No marmots makes thea very angry 

Columbine 

Freaky parasite 

Patio party.

My uncle's train was 5 1/2 hours late from San Jose to Los Angeles, arriving at 2:27 in the morning, instead of the scheduled 9:00 p.m. arrival. That's the amount of time it takes to drive down.

My favorite dessert place on La Brea and Beverly gets a shiny new website. I'm fond of the pastries, and the coffee isn't bad either.

Embarassment.

Ooooooooooooo.

Holding the camera high.

Sarong party.

Synopsis of the new comic series from ACC Studios:

America's future has become an Orwellian nightmare of ultra-liberalism. Beginning with the Gore Presidency, the government has become increasingly dominated by liberal extremists.

In 2004, Muslim terrorists stopped viewing the weakened American government as a threat; instead they set their sights on their true enemies, vocal American conservatives. On one dark day, in 2006, many conservative voices went forever silent at the hands of terrorist assassins. Those which survived joined forces and formed a powerful covert conservative organization called "The Freedom of Information League", aka F.O.I.L.

The efforts of F.O.I.L. threaten both the liberal extremist power structure and the U.N.'s grip on America, the U.N. calls F.O.I.L. the most dangerous group in the world. It seems the once theorized Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has now become a reality.

The F.O.I.L. Organization is forced underground by the "Coulter Laws" of 2007; these hate speech legislations have made right-wing talk shows, and conservative-slanted media, illegal. Our weakened government has willingly handed the reigns of our once great country to the corrupt United Nations. The Department of Political-Correctness is required to assist U.N. monitors to properly edit all print and broadcast media. Live broadcasts are a thing of the past; all transmissions are monitored by the U.N. and any "offensive" material is dumped.

Rupert Murdoch's decision to defy the "Coulter Laws" hate speech legislations, has bankrupted News Corporation. George Soros has bought all of News Corps assets and changed its name to Liberty International Broadcasting. LIB's networks have flourished and circle the globe with a series of satellites beaming liberal & U.N. propaganda worldwide.

The New York City faction of F.O.I.L. is lead by Sean Hannity, G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North, each uniquely endowed with special abilities devised by a bio mechanical engineer affectionately nicknamed "Oscar". F.O.I.L. is soon to be joined by a young man named Reagan McGee.

Reagan was born on September 11th, 2001. He is the son of a NYC firefighter whose life was spared by attending his son's birth. Reagan has grown to manhood in an ultra-liberal educational system: being told, not asked, what to think. With personal determination, which alienates him from his contemporaries, he has chosen the path less traveled...the path to the Right.

The Ditty Bops.

Skeeter Truck.

Skeeter Truck.

Mark from Skeeter Truck.

El Cid.

The old laptop gets a new lease on life.

Just what I want to think about while having coffee.

Oh god, I would feel better about signing up for the Los Angeles Organic Vegetable Express produce service if it's acronym wasn't LOVE.

I'm going to Ecuador.

Hat man.

Conferring at the University.

David.

Blue Ridge Mountains.

2 p.m. Sunday in Andrew's living room.

Andrew and Randi.

Errant children.

Randi and family.

Making dinner.

Conductor?

Sexy.

Awesome.

The Leave No Trace Rap.

Megan and James.

Galen and blurry Lucinda in the oldest house in Charlottesville.

Great article comparing Wal-Mart and Costco's labor practices and concluding that paying low wages and benefits is not necessary to thrive in the retail business.

McClellan refuses to say anything about the Rove leak, while reporters eat him for lunch. "Now that Rove has essentially been caught red-handed peddling this information, all of a sudden you have respect for the sanctity of the criminal investigation?"

Maybe I should just call this the Fairfax Blog. Here's a shot of my favorite panhandler in the street again today, making a buck or two each time he walks between the two lanes of cars stopped at the light. Too bad he's almost singlehandedly responsible for the daily Fairfax traffic jam as he ambles in front of the cars in the right-hand lane on the way back to the sidewalk.

That's what I call gridlock. Northbound traffic on Fairfax extends as far as the eye can see. And what for? The good people at The Gas Company have had their truck parked in the street all day long:

And they're not even working in the street - they're working on the sidewalk around that steel-covered trapdoor next to the truck. Needless to say, there has been honking and yelling outside the window all day.

I'm glad I'm riding my bike home from work today.

Googlebombing for a good cause (Wal-mart fightin').

"...laws should reflect views of the reasonable, not the lawyerly. And if Congress really wants the Net to conform to its laws, it needs to pass legislation that makes sense of the Net. The existing system is just workfare for lawyers. It begs to be disobeyed, and disobeyed it is. Digital creativity is theft, because the rules governing such creativity are insane."

Another brilliant article by Lawrence Lessig.

Beach at night.

Charlie is petulant.

Fireworks.

Self-portait with beer.

Movie at night.

At the cemetary.

Outdoor movie at the cemetary.

A spiraling line.

The Ditty Bops.

More bikers.

Bikers at the Bicycle Kitchen.