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Snowstorm of Dec. 2009

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Dec. 19th brought a historic snowstorm to the DC area, dumping almost two feet of snow in our immediate locality in North Virginia and surpassing in overall impact even the Feb 2003 snowstorm in Baltimore. We were pretty much snowed in for that whole weekend, but we did venture outside to survey conditions for a [...]

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Caturday!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

There’s a lot I want to write about, and a lot I need to do, but time is short and work is hectic and things are changing and sometimes all you need is a short video of a cat licking at a piece of prosciutto.

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Fourth of July 2009

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Fourth of July long weekend was spent largely in domestic relaxation, but we went out on Friday to hike around Theodore Roosevelt Island a bit. While there we got to see three blue herons chased around the marsh by someone’s golden retriever:

Then on Saturday we ventured out to the National Mall to see fireworks. Unfortunately [...]

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Blue Heron Flyby

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Friday morning brought me to Arlington before work, so I made my way to the office in Georgetown via Rosslyn, Key Bridge, and the C&O Canal towpath. Walking down the towpath somewhere between Key Bridge and Wisconsin Ave NW I happened across the blue heron. It spooked and flew before I could get close enough [...]

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Over the Atlantic

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Amy and I have just returned from a short London holiday. We walked through various historic landmarks, saw much art, climbed several spiral staircases, rode the Tube, met up with Sparticus and even got to watch Star Trek at Leicester Square a full day before its US release date. I’m uploading the photos right now, [...]

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Timelapse: Crowds of Tourists at Smithsonian Natural History

Thursday, April 30, 2009
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While It Was Still Dark

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter! We are up in New Jersey for the weekend. While on the train, I tried to take a picture of a lovely yellow full moon hovering over the horizon, but my camera was unsuited to the task of capturing a celestial body at full zoom at night from a moving train. Instead I [...]

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Timelapse: Cherry Blossom Tourists

Friday, April 3, 2009

Tourists at the DC Cherry Blossom Festival, taken at 2 second intervals from various locations around the Tidal Basin and Jefferson Memorial:

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A Few Tokyo Travel Tips

Friday, January 30, 2009

First, let’s set the mood with a video from the Keisei Skyliner:

Now, a few things we learned along the way:

If, like us, you’re coming from a longer trip elsewhere and carrying lots of stuff that you won’t need for while you’re in Tokyo, Narita Airport has bag storage facilities which will keep your suitcase or [...]

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Anilao Dive Log

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

My family went on six dives spread out over three days but I only went on two of those dives on the second day, opting to keep Amy company at the resort on the first and third days.
Dive #85
Date: 1 Jan 2009
Location: Sepok Wall
Maximum depth: 85 ft
Dive time: 50 minutes
Air used: 2500 psi
Off the [...]

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