Seed Beads

I’ve been working on final projects for my class with Gail Moore in Mexico, and for the mighty Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild Bead Daze in Detroit. 

I think this shot really sums it all up.

This is McCain, getting confused about where to get off set at the end of tonight’s debate. He looks like a zombie, lurching after Obama’s brains. 

From another angle:

Jessica Simpson does this all of the time, too- when she realizes she’s done something stupid she sticks her tongue ALL of the way out. Very odd.

McCain does [...]

More on seeing owls.

Allison Shock weighs in on owl-seeing, and not-seeing. 

Vertical Napping Bark photo by A. Shock; Great Horned Owl with downy chick, San Pedro River, AZ.
Owls have many tools for escaping detection: cryptic coloration, shifting outline often modified with cranial feather tufts, motionless roosting, self-effacing habits, and nearly silent flight. They are chromosomally adept at Hiding in [...]

The Dodgers were knocked out of the playoffs tonight.

This pleases me because I don’t like the poor sportsmanship of Manny Ramirez. I do love Joe Torre, though, and if he would get rid of Manny I’d be strong on his team. His wheatgrass/screenplay commercial was fantastic.

The final debate

My friends, McCain is very blinky and condescending. Very blinky. I think he’s amped on something. Maybe Viagra?

(actual screencap from debate!)
He continues to be erratic, and he uses a lot of grandpa words like “cockamamie.” Rachel Maddow, liveblogging the debate, says,

Watching McCain argue is like watching a random-orbital sander at work.   Trade! Colombia! You [...]

I’m still working through the Birds Of Arizona books

using some of my free time to learn about my feathery friends.  Naturally I remain obsessed with owls. Here is a grumpy screech owl, awakened by a mob of songbirds trying to chase it off.

The Firefly site consistently gives me better ID photos than any of my books. Look at those LEGS!

I knew I liked Joe Maddon.

The coach of the Tampa Bay Rays is rising high in my personal pantheon.

Beating Boston is a pretty great way to my heart, but he’s a thinker, an economist, and a cook. I knew I liked him. Here are a few cuts from a Sports Illustrated article of October 6th. (My favorite parts in bold.) [...]