Whoa! Watch out skanks, we gotcha beat, junior high-school style! Eckk! The only redeeming factor of posting this hideous picture is that it might embarrase Keri more than me... hee hee

click for full hideous resolution!

August 31, 2008 - Vintage Mom

2008-08-31T14:45:00.000-04:00

I dug this pic out of the album the other day, it didnt all scan in for some reason, but right below 1-78 it says ' married 1 week'.... this is one of the few, few pics I have of my parents time together. On a brighter note, this is my parents' then dog, Ty-Sticks, the original Ty (for those who remember him). As the story goes, Ty was hit by a car on the carnival lot while my dad was out celebrating my birth... sadness

Revenge...

2008-08-31T12:01:00.000-04:00

August 30, 2008 - In the beginning...

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Im working on digitizing a whole bunch of 35mm photos and think I'll start a whole vintage series of photos to include for my project 365 sumbissions, sure its not a new picture, but its still a snapshot into my life... ef off if you dont like it!
Here's some more old school shots of my daddy. I think he's around 18 here

August 29, 2008 - Time heals all wounds

2008-08-29T12:57:00.000-04:00

Today is the 11th anniversary of my father passing away, one day when I have more time I might do a little theraputic writing about it but for now I just want to say that I think Im finally subscribing to the theory that time does heal all wounds. I still miss my dad terribly and I get pretty emotional when this day rolls around, but just out of some sort of tradition. I mean, I miss my dad everyday, I dont bottle it up all year and vent on this one day, just like people dont hold out on the good luvins' all year then spontaneously combust with candy hearts on Valentines Day. But really, I think back to the first few anniversaries of his death and it really messed me up, I had to sequester myself from everyone and just do my thing... but this year seems nothing like those first few years, I just carried on with my daily tasks... and even thought (for a moment) that the memory of his face his smell was getting a little fuzzy... and thats what made me sad.

August 28, 2008 - I knew it was coming...

2008-08-28T18:38:00.006-04:00

Slave! Make me a map! No, not with fancy graphical software, write the code from scratch or I'll flog you with the sinuous dried up hopes and dreams of the all the failed graduate students before you!

Ok, my advisor didnt really say that, it was more like... I dont know how to do this, can you help? But its coming, I know, he's just being nice because its the first week...

Anyways, here's the map I made first thing this morning (while brushing my teeth no less). Its the Southwest Nevada Volcanic Field. It also includes the infamous Yucca Mountains and thier proposed nuclear repository site...joy!

It still needs a scale ect.. but Im a slacker you know... and because Im that much of a dork, Im posting the code... that and Im covering my ass for the day when I cant find it anywhere else.

srtm2xyz.pl

for (my $i = 0; $i < _ =" <">;
($key, $value) = split " ",$_;
$H{$key} = $value;
print STDERR "$key $value\n";
}

@data;
$xstart = $H{xllcorner};
$ystart = $H{yllcorner}+5;
$nodata = $H{NODATA_value};
$grid = $H{cellsize};
print STDERR "Starting location: $xstart $ystart\n";
#$grid = 0.000833333333;
$x = $xstart;
$y = $ystart;

$min_val = 1e6;
$max_val = $nodata;
while (<>) {
@data = split " ",$_;
foreach my $cell (@data) {
#if ($cell == -500) {$cell = 0;}
if ($cell > $nodata) {
if ($cell < $min_val) {$min_val = $cell;} if ($cell > $max_val) {$max_val = $cell;}
}
printf "%.12f %.12f %d\n", $x, $y, $cell;
$x += $grid;
}
$y -= $grid;
$x = $xstart;
}

SNVF.gmt

# File: SNVF.gmt
# Format: UNIX
# Author: Hintz, AR
# Date: August 27 ,2008
# Purpose: This code will generate a shaded relief map of the SNVF

#xyz2grd SNVF.dat.ll -GSNVF.grd -I0.000833333 -R-116.833/-116.1666/36.4166/37.25 -V

makecpt -Cgray.cpt -T-1500/2500/5 -V > SNVF.cpt

grdgradient SNVF.grd -Gintensity.grd -E60/30/=/0.5 -Nt0.5 -V

grdimage SNVF.grd -R -JM10i -CSNVF.cpt -P -E100 -Iintensity.grd -K -V > SNVF.eps

psbasemap -JM -R -Ba0.25g0.25 -V -O -K -P >> SNVF.eps

#psscale -Df-116.2/36.5/10 -P -V >> SNVF.eps

August 27, 2008 - After

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Well this is the finished product, one semi-transparent, unbelievably accurate (c'mon I dare ya!, who do you know that has a sediment-laden pyroclastic flow faux stained glass office door window, not to mention the fragmentation illustrated in the conduit!) volcano of flavors... except calderas cause there boring... j/k calderas! were cool, call me sometime and we'll chill...

