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March 5, 2010

TWO VIDEOS I RECENTLY EDITED DOWN TO WATCHABLE QUALITY FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DAYS IN 1986/7… SO MANY MORE TO COME… SO MANY…

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February 10, 2010

POOTER SATCHMO DIAGNOSED WITH MALIGNANT TUMOR ON HIS TONGUE :-(

We just got back from the vet and Satchmo has cancer. We will probably have to send him off on a kitty journey in three or so weeks… Sad news… He is a good pooter. We figure he is about 15 to 16 years old…

Here is a pic of pooter Satchmo from 2001:

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November 18, 2009

MY NEW ENVIRONMENT AT SMALL CUBICLE INSURANCE COMPANY:

We moved from the home office to the field office in Hartford Friday and Monday. It was a downgrade in environment but I made the best of it. I printed and framed some images for my beige walls and hung prints rather than use push pins… It make the palce look much nicer… Below are some before and afters of my area…

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The view right before move in.

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The view left before move in.

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The view right after initial move in.

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The view left after initial move in.

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I printed and framed a picture of a Northampton Pale Ale taken on the outdoor rooftop bar during the summer. This makes me thirsty!

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Another view of the middle of the cubicle..

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This is the way out from where our area starts. The carpet is colorful only in the isle, the rest is blue/gray carpet squares.

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Jason in the field office before the move in…

October 18, 2009

Some pics from visiting fb and saluki

Here are a few from our time with FB and Saluki… There are more coming…

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A mouse suddenly appeared on our windshield which we beleive fell from a highway bridge. At 70 mph is became airborn and likley found another windshield… We didn’t notice this thing until we were on I-55…

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The other dog with a golf ball in his mouth that he had just pulled from the stream behind FB’s house…

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FB’s new dog Bailey…

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FB con perros

September 22, 2009

YARBZ PHOTO DIARY OF STUFF TAKEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS:

These were all taken with my new Canon EF 50/f1.4 standard lens… On my 50D body this lens becomes the equivanent of an 80mm lens… Very shallow depth of field give an interesting effect…

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Frank at the bar at J. Timothy’s in Plainville, CT

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I was watching Hogan’s Heroes last night on some HD channel… Klink and Shultz, classic characters acted perfectly.

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A Smoking Reading Executive type outside Small Cubicle Insurance Company home office at about 0800 yesterday morning.

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Some graffiti at the bus stop enclosure in the AM light…

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More graffiti at the bus stop enclosure in the AM light…

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Good ol’ Rye toast at Miss Washington Diner, downtown New Britain…

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Some of my ten or so remotes in my basement sitting on the bar…

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My standard weekend breakfast at Miss Washington Diner in New Britain, CT

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The old lights of the Miss Washington Diner

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German Sausages in the Bavaria Room at Eastside Restaurant, New Britain, CT… They are having the Grand Opening of the four season outdoor rooftop Beer Garden today… I am going to call some people as see if I can get in to shoot it…

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Mariann in the Bavaria Room a couple nights ago with the iron work behind her looking like a religious icon of some sort… that is all…

September 1, 2009

TO BREAK THE SILENCE, I SHALL POST A COUPLE NEW SCANS OF ME DURING ME ROMMEL PHASE:

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THIS IS ME, YARBZ, CIRCA 1980 WHILE IN THE .50 CAL TURRET OF MY LVTP-7 SOMEWHERE IN CAMP PENDLETON. I WAS WEARING THE NBC (NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL) MASK TO AVOID BREATHING IN THE HEAVY DUST WHICH THE LINE OF TRACS MADE AS WE MOVED THROUGH THE SCRUB BRUSH AND BONE DRY DIRT TRAILS. I WAS PROBABLY A LANCE CORPORAL IN THIS SHOT. BELOW IS THE SAME BUT OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT THE MASK… I REMEMBER HAVING A REAL FUN TIME SOME OF THE TIME AND THEN LOTS OF ‘UN-FUN’ TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE RAMP (THE PLACE WE PARKED AND SCRUBBED THE VEHICLES) AND HAD TO CLEAN UP THE TRACS AFTER OPERATIONS…

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HERE I AM IN MY STANDARD TENNIS SHIRT ON THE BEACH AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA… WE HAD A GREAT BEACH WHICH WAS PRETTY PRIVATE SINCE IT WAS ON BASE.

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ONCE AGAIN AT CAMP PENDLETON WITH A STACK OF M-16′S DURING A WEEK LONG FIELD OPERATION. I REMEMBER THE SMELLS OF THE CAMP PENDLETON AND EATING OUR FOOD WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF ‘C’ RATIONS… BY THE LAST YEAR OF MY TIME IN THE MARINES, 1983, WE HAD SWITCHED TO MRE’S WHICH ARE WHAT OUR GUYS AND GALS ARE EATING NOW…

August 7, 2009

MORE PICS FROM YESTERDAY

Various and sundry images from Balboa Pennisula and Laguna.

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TWO MORE OF MANY NEW PICS… CLICK TO ENLARGE:

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Newport Beach, CA

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Laguna Beach, CA

August 4, 2009

MISCELLANEOUS PICS FROM CALIFORNIA PART 2

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This is a shot of Shaun… Shaun is a flipper of birds. This is at a little hole in the wall Mexican joint that was absolutely fantastic.

The images below are from the Goat Hill Tavern in Costa Mesa. I have been gong there for years and always make a trip or three there when in town. It’s the most fantastic beer bar in the world as far as I am concerned because it has atmosphere in addition to the beer. There is a place across the street that has a lot of beer too but it’s boring and sterile. This time my camera peaked the interest of the bartender and he took me into the keg room. The pictures that follow are all different directions and not duplicate kegs with the exception of the one with the bartender. This is “Chilly Heaven”…

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Here is a pic of Los Angeles with some hiking folks from Kenneth Hahn Park in the Baldwin Hills…

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My pizza from Oggi’s near my parents place. It was double roasted garlic, goat cheese, pine nuts, artichoke hearts and kalamata olives. One of the best pizza’s I have had…

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My dad shooting Los Angeles from Kenneth Hahn Park.

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