Avatar: The Last Airbender

A daily episode of Aang, Katara, and Sokka, makes for a good bed time experience. I adore it. On Nickelodeon.

Fica na porta

by Emmy Taylor

Boundaries can be physical, or they can be the kind that become neurons in the brain controlling the future.

Family

I loved the only grandpa I knew, who wasn't really my grandpa. I miss him. He loved me.

Real need vs. taking advantage

"First, when others are looking to us for help, we can notice the manner in which they are asking. I've noticed that those who are in real need are very different than those who are trying to take advantage of us. Those who are trying to take advantage of us have a hard time completely masking their true feelings and motives. You may notice an unnaturally saccharine niceness and flattery, or an underlying bossiness, impatience and aggression. Those who are truly in need are often very sincere in their gratitude afterwards, but those who are taking advantage often have a hard time hiding their gloating, and they often boast about it to others." - DH

Who let you inside my head?

"Don't rush to the rescue. In other words, we don't have to fight stupidity, irresponsibility, incompetence and insanity whenever and wherever we see it." - A wise person

Obfuscate!

1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
3. to darken.

AZ Capitol

by Duda

Why not attend the Education Committee meetings at the Capitol.

A "non-commercial" hangout

by Duda

They make a mean chai.

White winters

by T
Living in the warm valley (OK, maybe not so warm in the last few days) makes one focus on clear skies, green trees, and dry spells. But, as the picture above shows, it does snow in AZ. A few thousand feet above sea level qualifies as "high country". Go there if you want to see white.

The lizards stay indoors

by Duda

on cold and cloudy days.

Obsessions

Bubblets

For when the brain needs entertainment but just can't engage in monster creative projects .

The mall

by Duda

What's in your wallet?

The Flying McCoys

Flavors of Africa

I want this book.

My Timex

by Duda

With Indiglo
Water Resistant
This one does not have the date.

Now. why won't the features work?

To the left

by Duda

Na panela

by Duda

The printing job

Sr. Pacheco

Oficina da Classica

Beira, Mozambique 1961

Masks

illusions

Believe

By Emmy Taylor

Don't let go

by Emmy Taylor

Dance

by Emmy Taylor

Controlled power.

Blue Ball Machine

Fun

007

An absolute must see.

She's a "Wanna Be" rock star

"And I think it's gonna be a long long time 'til touch down brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, I'm a Rocket man...

Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone..."

Self determination

by Duda
Nurture vs. Nature

I believe in the profound power of Nurture.

Downtown Phoenix

By Duda

Central Avenue

Ponderosa Stables

by Duda

A new thing for 2007

Liquid lakes on Titan

Titan, Saturn's moon.

The Cassini flyby of July 22, 2006, confirmed the existence of lakes of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan. Radar imaging data from the flyby, published this week in the journal Nature, provide convincing evidence for large bodies of liquid.

This image, used on the journal's cover, gives a taste of what Cassini saw. Intensity in this colorized image is proportional to how much radar brightness is returned, or more specifically, the logarithm of the radar backscatter cross-section. The colors are not a representation of what the human eye would see.

Shadows

Time Magazine

A rock falls on NJ

Time Magazine

Unidentified metal object puzzles police.

A road block

by Duda

The chickens and other fowl roamed in the parking lot, not concerned with the bewildered drivers who were trying to avoid fowlcide.

Africa

by Duda

Art in the Desert

The Copper Oasis

by Duda

A Veterans Memorial in the Desert.

For Mr. Ford, the President

by Duda

Eternal Optimism

by Emmy Taylor

Rosiness

"I miss 2006..."

... she said upon awakening. The other said "7 is really only a number. Nothing changed" For those who do not take well to change, this particular time of the year isn't necessarily exciting. So, here's to a smooth transition, or the continuation of a well established path.