Muckhead's Chronicle

Yesterday's and Today's Pics

OK I kind of forgot yesterdays pic, and today I actually was in bed, not feeling well. Maybe last nights feast at XO (have been eating nothing but salads and fruit then I eat a 16oz steak). Anyway I have here a couple of pics I think are kewl. The first is a picture of my printer initializing a new ink cartridge. The laser that performs this was all the rage when I first bought the thing; it is probably the norm now.

The other picture is of a solid fuel rocket that Tyler and I launched on Easter. I had told a few of you about it but don’t think I posted the picture. Anyway I thought it was kewl as I had thought I had missed the picture, and found out later I caught it just at the right time (it happens in a blink of an eye).

Duh, Which Way Did He Go George

I feel a bit like one that would make such a statement. As I have said before, I have included the camera as part of "the things to take with you when you leave the house" lately. So we head out to go to dinner last night and we stop at the bank. Oscars, a restaurant located behind the bank all of a sudden starts spouting thick black smoke from its exhaust vent, and an alarm sounds. The smoke then starts coming from the seams in the building, and the smoke gets thicker. The alarm then is shut off and the smoke turns white. Now usually this can indicate a fire being put out by water, and quite often means it is under control. We decide to leave for the restaurant as the smoke starts to die down some.

When we get to the restaurant, sirens start sounding, and over the next 20 minutes over 9 fire engines and a variety of different emergency vehicles( ambulances, police cars, and supporting fire vehicles), go by the restaurant we are eating at, heading towards Oscars. Shaaron takes a peak outside and the smoke can be seen now by all of Chilliwack, and the fire is quite large.

Did I take ONE FREAKING PICTURE WITH MY CAMERA ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAR BETWEEN MY FEET? No. I think I can chalk this one up to too much drugs as a kid, or something, I just totally forgot. I could have probably sold the pictures of the fire in it's early stages.

Last Chance

Barry actually came up with the answer early in the afternoon. I guess nobody else was into it. I did post a last hint just in case there is stragglers... I asked Barry if he wanted the scanner weeks ago so you still might have a chance since he said no to it then.

Boo Hiss

Cool Nights Drive

So maybe I read it wrong but I could have sworn that Tig said that there was a theme for today, something along the lines of from an animals perspective? Since nobody else did anything of the sort, I didn't either. WE shot this one while out for another one of those drives we take in the evenings sometimes. I kinda like the out of the sunroof perspective.

I was going to take one of this field of sheep for a friend of mine ( he would know who he is and why I would be taking them) but when we came back down that road they had gone in for the night. So I took this one of the kids, which has a neat effect with us moving so fast on the highway that the background sort of blurred. I think it is neat any who. Well there is my pics for today, more to come tomorrow.

Warming Up

I thought I'd warm up to the idea of tomorrow's theme of " From an Animals's Perspective" with Tig's photo challenge and put up a pic of our fish "Jack". It is not a recent photo, but I choose it over the one I just took as you can see some of Jack's food swimming around too. He only gets them every 2 or 3 months as we don;t want him outgrowing his tank.

Went to Men's Night at the Club , but left early. I shot an 8 then a 19 on the first 2 holes. I have never done this before in my life, a first for everything doesn't even apply here. Of course it was Ironman( they lengthen everything and put the pins in places that are illegal), so the pin's are placed on impossible places on the greens. The second hole was placed midway down a severe slope, so you don't sink it it rolls back further than where you started.

I think I will be taking a break from golf for awhile, it can be a very frustrating game. I have been at it since I was 8 years old and lately I am playing as if I just took up the sport.