August 26, 2008 - more tales from the Physics Dept.

2008-08-26T19:06:00.001-04:00

Ok, so I havent really had time to mingle with my own department but my friend Michelle wanted to show me around a bit and this is nostalgic piece of green history is plastered all over some physic's grad students office wall. Nice eh?

August 25, 2008 - Back in the grind

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Today is the first day of my last stint in school, and I mean it this time!

Incidentally, I ran into an old friend from elementary school up through high school up here....go figure. We haven't seen or heard from each other since high school and now here we are, she's a physics student and Im working on a Ph effin' D!

Here's a fun pic of a guy in the physics department with a ridiculous stack of papers on his desk, he was more than happy to let me take a picture of it. I think Im going to like it here....

August 24, 2008 - Officemod 1.0

2008-08-24T19:05:00.001-04:00

Exploration of my new department at school reveals that not only does every office/classroom in this particular building have cool doors with circular windows, but almost every single person blocks thier's off with plain white paper or some sort of construction paper/poster. Well, not to be outdone by white paper again I came up with this neeto idea of using some of my 'stained glass' paints to do a volcano mural on our lab window. I believe this serves two important purposes; First, we're protecting our privacy from would-be equipment thieves, chair stealers, and advisors with a quiet gate. Second, it clearly illustrates the badass nature of our volcanology lab. Duh.

Here is the initial sketch, seems to work, lab-mates like it... its a go!

August 23, 2008 - I didnt get to go to Iceland, but....

2008-08-23T19:05:00.001-04:00

So that last post where I was all ecstatic about having a new office, windows etc... Well, I have to say that it pales in comparison to the fact that that there is also a kitchen! Can you believe this shit? A kitchen really, stove and all? Its even got an ice machine, hmmm... There's gonna be some serious bacon and egg mornings to drive the rest of the department crazy...

Oh

August 22, 2008 - Who's got a new office?

2008-08-22T19:04:00.001-04:00

I DO!!! Look at that, whats that rectangular thing that allows me to see the outside world? A window? Can it be? Hoe'lee shite!... Are you seeing this Alain and Sophie? Thats right, my pasty, sun-light deprived friends, mwah ah ah ah! Dont worry you have plenty opportunity to rag on me back when winter gets here...

August 21, 2008 - End of days

2008-08-21T19:03:00.001-04:00

Officially the last year of my twenties....shit!

Here's a blast from my more innocent past... My Baptism!!! (BTW, the Catholic church I was baptized in doesnt exist anymore...Im just sayin)

August 20, 2008 - Clyde Reynolds

2008-08-20T19:03:00.001-04:00

'only time for one beer before me an Cledus gotta burn rubber before Buford T Justice catches up with us'... maybe its just me but my Papa was totally channeling Burt Reynolds back in the 70's, but as I understand it, wasnt everyone?

August 19, 2008 - The Wonder Years

2008-08-19T19:02:00.002-04:00

Just trying to rescue a few old pictures for posterity or some shit, anyways, this is my family before it fractionated... 20 year olds having babies, crazy!!!

Habanera by the Swedish Chef and Beaker... genius

2008-08-19T11:46:00.006-04:00

I'm feeling a bit better today but still kinda crappy. I was sitting here contemplating going back to bed for a bit when I ran across this muppets video (my fav. part is at 57 sec.) It totally cheered me up and I feel totally better. Take that homeopathy, aromatherapy, chiropractors and acupuncturists! All the pseudoscience in the world's got nothin on the Muppets!!!

On that note, I think wanting to watch the Muppet Show and Futurama are my two biggest reasons for wanting to buy a TV.

August 18, 2008 - Welcome to this world!

2008-08-18T19:01:00.001-04:00

You gotta imagine the title to this blog post with Les Claypool's squishy bass flapping in the background off of pork soda... Today Nik and I became an aunt and uncle.. meet little niece EmeryHot mamma! She looks like a diva already! They must be getting her ready for the Arizona summers.

Is this crazy whackjob of a hippie running off with Em? Naw its just uncle Wyannt ;)

Love the emotive faces kiddo!

Censor bar art

2008-08-17T15:37:00.000-04:00

August 17, 2008 - Passing Time

2008-08-17T00:51:00.001-04:00

Today was the most beautiful day here in Buffalo. The high was in the mid-seventies, it was sunny and ever-so-slightly warm. Truly a day to be cherished...hack bleh ssppffttthhh... Oh yeah, Im still sick. So much for enjoying anything but hot tea and swallowing snot.

