Department of Really Bad Ideas

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 has mandated that, beginning this year, Daylight Saving Time (DST) will begin three weeks earlier than it has in the past and will extend one week later. This year daylight saving time will begin on March 11 and end on November 4.

Saturday's Post, Early or Late: All Things Bridge

Bay Bridge
San Francisco
September 2005

Train Bridge over the Potomac
Washington, DC
July 2005

I've been remiss on my Saturday's Post: All Things. So here's one for a Wednesday.

And what did you do this weekend?

Subject Line of a Recent Email from my Work: Exsponge your Criminal Record

Yes, you too can exsponge your Criminal Record. I received this flier in my email box at work. The subject line was from the sponsoring organization, but thankfully it was spelled correctly (flier below).

EVERYONE IS WELCOMED TO BE A PART OF

{name changed to protect the innocent} COLLEGE

A PRESENTATION ON

“HOW TO EXPUNGE YOUR

CRIMINAL RECORD”

HUMAN SERVICE CLUB

OUR NEXT POTLUCK MEETING WILL BE

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2007

2:00-4:00

IN THE

CAMPUS CENTER

FEATURED GUEST SPEAKER

SUSANNE PASTUSCHEK

WITH A PRESENTATION ON

“HOW TO EXPUNGE YOUR

CRIMINAL RECORD”

THE HUMAN SERVICE CLUB IS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE CLUBS ON CAMPUS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN SOME FUN TO BRING A DISH AND JOIN US. THANK YOUFOR ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL @ (xxx) xxx-xxxx

Lots and lots of fun especially for us un-exsponged criminals.

Shadows, Color and Light

Banana-leaved Shadows
Oceanside, CA
January 2007
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Birds and Blue Window
Oceanside, CA
January 2007


Oceanside Library Pool
Oceanside, CA
January 2007

I had an occasion to trip down to Oceanside, and today, when the light has been so gray here in town, I remembered the brilliance of that direct light and its resulting crisp shadows from gangly plants. Or maybe I was remembering the brilliance of some of the quilts I saw in the exhibit.

Quilt Detail

Freeze

While driving home on Monday, I noticed a whole row of rose-lavender cacti, colored that way from the recent cold snap. On some you can see the burnt edges, etched by the freeze.