The Giant Radio Lobes of Fornax A

Many gems can be found in the Audible audio version of David Sedaris' Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, not the least of which is hearing octogenarian diva Elaine Stritch read "The Cat and the Baboon", delivering lines such as "It’s good to have a clean anus. Why, I lick mine at least five times a day," and "I don’t care how much money you have, I’m not making conversation with anyone who licks his own ass", which I think is my new ringtone.

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iPhone photo, November 2010, Durham NC

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Earlier this year, kids from Dorothy and Mark’s class at Durham’s Central Park School — who were in rehearsals for a school production of The Wizard of Oz — got a guided tour of Manbites Dog Theater. Later, they sent cards of thanks, telling us what they learned.

Find more in the series over at The Upstager.

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Looking Down Yosemite Valley

( Yosemite Valley with Jeff… )

Yosemite, California. September 17, 2010. Sony Cybershot.

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Riding Down Yosemite Valley
Yosemite, California. September 17, 2010. iPhone photo.

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I know that big box stores have their own thriving bird populations, which fly inside and take up residence atop the high shelves. But no one told me that they also harbor gigantic radioactive mutant blood sucking abominations like this.


Costco, Durham N.C., July 2010. iPhone photo

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Looking Down Yosemite Valley (1865) Albert Bierstadt

Jeff and I take a quick trip out west this week to attend my niece's wedding in Yosemite (she and her husband-to-be both have worked there a number of years). It's my first visit to the park -- I wish we could stay more than a couple of days.

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Card image for Manbites Dog's 24th Season.

Design: Rebekah Miel, QuickBrownFox

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NASA has posted a bunch of nifty pictures via Flickr's Commons.

Above, JFK and Werner von Braun at Cape Canaveral.

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On vacation. Jeff fishing on the lake near our cabin.
 

( More -- some Not Safe for PETA… )

 

Saluda N.C., August 19-20, 2010. Sony Cybershot

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