Thanks to the lady of the house for this interesting read…
Author: Sam
Adelaide, Minlaton and Sydney
We ventured Down Under for a couple of weeks for the first time in over two years for me and three years for my better […]
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, Ranulph Fiennes A present from my lovely wife (big props on finding this one for me), Mad, Bad and […]
Opium for Wheat
An interesting result of the soaring cereal crop prices: the Taliban are having their heroin cash crop usurped by farmers who want to reap the […]
Content Widening
Okay, so when WordPress was developed years ago flat-screen monitors with high resolutions weren’t really the rave yet, so the initial software was built for […]
Wildflower
We all drove down to Lake San Antonio near King City on Friday to compete in the annual Wildflower Triathlon. Mrs V. raised over $3,300 […]
Biggest Eyes in the Animal Kingdom
Dumb As We Wanna Be
After listening to proposals about suspending the federal excise tax on gasoline for the summer on NPR this morning, I was thinking about having a […]
The Emma Maersk
Country of origin: Denmark Length: 1,302 feet Width: 207 feet Net cargo: 123,200 tons Engine: 14 in-line cylinders diesel engine (110,000 BHP) Cruise speed: 31 […]
Photos of the Year
Unfortunately I can’t take any credit for these masterpieces. Kudos to National Geographic for these shots.
Petaluma Singletrack
A couple of shots of the local rides on the west side of town…
Inga Dam
A lot of people probably think the building of a massive hydroelectric dam in a developing African nation is a good thing. Economic stimulation, sustainable […]
No Sex at Deutsche Bank
Looks like the executives over at Deutsche are going to be forfeiting some of the pleasantries they’ve gotten used to. I mean, c’mon, don’t you […]
Before the Dawn
Before the Dawn, Nicholas Wade Art kindly shipped his second copy of this book to me from Seattle, a very enlightening and interesting read. Given, […]
Dollar Surprise
Yesterday at work…
Willow Creek
Wild irises and California poppies California poppies Highway One and the California coast Lunch at the Fern Tree
California Cows
There’s a dairy on my drive home right on the Marin Sonoma county line that I’ve been trying to get a photo of all winter, […]
California Green
Too bad my hand’s not a little steadier, otherwise this photo of a hiking trail in the Marin Headlands could have been a keeper…
No Fresh Salmon This Year…
One thing I definitely do look forward to each summer is being able to buy fresh King Salmon at the supermarket here in northern Cali. […]
Idol Stamps
There’s a lot of things I’m not overly keen on seeing, Taylor Hicks’ ugly mug on a postage stamp is of one of these things. […]