Alley and a movie from the back of the boat.

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

I like this one. It is in Chinatown.

Here is a film from the back of the Clipper taken during our 2 hour trip up the sound. The file might take a moment to buffer before it will start.

Shawn on the way to Victoria

Blogger stinks! This is my second time trying
to get this up on the BloG from flickr.

We are in Canada.

They let me in.

They sell cubans but I prefer niciraguans (sp).

We are going to try the pizza tonight and perhaps watch Fargo.

We both miss diggy, look one entry down to see our little boy.

More pix will be coming on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swift

BTW this picture makes me the happiest man in the world. The world had no hope before I met Shawn.

Morning sun dog

Here is the Diggs during his morning routine. After a potty walk he will get in his leather chair and wait until Fosie arrives with the pack and they all head to the mountians, beach or lake. For a furry dog the diggs really likes the sun for some reason. Maybe because they dont get a lot of it in the Scottish highlands.

Record Breaking Heat in Seattle

Window order was delayed, now I need to find some that are in stock that we can install this weekend so I can install the AC units on Sunday.

Edging past the old mark of 87 degrees for May 26 set in 1947, the thermometer offered an 88-degree reading for the books at 4 p.m. yesterday at Sea-Tac Airport.
Record-high marks -- or marks hot on their heels -- are likely again today, with temperatures into the high 80s, said Dustin Guy, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Expect the heat to begin breaking tomorrow, with a drop of 5 to 7 degrees, before temperatures dip into the 70s for the Memorial Day weekend, Guy said.

White Kenmore 10,000 BTU Single Room Air Conditioner

Just both two of these units to keep the wife cool during the hot, sunny, Northwestern summer. It is 87 and sunny as I write this note.

Last summer was the hottest on record as some of our visitors can attest. The basement was hitting high 80's at times. Shawn will be able to stay cool with these units adding up to 20,000 btus of cooling power. Thank god for NorthWest Hydro.

Scary landings

Check out this video. Not sure if you want to kill the pilot or kiss him.

Here is a nice beach to lay on while 747s buzz your cabana.

And then there is of course the SwissAir sideways landing.

Here is a perfect landing.

This is a cool time lapse of a very busy airport, it is the longest so I thought I would save it for last.

Mr Fritz

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

This is Digger's best friend. His name is Mr. Fritz or Fritzie for short. They like to play and fight, play keep away with bones and toys and run in circles. Mr Fritz is a Westhighland Terrier, very simulair to the Cairn - close relative. Some think the Westie breed was derived from the Cairn or Skye lines.

This is a picture of Fritzie in his seattle rain slicker.

Sith and a young jedi

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

Here are some costumers in line for the 6:30 showing of Sith last Friday. There were a few of us folks dressed up but over all I was a bit disappointed in the poor turn out. I mean we were less that 3 miles from Microsoft's main campus! My bet it is due to lucas' past two movies in the series fan support is not there. Those movies were terrible.

In my opinion this latest movie is better than Jedi. I really liked it, much darker than the past two and really sets the stage for Star Wars (A new Hope). It was so good I tried to buy the DVD of the Star Wars - Empire Strike and Jedi but it was sold out at circuit city.

In other news The Wall (movie) has been remastered and was released earlier this year, I wouldn't have know unless I went into the store after the film..

Going to see the Sith this afternoon

My org here at work is going to see the latest installment of the Lucas film empire. As you all know I am an obsessed fan with the series. For today's event I decided to try one of the most challenging costumes known of the series. (and I thought the Jar-Jar was tough) The Leia-Jabba bikini. I haven't had time to upload the picture yet of me in my two piece but rest assured everyone really likes it here at the plant albeit it is a little chilly. I hope I win the contest. This costume is tried a lot but rarely mastered. This picture is of Leia in the costume slaying some of Jabba's employees. Here is a picture of my friend that went as Leia to his friend's kid's Christening.

The Dandy boy

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

Diggs got his first hair cut the other day. He is looking real cute and trim with his new doo. Not sure if he even knows the difference. The groomer said he was a very good boy.

bo sox the movie

Here is a short clip from the other night at the game

The Nation is everywhere all the time

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

There were way more sox fans than mariners in the hizzy last night which always makes for a fun time at Sodo field. Typically it is a morge unless there is a visiting team with a fan base in seattle. Mariner fans are a joke as is west coast baseball excluding the dogers.

These guys in the picture were my favorites of the night. Red sox lost but they won't tonight and I will be there again, I am thinking about going sunday as well.

Please excuse the spelling errors in this blog

As well as grammatically in correct verbage. It is going to happen again and again with me because i am doing 100 things at once. Here are some mistakes that I failed to process in the past two posts.

you might not care but i found a couple of edits to make on the blog...

1. puppys should be spelled puppies

2. for the first photo of Ben it reads... Here is my favorite shot of the youngster. It really shows off his look athletic legs - gold medal legs up and over his head. just get rid of the word 'look'

Stray Dog in Kenya saves abandon infant

Real sad start with a happy ending. Somebody gave up their 7 pound 4oz infant and this stray that was living in the area found the kid carried it out of the woods, through a barbed wire fence over a busy highway and to some place were she was keeping her puppys. Somehow care workers found the situation a few days later.

Benjamin

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

Here is my favorite shot of the youngster. It really shows off his look athletic legs - gold medal legs up and over his head. The one below it is a decent profile shot. By clicking on either picture you can view the different sizes by selecting the "all sizes" item above the picture once you are taken to flickr - our photo site.



I also took a couple movies while in there and made them available over the internet. Both are low quality to be gentle on the modems out there. If you would like some bigger files let me know by leaving a comment. The second of the two may take a while to start, it is larger than the first.

Flick one (turn up the sound to hear me getting shutdown)

Flick two

Mother and youngster are both in excellent shape and are expected to meet in mid-september. This is the half way point.

Co-worker collapse

Yesterday afternoon I was walking down the hall somewhere and I am told by a paniced PM that my friend has collapsed in a close by room. I get there and he is on the floor on his side. He had thrown up a little but was breathing and had a decent pulse. As I was approaching the room all the training I have recieved from the Red Cross started processing in my head. Airway - Heartbeat - Shock - etc. Turns out it was a seizure and he regained his wits in a few minuted in time for the EMS to arrive. Even though I didn't use any hard skills gained in training - knowing what to do and not panicing was enough to take control of the situation and the saftey of my friend until the EMS arrived. This is a program they have for businesses to train a lot of people at once - the way to go.

Giant Mutant Dog Threatens Beach Goers

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

Sunday an enormous mutated cloned cairn terrier escaped from the secret akc cloning laboratories near the Friday harbor vaction spot in Washington State. Dog was last seen panting and begging for whipped cream from beach goers, then things went bad and I got out of there.

Great Orca show this weekend

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

Shawn and I were up in the San Juan's this weekend. We were treated to a great show of 20 to 30 adult orcas. I think they were mainly females, didn't see any huge dorsals. Also shot a short film on my casio camera. Complete with sounds of the blows.

Extinct? After 60 Years, Woodpecker Begs to Differ

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Originally uploaded by spappyjones.

Huge news in the world of birding. A bird long though extinct was found this week 100 of miles from where it was last seen.