At what point...

do I usually stop wishing it was still last weekend and instead start thinking forward again?

Should have happened by now...

Etymology

This has been bothering me for a little while now. One of the words that is a part of the Chinese books is this:

I think I figured out the origin of speak, but that doesn't matter. What bothers me is the five above mouth. That's supposed to be my or our, so I'm guessing the whole thing works out logically to "our language," but I can't find or remember if there is any significance to five with regard to Chinese linguistic history.

That said, five also has the capacity to function as the word "surname," so I suppose it's possible it could be "our" in the sense of spoken family. I don't know.

This is a song about a monster.

I had to save it from 2.7 stops of underexposure, and it's the only thing I felt like taking a picture of, but boy if that isn't a raccoon at the zoo.

To the little kid who wanted his parents to see it - good eyes, little dude.

It's been a long time since I spent 2 hours at the zoo. I like it when I have a good time there, though.

Blue Jay

I finally got my color.

Best Envelope Ever

I need to get these envelopes. Bad.

Portrait work

I don't know why... for whatever reason, the dog makes a good target.

Advice for Travel:

Should you ever feel compelled to go to York, Pennsylvania to see the sights and experience the town for what it is, let me save you the trouble and show you the only thing that I found worth getting out of the car for in old downtown:



That there's the General Marquis de Lafayette. He lived from 1757 to 1834. The statue was dedicated on January 27, 2007 by the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania and the City of York.

His quote on the keystone plaque at his feet: "Serving America is to my heart an inexpressible happiness."

He's stationed outside this building near the 1754 colonial court house:



Yes, the sky really was a gross brownish haze; we should probably be thankful it was overexposed.

dogtime

Not the greatest technically... but how could I pass up an opportunity like that?

meltup

Windowsill encounter

I don't know what kind it is, but it was sure unhappy about me taking its corner away by opening the window. Also, I had to save this from the deepest pits of underexposure; the entire thing took place in the bottom 40 percent of the histogram. Whatever; I took it, now it's online.

Deal!

That's a good question

This from a status box on last.fm.

The inherent and lamentable errors of web 2.0!

What is it?

There was an alien on our fridge. Any ideas?

Dogthought

two-out-of-a-week

This is some of the lamentable junk that's ridding the bird store my dad buys feeder supplies from of its space for real merchandise. I thought it was dumb enough to document.


I know this is in the gallery but it's its own thought - the ants in the driveway... ah whatever, you can read about it above all by yourself.