Sad that early this morning the Space Shuttle Atlantis landed for the very last time bringing with it a close the entire Space Shuttle program. No more “Right Stuff” adventures for a while. And now we have to rely on the Russians.
July 2011 archive
Jul 20 2011
Comic Con 2011: Preview Night
Starting with badge pick-up this afternoon, this Preview Night was well-run, no-pressure, smooth and ultimately very satisfying for me. Already took plenty of photos, had a chance to have decent conversations with artists J. Scott Campbell and William Stout as well as actor Peter Mayhew and even got to see Stan Lee already signing autographs. …
Jul 20 2011
Lion On The Loose
Apple finally released it’s latest operating system OS X 10.7 Lion today, available for download from their App Store for $30. A major problem that I and others have, which causes me to hold off until I find a solution, is that some legacy programs that I use like Quicken will not run on it.
Jul 19 2011
New Canvas Print Order
Was scrounging to choose a decent enough photo to use my Groupon canvas print coupon from Picture It On Canvas for. Got a little tired of looking through all my animal and city pictures so I settled on a recent shot I took of some old west decor that was sitting outside the entrance of …
Jul 18 2011
Vote For Stitch!
My friends Sylvia and Rodrigo have entered their doggie, Stitch, in a local “Dog Days of Summer” photo contest. I ask anyone reading this to go and place their vote for Stitch. It is a perfect picture.
Jul 18 2011
Today’s Silly
Jon Benjamin Has a Van Weds 10:30/9:30c Exclusive – Handini – The Chain Escape www.comedycentral.com Comedy Central Funny TV Shows Roast of Charlie Sheen
Jul 18 2011
RIP, Glenn Velo
Just found out this morning that another one of my high school classmates had passed away. Seems like he had done some genuine good during his life.
Jul 17 2011
Family Dinner, Care Of Stephen & Jeri
Had a fun family dinner over at my brother Ozzie’s house. The entire meal was prepared by my nephew Stephen and his girlfriend Jeri. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, potato salad, beans and a salad. Some had root beer floats for dessert. Enzo was crazy as ever.
Jul 17 2011
New Neighbor Welcoming Party
Went with my mom to a neighbor friend’s house for a party welcoming some new neighbors to the other end of our street. Interesting mix of young kids, adults, me and then a bunch of older folks. Topics of conversation were all over the place. Got to finally meet Jane’s new poodle Isabella.
Jul 17 2011
Disappointing Defeat For One, Joyous Celebration For Another
Picked up some really delicious pizza, chicken, pasta and salad from Pat & Oscar’s for lunch and watched the women’s 2011 World Cup soccer finals between the United States and Japan. After blowing two leads in the game, the first in the closing minutes of regulation, the other in the closing minutes of the second …
Jul 16 2011
Nighttime Zoo
Had a really enjoyable time at the San Diego Zoo’s Nighttime Zoo. Didn’t see many animals because I was with two other families with kids, including two babies, but still had a very relaxed time. Got some really good shots of two sleeping polar bears. We stayed until they closed and were able to take …
Jul 16 2011
Ambulating Along Shelter Island
Went for a morning walk with the Tapias along Shelter Island in hopes of seeing a gray whale that was spotted in the harbor yesterday. No luck with the whale-spotting but we did find the Girl in the Red Shoes. And it was a very enjoyable walk to areas we’d never been before. ( p …
Jul 15 2011
Spotted My 100th Food!
Posted my 100th (actually 100th thru 103rd) posting on Foodspotting. Check that off my bucket (bad choice of word) list.
Jul 15 2011
Another Official Request For One Of My Photos
Received a message through Flickr today from the Denver Zoo asking if they could use one of my photos for an new exhibit ID and that they would credit me for the photo. After thinking about it for two tenths of a nano second I wrote back saying yes. I will allow it. This time.
Jul 15 2011
New Home For Scaley
Transfered our pet rattlesnake into a smaller, easier to carry container and then drove him (fastest he has ever gone at twenty miles an hour) down to the other end of the street, walked about a third of the way down the canyon and released him back into the wild. If he’d have had hands …
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