January 30, 2005
Winter Cardinal
Winter Cardinal Another winter storm went through Saturday night and into Sunday afternoon. Jenne and I maintain two bid feeders in our yard and during stormy weather we get many visitors. Today among the many birds to visit was this bright red Cardinal who sat up in the tree...
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01-30-05
January 28, 2005
Where Does He Get the Time
I was on the phone with Jenne just a little while ago and she commented that I have made a lot of posts to this here blog in the past two days. She's right. I have. No doubt about it. I have been a posting machine. She asked me what...
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01-28-05
By Your Command
Most of you know that I have one TV show that I watch regularly and religiously. The show that I firmly believe to be the funniest, most moral and THE best show on TV… period. That show being The Simpsons. Well I now have a second show that I watch...
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01-28-05
January 27, 2005
Cold (War) ~ Thursday Challenge Image for 01.27.05
Two aviation relics of the Cold War. The Convair B36J strategic bomber and the Lockheed F-94C "Starfire" fighter jet (right). As you can see I went a different route with this week's Thursday Challenge of Cold. Being that I was at the USAF Museum in December I have lots...
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01-27-05
Size Matters
Boeing B-52D 'Stratofortress' inside one of the three identical hangers of the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Like I said in an earlier post, the USAFM has a lot of planes, missles and spacecraft. Some of them very small and some of them - like the...
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01-27-05
For Photographic Work Only
Druring the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve, Jenne and I were in Ohio and part of the trip was a day long visit to the National Museum of the US Air Force. Jenne could tell you that the USAFM is like a religious pilgrimage for me. I...
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01-27-05
More Tales of Heroic Deeds... in Role Playing Games
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about fantasy role playing games - specifically the horror RPG, Call of Cthulhu - and will not be of interest to everyone. To read an account of Tuesdat night's Call of...
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01-27-05
January 26, 2005
Tales of Heroic Deeds... in Role Playing Games
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about fantasy role playing games - specifically Dungeons & Dragons - and will not be of interest to everyone. Many of you know that my friends and I play both Dungeons...
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01-26-05
January 25, 2005
Shadows of Faith
The afternoon sun of late summer casts shadows through a window of Historic Christ's Church and onto an alter cross. Historic Christ's Church is located in in Lancaster County, VA on the Northern Neck between the towns of Kilmarnock and White Stone. I made this image last year during...
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01-25-05
January 23, 2005
Calling All Fellow Computer Nerds
Attention! Attention! I am in need of the following so I may put our two old Windows PCs on our wireless network. 1. A Windows 98 SE Upgrade CD (one of my two old PCs is still running 98 and I need to upgrade it) 2. A Windows 98 SE...
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01-23-05
January 21, 2005
One Does Not Simply Walk Into MorTar... ???
Lord of the Rings fans be prepared to laugh your arse off....
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01-21-05
Architectural Abstraction
Architectural Abstraction of Two Buildings in Baltimore I made this image while sitting at the traffic light at Light and Pratt Streets in Baltimore. I shot it through my windshield....
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01-21-05
Is the Bush Family in League with... hmmm... SATAN!
My friend, Professor Pan has posted photos revealing the truth behind George W. Bush's power and continued presence in the White House. Almost half of America - including myself, MM, MH, Lt. Dan, Rat Bastard, LD, Habid, Tom A., and Julie, to name a few - have known this for...
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01-21-05
January 20, 2005
Guess The Character
The all knowing and all seeing Carnack knows what movie character you desire to be. Click here to find out and waste much time while at work. Like you have anything better to do. Via Prof. Pan...
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01-20-05
January 19, 2005
The Circle of Death... Updated in Agonizing Real Time
Want to keep an eye on the Circle of Death - AKA The Capital Beltway - then click this here linky dink. To trace my path start at the left edge of the map at the little airplane symbol (Dulles International Airport) and take the orange/yellow line (Dulles Toll Road)...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
01-19-05
It Has Begun
It has begun. The rampant speculation and prognostication is being broadcast from every TV and radio! Marylanders and Virginians are in a full-on panic. The grocery stores are swamped with the frightened! The dairy, bakery and paper product isles are laid bare. What could it be that has the populace...
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01-19-05
January 18, 2005
The Day Off
So what did I actually do on my day off? Quite a bit really. It wasn't all sit on my butt and play video games. I slept in with the cats curled up either next to me or on me (sometimes both at the same time) until 9:50 AM....
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01-18-05
Rules and Guidlines for Women
There’s always another "rules-for-men-from-women" email going around. Ladies, you have far too many rules for us guys to keep track of and follow (and I admit that we pretty much don’t do either) and many of them are contradictory. Well, turn about is fair play and here’s a set of...
