http://chaos.dendro.com Sure it's a mess, but there's a pattern in there somewhere. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:33:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm listening to a speaker from Hampton Roads Transit sing the praises of Google Transit. Last night, the folks from Alabama's Homeland Security showed off Virtual Alabama, a statewide geospatial application built on Google Earth, which incorporated county data and aerial imagery with utility, law enforcement, school district and ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2008/06/03/googlement/ I am at the Government Leadership Summit today in Williamsburg, where I just moderated a panel on Intellipedia, a MediaWiki-based wiki that the us intell community is using to share data. And as I type this on my Blackberry, folks from the Navy, State Department and GSA are talking ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2008/06/02/government-2-dot-oh/ So, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge is now my nemesis http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2008/03/25/no-va/ It's been a while since I posted here, mostly because, well, hell, I've been busy. But now, I have a Blackberry. And those trapped moments are now bloggable. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2008/01/13/berryblogging/ OK, I haven't been gone, really. But let me just say that when you work at home like I do, and things go wrong with one part of the work/life balance, it all goes to shit. I have no one to blame, really, but myself. Just because you can ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/09/06/return-from-the-wilderness/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Call me "Timon" and I'll claw your eyes out., originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/07/27/call-me-timon-and-ill-claw-your-eyes-out/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } porcupine sleeping on the job at the National Zoo, originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/07/27/porcupine-sleeping-on-the-job-at-the-national-zoo/ As CS points out in comments, these don't have visible tails, so I'm guessing these were actually degus and the display plate was wrong, or I just remembered it wrong. .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pika ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/07/27/pika-pika/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pika, originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/07/27/pika/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } albino cockroach king, originally uploaded by packetrat. At the National Zoo's invertebrate exhibit. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/07/27/albino-cockroach-king/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/14/looking-back-science-fair-projects-gone-wrong-march-2003/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ninjas love pesto, originally uploaded by packetrat. It reminds Pocket Ninja of wasabi, only oilier -- so he can use it to sustain himself *and* pick locks. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/11/ninjas-love-pesto/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ninjas Don't Mind Knockwurst, originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/11/ninjas-dont-mind-knockwurst/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Pocketninja with a fan, originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/11/pocketninja-with-a-fan/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ninjas need choclolate too, originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/11/ninjas-need-choclolate-too/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ninja infiltrates Wegmans Garden Department, originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/11/ninja-infiltrates-wegmans-garden-department/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } DSCN1654.JPG, originally uploaded by packetrat. the perfect Hampden snowman, if I do say so myself. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/05/snoh-boh-man/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Really Big Apple, originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/14/really-big-apple/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Multimedia message, originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/14/vermont-curry/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } No comment., originally uploaded by packetrat. At Han Ah Rheum. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/14/no-comment/ hello dali Originally uploaded by packetrat. A little bit of phun with photobooth on my new iMac. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/20/hello-dali/ Food on the couch Originally uploaded by packetrat. the tableau on the sofa at Atomic Pop, Benn and Rachel's new store http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/19/food-on-the-couch/ Mud & Metal Originally uploaded by packetrat. A display at the new location of Hampden's arts & crafts shop http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/19/mud-metal/ Expired Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/19/expired/ Amtrak sucks Originally uploaded by packetrat. "All Reserved Train", my ass. There aren't enough seats; they must be short a car. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/15/amtrak-sucks/ Stand Back Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/15/stand-back/ Now Boarding Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/15/now-boarding/ Track 3 Originally uploaded by packetrat. Newark, thou art Hell. I'm at Newark Penn waiting for a train home, after slogging back from Somers, NY in a rental car to EWR and having to travel north one stop (for *$7*, for ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/15/track-3/ beware Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/12/beware/ Double negative Originally uploaded by packetrat. Um..... yeah. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/11/double-negative/ Extra Fish Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/04/extra-fish/ Flying Tigers Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/04/flying-tigers/ Knoebbels Bling Originally uploaded by packetrat. Uh.... yeah. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/04/knoebbels-bling/ Free ride for the brass-ring snatcher Originally uploaded by packetrat. J. scored the carousel brass ring and a free ride yesterday during our farewell to summer at Knoebels. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/04/free-ride-for-the-brass-ring-snatcher/ Kindergarten Commences Originally uploaded by packetrat. ...and for that matter, school of all sorts. Zoë has her first full day of Kindergarten on Tuesday, and P, K & J are back to the full grind. I'm the only one not ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/02/kindergarten-commences/ Come sign up to help make Foosball Camp, the ad-hoc technology and web meet-up in Baltimore on December 8, 9, and 10, a reality, fellow Balti-bloggers. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/02/baltimores-own-web-20-and-blogging-extravaganza/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/08/22/special-letters-unit/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/08/20/all-your-snakes-are-belong-to-us/ Fun! Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/08/15/seizures-fun/ I started a new job today. The old job had become something of an exercise in co-dependency, with no prospects of improving, and I had to stop being an enabler. Once I gave my notice, it was like a gauze that had shrouded the world had been removed. ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/24/fresh-start/ Global warming? What global warming? Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/19/global-warming-what-global-warming/ I have left the building Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/19/i-have-left-the-building/ Don't ship chocolate swag in summer Originally uploaded by packetrat. Salesforce.com sent me a press release that arrived on a 100-degree day. Enclosed--something brown and molten. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/19/dont-ship-chocolate-swag-in-summer/ Mean Motor Scooter Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/07/mean-motor-scooter/ bird on wire redux Originally uploaded by packetrat. Patiently, I am waiting. There's been a shift in the wind, and I can feel an uplift coming. I just have to wait a little longer... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/07/03/somethings-in-the-air/ Beaux Arts and Indigo Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/29/beaux-arts-and-indigo-2/ Got booty? Originally uploaded by packetrat. We're on the train from NYC. Zoe scored some Pirate's Booty at the Whole Foods at Union Square, and she's willing to share. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/29/got-booty/ bloo crabs at Han ah Reum Originally uploaded by packetrat. wave your claws in the air like you just don't care... Look out! The TONGS are back! http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/18/bloo-crabs-at-han-ah-reum/ Butt chunks Originally uploaded by packetrat. Somebody in marketing must have spent minutes coming up with that name. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/18/butt-chunks/ Assorted fruit aspic Originally uploaded by packetrat. uh.... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/18/assorted-fruit-aspic/ Vegetable balls Originally uploaded by packetrat. mmmmm, crunchy. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/18/vegetable-balls/ Pepper Originally uploaded by packetrat. Han Ah Reum is like a food museum. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/18/pepper/ Empire Originally uploaded by packetrat. yeah, yeah, I have a camera phone now. Yeah, yeah, I'm an idiot with it. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/06/empire/ Appetizer Originally uploaded by packetrat. ...to dinner in NYC, Monday night at the Black Duck in Flatiron. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/06/appetizer/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/06/birds-on-a-wire/ This is my van. Originally uploaded by packetrat. ...and don't even think about moving it." http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/06/this-is-my-van/ mooch on roof Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/06/mooch-on-roof/ Roland Park Presbyterian Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/06/06/roland-park-presbyterian/ Poolboy returns, burnt Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/05/29/poolboy-returns-burnt/ Stylest Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/05/25/stylest/ Sean on Ash Wednesday Originally uploaded by ryanaraine. I was in NY for work on Ash Wednesday. As I was uptown around noon, I figured I'd catch noon mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. When I got there, I saw that the ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/03/02/the-ash-wednesday-ez-pass-lane/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/20/happy-boy/ For "Entrances to Hell" Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/20/for-entrances-to-hell-2/ (Via papercasting.net 2.0.) http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/13/be-mine/ A Monday Night Tradition: (Via papercasting.net 2.0.) http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/13/a-monday-night-tradition/ To whoever knocked down my snowman: next time…: "" (Via papercasting.net 2.0.) http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/13/to-whoever-knocked-down-my-snowman-next-time/ I've been a little busy. You know, putting up a fleet  of new sites for my day job powered by RSS and weblogs. These new sites were hand-crafted with XSLT and convert RSS feeds into dynamic content. It took about three days of development and design work to pull them together, and about ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/02/06/falling-off-the-face-of-the-earth/ OK, does anyone else find it vaguely creepy casting that Jeff Daniels, who was cast as the father of Anna Paquin in Fly Away Home, is sleeping with her in The Squid and the Whale? I can see the trailer mash-up coming... especially the quick cut from Anna Paquin as ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/16/fly-away-squid/ How do you know when you have a problem? When you just got a nice, shiny, black Video iPod for Christmas, and have a house with no less than five functional computers in it (plus an ailing Titanium PowerBook), and find yourself trying to figure out how to squeeze a preorder ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/12/steve-jobs-wants-to-bankrupt-me/ I haven't blogged much lately for a very specific reason--I'm now building blogs at work. The first of my efforts is here. It's less a pure blog and more of a mash-up of blog and aggregation portal. I'm using XSL transformations and RSS feeds to create a topical site ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/09/working-in-a-blog-mine/ DSCN1540.JPG Originally uploaded by packetrat. I look at this, and I hear...."EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/09/art-deco-cyclops/ DSCN1533.JPG Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/09/big-wheels/ DSCN1532.JPG Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/09/choo-choo/ DSCN1571.JPG Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/09/if-you-need-anything-just-whistle/ DSCN1573.JPG Originally uploaded by packetrat. On the parking lot sidings of the B&O museum http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/09/train-in-vain/ A week late, but, hey, I'm lucky to be blogging at all. So, big changes come with the new year. I'm now the point of the spear for my company's weblog and Web 2.0 strategy, which basically means that I'm no longer managing editorial products--I'm writing the code to drive ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/07/happy-new-year/ ok, here's how weird my life is. I'm sitting on my couch right now, with a baby sacked out on me...my ex-wife's baby. P. and I are sitting while my ex and her husband are at a company holiday party. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/17/babysitting/ organ Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/11/organ/ the flower girl, in her cape Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/11/the-flower-girl-in-her-cape/ ...by downloading a fresh copy. Not exactly the fix I was looking for...By "fixed", I mean I am now able to post to my thus-far experimental blog at blogs.opml.org. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/05/fixed-opml-2/ fin Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/04/fin/ fish eye Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/04/fish-eye/ scales Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/04/scales/ Rescue wounds Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/04/rescue-wounds/ Giver of Grief Originally uploaded by packetrat. Desi escaped Tuesday night when he got spooked by the storm and the wind blew the door open. He didn't go far, but I looked for him almost all of Wednesday, and when I spotted him Wednesday night he was scared and ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/giver-of-grief/ Clash of the seasons Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/clash-of-the-seasons/ what a view Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/what-a-view/ On Guard Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/on-guard/ tags Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/tags/ mystery object Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/mystery-object/ formstone Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/formstone/ Dents Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/dents/ Waiter, my water is frozen Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/waiter-my-water-is-frozen/ Fault lines Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/03/fault-lines/ Freakin' Flickr. Obviously , they're having growing pains today. I was in the midst of uploading a morning photo walk's results (a stroll through Hampden alleys on trash day with Mooch the Cat), and the Uploadr app crapped out. As it turned out, it was the server ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/02/flickr-fragfest/ I'm testing the podcast capabilities of the OPML editor. But apparently, the "Add Link" capability doesn't work with the Wordpress workspace. So, I'll manually add it :my test podcast. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/02/podcast-o-rama/ So, I'm messing with Dave Winer's latest blog tool effort, OPML, and his Wordpress interface. I've got it working now. If you're a fan of outline-based editing, or a FrontierScript freak, or someone who likes to screw around with new tech, this is a big deal. Of ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/02/fragging-with-dave/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/02/ I just installed the RapidMetaBlog widget, a weblogging widget for Mac OS X Dashboard. It's a bit better behaved than the Blogger widget I built. