Photography, Tigers, Etc.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Tigers at Cougar Mountain Zoo
A while ago I discovered the tigers Taj and Almos at the Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah. I met the zoo's director Robyn, and yesterday we were talking about Taj and Almos.
The Zoo is in the middle of a construction project to build an much larger outdoor enclosure for the 2 existing tigers and hopes to get 2 more cubs later this year. Due to the rising construction costs and the economy, they are still short around $40,000 to ensure the completion of the project. The new enclosure will be better for these 2 growing young tigers, and will leave the existing space for the new cubs.
I would love to help them in some small way. If anyone reading this would like copies of any of my photographs (full resolution), I am happy to trade them for a donation to the zoo.
The Zoo is in the middle of a construction project to build an much larger outdoor enclosure for the 2 existing tigers and hopes to get 2 more cubs later this year. Due to the rising construction costs and the economy, they are still short around $40,000 to ensure the completion of the project. The new enclosure will be better for these 2 growing young tigers, and will leave the existing space for the new cubs.
I would love to help them in some small way. If anyone reading this would like copies of any of my photographs (full resolution), I am happy to trade them for a donation to the zoo.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Shit HeadEry
A blog, social space by a friend of mine.
A place to read and write rants among other things.
Pretty funny stuff.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Football day
posts.
Today is playoff day. A trip to the "local" watering hole for nachos
and football. No seahawks here sadly.
Hopefully the fog will clear and we will get sun in Puyallup.
Well. Smoke break over. I'd better get back to the nachos.
Is that enough Diane?
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Winter Storm - Dec. 2008
It was quite the little snow storm for this area. Just a flurry to my friends in Utah and Alberta. Seattle and the surrounds are not as prepared as those places. It does paint a beautiful landscape.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Those pesky internets
Funny how everything spoken into the record by public people, like senators, gets captured and posted to the internet:
Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, the amendment before the Senate is a very simple one. It restricts the use of campaign funds for inherently personal purposes. The
amendment would restrict individuals from using campaign funds for such things as home mortgage payments, clothing purchases, noncampaign automobile expenses,
country club memberships, and vacations or other trips that are noncampaign in nature.
Source Library of Congress (thomas.loc.gov)
103rd congress, congressional record
CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING LIMIT AND ELECTION REFORM ACT OF 1993
Dear reader, how many hockey moms shop at Sax?
Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, the amendment before the Senate is a very simple one. It restricts the use of campaign funds for inherently personal purposes. The
amendment would restrict individuals from using campaign funds for such things as home mortgage payments, clothing purchases, noncampaign automobile expenses,
country club memberships, and vacations or other trips that are noncampaign in nature.
Source Library of Congress (thomas.loc.gov)
103rd congress, congressional record
CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING LIMIT AND ELECTION REFORM ACT OF 1993
Dear reader, how many hockey moms shop at Sax?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The broad perspective
My Canadian friend Jeremy posted this http://www.fluffontheinternet.com/pivot/entry.php?id=373 item on his blog about the TrooperGate reporting.
News here in the US is getting more and more sensationalistic on all sides. The volume and smoke surrounding the election is getting worse. I would encourage people to read all 3 articles to get a better perspective.
On thing that mitigates this is getting new from multiple sources, as well as getting it delivered that way all the time. I really like http://news.google.com/ The google Reader allows you get this type of news daily. Any feed reader can accomplish this.
News here in the US is getting more and more sensationalistic on all sides. The volume and smoke surrounding the election is getting worse. I would encourage people to read all 3 articles to get a better perspective.
On thing that mitigates this is getting new from multiple sources, as well as getting it delivered that way all the time. I really like http://news.google.com/ The google Reader allows you get this type of news daily. Any feed reader can accomplish this.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Election
Wow.
Breaking news: Palin abused her power as Gov. in the Monegan firing. Big surprise there.
She claims that she didn't get to talk to the investigation.. AFTER refusing to testify/speak to the investigation.. wow, really?
McCain has to talk his voters down, after people have been yelling "Terrorist" and "Kill Him" at McCain and Palin campaign rallies. He had to take the microphone away from a woman who called Obama an arab. Having to explain that Obama is a good man, and you "don't have to fear him".
Wow.
