BurningbirdSomeday I’m either going to get shot for trespassing or hit a deer in the dark. The drive to the wildlife refuge was longer than I expected, and cloud cover cut into the afternoon light. By the time I pulled in, it was too dark and too gray to get any pictures, though I did […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The sun is out and I’m heading out to get pictures of flocking birds while I can, weighed down by three cameras, six lenses (including one 300mm), and various stands and other accoutrement. Speaking of flocking, the email conversation yesterday that led to the G Quotient posting, ended up generating […]
I had promised to return and finish the State of Geek series, but I haven’t been in much of a mood for it. I have such mixed feelings about ‘geek’ lately. I am once a geek, but I am also not a geek — one foot in, one foot out. The good news about the […]
Last week my cheek started swelling, and sure enough, I have an abcsessed tooth. I went to the dentist on Friday and got some antibiotics, as well as a referral to the specialist. Luckily I have dental as well as medical insurance. An embarrassment of riches. Class in this country used to be based on […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I initiated an email discussion today that ended up focused on women and weblogging. Without going into particulars, I challenged the members of the group to find their G Quotient, or Gender Quotient: For the last one hundred posts, count the number of times you linked to a male weblogger, […]