4th Worst Poetry EVER!

I open my weblog email account this morning and I read this... Take that! Trust not to much to appearances. Family is the most important thing in the world. Life is one long process of getting tired. You have enjoyed VlaCra and wish for a longer effect? GIAI is can...

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SPAM ALERT!!

A quick announcement. In the past two days this web site has been seriously spammed by purveyors of filth... and not that fine kind of artsy filth either. Forty comments have been received with links to various disgusting sites involving "hot action down on the farm" and "the game that...

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Pathway ~ PhotoTime Tuesday Images for 06.29.04

Click on each image for a larger view. Pathway to the State House Annapolis, MD Yellow Hydrant and Pathway Annapolis, MD I took these two photos on our day trip to Annapolis on Saturday June 19. It's real easy to burn roll after roll of film - or in my...

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Two Hands

Two Hands As Jenne and I walked though old towne Ellicott City on Sunday afternoon this porcelain hand in an antique store window caught my eye. As I looked at it and appraised it as a photographic subject the reflection of my left hand in the window and the...

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The Return of the BIG H

Our good friend, Larry D. sent me a bit of good news this morning. My one and only favorite Tiki Bar... HONOLULUS is officially re-opening with David and Anna on the Internet at Time2Tiki. Opening day is July second. It looks like they will be posting recipes for their signature...

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Sunday in Town with Jenne

Multifaceted Jenne I hope the weather in your area was as nice as we had in Ellicott City, MD over the weekend. Sunday was a gorgeous day to be out and so, Jenne and I headed into Old Town EC for a stroll. I also wanted to get out...

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Do Vegetarians eat animal crackers? and other bumper sticker humour.

I was surfing around and checking blogs that I hadn't visited in a while and I ran across this list of bumper stickers over at Nedra's site... so I lifted it. Here's some Saturday humor for you. (Front Bumper) "If you can read this, I didn't hit you hard enough."...

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Welcome the Ubber Pea

It seems that I have had some small influence in getting another of our friends to start their own blog. Our good friend Becky - loving wife of Jeff - now has her very own blog called, Attack of the Ubber Pea. It will be most interesting to compare and...

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Clouds ~ Photo Friday Image for 06.25.04

Clouds on Glass The mirrored windows of a modern office building reflect the late afternoon sky of fall here in Ellicott City. This is my submission for this week's Photo Friday challenge of Clouds. I shot this image last fall while commuting home. The sky was gorgeous and full...

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Eye Catcher ~ Theme Thursday Image for 06.24.04

The Best FU I see many makes, models and types of vehicles on my ninety-mile round trip commute. Mostly I see your typical plain Jane automible in an average condition; unwashed, flat colors, dents and dings. Or I see a redneck mobile. How can you tell a redneck mobile,...

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Deadly to Space Aliens and Vampires... Harmless to Humans

I think that we all pretty much know that I like the new job and that the only bad part is the commute. However there is a silver lining and that is that I have good friends that live close by to where I work and I get to stay...

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Aged ~ PhotoTime Tuesday Image for 06.22.04

Go Jack Go! As soon as I saw this week's PhotoTime Tuesday challenge of Aged I thought of this photo that I shot at Mike & Susan's wedding almost two week's ago. Jack may be in his eighties, but his age sure didn't stop him from dancing the night...

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Happy Birthday to the Donut

No matter how you spell it - donut or doughnut - today we celebrate its birthday. On this day in 1847 the donut as we know it was invented by young American, Hanson Gregory. He is the first person to put the hole in the donut making it the deep...

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Magic Carpet Ride! ~ Success for SpaceShip One!

SpaceShip One lands after today's successful test flight. One more step closer to civilians in space! Photo copyright CNN. Today history was made in the annals of human flight. The goal of reaching 62.5 miles (100 kilometers) above the earth's surface and returning safely was achieved at 9:45 AM...

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Space Flight History in the Making

The carrier plane White Knight transports SpaceShip One to altitude, followed by a Rutan-designed Beech Starship. Today is the day that Spaceship One is scheduled to make its historic sub-orbital flight and test the craft's ability to reach the 62.5-mile altitude, which is the internationally agreed-upon boundary of space....

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Cookies for Kerry

Cookies for Kerry From right to left, Lynn takes a photo, my wife Jenne buys cookies, and three of the members of Women for Kerry look on. Note: The above photo has not been altered or composited in any way in Photoshop. You're seeing what actually and honestly happened....

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A Real Ass-Clown

Ass Clown, Gift shop on Main Street, Annapolis, MD Can you believe it? We found a real Ass-clown in a shop! HAHAHA! Honestly need I really saw anything about this ceramic Ass-Clown? That's not it's really called. I actually never did find out what it was really called. But...

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Tales of the Commute Presents... Mommy Ass-Hat and Her Ass-Clown Demon Seedlings

This story told in 3-B... three beers and it sounds good! And believe me, after this happened I wanted a few beers. "Greetings fellow traveler and I bid you welcome." Our host, dressed in a dark red smoking jacket takes a long slow drink from a goblet. Red liquid is...

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Fashion ~ Photo Friday Image for 06.18.04, and Askew ~ PhotoTime Tuesday Image for 06.08.04

The Girl with the Blue-Green Hair I took this candid portrait at the They Might Be Giants concert that Jenne and I attended a couple of weeks ago. The color of this girl's her hair and eyes just grabbed my attention. At first she didn't see me pointing my...

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Wedding in a Sphere

Wedding in a Sphere Last Saturday evening Jenne and I attended the wedding of our friends Michael Hughes and Susan Koch. It was held in the main atrium of the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. It was a beautiful setting and rich with photographic oppurtunities. The wedding...

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Bend ~ Theme Thursday Image for 06.17.04

The Wrestlers, Detail. Roman statue at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Ahh the ancient sport of wrestling were two men got naked in an arena full of spectators, greased their bodies with olive oil and tried to bend each other into various positions until one of them 'cried...

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100 Things About Me

1. I was born in 1965 at Church Home Hospital in east Baltimore, MD. The hospital no longer exists. 2. I am a Capricorn. Uhh, Capricorn, eh? What are they like? Ooh, but... he is the son of God, our Messiah. King of the Jews! And that's Capricorn, is it?...

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Beam Me Up... NOW!

Mr. Sulu, set course four seven point six zero six, minus one two two point three three one. MAXIMUM WARP! We're headed for the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame! Read more about it by clicking here. Time to plan a vacation to Seatle, WA. Anybody wanna go along?...

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We Have a Winner in the Name This Web Site Contest

Because it is a very witty play on our last name, it references my all time favorite musical group and one of their hit songs, and because it is more inclusive of my life with Jenne, Poe and San I have chosen to go with and placed my order for......

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Name This Web Site

I will soon be moving this here web site to its very own domain. Thank you GerenM for letting me piggy-back off of your site for over a year. I greatly appreciate your efforts in getting me set up, hosted and maintained. In preperation for the move I am in...

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Journey ~ Photo Friday Image for 06.11.04

Mike and Susan Start Their Journey Our friends, Michael and Susan were married this past Saturday evening. They have started their new journey through life as husband and wife. They met at an art opening two years ago and it was only fitting that their wedding and reception were...

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Happy Flag Day

Star Spangled Banner Being that I am an education and history major in college you'd think that I might know the origins of flag day. Well, I don't... or I didn't until this morning. In all of the history classes I've taken and all of the history I have...

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(War) Machine ~ Theme Thursday Images for 06.10.04

STAR WARS EPISODE X, REVENGE OF THE CICADAS! Lets Stomp Some Bugs!, Star Wars Imperial Walkers sally forth to stomp on an army of marauding Space Cicadas. Space Cicadas are REALLY BIG! I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!, The Space Cicadas of Brood X overwhelm one of the Imperail...

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Words and Phrases Women Use. A Survival Guide for the Guys

The following is a Public Service Announcement for the primary benefit of the guys. Gents for your own preservation and that of your fellow man study the following list of words and phrases that women use and their - until now - HIDDEN MEANINGS! Impart this information to your buds....

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High On MY Hybrid

I want to give you an update on my Honda Civic Hybrid’s performance. I purchased the car on Wednesday May 19th and Jim Coleman Honda was nice enough to give me a full tank of gas. First tank of gas free! SCHWEET! I’m sure some smart ass-hat will tell me...

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The H in Honda is for HOMER!

The demise of my Saturn also meant the loss of my Simpson's bumper stickers and window clings. I had this great bumper sticker that had Diamond Joe Quimby on it. It said, "VOTE QUIMBY IN 2004! It's Happy Hour America." I hated losing that bumper sticker. That REALLY pissed me...

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Letting Our Lite Shine

As I promised in the earlier entry 20% Down and Six to Eight Weeks, our three new lamps. The new floor lamp. All cast dark metal with blown glass shade. The photo does not do justice to the subtle colors in the glass shade and there is wonderful detail in...

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20% Down and Six to Eight Weeks

I never realized how expensive it is to get something nice just to put my ass on, have a beer and click a remote. That is until last night when Jenne and I concluded our furniture shopping odyssey....

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Indispensable ~ Theme Thursday Image for 06.03.04

Water is... ... life giving and life sustaining. It is indespensable to every creature on the planet. Human beings can survive a month without food, but one week at most without water before total dehydration and death....

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Landscape ~ Photo Friday Image for 06.04.04

Industrial Landscape The industrial landscape is a common sight around the outskirts of large American cities. This one is on the southeast side of Baltimore on a peninsula of land between Baltimore's famous Inner Harbor to the north and the Patapsco River to the south. It is an area...

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Hybrids and HOV Lanes... The Real Story

So when I purchased my hybrid evryone was telling me that I could drive in the Maryland and Virginia High Occupancy Vehicle - HOV - lanes without having to meet the occupancy requirements; usually a minimu of two people. SCHWEET!...

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Tag, I’m it!

I have found a way to slightly shorten my commute. Not by distance, that will remain the same, but by time. It’s not huge difference. About five minutes each way, but as we have all certainly learned from life experience a few minutes can make all of the difference in...

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Making my Bed and Commuting In It

It’s nice to wake up in the morning and not dread the work day. The commute is a different story, a new adventure or misadventure everyday, except on those days when I can stay in Centerville, VA with either David & Apryl or the Jeff-ster & Becky. Jenne and I...

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Paper or digital? Make Mine Paper!!

The below came to me today via email from MoveOn.Org and I am in total agreement with this. I want a paper ballot damnit. I demand a paper ballot and you should too. I don't want electronic voting machines manufactured by companies with their own political agendas 'recording' and likely...

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June Is...

Can you believe it's June already?! I sure can't. Halfway through the year already. I guess that sort of makes June 'hump month' like Wednesday is 'hump day'. Man that sounds dirty doesn't it. Hump month! YEAH BABY! I like the sound of that... GRRRRR! Okay, officially June is... ......

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