Call me not very surprised that McCain voters don't already know this. I am surprised that he is having to talk them down. Now, I am NOT implying that all conservatives / McCain followers are stupid or racist. There are however a large number who are one or both. People who are paying attention to the "Who is the real Obama?" nonsense and not the economic meltdown. Anyone who yells "Kill Him" at a campaign rally is both stupid and racist.
Hello???!!! The Secret service protects both McCain and Obama. I would imagine the Secret service would pay attention to those type of things.
Breaking news: Palin abused her power as Gov. in the Monegan firing. Big surprise there.
She claims that she didn't get to talk to the investigation.. AFTER refusing to testify/speak to the investigation.. wow, really?
McCain has to talk his voters down, after people have been yelling "Terrorist" and "Kill Him" at McCain and Palin campaign rallies. He had to take the microphone away from a woman who called Obama an arab. Having to explain that Obama is a good man, and you "don't have to fear him".
Wow.
Call me not very surprised that McCain voters don't already know this. I am surprised that he is having to talk them down. Now, I am NOT implying that all conservatives / McCain followers are stupid or racist. There are however a large number who are one or both. People who are paying attention to the "Who is the real Obama?" nonsense and not the economic meltdown. Anyone who yells "Kill Him" at a campaign rally is both stupid and racist.
Hello???!!! The Secret service protects both McCain and Obama. I would imagine the Secret service would pay attention to those type of things.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
New DVDs
We just got the new Iron Man DVD.
They were good enough to include a whole DVD of special features and a few hidden scenes. What was disappointing was that there was no iPod version of the movie. I see on iTunes that they will be selling that for another $14. I am quite disappointed. Transcoding another of copy of the movie and including it on the 2nd (special feature disk) is something i would have expected.
This disk we were going to buy anyway. Based on the popularity of the movie (servers that support the blue-ray version crashed in the first 2 days) i'm not very surprised they didnt include it and will charge an additional fee to get the ipod version.
I won't however condsider buying DVD's without ipod versions included as a special feature.
Do you hear me movie companies? :-P Fork over the additional content.
They were good enough to include a whole DVD of special features and a few hidden scenes. What was disappointing was that there was no iPod version of the movie. I see on iTunes that they will be selling that for another $14. I am quite disappointed. Transcoding another of copy of the movie and including it on the 2nd (special feature disk) is something i would have expected.
This disk we were going to buy anyway. Based on the popularity of the movie (servers that support the blue-ray version crashed in the first 2 days) i'm not very surprised they didnt include it and will charge an additional fee to get the ipod version.
I won't however condsider buying DVD's without ipod versions included as a special feature.
Do you hear me movie companies? :-P Fork over the additional content.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Boston Legal/Congressional vote on bailout? Deal or no Deal?
Ok.. I must go to sleep. The world has gone from odd to surreal in about 2 seconds..
The intro to tonight's episode of Boston Legal was a parody of Deal or No Deal? by one lawyer to another in a conference.
I just finished watching talking heads discuss today's congressional vote on the bailout.. Deal or No Deal?
Stock prices/value crumbled today, and lots of people status on social networking sites are mentioning 401K value. To buy stocks right now: Deal or No Deal?
What happened to the world today? Was the bailout a Deal or No Deal?
MESSAGES TO:
Nancy Pelosi: Chastise the current president AFTER the vote. -1 point to you.
Republican Leadership did you talk to your members and have a Deal (or No Deal?) -10 points
Republican members, I concede that the Speakers timing is poor. That's NO reason to scuttle a Deal (or No Deal). YOUR FIRED!
I told you I was tired.
The intro to tonight's episode of Boston Legal was a parody of Deal or No Deal? by one lawyer to another in a conference.
I just finished watching talking heads discuss today's congressional vote on the bailout.. Deal or No Deal?
Stock prices/value crumbled today, and lots of people status on social networking sites are mentioning 401K value. To buy stocks right now: Deal or No Deal?
What happened to the world today? Was the bailout a Deal or No Deal?
MESSAGES TO:
Nancy Pelosi: Chastise the current president AFTER the vote. -1 point to you.
Republican Leadership did you talk to your members and have a Deal (or No Deal?) -10 points
Republican members, I concede that the Speakers timing is poor. That's NO reason to scuttle a Deal (or No Deal). YOUR FIRED!
I told you I was tired.
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