Since it was overcast, drizzly and I still wasn’t feeling well, I decided to go take pictures at the small Austin Zoo today. (I never said I made sense, did I?) You can see the full set here.

MoPac

MoPac – taken Thursday night just after the sun finished setting.

Scoop the poop

And don’t forget your degradable pick-up mitt.

From an article on the New York Times site:

In a seven-year-old secret program at the National Archives, intelligence agencies have been removing from public access thousands of historical documents that were available for years, including some already published by the State Department and others photocopied years ago by private historians.

The restoration of classified status to more than 55,000 previously declassified pages began in 1999, when the Central Intelligence Agency and five other agencies objected to what they saw as a hasty release of sensitive information after a 1995 declassification order signed by President Bill Clinton. It accelerated after the Bush administration took office and especially after the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to archives records.

Why, oh why?

Why did it have to get cold? Turn up the heat!

Why can’t I ever find anything this cool while out hiking? Oh yeah, I never go hiking.

A Greek hiker found a 6,500-year-old gold pendant in a field and handed it over to authorities, an archaeologist said Thursday.

The flat, roughly ring-shaped prehistoric pendant probably had religious significance and would have been worn on a necklace by a prominent member of society.

My flickr set of butterstick pictures has been featured on pandafix.com – how cool is that? Gotta spread the butterstick love.

Still turning..

Oh, and when I was there, I also got to see Butterstick! Here’s the flickr set.

During a visit to Washington DC, I got to see snow. (Yes, I know. It’s not a big deal for a lot of people, but I haven’t seen this much snow since childhood.)

Until I get the full set uploaded here, you can see “the best of” on flickr.

Flower

Yeah, I got a new camera. Guess I think money grows on trees or something.