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 [...]

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Grasshoper in Flower on flickr

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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!”

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Naptime

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Originally uploaded by fastway.

Here’s a photo of my brother Mike (who has trouble remembering to change the title of photos he uploads to flickr) and his granddaughter Kaylie taking a nap. I’m guessing that my sister-in-law Angie took the picture. I like the way the positions of their arms mirror each other.

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The Coolest Table

Expanding Table

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My Flamingos at The Photographer’s Gallery

The Camera Center in downtown Modesto has a gallery, called The Photographers’ Gallery. They have shows throughout the year that are open to anyone to submit, and the current show is called “Outdoor Photography.” It features those sorts of things which one photographs outside, like landscapes and wild animals. Amongst all the [...]

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Same-Sex Marriage Arrives in California

And according to the Modesto Bee, the first two same-sex marriages in Modesto will take place tomorrow. I’m awaiting for the fire, brimstone, earthquakes, and hurricanes to arrive, but so far…nothing. I guess “God” doesn’t care.

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Maybe We Can Have Our Oil and Eat It Too

Looks like those crazy scientists might have solved the oil shortage and helped to stop Global Warming, as reported at Times Online (UK). A startup company here in California has genetically engineered bacteria and yeast to digest agricultural waste and produce something very close to crude oil as a byproduct. Refine it, and [...]

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God Bless Dennis Kucinich

The President has to be held accountable. Put it back on the table, Nancy.

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