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ALWAYS Make Sure You Put the SD Card Back In

9/18/2015

So a bit of advice for those who do their own photography.
Always remember to put the SD card back into the camera when you are done downloading pictures. Otherwise you will have to post the picture of the snow that looks kind of like a giant albino sea monster sunning itself on a canoe instead of the once in a lifetime, upclose shots of the wildlife you thought you were taking.

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Killer Cute

9/17/2015

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This morning's commute was killer (cute).

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Broken Hardware

9/16/2015

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While my camera is still as functional as it is on a usual day (note I do not say that it is not broken, just that it is no more broken than usual) the SD card decided to crumble away to the cheap plastic dust it came from. There is no way I can get a replacement easily being this far from the nearest electronic store. (Google just laughed at me when I asked it.) Fortunately I use my camera extensively for work and my boss was willing to let me use one of the Wildlife Department SD cards so I could capture the last seeding stages of the rubber rabbitbrush. That being said...

SNOWSNOWSNOWSNOWSNOWSNOW!

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Subtle Webs

9/15/2015

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One of the greatest achievements any storyteller can achieve is a particular type of twist ending. This type catches the audience completely by surprise but also leaves them feeling that the story could not have ended any other way. This takes great skill and is one of the aspects that takes a lifetime to master. Clues have to be subtly woven into the story as a whole like a spiderweb among the flowers.
Have you any favorite story that did this?

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Cute Chick

9/14/2015

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Suggested Reading: "The Secret Garden"

9/13/2015

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On the shelf of timeless classics there will always be a space for this gem. "The Secret Garden" by Frances Burnett was the inspiration for much of my childhood mental wanderings. The idea of having a small secret place all of my own, filled with history and emotion and growing things was simply enchanting. The way the author depicts the relationships between her characters is wonderful. For little Mary there are no class barriers. She is equally at home with her Gentleman cousin and the peasant Dickon. Motherhood is shown in a myriad of different flavors; a frivolous young woman who cares little for her child, a powerful and dedicated matron who rules her family with love and strength, a loving but physically weak woman who exists only as a haunting memory. Woven all through the story is the unfettered curiosity of a child.

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Cute Eyes

9/11/2015

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Of all the ways to indicate a character trait in a character one of the most powerful is through the eyes. Even a terrified lizard or insect species can be made cute with wide expressive eyes (as animae has so clearly showed us) and the cutest little bunny can be made terrifying with narrow bloodshot eyes.

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Mimulus nanus

9/10/2015

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The littlest Monkey Flower.

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Broken Tech and How Much We Miss It

9/9/2015

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The SD card that I got for my camera has finally given up the ghost.This is the last picture it will ever record. No viruses or adware, the plastic casing has just degraded to the point where it no longer functions in my camera. Ah well, it was nice while it lasted. Time to break out the old 2gig again.

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Making Things EXPLODE

9/8/2015

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While attempting to fill an empty hour between the delivery of a 400lb pallet of gear and the end of the morning duties I found myself working up a large head of frustration attempting to get a complicated computer program to preform a simple function. How hard is it to cut one big length of road into a smaller length on a map? Apparently quite difficult for a computer. I finally gave in and asked the local expert. The solution was to use the (I kid you not) "Explode" function for the program. So I gleefully went and "exploded" the roads I had been working on. It was quite satisfying and got the job done.

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