It was raining last night so, much to Mike\rquote s distress, I decided I wanted to go take pictures. (Rain pictures always strike my a sadly beautiful). So, with the help of an elastic and a ziplock bag, off I went. Of course, rain pictures are only good when there is a lot of lights \endash so I went at night.

My first shot was of a Muni train. Because of the long exposure time, and lack of tri-pod, I struggled to get a good picture. This was taken leaning the camera on a fence pole.

Near the muni was a caf\'e9 called \lquote Orphan Andy\rquote s' (yes, it\rquote s the Castro). I liked the lights reflecting off the steet.

This is the Conservatory in Golden Gate Park. It just recently re-opened. It\rquote s a beautiful building.

This is a picture of a couple of doors. I was on my way to Stowe lake and passed it. I thought it looked cool.

Finally, a Heron. I think. It may be another kind of bird. Not the best picture \endash but it was pitch black, pouring, and I didn\rquote t want to get too close or it would fly away. (I used fireworks to lighten it a bit \endash as it was a little dark).

CNN is reporting more Squirrel news. Apparently, the grey squirrels tend to forget where they bury the nuts I give them.

I would be mad\'85but they\rquote re so cute!

So, the onion is jumping onto the Squirrel bandwagon. They have an editorial with 'Danny' the Squirrel titled "I have to admit: I love nuts".

Lets run the clip....

But I love chestnuts, walnuts, and peanuts, too. I'm a nut nut! That's an old joke my dad told me when I was a little kid, and it's funny because it's true. It may be a clich\'e9, but I go crazy for nuts. There's nothing I wouldn't do for nuts. I've been chased by dogs, cats, raccoons, and children while in pursuit of a luscious nut. You'd think I had some sort of death wish, but that's just not the case. I don't know if there are nuts in heaven, so I'm not looking to die. Believe me, I don't do this for the thrills. I do it for the nuts.

Just so you don't get the wrong idea, eating nuts isn't all I do. I like to chase other squirrels up and down the trees. I scramble madly up walls using my prehensile claws. Sometimes, I puff up my tail and charge at shadows. And, believe me, I do my share of dashing madly across telephone wires. But when I need to recharge, there's only one thing that can satisfy my hunger. Nuts! And a lot of 'em! Oh, boy!

So, there we have it. Proof that I'm not nutty.

I heard an old Friend from Bridgewater, Janis, sometimes stops by to read my random ramblings. I thought I\rquote d say \rquote Hi\rquote and share a little bit about her and her kidling (Faith. No news yet if they intend to name their next kid Beggorah).

First of all, Janis is crazy. CRAZY! Her and her main squeeze Louis \lquote the Louie\rquote Lemieux (Hockey Player) used to play Laser Tag in their Residence Hall during breaks. With thier parents. Need more proof of crazy? She keeps her child in a bookcase!

They also keep her dressed up as a Muppet, when she\rquote s not being used to keep the books from falling over. Here\rquote s a picture of Faith begging to get out of the costume.

Anyway, here\rquote s a picture of my Friend Janis, the Kid, and what I think is Louie dead in the background. I\rquote m guessing, from the smile, Janis did him in.

In deference to Shaun, I thought I would dedicate a link to him, involving sugar, beer, and the Simpsons. In an episode of the Simpsons, Homer goes into the Quikie-Mart and asks for a SkittleBraugh. When he is informed that no such thing exists, he settles for a six pack, and a couple of bags of skittles.

Well, someone thought it might be a good idea. I give you:

The Skittlebrau Project!

We went to 17 Mile drive/ Pebble Beach/ Carmel on Tuesday with Shaun. We had a blast, and took some pictures!

The water was beautiful!!!!

I\rquote m not the only one who feeds squirrels!! This is the same squirrel that llater attacked Mike! (And, by attack, I mean Mike held out a piece of bread for it, and it took a step toward him \endash after which Mike leapt about 30 feet away.)

Shaun took this picture of me walking on the beach. I looked back, and noticed that there was only one set of footprints\'85..

... is about 5 hours or so from arriving in CA. He's moving here from Boston, like I did 2 years ago.

Here's his picture (Yes, ladies, he IS single).

Picture courtesy of PhiBetaMoulton.com!

A thought I'd share my pictures from the last weekend of a park bench, a pigeon, and something asian.

Now, I know what your saying. Henry, you point out, shouldn't you be working on a better way of displaying your pictures, perhaps a flash something or other.

And the answer is: Yes.

I'm working on it as you speak. I'm using XML to keep track of information, so I had to teach myself a little xml and how flash uses it. I'm also writing a flash-based XML editor, because writing XML by hand bites.

Now, I know what your saying. Henry, you point out, is this going to be another one of those things you spend many hours on, get 70\\% done, and then forget about.

And the answer is: Quiet you!

Anyway, My bench:

A Pigeon:

Something asian: