Full lunar eclipse last night. 

Unfortunately it was too cloudy to see properly, 

but I did a quick pic of this strange phenomenon.

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Pic of the Day 28 August, 2007

 

Pic of the Day 27 August, 2007

Pic of the day 26 August, 2007

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Pic of the day 23 August, 2007

Hometown Crime

5:39 p.m.-Chetek 23-3/4 Street caller advised
of a driver of a black truck who sped up to hit a turkey
and then grabbed the turkey and put it inside
his vehicle and sped away.
Officer advised.

Combover of the day

Mauzi and I were having a coffee
at our favourite Greek cafe'
and there was the most amazing
COMBOVER
I've ever seen.
This photo hardly does it justice.

For Buddha

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

STEVE

Kids

An actual interaction between myself and a 6 year-old child at recess this week…as best I can recall. Perhaps you had to be there, but I’ll give it a go anyway.

 The kid, I’ll call Two’fer (TF) because I couldn’t understand what he told me his name was. Sounded like Two’fer to me. Cool enough… His friend I'll call KAT.

 TF: Excuse me. Have you seen a kid…my friend?

 ME: Who’s that?

TF: His name is KAT. He was here but he left. We were playing right here (points at the ground under the flying fox) Have you seen him?

 ME: Sorry, I don’t know KAT. What does he look like?

 TF: He’s…well he’s this taaaallll (holds his hand to the top of his head), he has a face (with two index fingers he traces a slow circle around his face from his scalp to the bottom of his chin) shaped like this.

 Then he looks at me inquisitively, waiting for an answer.

 ME: No…I haven’t seen anyone like that. Is he in your class?

 TF: Yea! And he coughs when he walks…like this, “Cough, cough.” But he doesn’t cough when he jogs. That’s when like running but more slow. But he coughs when he runs. Sooo, if you listen…if you listen and you hear a, “Cough, cough” that’s him. His name’s KAT.

 ME: Ok, I’ll have a listen. If I hear someone that sounds like that I’ll tell him Two’fer’s looking for him.

 TF: Ok, thanks.

 ME: Who’s you teacher anyway?

 TF: Alex

 ME: Cool…

 So I walked off, ran into Alex and relayed the story. He chuckled and agreed. “That sounds like Two’fer.” Then I asked him if he could point out KAT for me. He briefly scanned the playground and said, “Here he comes”, pointing at a kid running toward us from a short distance. “That’s KAT”.

 I look over at this little guy running past, arms pumping at his sides, I turn to speak and almost as if on cue:

 “Cough, cough!”

 Classic! I almost peed myself laughing!!!

 ME: Excuse me! Is your name KAT?

 KAT: Yes.

 ME: Well, Two’fer is looking for you. He’s over by the flying-fox.

 KAT: Ok

 …and then he ran off.

 KAT: “Cough, cough.”

...true story

Pic of the Day 18 August, 2007

Pic of the Day 17 August, 2007

Andy Kills

What a DICK

Just for the record...

(Click image to link to video)

Pic of the day 14 August, 2007

By the way...NQR stands for
Not Quite Right
...really

Pic of the day 13 August, 2007

Pic of the day 12 August, 2007

Matt's old Tokyo flat.

December 31, 2001

Pic of the day 11 August, 2007

One From the Archives

October 1992, Richmond, VA
Dave and I had just arrived after an epic Greyhound
journey from Colorado (don't mention Eavensville).
Not long after we hopped in an old Audi and moved to KCMO.
The rest is history.

Hometown Crime

11:28 p.m.-City of Chetek Banks Street caller would like to see an officer regarding 25 to 30 juveniles who went across their property. She is very upset and the people are yelling at her. Officer advised this group of people are celebrating something and they are all dressed up in pirate outfits. There are about 50 people involved. They do not seem underage. They are going on the lake. Officer will try to speak with them when they come to shore again. 12:27 a.m., officer advised
pirates have landed at a Chetek bar/eating establishment!

Pic of the day 9 August, 2007

Pic of the day 8 August, 2007

I'm not too big on tatoos
but this one's pretty rad.

Pic of the day 7 August, 2007

World's tallest man

meets world's smallest man
"Mr Ping-Ping"

Score Another for: Cheney's-War Inc.

How to "FIX*" the Walter Reed mess

*6 informal influence the outcome of (something, esp. a race, contest, or election)
by illegal or underhanded means : the foundation denies fixing races.
• put (an enemy or rival) out of action,
esp. by killing them : don't you tell nobody, or I'll fix you good!

(Henry) Waxman charged that the Army used an unusual process to award a five-year, $120 million contract to manage the center to a company owned by a former executive of Halliburton, the scandal-prone government contractor once operated by Vice President Dick Cheney.

In 2004, the Army determined that Walter Reed's federal employees could operate the medical center more efficiently than IAP Worldwide Services, which is operated by the former Halliburton executive, Al Neffgen, Waxman wrote. After IAP protested, the Army "unilaterally" increased the employees' estimated costs by $7 million, making IAP appear cheaper, Waxman said. Rules barred Walter Reed employees from appealing the decision, Waxman wrote, and in January 2006 the Army gave the contract to IAP.

According to an internal memo written by a senior Walter Reed administrator and obtained by Waxman, the decision to outsource to IAP led the center's skilled personnel to leave Walter Reed "in droves," fearing they would be laid off when the contractor took over. In the last year, Waxman found, over 250 of 300 government employees left the center. The lack of staffing put patient care "at risk of mission failure," warned an internal Army memo obtained by the congressman.

World Clock

This is a great link...
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

Pic of the day 4 August, 2007

Pic of the day 3 August, 2007

Olive Heaven

Pic of the day 2 August, 2007

The proud father.

Pic of the day 1 August, 2007

On Saturday we went bush to visit friends who've
moved to a bit of a little hobby-farm.
This is a week old rabbit "Kitten".
Its eyes haven't even opened yet.