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01-18-05
January 17, 2005
Three Day Weekend
I actually have Martin Luther King Jr. day off from work. I have never worked for a company before where I had this day off. No, I don't work for local, state or federal government. I work in the private sector where they expect results. Having MLK Jr. day off...
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01-17-05
January 16, 2005
Shrimp & Wings
Shrimp & Wings, Middletown, MD 01.16.2005. Somehow I really doubt that this place is serving anything be it Sunday (today) or any other day of the week....
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01-16-05
January 14, 2005
LOOK! Up in the Sky! IT'S 5 O'Clock Willie!
Willie B takes to the skies in his P-51 Mustang fighter. Ass-klowns beware, these bombs are for you! So, I got bored at work waiting for developers to deliver code for testing. Thank the good Lord and Adobe for Photoshop....
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01-14-05
January 13, 2005
Tsunami Hooey
When does standing in the surf at the beach photographing a lame ass wave or tidal surge become an "actual Tsunami photo"? When some ass-clown prank-monkey on the Internet says so and decent people fall for it. I really wish that people wouldn’t take everything they get in their...
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01-13-05
In the Hot Seat! Friend and Amateur Photographer, Tom Perry
I haven’t done an In the Hot Seat feature in quite a while. Sorry about that, but today that changes. As my first feature of the New Year I am happy to welcome personal friend, small business owner and amateur photographer, Tom Perry to the seat. Tom doesn’t have his...
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01-13-05
January 11, 2005
Hybrid Happiness
I haven't written about my Honda Civic Hybrid in a while, but with the gas mileage I am getting I figured I would write about the silver lining of the commute. This is my dash board this morning at 7:10 AM right before I shut off the engine and...
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01-11-05
January 10, 2005
Holy Rollers
Holy Rollers, Motorcyclists and giant cross on rural Maryland Route 27 north of Westminster. When I say 'giant cross', I mean giant cross. We are a little under a half a mile away from it at this point on twenty-seven. It can be seen from the surrounding country side...
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01-10-05
January 08, 2005
The Sithsons
Jedi Knight Bart Sithson faces down Emperor Monty Burns and Darth Homer. Darth Homer unmasked! Clark, thanks for the totally awesome Christmas gift that combines two of my loves, The Simpsons and Star Wars! They will find a place of honor in my display case. Clark went to the...
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01-08-05
January 07, 2005
Clothes (Shoe Shine) ~ Thursday Challenge Images for 01.06.05
Shoe Shine Neutral Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "Pardon me, boy. Is this the Transylvania station?" Shoe-Shine Boy: "Ja, ja. Track 29. Can I give you a shine?" Young Frankenstein (1974) Got my dress shoes shined. A vital part of my dress clothes....
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01-07-05
January 06, 2005
Butt Attack Punisher Girl
I figured that title would get your attention as well as create a couple of more hits for this site on Google. I’m not referring to some kinky butt fetish (there’s another string sure to generate hits), so anyone who comes to my site via a search for butt punisher...
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01-06-05
January 05, 2005
First Ass-Clown Award of 2005
Well, we are only five days into the New Year and already I need to hand out a couple of Ass-Clown Awards to DC area commuters, and all in one day too! The first award of the 2005 goes to the Ass-Clown SUV drivers who created three separate accidents along...
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01-05-05
January 04, 2005
Best of 2004 ~ Photo Friday Image for 12.31.04
The Girl with the Blue-Green Hair Photo Friday is back from a week off with a brand new Challenge - their last for 2004! As they did last year, they're wrapping things up with an open call for 'Best of 2004'. From their site, "Tell the world which photo...
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01-04-05
The Big Four Oh
Today in 1965 I was born. That makes me officially the big four oh. I can no longer lay claim to being 'thirty-something' or 'in my late thirties'. And I won't say that I am in my 'low forties'. Nope. Forty. You wouldn't know this from reading, but when I...
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01-04-05
January 03, 2005
Who's Flying That Plane?
Who's flying that World War I Caproni Ca.36 Bomber? Looks like Gee Dubya to me. The National Museum of the United States Air Force actually has a mannequin that - to Jenne and I anyway - looks exactly like President Bush! Seeing this Dubya look-a-like dummy sitting there surprised...
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01-03-05
January 01, 2005
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! and to all of you too from Poe, San, Jenne and I! May 2005 be all that you want it to be and more! The above are larger than life-sized hand painted wood cuts of the Peanuts gang. They adorn...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
01-01-05