I think I've been studying for my series 6 too much.  I woke up this morning with my mind debating the differences in tax benefits/liabilities between collateralized mortgage obligations, revenue bonds, and treasury notes.

Got my new portrait lens today.  The Sigma F1.4 EX DG.  The depth of field at F1.4 is so small that in my tests shots, Mocha's eye is in focus but his nose in front of it and ears behind it are out.  Awesomeness. 

http://www.billupsphotography.com/temp/50mmlenstests/

Well... it makes me happy.

Casey's thought process:

Wedding reception went well. 
It feels weird trying to migrate between different parts of your life in the form of people you care about. 
My feet really hurt. 
I hope Jess's graduation went well.
My neck hurts too.
Goodnight.

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So, as Tizz mentioned recently, we rescued 2 new kittens last friday one of which was barely alive when we found him.  He was literally found in a puddle and was just caked and matted with clay mud.  We could not tell what color he was.  We thought he had stopped breathing on the way to the vet a couple of times.  When we got to the vet, even their ( Read more... )

So I didn't know "white sugar" was on vegans shit list as being an animal product.  They classify it as an animal product because in white sugars last refining process from cane sugar, it is filtered through a carbon filter.  This filter media could be any type of carbon charcoal, which in some refineries could include animal bones ( Read more... )

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Eight inches last week.
Eighty one degrees Tuesday.
More inches today.

This Haiku brought to you by: Weather.

I give up.

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Hasn't snowed like this in a few years.  Of course, it waited until March... that makes sense.


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