Ricky would say "hi", but he's taking a nap. We have two of these guys trapped on the back porch and at least one more living in our walls. Been making a ruckus at around 5AM every morning for the past month. But hey, good thing I'm moving out soon (see R&R thread). If they're rabid, maybe I'll introduce them to my roommate's cat.
Me, getting my elbow cranked by one of the guys in sparring on the weekend. Luckily, he's a physio so he'll fixing the soft tissue injury he did. Minutes later I fuck my bad shoulder by flipping him over from my back. That made for a fun weekend.
We went and walked around at the Super Bowl over the weekend. The Jesus People were out in FULL FUCKING FORCE. Handing out propaganda and speaking through bullhorns, telling us we were going to hell. It was pretty amazing. I had to get a pic with them.
In honour of the Titsnakes thread, I caught this little fella in the bathroom. He's a Huntsman and as far as size goes, he's about average. He wasn't happy and kept trying to headbutt his way out of the container. He wasn't killed, I put him outside. They're good for getting rid of the larger bugs.
My cousin bought me a Stephen Colbert bag for Christmas a couple of years ago, and here at home (UK) no one appreciates it at all. We came over to the US for our holiday this past summer and my sister had a green teddy her work asked her to take photos of in various locations, so I thought I'd join in the game, here's a couple of my favourites. Apologies if you're not a fan of Colbert.
While at work today, our office neighbor knocked on the door and asked if one of us had a tan pickup. Because something was on fire in the bed. Lo and behold, there was a fucking smoldering sofa chair in the bed of a truck in the parking lot. After I took the photo, I went ahead and pulled it out and put it out with a fire extinguisher. The fire truck showed up a few minutes later and a bunch of people got to watch a couple of firemen kick it over and deem that the fire was out. The owner never came forward.
30" of fresh, untouched new snow at one of our local mountains. Light, waist deep powder ALL. DAMN. DAY.
More spider fun. I found this guy lurking in the car when I got in to drive to work, in the exact position he's in in the first shot. It was a little... unexpected. But at least I didn't need to change my pants. Spoilered for the sensitive arachnophobes. Spoiler Spoiler
Had freezing rain all night, and it's now just about to get above freezing. Just had coffee on the dock, and it was awesome... sun's coming up, watched a beaver pop up through the ice, and other nature type stuff. Watched a couple flocks of geese and ducks fly in, and it was hilarious. A flock came in lined up so that most of them would land in the water, but a couple on the edge ended up landing on the thin ice. One of them slid for a bit, then broke through and endo'd. Never seen a goose pull a Steve Austin before. (6 million dollar man Steve Austin... as in thunder in). It's a good day.
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More spider shots, by request. I found this dead one, so he was kind enough to sit still long enough for photos and I wanted to try out my new close up filters. Same species as the other ones. Spoilered for those still in fear of our arachnid overlords. Spoiler
Its amazing how people are blown away by this. A 15 second search on youtube shows how easy it really is.
You know that old line . . . what's the best camera? The one you have with you. Snapped this with my cell phone on the ski lift . . .
So, our very own Gris (Chris Griffin) just won the regional Yuk Yuk's Laugh Off competition, and is off to the national finals.