Chessies Big Day Out (2 more photos pt.2)

Chessies Big Day Out 4
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Part 2 of 2

I love rear-view mirror pictures!!!

Chessies Big Day Out (2 more photos)

Chessies Big Day Out 9
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

This is part 1 of 2

What arrrrre you doing?

Chessies Big Day Out 2
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

This is the second photo from Lyndsey's and my outing with Chester the dog a few weeks ago that has now appeared on the blog. I ended up with a lot of pictures I like from this adventure. It was a beautiful day and Chester had quite a walk. He went swimming, all around it was a great outing. I think this picture is pretty funny.

As for today, it's darn cold up here in CT. I just got some new sneakers and an I-pod case to keep my screen from getting all scratched up and whatnot.

What a day!

Colbert & O'Rielly

Pretty awesome... can't believe I missed this but if you have a highspeed connection and some time to burn... check it out!

Thanks You Tube, and AmericaBlog!

Wow Winter!

Wow Winter!
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

I walked outside this morning and it actually decided to become winter in New England! I was so happy to see some snow that I snapped this picture and a few others. Yay for snow!

Happy winter, people.

Where's my coco???

Cheese On Bread

Add to my list of things that make me nostalgic for DC:

Last night Lyndsey and I were going out to meet up with some friends and we were in my car, so the music was provided by ye-olde i-pod. This means an eclectic mix of stuff I've managed to upload out of my roughly 10-year old 1,000 disc-ish CD collection. The choice tracks for last night were provided by Cheese on Bread, who once preformed live in the first floor of the Colonel Mustard... actually I think they preformed at least twice. Anyway, it was a nice little moment of DC nostalgia.

This after last weekend when we took a very quick trip up to Boston. We had hoped to spend MLK weekend in DC, but with Lyndsey's parents out of town we expected to act as pet&house-sitters. Very last minute another pet&house sitter was arranged, but she was only available starting around mid-day on Saturday. This made DC seem inconceivable so Boston jumped up the list. The trip was great. Thanks Nate for fun adventures and wonderful baked goods, and thanks to Meghan for hosting us... good times...

That's all for now, I'm back to work (for the moment)

Long Bets... Cool Link

Hey, it's been awhile since I've actively modified the links along the left of my blog... by awhile I mean a few weeks... but anyway, there are two fun new additions. One is Loren's blog about being car-less. I'm proud to say that it features some sentimentally discussed photos from our camping trip with Loren & Tyler to the Shenandoah Valley National Park last year. It was a fun trip, and while the beloved vehicle that transported us has gone to her higher reward I hope we all go camping again soon, and I'm excited to see more posts soon!

The other new link is to Long Bets, an interesting site I just found out about today. I think it's pretty fascinating but I'm at work so I haven't had a chance to dig into it too much. I thought others might find the concept and the organization itself interesting too, so I invite you to check it out!

Chessie's Big Day Out (pt. 1)

Chessies Big Day Out 1
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Last weekend it was beautiful here in Connecticut so we took Chester the dog out to the park. He was very happy and we had about a 2 hour adventure where he swam, and where Lyndsey, Chester, and I all enjoyed the outdoors.

There are actually quite a few more photos to follow, but I only uploaded the ones from my camera, so here's the first of a series of 9 that start off the story of Chessie's Big Day Out.

Iraq Coverage Spotlight

Slate, as usual, has a pretty good bit of analysis on last night's speech and the proposed actions. I can't say it's an uplifting read, but worth passing one's eyes over, if you have 10 minutes for reading.

www.slate.com

Articles of note: "How Bush Bets the Farm on Maliki," "How the Dems could Stop the War Expansion," "and Why they Won't,"

Interesting news sidelight: Gates Says Timetable for Surge Unclear. Cause, you know... that's cool.

The President says

"Blah blah blah blah blah."

It's funny, going into last night I read a couple articles that touted W's love of surprising people, of delivering speeches where he defied expectations. Then, I sat down on the sofa and watched last night's declaration... and I have to say... it was pretty unsurprising, that's for sure.

I guess it's hard to claim disappointment when you go into an event with zero expectations, but somehow disappointed is what I feel.

Man, what a mess we've made over there. It's really, incredibly worrisome how thoroughly Bush & Co. have mucked this all up.

Don't Forget!!

Just a little testimonial on the fact that New Orleans (and certainly untold dozens of other gulf coast communities) is still not in a place that anyone could rightly call recovered. They still need the funding they have never received from the federal government, and they still need us all to figure out ways to help, however and whenever we can. Note to self: still need to get my butt down there, can't believe I still haven't.

Just a little link from work

Check it out, folks. Jack Abramoff, Georgie Bush... smiling for the birdie.

They look chummy, don't they? I think so.