From the Blue Ridge Parkway

Why do they call this place "The Vistas"?

Face of a tree

Oktoberfest 2009

Three pretzels

Happy Oktoberfest!

What lies beyond the fog

Actually, it should be called a cloud, not fog, and beyond it is a
golf course.

"Roughing" it

Beware of Youth in Asia

The perfect mix of xenophobia, fear of a black president, and plain old ignorance.

Wacom needs a PR dept

How can a major modern company release a product and not tell anyone?

Kanye Disrespects Scribbles!

Kanye West jumped up on my stage!

Snake with a foot

I am sick of these monkeyfightin' snakes with their monkeyfightin' feet!
http://io9.com/5359538/evolutionary-throwback-snake-with-foot-discovered

Got an award at work

No, it's not in the box.

Cabin John Regional Park

Alexandria arts festival

Giant metal mantis

...with boobs, taking a dump.

What about the R.O.U.S.'s?

Rodents of unusual size? I don’t believe they exist.

Seeing double

The flaw with disemvoweling

Why disemvoweling isn’t a bulletproof means of forum moderation: As cake may dice Ike, I am the roof cooker.

It never fails

I'm on front desk duty at work about two hours a month yet invariably in those two hours, I receive a call that only I can answer, which would be so much easier to do from my own desk. Meanwhile, I get maybe five such calls total during the other 138 hours.