Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Satanic Hearses

Well it’s not actually a hearse — I was just kidding about that to make the headline sound like Salman Rushdie’s famous fatwa-worthy manuscript.

This ghastly paint job is actually on a black pickup truck seen in Trump’s parking lot last weekend. I can’t really make out if that is a shrunken head hanging from the real-view mirror or not. We didn’t wait around to see if the driver had “half of the tackle box pierced into his face” (to quote Dennis Miller), but it wouldn’t have surprised me. The whole burning-in-hell effect sorta creeps me out.

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25 Apr 2007 by California Culture Photography

Incoherent Ramblings – WOW

snogdotThis week, I would like to nominate Incoherent Ramblings as our Weblog Of the Week (WOW). We enjoy Snog Dot’s humorous articles and anecdotes about the life of a single father raising a couple of lively boys. Our insight tells us that he is a hard-working and caring parent with the right attitude. So, this week we’re happy to choose Incoherent Ramblings for the WOW. We will place a link to Snog Dot’s website under the “Never Forget” banner for the week.

About Snog Dot:

I’m an Air National Guardsman. Have been since 1984. I’ve been in an Air Force uniform off and on since *gasp* 1969. I’ve spent time all over S.E. Asia, S.W. Asia, Central America and Korea. Someday I’d love to see if Europe actually exists.

24 Apr 2007 by Blogosphere

First STEREO Images

The STEREO spacecraft has furnished its first 3D images. The images are taken from STEREO’s X-ray cameras; one taken from the “Ahead” spacecraft and one taken from the “Behind” spacecraft and then combined to produce the 3D effect.

To view these anaglyphic images in 3D you will need red-blue glasses, which you can get free from Rainbow Symphony.

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I also repackaged a lower-bandwidth video of the rotation of the solar disk leading up to the view of the Sun seen above. I even put some music to it to add some cinematic pizazz. Eat your heart out, Al Gore:

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24 Apr 2007 by Astronomy Environment Rocket Science

A California Brown Pelican

I took this shot last Saturday from the Point Vicente Interpretive Center. As we stood there on the cliffs watching the waves, this handsome pelican soared just overhead, as it rode the updrafts above the cliffs.

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The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is 42-54 in (106-137 cm) in length, weighs from 6-12 lbs (2.75 to 5.5 kg) and has a wingspan from 6 to 8.2 ft. (1.83 to 2.5 m).

23 Apr 2007 by California Critters Photography

A Fallen Angel

Damsel and I are deeply saddened by the death of Lt. Cdr. Kevin Davis in the crash of Blue Angels F/A-18 Aircraft Six. We extend our thoughts and prayers for this amazing pilot and to his family and friends. We also stand with the Blue Angels Squadron in solidarity for the healing to come.

Damsel captured this photo of Angel Number Six at the 2006 MCAS Miramar Air Show.

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Here is a short article about Lt Cdr. Davis:

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22 Apr 2007 by Aviation Military Photography

OMG! Somebody Call the Vatican!

. . . and see if they’re missing a fountain!

I took this photo of the elaborate fountain in front of the clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The sheer gaudiness made me think of the line from a movie where one of the principal characters made the remarks about the Vatican missing a fountain. Can you remember which movie?

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21 Apr 2007 by Arts California Photography

Catch and Release Program

It’s springtime and the garden is sprouting – but there are those who would help themselves to our veggies-to-be. The answer to controlling pilferage isn’t always pesticides – especially when it comes to controlling cute little fuzzy squirrels. Our preferred method in this case is to catch and repatriate. A nearby park will provide shelter and a place for this particular squirrel to forage.

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In the picture above – squirrel’s eye view of a Havahart trap – later at the park, the release and scamper up a convenient pine tree.

20 Apr 2007 by California Critters Home & Garden Photography

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