Yearly Archives: 2008
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brian and owl pellets
I find this strange. I know what owl pellets are, but if you are not familiar with the term, here’s a quick definition:
…the mass of undigested parts of a bird’s food that some bird species occasionally regurgitate. The contents of a bird’s pellet depend on its diet, but can include the exoskeletons of insects, indigestible plant matter, bones, fur, feathers, bills, claws, and teeth. In falconry, the pellet is called a casting.
Yummy. Anyway, owl pellets are often used in biology classes so students can get some hands on experience with this kind of thing. I guess it’s kind of fun to pick apart the bird version of a hair ball and find little mouse bones in there.
So, if there is a need for owl pellets, there must be a supplier. I understand this too. What I don’t understand is the marketing tactics of these suppliers. Discount Owl Pellets is one of these suppliers. If you navigate to their Products page, you’ll find such varieties as ‘standard owl pellets,’ ‘basic owl pellets,’ and even ‘jumbo owl pellets.’ You haven’t lost me yet Patty. You lose me on the ‘individual bargain bags’ and the ‘premium owl pellets.’
Anyway, thought you guys might enjoy this. Just be happy I didn’t order any grab bags for Christmas presents.
Mike in his natural state
M.I.F.C. – I like Icke
max
It has been mentioned that video is the future of photography. One only has too look at the rise of YouTube and the death of newspapers to see this. We want video. We want moving pictures. At the very least we want still cameras that shoot 10 frames per second.
One thing that video will never trump still photography on is capturing the essence of something, in one slice of time, in a manner that is immediately evident to any onlooker. Sure, video can capture the essence of many situations in ways that photography can’t. It can capture the motion and movement and the progression of events. But to absorb that essence requires one to sit down and watch. It requires effort on the part of the viewer. Photography can relate all you need to know in a single glance, even if the viewer has no intention of actually studying the photograph.
This photo does that for me. It might not have meaning to those who don’t know Max, the dog pictured. But to see this picture is to know this dog.
M.I.F.C. – Mardela BBS
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M.I.F.C. – Sunday Bloody Sunday Edition
I realize this didn’t actually go up Sunday, but the title seemed appropriate since it is the 7th comic in the series.
Demons
Dick and I played SPI’s Demons, written by James F. Dunnigan, over the Thanksgiving break (Elias hooked me up with the game — props). The premise of the game is that King Solomon was given a magic ring by archangel Michael that gave him control over demons of the land. The Demons get out and all hell breaks loose. To add to matters, magicians, spotting an opportunity (as they do), start showing up and getting the demons to do their bidding and basically plundering the treasures of the land. Players play power hungry magicians.
Like my other experiences with paper war games, Demons is extremely complicated. It took Dick and I a couple hours to figure out. When we finally did, we played for about an hour and realized we were playing wrong. Here are some pictures.
