I spent the weekend down in Kentucky, celebrating my stepdad's 70th birthday.  To say there was a lot going on would be an understatement.

Saturday evening and again Sunday morning, I met this fellow:


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I ran across three remixes of the 2001: A Space Odyssey trailer.  Of the three, I think this one is the best.  I just find it neat that the remix makes the movie appear quite different than it really is:

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I'm among the million or so people in the area who are without electricity due to the storm last night.  The power companies are saying it may take days to get power back to some people.  I rather hope mine is restored sooner than that ( Read more... )

I finally got a picture of Sadie, the mare at the barn I posted about before who sticks her tongue out all the time.


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Over a year ago, a pair of crows built a nest in one of the trees near my office window.  They abandoned it shortly after completing it.  They built it well and much of it is still intact ( Read more... )

I took the train up to Connecticut on Saturday to visit chefmongoose and to attend a round of bull riding at the Mohegan Sun.

During a pre-event tour, we noticed one of the PBR people holding up the tarp that covered the side of one of the pens the bulls are kept in before the event.  He was letting a young kid pet the bull.  I went down and asked if I could ( Read more... )

There's a new mare at the barn on a trial basis.  She's  small-to-mid-sized, about 16 years old, and may be a quarterhorse.  Her name is Sadie ( Read more... )

Uncropped pictures ahead...

( The view from my office window on Tuesday )

I'm getting very little actual work done this morning.  Instead, I keep looking out the window. I've got my little handheld transceiver tuned to the 1R/19L runway's frequency so I'll have a little warning before the 747 carrying the shuttle Discovery actually lands.  It appears they're using a special frequency for the 747 and its escorts.  I only ( Read more... )

Last week, one of the privately owned horses, Max, wasn't in his stall.  I was told he'd colicked a couple days earlier and that they'd taken him down to the equine hospital in Leesburg.  That had me wondering if I'd ever see the fella again.

I was glad to see him back in his stall when I arrived at the barn yesterday.  He'd returned the day before ( Read more... )