Happy WORLD VEGAN DAY!

Who knew??? I did not, but here it is. Check it out. Enjoy a day of meatlessness... you know, if you didn't already unveganize yourself today. If not, perhaps you can belatedly celebrate tomorrow. I unfortunately already had a whole bunch of cheese. Maybe I'll try and catch up tomorrow.

Indian City's name changes back to original, more fun name

So... Bangalore is officially changing names back to it's more proper, original name, Bengalooru. I'm impressed because it seems both proper that they would remove the anglicized spelling pluse Bengalooru seems like a much more fun name. Don'tcha think??? Read more!

UGH! Incompetence

So... remember the plot that surfaced this summer and caused everyone to remove any gels or liquids from carry-on baggage going onto any kind of flight. Remember??? Well, the two brothers supposedly responsible for planning it... yup... they are out because there wasn't enough evidence to try them.

Yay for Camera Phones

Yay for Camera Phones
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

This is the first camera phone photo I've ever uploaded. It's interesting to see how this came out... I'm relatively pleased with certain aspects... not wowed by others.

I took the picture this morning while out for a stroll with Lyndsey and the dogs. Lincoln was feeling very frisky and energetic this moring, so we had a good walk. It was a sunny and warm morning for autumn in Connecticut, and the sunlight was beautiful.

As an added bonus, one of the nearby houses had a jack-o-lantern that I found hilarious. I should have taken a picture of that, but I did not... so you'll have to take my word for it.

Strange & Interesting

So... the Washington Post did a pretty interesting profile of Katherine Harris and her sputtering campaign for Senate in Florida today. The article is a very interesting read. I recommend it if you have a minute or two.

Bush Scares Babies

What else do you really need to say... he scares babies and makes them cry... apparently parents as well. Maybe the kid realizes how scary and crazy the recent smear talk is.

Democrats want the terrorists to win?!?!?! It makes me sick. It makes babies cry. Click the picture to see it up close.

Thanks AmericaBlog fort his pic!

Daylight Savings... Friggin Awesome

I'm just going to put this out there... I'm serious... I'm going out on a limb... I'm putting myself completely behind the following statement:

Daylight savings is friggin great. How wonderful is it that it gets light out earlier so that in the morning you feel all leasurely and whatnot. How much better is it that in the evenings it gets darker earlier so that you get the creeping feeling that you need to leave work right around 5pm rather than delaying and staying until 6 for no real reason.

Alright, it's fair to say that I might just be revealing tiny details about my own quirky time sensitivities. It's also probably fair to say that these effects will be fleating at best.

Still, I'm loving the whole daylight savings thing this week. It makes me happy. I feel like my mornings are very calm and bright and happy. I feel like the end of my work day stays a little more honest thanks to the darkness outside my office window.

All in all... it's like nature is keeping me in balance. Thanks nature and... um... the whole changing the clocks thing... which isn't so much nature as a social construction. Anyway, who cares, back to the beginning now, say it with me folks:

Daylight Savings... Friggin Awesome!!!

Kickball Field

Kickball Field 2
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Today I was looking through some older pictures on my computer, and I found some from around when Lyndsey and I moved to DC. This picture is actually one I took the day that Lyndsey was moving into her group house in Mt. Pleasant.

I was down in DC for the day interviewing, and so I hung around and wandered while waiting to help her move in. I took random pictures around the area not knowing how these places would later connect to our lives.

Now I know this place as the home of many kickball games... the ugly and pockmarked field where many many people slightly twisted ankles and at least one person left mid-game in an ambulence due to an injury resulting from the crappy, completely uneven and outright dangerous playing surface.

I really love this picture for historical reasons, but just as much for artistic reasons as well. I like the urban/organic feeling it gives me... it's got rusty chain link fence, a run down field, poles and other very city things but all framed in by vines and leafy green trees. I hope you like it too.

Kevin, this one's for you!!!

Kevin This ones for you
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Sometime in the past year Lyndsey and I gave, I think, one of the most amazing birthday gifts ever, and received one of the most amazing responses I've ever seen to gift giving.

One weekend evening, we got together with our Mustardite friends having just come back from Tyson's Corners Mall and we celebrated Kevin's birthday. All seemed relatively normal there was poker being played, there was cake being eaten, and eventually it came time for Kevin to open his gifts.

Lyndsey and I had decided to bestow on him a pair of bright read moonboots. He was bowled over. We were very pleased with how much he liked his gift. I think he was speechless for a remarkable amount of time.

This weekend, while in Boston, we came across a pair of super mini bright red moon boots, and Lyndsey posed for this picture on one condition, that I make sure Kevin saw it. Well... "The best way..." visitor, you join Kevin in witnessing the beauty of the moonboot. I hope you enjoy it. Happy Tuesday... or should we call it Moonday... like the one with two o's comes after the day with one.

Boston Trike Kid

On Sunday we were getting off the T at Harvard Square and we saw the kid pictured above. He and his dad got off the train and the kid immediately hopped on his tricycle and peddled down the platform. As they encountered stairs or obstacles, dad would take the trike, and the kid would go on foot until they got back to level ground.

All of this happened with no words exchanged, and it was awesome. I managed to get three reasonably good photos of the whole thing. They're above. Enjoy!!!

Revenge of the Wilford Brimley

Update... if you saw my earlier post and decided not to visit the Diabeetis website, you should, but more specifically you should visit the videos section here, and scroll down to the bottom.

Amazing. That's all I can say. Friggin amazing.

Wilford Brimley

Did anybody realize that Wilford Brimley was in the Ewok movie?

I know that I sure didn't. If you would like some more Wilford Brimley information, click on his picture above to visit his Wikipedia article. To summarize things you may not already know other than his Star Wars involvement, Brimley is a supporter of cockfiting, and he has popularized a mispronunciation of diabetes ("Diabeetis") to such an extent that it has spawned its own website. Great stuff.