Time Sink o' the Day 3

Did you hear the one about the farmer, the sheep, and the LED's? This is kind of cool, sort of like the Benny Hill stop motion bits, except without busty the women, and it's actually clever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDAM5lSPCwk

Runnin' Back to Saskatoon

Went back to the alma mater in Saskatoon last weekend to partake in the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the oldest student social society on the U of S campus, the Ore Gangue. It was started by some farsighted (and probably alcohol deprived) geological students in 1934. Many field trips and ingenious ways to imbibe in a pseudo-social setting have ensued since. Here's a photo of my bro and I at local watering hole Bud's on Broadway, to cap the "Green is the Colour" pub.

Go Green

Ahh, Begosh & Begorrah! May all the sweet blessings o' the Emerald Isle be upon ye this day! I'm only 1/8 Irish, but it's the sentiment that counts.

Remember the 3 R's of being green: Reuse, Recycle, and Rider pride.

Stewart tears Cramer a new one.

I'm a big fan of both "The Daily Show with John Stewart" and "The Colbert Report", since I love satire that skewers the ridiculous, disingenuous and downright criminal actions of public figures. Stewart is particularly effective and scathing when his satire is backed by righteous anger. One of his better moments occurred when he faced off for an entire show with the blowhard investment prognosicator Jim Cramer from the show "Mad Money" on CNBC. Here's the link to the episode:
http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/#clip147736 (in 4 parts).

It's pitiable how Cramer practically begs for forgiveness, but Stewart repeatedly counters with video excerpts of Cramer's own self-indicting blather. Fun to watch.

Instead of "Caveat Emptor", maybe today's financial advice should be "Operor non fides vestri opulentia per viaticus monens fraus" (Don't trust your life savings with fraudulent financial gurus).

Forgot to Blow My Own Horn

I recently had this photo published in March edition of the free monthly Calgary magazine "Avenue" as part of their "My Calgary" photo contest. I took this photo early last October, on one of the last really warm days of the fall. I was looking south towards Prince's Island Park from underneath the pedestrian bridge. I enhanced the colours of the fall foliage using the HDR technique from several (hand held) exposures.

I guess it's March, huh?

After taking 5 weeks off the post, I thought I'd post a few photos of our wonderful trip to Roatan, Honduras in the third week of February. It's the largest of the Bay Islands off the Carribean coast of Honduras. About 60 km long and 3 km wide, it has one of the largest fringing reef systems outside of the Great Barrier Reef. We stayed at the Paya Bay Beach resort in the northeastern part of the island, a very beautiful location. We had a very relaxing time, and made some good friends among the guests and staff. Hopefully I can get the slide show to work. If not, here's the link to my Picasa Web folder (click on the slideshow for the captions): http://picasaweb.google.com/yolazdad/RoatanTrip200903?