I dont know if you can read the temp. on my high-tech thermometer, but its somewhere between 76 and 80 in my house right now. Thats right, Im in denial of the great white coldness to come. You cant make me accept it you Yankees!!!

August 16, 2008 - Local Flora and Fauna

2008-08-16T15:21:00.005-04:00

Just some stuff growing around my apartment. I figure I'd better enjoy it now, I doubt there's a such thing as 'winter flowers'

The Echinacea flower (Echinacea purpurea), also known as the purple cone flower, native. Supposed anti-depressant. <-- I can see that, they are awful pretty to look at.

complete with bee, click to see the full resolution in all its glory.

Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum), native. Important food for wildlife.

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), invasive. Derived from Europe, this pretty purple flower is choking out native plants from North American wetlands.

Thistle (Onopordum acanthium...translates to 'thorny plant that donkey eats'), super invasive noxious weed in the US.

White clover (Trifolium repens) , introduced.

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), native. Same supposed uses as Echinacea.

Old Memories for Posterity I

2008-08-16T15:03:00.007-04:00

I'll have to check with the family on this one, but I think this is a 'kids fashion show' at the Showmans' Club in Gibsonton. I look to be about 3-4, dont you just love our outfits, clearly this is the 'country' part of the show.

No phone Home...

2008-08-15T15:07:00.003-04:00

Hey ya'll my phone is dead, so ya cant talk to me unless your a good at holler'in... Ah, but my new phone is on its way... the anticipation is a soothing feeling....

August 15, 2008 - All the pretty, pretty colors

2008-08-15T08:00:00.000-04:00

The flowers planted all around my apartment complex, yes thats my building in the background... While Im thinking of it I should do some comparison shots for the winter months to come...

August 14, 2008 - Dogs in motion

2008-08-14T18:16:00.000-04:00

Take that Marty Stouffer's Wild America! Still sick...

Have you seen this grrl?

2008-08-13T20:45:00.004-04:00

Ive been ridiculously busy with the move... be back soon, with pics and stories to fill in the time gap...

August 13, 2008 - Missing Florida already???

2008-08-13T17:28:00.001-04:00

Not that much, but if i do start to feel that pang of remorse for moving to blizzardy Buffalo, all I have to do is look at this picture. Really its a good picture, it represents something like 78% of the total population in Florida.... Naw, thats harsh, Im just peeved cause Ive been reading about creationists in Florida, and while evolution (rightfully) kept its place in the curriculum, it pisses me off that its even an issue. Look, Florida's got issues as it is, we don't need to widdle away what little science is taught in school and wonder why it is that Florida's public schools continually rank in the bottom 25 percentile in the nation. They say dont believe everything you read, well Ive taught so-called 'Education Majors' you know the men and women that want to teach our children, I believe it! I'll save my education major bashing for later, I really don't have time to get into that hot mess.

August 12, 2008 - Tales from the Chocolate Starfish

2008-08-12T17:18:00.001-04:00

So anyway, Im sick and Barley has worms - unrelated **I hope** Oh and if by some wierdness my recent sickness does have something to do with worms, I'm totally posting pictures here!

August 11, 2008 - More of the stoner puppy

2008-08-11T16:50:00.001-04:00

So I know Barley isnt the brightest crayon in the box, and she cant seem to understand the difference between my socks, Hokulea's face, and her chew toys. Its making me think that the post I did after she got fixed had nothing to do with anything the vet gave her...To further this idea, every frackin' (thats right, I just out geeked you) picture I take of the damn dog comes out looking like she's just cheeched on a major J. Oh well, whattaya gonna do?

I especially like this one, click for full res.

And finally, this needs some announcement... drum roll please.... our first meal in our new apartment! God I love that Nik went to culinary school. And I just knew if I got the funny square shaped plates he couldnt resist making dinners that look all fancy schmancy...

officially the end of the 'moving' posts. I decided.

August 10, 2008 - Things to do when it rains

2008-08-10T16:44:00.000-04:00

no comment.

August 9, 2008 - No mo drama!

2008-08-09T16:38:00.000-04:00

What can I say? I refused to get involved, started a whipped cream fight, and now everyone is in love...

August 8, 2008 - Back on the chain gang

2008-08-08T16:10:00.001-04:00

My cousin Mike was nice enough to bring most of our stuff up to Buffalo since he and his family were going to be there for the Erie County Fair. It was a really sweet deal and super nice of them to do that, otherwise we would only have been able to bring what would fit in the truck (after us and the dogs were in). Anyhoo, we had to go down to the fair before it opened to pick up the stuff and I got all nostalgic about my childhood and life in the carnival and all that, so I agreed to work the weekends for a friend of the family. That being said, let me just say this. Oh my god! Its true, you can never go home! I wasnt there a second until I was thrown into the heat of all the midway drama... good god.... there's actually alot to this, but its best I dont plaster it on the web...

August 7, 2008 - The Badness

2008-08-07T15:39:00.000-04:00

This should have been the first sign that I had picked the wrong apartment complex... I dont want to get into too much detail about this yet since we've had to retain a lawyer over the matter, but look for more later...

August 6, 2008 - Cheesy tourists

2008-08-06T14:10:00.000-04:00

I wonder if anyone has ever tried to have a baby on the state line?

August 5, 2008 - Cemetary tour

2008-08-05T14:18:00.000-04:00

Pretty cool old cemetary in Asheville, NC.

August 4, 2008 - More of the same

2008-08-04T13:42:00.001-04:00

You know, just all that natural beauty that we all take for granted either having too much of or not enough of. Some people live in places like this, some people save all their money to come to places like this, and others could care less if it was all turned into a parking lot.

August 3, 2008 - Where's my Epi-pen??

2008-08-03T13:28:00.000-04:00

Some beautiful wildflowers growing on the side of the road in the smokies...COVERED IN BEES!!!
not nearly as cool as Henry Winkler covered in bees...Oh well...

August 2, 2008 - The dog daze of August

2008-08-02T12:25:00.000-04:00

Here's Barley Wyne cooling off in some mud puddle near godknowswhere, NC

August 1, 2008 - News from the road

2008-08-01T12:19:00.000-04:00

Click the image to see the full view, its kind of a cool shot of the VW being towed by the LC on a gasoline tanker

July 31, 2008 - Cuz Im your cuz, cuz!

2008-07-31T12:04:00.000-04:00

Quick stop in Asheville, NC to see my great cuzzin Katie and her husband Tom. Talk about a hip-hippie town. DAMN. Anyways, we apparently have alot of cool ideas about making our own clothes and stuff, so maybe you'll be seeing some hip threads soon!

July 30, 2008 - Get off my cloud!!

2008-07-30T11:39:00.000-04:00

Well after a day of *thankfully* uneventful driving, we arrived in Cherokee, NC. I have some rather strong, mixed feelings about Cherokee that Im going to save for a later date but let me just say that I think CASINOS SUCK. Anways, after passing through Cherokee as quickly as possible and getting into the park we drove up to Clingmans Dome and where immediately offended by all the 0ther tourists there and left. Best to just go hiking in the woods... let the masses enjoy their 2,000 meter dome. People on the east coast are so easily impressed by anything they have yet to pave anyways.

July 29, 2008 - Happiness is a drooly dog

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July 28, 2008 - On the road again...

2008-07-28T10:36:00.000-04:00

Yeah, Im not sure if this picture needs much explanation, however, let me tell you, there are hundreds of people who were on the road from Florida to New York who have a similar picture in their cameras/camera phones.

July 27, 2008 - So long and thanks for all the fish..

2008-07-27T10:07:00.001-04:00

Saying goodbye to some good friends...

and I dont know how long its been since Ive seen these two together, thank god Ive got photo documentation for posterity.

New Planet!

2008-07-27T02:29:00.003-04:00

born out of pure procrastination and the tailend of a hangover... It reminds me of the little prince

It looks pretty volcanic to me... more later gotta get back to work...

hangover posts...

2008-07-26T19:50:00.007-04:00

To nauseous to do real work, too guilty to go back to bed... this is yet another photo manipulation... I'm really diggin' on the monochromes with a splash of color. On a side note, this photo was featured by the Earth Science Pic of the Day folks this past January. Click on the picture to see the original with an explanation written by a professional volcanologist

the snow white future

2008-07-26T17:32:00.004-04:00

Its so hot outside right now it makes me want to vomit, Im really looking foward to having this view in the coming winter :)

this is a fun photo-manipulation I did of this equally beautiful picture

July 26, 2008 - How to placate loss with food

2008-07-26T09:31:00.001-04:00

So today is the anniversary of my papa's death. He was a huge influence on me and filled all the gaps that my father left. Its especially hard on my Nana so we took her out to dinner at the Colonnade and then to Bern's Steakhouse for desert. Two of my favorite, albeit pricey, restaurant. Ive actually only been to Bern's several times in my life but most of those times have been with my Nana and Papa, so it had good memories for me.

Here's my chubby as about to mow down some soft-shell crab.

And here is my actual P-365 submission for today. A nice shot of our server at Bern's preparing our Banana Flambe.