Archive for October, 2004

Thursday, October 7th, 2004
» seasonally appropriate spideryness

As I was getting into the car to go to work yesterday, I noticed a sizeable web in the little strip of bushes that divides our driveway from the next one over. I ran back inside, grabbed the camera, and ended up getting several decent shots of the web and its occupant: a dime-sized spider with what looked to be a (US-)quarter-sized egg sac.

approaching the webgetting closermoving around to one sidezooming inin the plane of the webfrom behind
Tuesday, October 5th, 2004
» i just like saying "whedon whammy". more than i should, probably.

Whump warns of Whedon whammy:

If you’re a US Citizen, a fan of Buffy and Joss Whedon, and you want to help elect John Kerry as our next president, then keep the night of Monday the 18th open, okay?

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» who’s the best pilot you ever saw?

Yesterday was a bittersweet day for space flight enthusiasts: