Christopher Merle

Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be, but first I need more coffee.

Category: General (Page 25 of 55)

I didn’t like Uncategorized so I changed it to General. A catch-all category.

Hot Hot Hot

May 19, 2009 /

No headlines to piss you off today nor another round of tweets, though I might do that later. Things are going well, Melissa has finished most of her travel month from Hell, though both of us are off to Balticon this weekend, plus DC, and a wedding in PA.

The weather around here is now in the high nineties. Humidity is low, so as long as you stay in the shade or drink plenty of water it’s not unbearable. On Sunday it looked like storm clouds were brewing and after asking on Twitter if that was unusual for this time of year, the answer was yes. It didn’t rain, but these ominous clouds sure looked ominous:

Went to the Desert Museum again. Had to exchange a book. I took a few pictures including this screech owl.
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That’s it for now.

NextGen

May 9, 2009 /

I really like Flickr but they don’t allow you to create more than three albums unless you pay extra for it. So that’s the reason I haven’t uploaded any new photos to it. I found this really cool WordPress plugin called NextGen. I’ve installed it on my blog and I’ve uploaded two galleries. They need to be tagged and descriptions added to them, but you can check them out here:
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Here are two more pictures from my visit to The Desert Museum.

Themes

May 8, 2009 /

I’ve been working on some WordPress websites for some clients and I’ve noticed a distinct improvement in themes since I last perused them. So I’ve decided it’s time to update my theme. Right now it’s fspring with minor mods. The picture at the top of the paper maple is mine. So don’t be surprised if the look changes from day to day and you see changes within in a theme.

Leaping Lizards!

May 6, 2009 /

I was driving home from dropping the dog off at the groomer. I’d gotten on to Via Soledad when I saw this big lizard crossing the road. OMG that’s a Gila monster. I stopped and pulled over. Got out my iPhone and got as close as I dared to take a few snapshots. I’ve cleaned and cropped these images below. Click on image for larger version.


gila monster

You don’t really get a sense of scale from this image. This lizard was at least a foot long maybe 14 inches. They can grow as long as two feet.


gila monster

They are venomous but slow. So long as you give them a wide berth they won’t bother you. It didn’t care too much for me taking his photo. I got as close as four foot away. It stopped, turned it’s head towards me and opened it’s mouth at me when I got too close.


gila monster

Even though they are venomous, it’s not fatal but very painful from what I’ve read. They don’t leap seven feet in the air, they don’t drop out of trees (or giant saguaro) onto your head, nor do they don’t spit venom. But if anyone asks you can add “as far as I know”.

And one more wildlife note. I saw my first bats last night. They were flying under the back porch overhang. I saw three or four swoop in like they were strafing the table. I still have not seen any rattlesnakes or coyotes or javalinas yet. Not in any hurry to see those.

Select Recent Tweets

May 4, 2009 /

OK. I thought I’d give it a try since I saw shadowhelm posting her tweets on LJ. Though I’m not using the same service. I’m doing copy & paste and I’m not posting all of my tweets for the day, just the ones I feel like.

Gauguin’ cut off Van Gogh’s ear? http://tinyurl.com/dyqepx 10 minutes ago from web

I’m being followed by @EthelTheFrog. We’ll see how long that lasts since frogs are going extinct. about 2 hours ago from web

Joe the Plumber: Republican’s expired jar of Baconnaise or freezer burned Jimmy Dean’s Chocolate Chip Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick? about 3 hours ago from web
Bush-Cheney Regime epitaph: Never has so much been taken from so many by so few #p2 #tcot #jebus Special thanks to Phil Gramm about 7 hours ago from Tweetie

From the time I received the email that @ezMoneyMaker was following me on Twitter until the time I blocked it was 12 seconds. A record. about 7 hours ago from web

@cashewredneck you know how you can tell which Okla senator, Inhofe or Coburn, is more embarrassing? The one that’s talking. #p2 #tcot about 8 hours ago from web in reply to cashewredneck

RT: @MistaBell: Want To Avoid Swine Flu? There’s An App For That Too: http://bit.ly/udL3u about 8 hours ago from web

It’s #StarWarsDay. These aren’t the tweets you are looking for. Move along. about 11 hours ago from Tweetie

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