Category Archives: News and politics

Best.Inaugural.Photo.Ever.

As reported by theAtlantic.com is 1,474 megapixels big. You can zoom in on lapel buttons for as far as the eye can see. Seriously: amazing shit. David Bergman made it out of 220 separate photos. Click on the picture below … Continue reading

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Snoqualmie Falls and other Rain Crazy Pictures

Lisa and Greg posted this crazy, I mean seriously crazy picture of what happens when you have record breaking rains at Snoqualmie Falls. Here is the before and the after pictures:         Taken by Greg a couple years ago                                                … Continue reading

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Post Bush-era Dollar

I just couldn’t resist. From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/2899916712/

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Hurricane = Horrific

Paul Coats, a talented musician, inventor, arranger and more wrote to the Bass Sax Coop posse about his recent hurricane Gustav experience in Louisiana. It was such a compelling read that I asked him if I could post it here. … Continue reading

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Hey, the Job Market is Looking Up

For those of you who didn’t know, the U.S. is enjoying another recession. This was both funny and sobering. Enjoy. "But you must speak Java." tickled me. And I noticed he didn’t ask for a writer!

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Happy Thanksgiving Soldiers Worldwide

Having been a soldier for 20+ years, this was a nice ad. I found that in uniform, I was treated very respectfully by so many people I didn’t even know. I once got bumped to first class on a flight … Continue reading

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Terrorist Activity Map Web site

  A friend of mine passed me this link to the Global Incident Map.com site. It was interesting to note the incidents close to my home that were reported here, but I somehow didn’t catch on the news on TV … Continue reading

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US Presidents – Nobel Prize or Jazz Sax

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I’m Exploring and Protecting the Planet

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72 Virgins or …

"He told me…that, as a martyr, he would have been granted 72 virgins. This didn’t seem quite the moment to point out that there is a lively, ongoing debate among scholars of Islam as to whether the 72 promised virgins … Continue reading

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