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Tri Green Beach Buffalo

Tri Green Beach Buffalo

What a busy weekend! St. Anthony’s hospital held their annual triathlon on Sunday. Several thousands of people were participating. Sadly though the swimming portion was omitted due to heavy surf. Shelley and I went plant/garden shopping at the Green Thumb Festival and Home Depot. We took the Angus and Biscuit for a walk that was [...]

[ More ] April 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments |
Angus and Biscuit take a walk

Angus and Biscuit take a walk

Today was their longest time on the new leashes. All went well until Biscuit decided it was time to go back inside and Shelley and I realized we had forgotten our keys. It has taken two days for us to get the harnesses adjusted properly. Biscuit looks great in Burberry-esque while Angus is traveling the [...]

[ More ] April 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments |
GT Gutterball

GT Gutterball

On April 12, 2009 (Easter) I became the owner of a new fixed gear bike, a GT Gutterball.  I had some alterations (look for the blue bits) from the stock design, new handlebars, changed the gearing, longer chain. Right now I’m running 53/16 gearing on both sides of the flip hub. One side is a single [...]

[ More ] April 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments |
Project Jackrabbit

Project Jackrabbit

The moon has often been a focus of my attention.  When I was in undergrad I had hope of doing planetary studies, but by the time I distilled the proper program I was too far advanced at my institution to change.  I expected to enter into a Planetary Geology program for graduate school but marriage interfered. I’d love [...]

[ More ] April 25th, 2009 | No Comments |
Lemon cake and cat harnesses

Lemon cake and cat harnesses

Monday I spent the day returning to a state of near normalcy from my weekend adventures in Lakeland.  I ended up writing a post covering my first regional burn that would have unexpected consequences later in the week Tuesday is my day in Gulfport working on developing the online presence of the Outpost and the [...]

[ More ] April 24th, 2009 | No Comments |

Irene rains arrive in BronxHe came back!New boat in the making - its the one on the right... 3 weeks till its completed and ready to go sailing.  Still working on a name.Walter Cronkite's house.USS New York arrives for 2011  NYC Fleet WeekStormking sculptures come to Governors Island!!  Art you can climb on!Fields of dandelions on the grounds of the Vanderbilt mansion.Megayacht week continues as EOS worlds largest sailing yacht (305 ft) moors to Chelsea Piers for her NYC stay.Aviva superyacht from Georgetown docked at Chelsea pier. Her 223 feet keeps her in the top 100 largest yachts in the world.Waste your life following the wall
man in a powered parachute flying over palm trees with the sunset in the background