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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: October 2013
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! Turkeys in Mud.Or. How to feed 50 cavers turkey with all the fixin's in the most complicated way possible! RASSFest is the 3x/year gathering of my caving grotto, the Richmond Area Speleological Society. And I officially combined this with some selfies! Friday night we had a HUGE party in the bunk house! And SOOO much BEER! My "ditch diggers".you'll see why I needed these shortly. One of our newer cavers.a rocket scientist, literally! Hot coals to cook the turkeys on.
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: #GlobalSelfie (and how to use Fill Flash)
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! GlobalSelfie (and how to use Fill Flash). I think this is a cool NASA project, #GlobalSelfie. I decided I was going to go a step further and make a self portrait. What, you may ask is the difference between a selfie. And a self portrait. Here's how I took it:. This is along the James River. I am facing more or less eastward with the sun coming over my right shoulder. I used a Canon 24-70mm f. 28L set to 27mm, and Aperture Priority with the f. Stop set to f. Above) T...
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: November 2010
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! As I left it: I was on fire. Got put out. Big blister on ankle. 20 silly blisters up my left leg. Camping just past the edge of nowhere, so we're self-medicating. Now it's time to leave this Gilligan's Island paradise. Soooo. The story continues (and this is just to close it out):. Some clown (yeah, me) started singing. " The Titanic. How appropriate. Take a second and. Go read the lyrics. Links to this post. The signs were 12 feet off the ground! Got to put them ab...
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: July 2014
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! What the Hell is Wrong with Us? I found this blog post last night. Let's not get into how or why I stumbled over this, but it's simply not right. Here is the full URL: http:/ milkboys.org/why-is-a-kid-whos-a-first-time-nonviolent-offender-sent-to-a-death-row-high-security-prison/. Last year, a group of teens in Utah entered a home and held two people at gunpoint with the intent to commit robbery. The youngest of the boys, 16-year-old Cooper Van Huizen. Unitah 1 is t...
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: August 2012
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! Can't I Just PAY For It? Scenario: Big box store (cough cough Bed Bath and Beyond. Purpose: Purchase ice trays since my 13 year old ice maker has quit and I have yet to find a friend who knows how to fix one and I do loves me ice! Finally, I ask the clerk. The damn things are right in front of me, of course. Except these things are $8 apiece with some kind of weird cover so you can release "just one cube". WHY WOULD I WANT "JUST ONE CUBE"? No, don't you think I woul...
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: August 2013
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! I had to visit a fellow amateur radio operator this morning to pick up some materials to teach a class with this fall. So I was up and at 'em bright and oily this morning - no, wait a minute, I took a shower, but didn't shave, so maybe bright and fuzzy is more apt! Yes, that's right. A cupcake in a Zip-Loc. Bag With a popsicle stick and sticky note on it. Upon closer inspection, I saw this on the note:. Isn't that the Golden Rule? YOU CAN'T EAT THAT! Someone could b...
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: It Was the Best of Times...
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! It Was the Best of Times. It was the worst of times. 12:30PM, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. I decide to use my lunch hour to explore upgrading my poor old mobile phone to a newer model. Believe me, it had reached its TERRIBLE TWOS! 200 for the phone. I get that. But somehow we wind up at $360, including a $30 "Upgrade Fee". Excuse me? You want me to pay $30 for the privilege of paying you more money? I left on principle. 5:08PM, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. The fingerpri...
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: Cavers and VAR! A Great Weekend!!!
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! What a WONDERFUL weekend! 230-odd cavers gathered at the RASS Field Station for the Spring VAR meeting. We'll start out with the "leaving selfie". I made some new friends, renewed old ones, and had an absolutely great time. Since I signed up to work at Registration on Friday and Saturday, I hung around the Field Station, but that's OK, it was really a lot of fun! The empty field on Thursday afternoon when I arrived. See the moon? Now has a flag! Bag, then crack a fe...
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: May 2013
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! Yesterday afternoon, I wandered down to Pony Pasture after work to look at the results of the recent rains out in the western part of Virginia. Rainfall in the east doesn't really affect river levels too much, but let it rain for a week or more in the west, and look out! Here is what the Westham gauge looked like today:. Here was the sign that more closely matches what the gauge levels showed. Believe me, you do NOT want to be on the river when it is near 15 feet.
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World!: November 2012
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A Self-Proclaimed Expert on the World! I Think I'm a Dumbass. Why, you may ask, am I referring to myself in such a deprecating manner? Well, it appears that after nearly 38 years of driving (with only a few traffic citations, and a couple of less or more tragic accidents. I have lost all ability to drive on America's Interstate Highway System. Causes people (read: me, though in this case I think it applies to everyone-bloody-else! I saw clumps of 2 dozen cars (I counted once) all less than a few feet apa...
