Random Pix
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The first is a shot I took a few nights back around midnight. I had the exposure sorta high so it might look like the sun. The second shot is my son’s artwork. Or cakes. He was baking (with sand) and set this up on the brick partition in the back of my house. It’s so artsy that I had to shoot it. I didn’t resize them right so part of it might cut off.
Scare Tactics
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It’s strange that I love scaring people. See, I was often afraid being exposed to Jaws (still afraid of the Ocean), Devil Dog (okay, it stank but that was a long time and it was a hell hound!), and the Exorcist (despite the effects, sleep went on vacation for 14 solid days and I still can’t watch the movie). I’ve also found it strange that sometimes, when the Question was put before me (Scare or Not To Scare), that I have scorned familial relationships for the sake of elaborate set-up hours to get the Perfect Scare.
Pictures of Dogwood Battlefield
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The Tranquil Dogwood Tree: Note the unmowed square plot of lawn immediately beneath the tree.
Sy Triumphant: Armed with bat and ready to do battle.
Momma Bird exceedingly nervous.
Probably a picture during my running. Of course, I couldn’t capture any pictures of the baby bird lest I would suffer a huge pecking attack.
From inside of my house, looking up at the roof where Momma perched in glaring anger.
Yeah, I don’t have any mid-battle photos. My photographer had her hands occupied with my daughter and my hands were occupied with frantic flailing.
The Battle of Dogwood Tree or Robin-Home Defense
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June 1863: General Robert E. Lee, upon receiving news that Federal forces were in Frederick (Maryland), ordered the Confederate Army to come down from Blue Ridge Mountains to meet the Feds in battle. On June 30th, Lee’s recon forces discover that Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) is already occupied by Brigadier General John Buford’s cavalry, dismounted, frightened, resolved and entrenched. 143 years later the battle between the Robins and myself, like Gettysburg, happened completely by accident. Read the rest of this entry »
Ten Things That I Would Like To Do
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- Hang out in the city with my wife and kids ala scoboco.
- Take my wife and kids and backpack through Europe.
- Play phenom music. Like Clapton guitar and Connick piano. Sorry, MCF, no tuba.
- Become an art master comparable to the Greats (without ripping their work): Caravaggio, Chermayeff, Rackham, and Ross.
- Publish my trilogy. I absolutely hate re-writing it (again).
- Publish a good (for the lack of a better word even though I’m in complete disagreement with the term) lay commentary on the entire Bible. I absolutely hate writing it.
- Become a Jedi Master who runs around and fights and stuff. Maybe slay the Bugs. Not dark side Jedi Master. I don’t want my son to come back some fifteen years from now and duel me to the death.
- Build a castle. A real one.
- Score big on the lottery without ever buying a ticket. (I have to afford my Europe trip, my castle and building a lightsaber somehow).
- Get my hand on the Infinity Gauntlet. With it I can conquer the Bugs. Barring that I’d like to throw something at my tv (The original Nutty Professor is on again). I do feel that number 10 is being wasted because of this distraction, so I’ll just go ahead an post this.
The Gathering Swarm
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Not yet a month since the Battle of Dining Room and we have already seen hints that our insect enemy is planning something. Nothing definitive to present to the UN; but at least I can document my family’s concerns so that we can be remembered. I present the (some may add circumstantial) evidence but you judge for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »
Survival of the Fittest Ex-New Yorkers
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Adaptation, say evolutionists, is key to survival. A creature , out of its natural habitat has three choices: completely change an ecosystem (imagine an MCF link to a Simpsons episode here), die or become part of the system. As a city-born, native New Yorker now relocated to the downright rural, I must adapt to my situation or be enveloped by my surroundings. Tonight, this lesson was made very clear. Read the rest of this entry »
Master Bedroom: Before and After
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Here’s the master bedroom before and after (the original is a really bad shot but gets the point across. That there on the floor is plywood after ripping up the carpets). Haven’t put up pictures so the walls look a little bare. Read the rest of this entry »
Stairs: Before and After
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So here’s the hardwood stairs project when I started it (simply removing carpets to install new ones, realizing that there was gorgeous hardwood there) and after it (stripping, sanding, staining and refinishing).
Painting the Town
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Stop. Do not go to your local paint shop. You are not ready. You might have your tools all set up and your finishes all picked out—but your missing one of the most important details: what brand of paint to use. Read the rest of this entry »
