Explorations large and small
Dungeness Spit is a nearly six-mile long sand spit that curves out from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is a spectacular setting. On this day you can see both Canada — the Continue reading Dungeness Spit panorama
American marketing is given to excess: “The greatest thing since sliced bread!” “The boldest step in home living since the flush toilet!” “This crew-cab truck is sooo big, you’ll need an aircraft hanger to garage it!” “100 times more powerful Continue reading Mini-burger
Really? A five course tequila dinner?
Take two Asian religions (Judaism, Christianity), mix in some pagan and commercial European elements (evergreen trees, stocking caps, candy canes), add in a food from the Americas (cocoa) and a subject that mixes Christian theology (“Follow me, and I will make Continue reading Fishy, but chocolate
This poor little bunny, a Godiva bunny no less, has suffered the depredations of a maurading bunny nibbler. The bunny is but a shell of its former self, a broken shell at that.
This professionally printed sign with less than professional scribbling was taped to a parking meter in Silver Spring, Maryland. It notifies motorists that two spaces are not available from something scribbled to something else scribbled, with an almost illegible correction Continue reading Iterative notice about parking
Henna tattoo? This is not henna, and this is not a tattoo.
On January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber carrying four Mark 28 hydrogen bombs collided with a KC-135 aerial tanker during a mid-air refueling at 31,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. The collision killed three of Continue reading Palma de Mallorca, February 1966
This sign, posted on a pier at Fort DeSoto Park, south of St. Petersburg, Florida, is not dolphin approved. Dolphins are highly intelligent animals, fully capable of serving in their role as a top predator in the ocean. Yet like Continue reading Not dolphin approved