I coulda been killed

From the image above, I am certain the reader can understand my close brush with killers. All in a seemingly safe neighborhood, with covenents no less. Some killers have no respect for the law…

In all seriousness, I was in my yard, trimming the hedges when I noticed a swarm of yellow-jackets hovering over my clippings. Luckily, they did not seem to be irritated at me. After carefully removing the clippings, I discovered their nest. Kind of neat.

Strange impositions on the world

This link is about the record of one woman's grandfather's photos series in WWII representing his experience in the Asian theater. As I watched the link with the Flickr slideshow option, I happened to be listening to a set of comfortable songs from my iTunes collection. It kind of brought a new sense of how we view or influence the world around us. As the camera captured scenes from 1945-1947, I am sure the photographer was not aware of the influence western societies would exert on their cultures.
I got a sense of our approach to the rest of the world, at least from my perspective. I felt as an encroacher, even though I obviously have no influence due to the separation of time. Spooky. Now put time as a lens between this photo series and our current experiences. Influence stands out very starkly, not entirely to benefit, from a world perspective or from even an Americo(is that making sense? I know it is a word I probably just made up…) view. What does that say? I am not sure.

Salt + Sound = Cool

Saw this link today. I would have never thought of this myself and the variety of other peoples activities is always amazing. The sound can be a tad irritating, but worth it.

Salt Video 

Tang Bubbly

Not super into this, but found it interesting in how simple this is:

http://www.blogontherocks.com/2006/01/tang_brew_tangpagne.html