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/02/wigety-widget/ OK, today totally ran me through the ringer. It was P.'s birthday today. But one of our housecats managed to escape last night when a gust of wind blew a door open, so I spent a good amount of time gnashing my teeth over that. Plus, there's some whacked ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/30/catharsis-day/ Work has been all about coding lately, rather than writing. All you have to do is look here to see what I've been coding: the new blog platform for my day job. It's a work in progress. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/14/driven-to-distraction/ hung well? Originally uploaded by packetrat. After a rousing mass and a pancake breakfast at church (cooked with bottled water, as a watermain blew), I grabbed prints of some of my "urban desolation" photo collection and went over to Holy Frijoles in ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/14/hung-well/ See no Weevil Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/09/see-no-weevil/ podcast Originally uploaded by packetrat. the milkweed invented podcasting before Dave Winer or Adam Curry did. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/09/podcast/ Little Devil Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/03/little-devil/ what was that noise? Originally uploaded by packetrat. Zoe stars in "The Cylburn Witch Project" http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/31/what-was-that-noise/ Scratch Chin, Please Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/31/scratch-chin-please/ Boo! http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/31/trick-or-treat/ Here's another work in progress: Twilight. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/28/another-garageband-jam-session/ Over lunch today, since I was wearing flannel and listening to 8-bit tunes, I was inspired to crunch out something I'm calling GrungeTronica v. 0.1 (still in beta). I have to add to and sculpt this some more, but it's not bad for about a half-hour's horsing around. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/27/anyone-can-play-guitar/ For those of you who are either old enough to remember it (not me, quite) or students of history, there was a bit of news that might sound like deja vu today: US may reduce troops in Iraq: envoy (Reuters): "Reuters - President George W. Bush's envoy to Iraq predicted ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/26/iraqization/ crow at druid hill resevoir Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/26/crow-at-druid-hill-resevoir/ doors Originally uploaded by packetrat. There's a Baltimore Flickr Photo Show coming up at Holy Frijoles in Hampden, and I'm trying to pick which photos I'm going to display. They're all Baltimore-themed (well, one is kinda marginally Baltimore themed), but I need some feedback about which ones I ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/26/bawlmer-flickr-show-candidates/ About a month ago, our dryer started to show signs of going wherever it is dryers go when they die. The Great Lint Trap in the Sky. The Land of the Heat Miser. Laundrytopia. Anyway, I performed some maintenance, and for a few days it seemed ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/26/1200-later/ At the concert at UMBC's fieldhouse last Friday, Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba dedicated this song to John Waters, substituting "Baltimore" for "San Francisco" in the lyrics. Then he dedicated the next one to ... John Waters. Alkaline Trio was the middle band of the show. This came as some surprise, ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/25/mercy-me/ Malevolent Llama Originally uploaded by packetrat. Out in Howard County, there's a pick-your-own agri-tainment facility known as Larriland Farms. And (aside from the other forms of agricultural amusements and Haloween child-traps) it is the home of the most ornery, confrontational domesticated ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/24/malevolent-llama/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/22/my-ears-are-still-ringing/ Jesus don't 'low no ball playin' round here Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/20/jesus-dont-low-no-ball-playin-round-here-4/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/17/the-secrets-out/ The pastor recites the reading "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's And unto God what is God's" But he mangles the meaning He says that Jesus taught us to be obedient to two masters and to serve the heads of state wherever they are leading Serving under arms when called to kill foreigners on foreign soil who ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/17/sundays-reading/ [ed note: PsychoPhil points out that this is a widely circulated fake-out. I figured it was; I just like the statement that it makes.] http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/13/why-help-was-late/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/13/the-surreal-life/ Over at my day job, I wrote: Can bloggers be considered "journalists"? That question has been the source of a lot of debate, and it's one that may take on a slightly different flavor shortly. Congress is preparing to consider a law that will likely legislate who can be called ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/12/writing-license-and-registration-please/ From papercasting: http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/12/one-more-thing/ Computer-Based Guitar Stompbox Comes of Age"(Via Gizmodo.) Oh, God. I think I just felt a major chunk of disposable income suddenly getting ripped from my bank account. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/11/computer-based-guitar-stompbox-comes-of-age/ Pentagon wants new spying powers in US: "The US military says it won't spy on 'innocent' Americans, but critics say its past record shows this is false (Terrorism and Security Update)." (Via Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories.) (knock knock) "Who is it?" "Donald" "Donald? Donald who?" "Donald Rumsfeld saw your dossier and has a plane ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/11/blind-date-with-a-spook/ Our Lady of Victory Originally uploaded by packetrat. In the post-9/11/01 world, in some places the separation of church and state blurred a little. In a newly-built (2002) church in Tannersville, PA, parishoners are welcomed by Mary atop the world, draped in the flag. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/09/our-lady-of-kicking-everyone-else-in-the-worlds-ass/ The shores of Lake Mendota Originally uploaded by packetrat. I just got back from a two-day trip to my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, for an ad-hoc reunion with fellow members of the Navy ROTC commissioning class of 1986. 19 years ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/04/a-brief-return-to-mad-town/ My new "laptop" Originally uploaded by packetrat. You wouldn't believe how much battery life it has... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/29/my-new-laptop/ "Obviously, we have a public relations problem here in Turkey.... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/28/understatement-of-the-day-courtesy-karen-hughes/ Texas grand jury indicts DeLay: "House majority leader accused of criminal conspiracy forced to temporarily step down from leadership post; 2 others charged in campaign finance case A Texas grand jury today indicted House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and two political associates, charging them with a conspiracy to violate Texas campaign ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/28/delay-gets-delaw-on-his-derierre/ OK, this whole Christian "punk" thing is starting to get to me. I mean, straightedge I got, ok. And I can almost stand Relient K'sBe My Escape for a few seconds before I have to change the station (thank God for the Sirius radio in my new ride). ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/28/what-would-jesus-crank/ dog racing? Originally uploaded by packetrat. From the Plattsburgh, NY Independence Day Parade... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/28/photo-of-the-day-dog-racing/ http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/28/the-pain-of-php/ Check out George Bush Don't Like Black People (via another podcast I kinda like, from pieceoplastic). http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/28/finally-found-a-podcast-i-like/ MalnurturedSnay writes:The Bubble Be Burst: Hopefully. This is good, because in five years - after I repay my parents - hopefully I can pick up a place on the not-so-expensive side. Now there's consumer optimism. But really, others are saying that despite an unkinder, nastier way of dealing with those ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/28/the-end-of-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-recovery/ Captain Nemo, look out. Japanese scientists finally captured a giant squid on video, and they're apparently very aggressive predators. Get that electrical defense system working, man! http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/27/squiddly-diddly/ police on my back (yard) Originally uploaded by packetrat. As we pulled onto President St. after having dinner at Amicci's tonight, Foxtrot (the Baltimore Police helicopter) took off from Police HQ on Baltimore St. P. joked, "It's probably headed to our house." Well, it was. We arrived home ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/police-on-my-back-yard/ Bail Bonds, Bean Pies, Lake Trout. Originally uploaded by packetrat. The guys who got busted around the corner tonight will probably call these folks from Central Booking. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/bail-bonds-bean-pies-lake-trout/ Curious. Originally uploaded by packetrat. So, the Baltimore Book Festival was quite the diversion. We (P., Z. and I) arrived around 3, after a morning soccer game (Brood X won their first, 3-0 against St. Joe's of Fullerton), parking down by ... http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/curious/ Van Gogh Crab and Z Originally uploaded by packetrat. Z. meets the Van Gogh crab near the Peabody in Mt. Vernon. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/he-did-what-to-his-ear-daddy/ MetaCrab and Z Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/metacrab-and-z/ Pointy Hat P. Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/pointy-hat-p/ Pollock's car and Pretzel Princess. Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/pollocks-car-and-pretzel-princess/ happy hat Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/happy-hat/ Why I don't join writers' groups. Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/why-i-dont-join-writers-groups/ A star needs her fluids Originally uploaded by packetrat. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/24/a-star-needs-her-fluids/ Over on my blog for food, I threw Blogtimore (and everyone in it) a little love. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/23/pandering-to-the-locals/ morning star Originally uploaded by packetrat. Sometimes, even an alley can be a refuge. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/23/morning-star/ Bombus at Work on Morning Glory Originally uploaded by packetrat. Bumblebee butt. http://chaos.dendro.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/23/bombus-at-work-on-morning-glory/