Articles from December 2009



New Year Moon Gallery

Here’s some shots of tonight’s blue moon as it rose above the trees, and as a bonus a pic of the neighbor’s Christmas lights using both pan and zoom for effects and a blurry time exposure of Orion shot through tree limbs. Click on the thumbnail to see the HQ versions.

On New Year’s Day

U2 New Years’ day Video

Kasey’s Affliction

Kasey has a problem with barking; she can’t seem to do that without an object in her mouth – here you see her with her favorite basketball mumble barking and growling at a snowplow.

Smoking in Winter

The neighbors probably think I’m strange, but what the heck – smoked ribs just sounded good…

Merry Christmas One and All

Normally I change out the banner for Christmas every year but since this is a fill in theme I haven’t had a chance to create one. So instead you will get a photo or two.

Kasey Mopes

This year Kasey doesn’t like wearing the funny hat so much, here you see her moping about it.

Three Days until Christmas

Three days left until Christmas, here’s wishing everyone the joy of the season.

Why I’m Seriously Considering Registering as Democrat

I can’t believe this sad sickness displacing reason within the Republican party.

I will never get in bed with Birchers, ever. Anyone Speaking at this convention will receive zero dollars from me, and zero support. In fact, anyone speaking is going to be constantly slammed by me as someone who spoke at a Bircher convention.

New Theme

I’m switching to a new Theme, while I love Inanis’s theme he’s put out the final version and the sidebar’s gone all wonky and I don’t feel like messing with it this am. So you have this theme which will be the stand in until Inanis puts out a new theme based on W7, or [...]

Test of Wordpress 2.9 Cropping feature

I’m going to do another test of WP 2.9 crop feature, and you are 100 percent safe in ignoring this post. It turns out that my diskspace was full due to an uncleaned supercache directory after I upgraded the plugin during my last test. So, let me try again and check results.
There you have it, [...]

World’s Highest Glacier Set to Disappear

World’s Highest Glacier Set to Disappear
My father spent some time in Bolivia and La Paz, and sometimes we debate global warming, so I’m posting this for him to see if he remembers the Glacier.

h/t Kilgore Trout
UPDATE: This isn’t the world’s highest glacier – there are glaciers on Mt Mckinley, and many other taller peaks so [...]

Exuberant in Spirit; Quiescent in Action

Exuberant in Spirit; Quiescent in Action
Chewey is always happy when she goes to the off the leash park, even though she mostly just shadows me. If I didn’t walk and run around to chase Kasey, Chewey would not get very much exercise.

Substance Dualism and Thought

Dualism and Thought
A new video from Qualiasoup that will make you think.

Glen Beck: Sowing Parnoia for Profit?

Jon Stewart performs a hilarious but truthful examination of Glen’s paranoia and his penchant for pimping gold.

Testing Wordpress 2.9: Photo Cropping and Video Embedding

Testing Wordpress 2.9: Photo Cropping and Video Embedding
This is a test post to see how the photocropping feature works in WP 2.9, as well as the video embedding – you are totally safe ignoring it completely.
First an embed using a naked url:
Warrior Jesus Kills Comericial Capitalist Santa

For the record according to authorities Jesus was born [...]

Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Were Known About in the Late 50’s

we’ve known about the effects of CO2 and the Greenhouse effect since the 1950’s. The debate has never really been over whether CO2 can effect the world’s temperature, it’s always been about figuring out how much and how soon.

Kasey Sez “Oh Hai”

Kasey Sez “Oh Hai”
It’s been a while since a Kasey photo, so here’s one for all of her fans.

Time Lapse of Glacier Collapses

Time Lapse of Glacier Collapses
The extreme ice survey is recording the collapse and retreats of glaciers over time; these photos and the presentation are amazing and really bring home the retreats. I do not doubt that ice is in retreat; I grew up in Alaska and I have seen it in my lifetime and my [...]

Creationism: Still Crazy After all These Years

Creationism: Still Crazy After all These Years
Eugenie Scott is always a good listen.

O’Reilly: Atheists are Picking on Baby Jesus Again!

O’Reilly: Atheists are Picking on Baby Jesus Again!
Disclaimer: I”m an atheist, I celebrate the heck out of Christmas, and I can support science as well – it’s the best of all worlds.
I entreat you to enjoy the season, and if you are Christian, the reason. It’s divisive culture warriors who wreck the holidays for the [...]