Pop-up Books

From this site, some of the best examples of photoshopped pop-up books:

Baby Got Book

That Hummingbird

Thanks to Amy's diligence in keeping the feeder filled with fresh sugarwater, we've had hummingbird action in the yard pretty much all year. In recent weeks I've been able to get pretty close to it, but so far it's been very difficult to get a good photo. I have a handful of OK pictures, but not any that are astounding.

Last weekend I sat down after chasing the little booger through the branches of the fig tree. I sat on a bench and started watching a jay that was in a nearby platform feeder. It didn't occur to me that I was sitting right by the hummingbird feeder, but the hummer came and buzzed me after about a minute, just to remind me. I'll post a couple of shots here.

"He's kind of arty... but okay."

On AMC right now they're playing the Steven Soderbergh movie Sex, Lies and Videotape.

I only saw a few minutes of it... the wife told her therapist that her friend's pal (James Spader) turned out to be a good surprise house guest. "He's kind of arty... but okay."

I don't have to time to watch the thing, but it makes me think I should rent it and see it again sometime.

It's apparently rated "H-80" for "Hair from the '80s."

The Mist

Saturday evening Iris, Amy and I went to see The Mist, the new horror movie that's based on a Stephen King novella.

It was a regular ol' monster movie, with a better-n-you'd expect script. But it's not exactly a day-brightener, as movies go.

We all enjoyed it, I'm sure... but I think we all agreed it was a downer of an ending. So be prepared!

Me and Kanye

Levi's Ad

Amy Used to Borrow My Uniform

My Civil Servant Days

Why?

I bought some new underwear. Why would it come in a re-sealable package?

World Leaders in Bikinis #2

Margaret Thatcher, 2002.

World Leaders in Bikinis #1

Vladimir Putin, the first in what we all hope will be an endless series.

Cold in Medford

It was beautifully sunny while we were in southern Oregon for Thanksgiving. So warm we went swimming. As you can see, it was darn cold.

Two Photos

A spider from our living room, and Iris and Cleo with Rebecca's dog, Chico, in Ashland.

Blogging from Roseburg

We left Portland tonight after Iris's soccer game and made it to the Windmill Inn at Roseburg by around 10:15. Clear, dry roads, lots of freeway construction just south of Eugene.

Amy and I are in room 269 and the kids are in 271. Here in our room we watched the final episode of The Sopranos. Now Amy is asleep behind me and I'm about to read Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich.

This computer is scheduled to shut down for the night in about two minutes (it's almost 1:00 a.m.). I'm letting it. Off to Medford tomorrow, after an early morning walk and breakfast.

Audbon Walk

It was pretty wet, but not too bad. We saw a Hairy Woodpecker in the forest, and at the visitors' center we saw a Great Horned Owl and a Spotted Owl.

Two Movies

Michael Clayton and No Country For Old Men were both good movies. Not great, but good. I wanted to have my socks knocked off. They weren't.

My Tribute to Hillary Clinton

Her nose, her mouth, my kitchen.