November 30, 2004
Say WHAT!?
Most of you know that I work as the lead QA Analyst - huh huh anal huh huh - for a small software company. I test software for usablity, performance and that it meets the customer specifications and requirements; although in eight months I have yet to see either specs...
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11-30-04
It's That Time Again
Poe and the lights I could swear that we just took down all of the Christmas decorations from 2003. Wasn't it just yesterday that Jenne and I packed up all of the ornaments, lights and artificial garlands, climbed the ladder into the attic and neatly stacked it all? Time...
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11-30-04
November 29, 2004
Peace, Love, and SOUL-eyrette
And Spock too. Join me in the welcoming chant, "Gooble gobble, gooble, gobble. One of us, we accept him, one of us. Gooble, gobble, gooble, gobble..." Our good friend, Steve Souleyrette - AKA Rat Bastard, that's his PC game callsign - has his very own web log now. You can...
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11-29-04
Twelve Days of EXPENSES!
With the holiday season right in our laps I was wondering if you ever wondered what all of those goods and services in the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas would cost you if you were so inclined to purchase them? Me neither. But the fine people at this here...
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11-29-04
Off to a Bad Start
The first day back from a wonderful four day weekend with Jenne, family (no sarcasm there) and friends and I'm not in the office door two minutes and already the week is off to a bad start. Someone swiped the USB cable that I have had connected to my PC...
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11-29-04
November 27, 2004
1 Year at Antietam
Unlike the hordes of people out shopping for Thanksgiving weekend sales, I spent today volunteering at Antietam National Battlefield. I would rather volunteer than shop anyday. How much would I rather volunteer? Let me put it this way, I may shop a total four hours in a month. I spend...
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11-27-04
November 25, 2004
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Jenne, Poe, San and I wish all of you a very happy Thanksgiving Holiday!!...
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11-25-04
Round ~ Thursday Challenge Images for 11.25.04
Artillery and solid shot cannon balls at Fort McHenry National Historic Monument and Shrine, Baltimore, MD....
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11-25-04
November 24, 2004
Monday Night Football... NOT
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 D&D - and will not be of interest to everyone. While a lot of guys are watching grid iron action on Monday nights I...
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11-24-04
November 23, 2004
Required Reading
Via Michael. With my new iMac G-5 ordered and soon to be on the way the above is required reading for me. The new iMac can't come soon enough....
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11-23-04
What to Get the Person Who Has Everything
Christmas is coming and if you're struggling to find a gift for that person on your list who has everything then look no further than your nearest Target store. Or for the male on your list you could also get this at Target. Who knew Target carried such things....
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11-23-04
November 22, 2004
An End to Home Computer Frustration
Well I had a particularly frustrating weekend trying to work with my photographs on my aged PCs. Let me give you a little background about my two geriatric Dells....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-22-04
Engines
Radial Engine, National Air & Space Museum Annex, Dulles. I know I haven't posted in two days. That's pretty unusual for me and I hope I didn't have you worried that something was wrong. Everything is cool. It was just a busy weekend with lots of things that needed...
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11-22-04
November 19, 2004
Pattern ~ Photo Friday Image for 11/19/04
Wagon Wheels and Spokes, on the farm next to my parent's home in Manchester, MD. November 2004....
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11-19-04
November 18, 2004
Angles
Angles An architectural abstract of the Baltimore Convention Center. I made this image a couple of weeks ago while sitting in my car at the really long red light at Hopkins Place and West Conway Street....
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11-18-04
Ummmm Grilled Virgin Mary and Cheese arrrrrr
Grilled Virgin Mary and Cheese Sandwhich. Yes, this is what all the hub bub was/is about on eBay, bub. A ten-year old grilled cheese sandwhich with an image of the Virgin Mary. Ten years and not a spot of mold. IT IS A MIRACLE!! I wanted to bid on...
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11-18-04
November 17, 2004
Untitled
Untitled "God creates each soul differently, so that when all the mud is finally cleared away, His light will shine through it in a beautiful, colorful, totally new pattern." M. Scott Peck...
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11-17-04
November 16, 2004
The Leonids Are Coming
This week from tonight through Friday night the Leonid Meteors will be raining down. You'll need to get out to a nice dark spot away from city lights to watch. Read all about it here at Space Dot Com. About two years ago Jenne and I got up at 1:00...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-16-04
The Horse
Chinese Palace Horse Detai,l Ellicott City, MD October 16, 2004. And you thought I went to Asia. "Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the...
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11-16-04
November 15, 2004
Last Tooth in Clarksville
Clarksville Dental "If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist’s office would be full of luminous ideas." ~Mason Cooley "Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill." ~Johnny Carson "Tooth decay was a perennial national problem that meant a mouthful...
