Monthly Archives: September 2009

A time-lapse view out my front window

Click here to go to my Flickr, where you can watch the video in a larger format. Next video fun on tap–adventures in slow-mo kitties. :-)

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Kanye’d

I wonder if this is a verb yet? Click here for the full-size version. :-)

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A post in honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day

Even though it’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day, I’m not going to write in Pirate-ese. While I know the intention is to be silly, I still feel a bit too silly to do so. So instead I’ll post the pictures I took this summer in London of the replica of Sir Francis Drake’s Golden [...]

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Reno Balloon Race, Day 2

Here are the rest of the pictures from the Reno Balloon Race. I didn’t take nearly as many on Sunday, mostly because I wanted to just sit in one place (ok, more or less) and enjoy. I’m still working on my grand plan to get to ride in one of the balloons next year during [...]

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The Great Reno Balloon Race, Day 1

Last week I decided more or less on the spur of the moment to go to The Great Reno Balloon Race. Both of my photography groups were going, and I figured it sounded like fun, so why not? I mean, it’s not like I never go anywhere fun… ;-) Seriously though, I’m SO GLAD I [...]

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ChalkItUp!

Ok, I know I promised balloon pictures, but I figured I should stick to chronological order and get these online first. Hence, balloon pictures shall be online sometime in the next few days. (Incidentally, I have quite the backlog of posts to get to–I would like to actually finish my trip to the car museum [...]

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Dawn Patrol

Teasers 001, originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. I randomly decided this past week to take a road trip to Reno for the Reno Balloon Races–I’ve always liked hot air balloons (part of my ongoing fascination with transportation, I guess) and I thought it’d be neat to see. Anyway, I had to post just one picture while [...]

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Evergreen Supertanker

Ever since I read this Wired article Joel sent me about the Evergreen 747 Supertanker, I’ve been mildly obsessed with the thing. I have a somewhat buried fascination with planes(*) that only this morning as I was driving to work did I realize was my mom’s fault. When I was a kid and we were [...]

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