THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

Saturday evening Jenne and I went to the Maryland Science Center for a free outdoor concert by the group, They Might Be Giants. The quirky and eccentric group was invited by the science center to celebrate its grand re-opening after extensive new construction and expansion. The weather was beautiful and...

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Black & White ~ Photo Friday Image for 05.28.04

Soldier of the Empire The dreaded Imperial Stormtrooper in his black and white helmet and armor is feared throughout the Star Wars universe. They form the long reaching arm of the Emperor and do his bidding to crush resistance and neutralize opposition to his will. They are totally loyal...

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Strain ~ Theme Thursday Image for 05.27.04

Not Your Typical Sushi You'd really have to strain to eat a live Cicada. I just couldn't do it. Not even for the $10 bucks my wife would give me. Raw fish is one thing... live bugs are something entirely different. This is my submission for this week's Theme...

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Talking With Ass-Hats About Ass-Clowns

This is a follow-up to THE TAILGATER NIGHTMARE So yesterday morning I talked with the office manager (AKA Ass-hat number one) and driver manager (AKA Ass-hat number two) of Copy Service, Inc. about their Ass-clown driver (AKA Ass-clown). Ass-clown was in the room with them, but was silent the whole...

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Things You'd Like to Say at Work

Via email from a coworker I added number forty-one. Do you have any to add? 1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of shit. 2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce. 3. How about never? Is never...

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Tales of the Commute Presents... THE TAILGATER NIGHTMARE

I left work yesterday at 4:30 PM and made pretty good time getting to the Potomac River. I was pleasantly surprised by what appeared to be a bit of good fortune. You see the stretch from I-495 and the toll road to the 270 spur is typically molasses slow, and...

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One More Reason to Hate Wal-Mart... AKA White Trash Mart

If you've never seen Vermont and you want to, I suggest going soon before the retailing hell-beast known as Walmart destroys its small town charm, beauty and splendor forever with seven new "super stores!" Why does a state as small as Vermont need seven of these ugly gray and red...

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Watch This Space...For a Honda Hybrid

... for photos of something brand new. Photos will be posted this evening after 7:00 PM. Right now I am off to volunteer at Antietam National Battlefield. Have a great day and come back to check this space tonight. Asta! It's 7:30 PM and the wait is over! Here are...

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The Weekend Is Here... IT'S MILLER TIME!

Have a great weekend everyone. It's time to kick back, relax and have some beers! Here's to alcohol! The cause of... and solution to all of life's problems! via my friend, Tom Perry. Thanks Tom....

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Macro ~ Photo Friday Image For 05.21.04

Computer Bug This little fellow hitched a ride on my shirt as I walked into the office today. The woods around the Reston, VA office building are buzzing with these seventeen year Cicadas. To bad computer and software bugs don't occur once every seventeen years! My job as a...

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Frame ~ Theme Thursday Image for 05.20.04

Santa's Ellicott City Hideout Taken in Old Towne Ellicott City, MD back in April while I was roaming around town looking for photo ops. This window is on the second story of one of the old buildings at the eastern end of town. It is my submission for this...

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A Quick You Lite 'Em Update

As you can imagine I have been very busy with things related to the recent auto accident and with final exams. I have been so busy that I haven't gotten around to writing part three of the auto accident story. By the time I get time again the story will...

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The Big Giant Brain is Blue

What Color is Your Brain? BLUE: At work or in school: I like to be with people, sharing with them, inspiring them, and helping them. I work and learn best when I can take into consideration people and the human element. I flourish in an atmosphere of cooperation. With...

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Excuse me nurse!? Hello!? NURSE!? Is anybody out there… out there… out there!?

Before reading the below entry make sure you have read this entry first. My view of the world around me is limited to up. Sky, clouds, and the occasional top of a head or a hat or a helmet. Once in a great while I see a face. I am...

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DUDE! NOT WITHOUT MY CAMERA!

I am home, I am safe and reasonably sound. I do ache across the shoulders and in my neck and head. At least the throbbing headache is gone and it’s down to a moderate level of discomfort. That’s to be expected after being rear ended and shoved into the car...

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Ring ~ Theme Thursday Image for 05.13.04

Two Bells Ring of Bells The above images are of handbells that belong to the Oregon youth handbell group, Ring of Fire. Jenne and I saw them in concert last November when they performed at our church. The group was touring the east coast. The above images are my...

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Limerick Day

It's learning time again here at You Lite 'Em... Will Burnham. Today's lesson is about the limerick. First seen in 1846, in London in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense, limericks proudly broke into what had been the one, unbroachable frontier in proper English society: smut! To many the limerick is...

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One of Us

Join me in the welcoming chant, "Gooble gobble, gooble, gobble. One of us, we accept him, one of us. Gooble, gobble, gooble, gobble..." Another personal friend - and the game master of the Knights Who Say Geek - has joined the Blogsphere. Please welcome Professor Pan. Please note that his...

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God in the Information Age

God in the Information Age Seen on the way home today. This Baptist church is not far from our home and they always have some witticism posted on their sign....

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Twisted ~ Theme Thursday Image for 05.06.04

Political Twist I caught this bit of political graffiti on the commute home. The above is the back end of a DC Metro bus on Maryland Rte-29 just oliver north of Silver Spring. On my commute I end up behind these busses quite frequently. This is just one example...

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5, 6, 7, 8's! It's the Crazy Eighty Eight!

I set a new commute record last night and this morning. Last night's commute was thirty-five minutes and this morning I broke that record... twenty minutes! Shortest commutes ever! How did I accomplish this feat? A jet pack? A speeder bike? Or blasting across the alkali flats in a jet-powered,...

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Traffic of the Damned

My Theme Thursday photo for this week's challenge of Twisted is obviously going to be late this week. Probably not until Friday evening. The new job and commute - well just the commute - has sucked up a lot of time. Time that I would otherwise be using to shoot...

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Cinco de WHATO??

Just what is Cinco De Mayo all about? Is it just some crazy holiday created to sell Mexican beer, tequilla and nacho chips? Or does it have an origin in Mexican history that I know nothing about? I admit that I had no idea what Cinco De Mayo is all...

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May the Fourth Be With You

May the Fourth be with you... always. And your little dog too!...

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Easing the Commute and Passing the Time

My first week at the BSNJ** is behind me. It went well and I feel that I am off to a good start. I have learned the basics of all of the software modules and tested a few upgrades. I also found a few bugs that no one knew were...

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One Year and 3000+ Images Latter

As of today it's been one year and 3000 plus images since I purchased my Minolta Dimage 7i. Now not all of those images are for my site and some of them aren't useable (focus or exposure issues). There are family photos, cat pics, party photos, still life, floral, macro,...

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Colorful Personality

Kitchen, hallway and bathroom door. The kitchen is painted Jonquil Yellow. All paint colors are by Glidden The painting of the first floor has been finished for a week and I have finally gotten around to taking a few photos so you can see the colors. Jenne and I...

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