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11-15-04
November 14, 2004
The 40th Supirse Birthday in Photos
Holy Birthday Cake Batman... Will is Turning Forty! My good buddy Clark Oliver was my official photographer for the evening. The good thing about digital versus film is that you can shoot with abandon. The bad thing about digital versus film is that you can shoot with abandon. You...
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11-14-04
40th B-Day Comes Early by Surprise
2:00 PM Sunday afternoon. To our many dear and special friends who were at our home last night for the drunken revelry and celebration, I say THANK YOU oh so very very much for being here and YES, I am finally awake and very much alive and well... although a...
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11-14-04
November 12, 2004
Family ~ Photo Friday Image for 11.12.04
Bone Family with Patriarch and Tropical Fruits, A very strange, but very colorful combination seen in an Ellicott City store front on October 16th. This is my submission for the 100th Photo Friday challenge of Family....
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11-12-04
November 11, 2004
The Two Towers
The Two Towers Reflection of a single communications tower warped by the many windows of a neighboring office building along Route 100 in Ellicott City, MD....
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11-11-04
November 10, 2004
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RECOUNT REVEALS REAL WINNER
I knew my write in vote would be counted!!...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-10-04
Tokyo Times
A web log from a place I really, really, really want to go. Tokyo, Japan! Maybe someday, but for now I will just read the blog....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-10-04
Parallel Worlds
Parallel Worlds "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." Albert Einstein...
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11-10-04
November 09, 2004
Kitchen Shadow Study
Seven AM Kitchen Shadow Study, the shadow of the spice rack at right side of photo falls on the fridge. The softer shadow on the left is cast by the baker's rack. The Sun is shining directly in the bay window of the kitchen. Eleven AM Kitchen Shadow Study,...
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11-09-04
November 08, 2004
A Study of Lawn Chairs
Lawn Chair Study 01 Lawn Chair Study 02 I photographed these everyday lawn chairs while at a party/open house at Lynn Pownell's Westminster home several weeks ago. I had two identical chairs and their shadows to visually play with. For other shadow and everyday object photos see Kitchen Shadow...
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11-08-04
November 07, 2004
Crab Feast
Before steaming... ... and after steaming. Contray to what many people think, Maryland Blue Crabs are actually beautiful shades of blue and green before being steamed. Their natural color is not orange, as they are quite often pictured on advertisements for seafood restaurants. You would not believe the number...
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11-07-04
November 06, 2004
Genetics Gone Bad... VERY BAD!
What do you get when genetical engineers and zoologists combine a cube and a cow? Find out by clicking here....
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11-06-04
November 05, 2004
Radiant ~ Photo Friday Image for 11.05.04
Radiant Blue Radiant adjective. 1. Emitting heat or light. 2. Consisting of or emitted as radiation: radiant heat. 3. a. Filled with light; bright. b. Glowing; beaming. See Synonyms at bright. noun. 1. An object or a point from which light or heat rays are emitted. 2. Astronomy. The...
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11-05-04
November 04, 2004
Not so Free Free Lunch
As you are aware I have been out of the office sick for the past two days and it turned out ot be a good thing. No one likes being sick, but this time there was a silver lining to the black cloud of the creeping crud. Timing is everything....
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11-04-04
The Creeping Crud Day 3 ~ Vertigo
Yesterday afternoon at 1:15 PM my doctor took one look in my right ear and said, "it's really red in there."...
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11-04-04
November 03, 2004
The Sky's the Limit
Ascent, 16 x 20, $220.00 The Green Door, 11 x 14, $145.00 Since this past Saturday two more of my photographs (above) have sold from the gallery show. The Green Door sold over the weekend and Ascent sold today. That makes a total of four images sold now and...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-03-04
Creeping Crud Day 2 ~ The Day After
I wake up this morning hoping that the creeping crud I have in my head and chest would be gone, and that I'd find Bush had been evicted and a new and better day dawning for all nations and peoples. No such luck in either case. I am still sick...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-03-04
November 02, 2004
Creeping Crud Day 1 ~ Home Sick on Election Day
Yeah, I am home sick today. Sore throat, sore nasal passages and sore inner ears. There's the whole stuffy head runny nose thing too, and on top of that there is pressure at my temples, along my forehead, and behind my eyes....
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11-02-04
November 01, 2004
Nazgul; one, Wizards; zero ~ A Halloween Tale
Ahh Halloween. An evening of tricks, treats and frights. This year I did the same as last. I sat on the front steps with a big candy bowl in my lap and I was dressed all in black. This year I pulled a pair of tan panty hose over my...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-01-04
THE Big Sale of the Week
Fifty Percent Off This is one of those examples where the photograph really does speak for itself. It was a very good weekend....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-01-04