Found on flickr: Hill Of Tarvit House

Hill Of Tarvit House

Originally uploaded by dittohead213.

Photos of spooky old houses must be taken in black and white. It is a rule of the universe.

Fafnir Spreads the Gospel of Gorilla Jesus

The best story ever told. Maybe if I blogged regularly, I might be blessed with the inspiration to write something so wonderful.

Tript to Sacramento Zoo

Chimp in Profile

Originally uploaded by Not So Much.

I went to the Sacramento Zoo again today, this time with my older brother and his son. My brother took along his camera, too, so we had a little photographers’ expedition. I got a few good photos of the chimpanzees for the first time. This one chimp was sitting on a rock right near the front of their enclosure, eyeing everyone while looking philosophical. I’ll upload a few photos from this trip each day for about the next week. Please check them out and feel free to comment.

Found on flickr: B&W Flower

Originally uploaded by Ade F.

I love this flower photo converted into black and white. In the original, the flower is a bright red.

Found on flickr: Monument Valley Sunset Orange

Monument Valley Sunset Orange

Originally uploaded by andrew.gaffey@btinternet.com.

Here’s a gorgeous photo of Monument Valley. I’m going to have to get there someday.

At Least It’s Patriotic

lacy water bottle cosy

Originally uploaded by stlwatrs1.

Debbie Waters is into knitting clothing for water bottles. Strange.

Update: Deb gives a likely explanation for her frivolity.  Something about preventing the bottle from “sweating” all over whatever you sit them on.  You know, there’s already a solution for that.  They’re called “coasters.”  Or if you’re a guy, whatever scrap pieces of paper you have lying around.  That is, if you care.

Former REC Employees Meet for a Reunion

Today a group of us from the late Modesto Remote Encoding Center had a little reunion at a local pizza place. Of course I took a bunch of pictures, most of which came at tolerable. I’ve uploaded them to flickr, where you can see the whole set. If anyone wants higher resolution version for printing, let me know and I’ll get it to you.

Grasshoper in Flower on flickr

Missed the Class on Camouflage

Originally uploaded by DLMorris.

I’ve taken a number of flower photos and have yet to find anything other than bees or ants in them. There’s also a photo of a cute little frog in a flower somewhere on flickr. I wonder if people ever just stick something interesting in a flower and snap a picture. Would that be cheating? Maybe I’ll give it a try and see how I feel about it after I have my fantastic “look what I found in a flower!” photo.

Like to Know in What Ways Specifically We are Being Screwed?

Ever feel like our society is falling apart? Gegner over at Conceptual Guerilla digs up news articles almost daily that detail how we are being impoverished and undermined. Today’s offering shows how hundreds of thousands are going hungry in California and explains that the top executives at major corporations have rigged the system so that they get “huge compensation packages regardless of their performance”, defrauding ordinary shareholders. I check into Conceptual Guerilla every day, and so should you!

Gitmo the Latest Tourist Destination

The U.S. government has displayed a new dimension of depravity. They are now selling t-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings, and other souvenirs at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. How about this on a shirt: “They waterboarded me at GITMO and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!”