tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90828210497720269762024-02-19T08:40:29.772-08:00Nybor CityRobyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-59034473772196069472014-04-11T19:23:00.000-07:002014-04-11T19:23:11.897-07:00My Cat Plays FetchAll my cats are dogs. <br />
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<iframe width="360" height="265" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FYNicf0Nxd8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-4783068299010391882014-02-27T13:55:00.000-08:002014-02-27T13:55:22.214-08:00Climbing Kitten, IKEA HackI'm not fond of carpet-covered cat towers so I thought I'd go the IKEA hack route and build something that was cool and doesn't scream cat lady. Now, I know building your own cat tower screams "cat lady," so I haven't succeeded in that endeavor. But if you're here, you either know me or you googled "build your own cat post" or "build your own cat climb" or "cat lady," so let's get to the how to of this post.<br />
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Here's the finished product, a rope-covered pole that goes all the way to the ceiling, along with two platforms which she uses to hop down from the bookshelf. Most of the time. Other times, she goes down the pole in reverse, deranged monkey-style. (Skip to the end if you just want watch a cat video. You know that's why you're here.)<br />
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In this photo, my three-month-old kitten inspects the IKEA materials necessary for construction. I know, why did I wait so long to post a photo with a cat in it, stupid, stupid, stupid. (You've skipped this part and gone straight to the cat video, who am I kidding?)<br />
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So that white thing is a <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20179940/">Stoleman</a> post which is half of what you need to build a floating shelf. But much like a carpet-coated cat tower, I do not want a floating shelf. All the little bits and pieces on the floor come with the post. The three black squares are floating shelves. Okay, I know I just said I do not want a floating shelf, but these are different floating shelves because they are going to become floating platforms, which the kitten will use to get down once she's gotten to the top. Such is the plan. I just met her, so we'll see how this goes. And the doormat up top, that I'm going to cut to the size of the shelves and then nail them on so that she doesn't slide off of the shelves when she jumps down. So it's sort of like covering something in beige carpet, yet it's not because it's a scratchy, grey doormat, which is SO much better than a beige carpet. (Note the beige carpet in my apartment, I'm not much for carpet-coated floors but I don't own the joint, and you know, I'm just trying to keep the beige motif from taking over the place.)<br />
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Next up, the rope. <br />
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Here we see the pole pre-rope wrap. I bought three 50ft coils of sisal rope at a hardware store, which I then had to teach myself to weave together. A couple of way-too-quick-at-it Irish fisherman videos later and I found a guy who shows you how to do it by using color coded tape. <br />
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Here comes one of the other pieces of equipment you need from IKEA: brackets. The brackets are sold separately and are meant for the whole floating bookshelf apparatus, but I used them to tie the rope at the bottom and the top of the pole. Don't make the mistake I did, which was to buy two packs of these. They come in packs of four, you only need two, so you'll have two extra left over. I of course, had six left over, and had to return to IKEA for the necessary $10 refund. <br />
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So you put the bracket on the bottom, tie the rope to it, then begin coiling up the post. Every fifth turn I hammered the rope down, to make sure that it was tight, then I applied glue from a gun. I've never used a glue gun so every 10th turn, I burned myself. Which, if you've never burned yourself with hot glue, is a delayed sensation. Every time I fooled myself into thinking that I had just gotten a rope splinter but then the pain would increase, prompting me to peel the glue off of my finger. Not unsurvivable but probably the most annoying part of this, besides the amount of rope that'll end up on your (hopefully not) beige carpet. Getting to the top takes, depending on your snack-break-to-cat participation ratio, 1-2 hours. <br />
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Here's the finished product once you've got the bracket on top. <br />
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Let's have a moment of appreciation for the most time-consuming portion of this project.<br />
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Now, I waited to adhere the top portion of the rope because I needed to extend the telescoping pole and the glue would have made that a bit difficult. You'll note that I placed it next to a bookshelf, this is so that she can prowl around on top and survey her vast kingdom that is a one bedroom apartment.<br />
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Next up, the floating shelf with nailed on doormat.<br />
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I placed one of these flush with the bookshelf so that she would have room to climb the pole and a platform to bridge the gap. The hanging of these floating shelves was harder than putting the pole up. The screws were not provided by IKEA so I rummaged around for screws that would match, then danced back and forth as to how far in or out they needed to be from the wall in order to catch the bracket in the back of the shelf. Once this was finally achieved I placed the pole flush with the forward edge of the shelf.<br />
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There was a little difficulty with the telescoping pole, in that it flew back inside, launching the top across the room. Which reminds me of the time in high school when I was bench pressing by myself in the basement and I was too fatigued to do another rep, so I decided to raise one side of the bar and let the weights fall off, not thinking about what would happen to the other side of the bar. Which rapidly flung the unweighted side up into the air, tossing the weights onto the ground. This telescoping pole was fast like that, albeit a little less dangerous. Although, I was standing on a step stool and we all know that falling off of a step stool is one of the leading causes of death in cat ladies. <br />
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By utilizing "the internet" I found other people having the same problems with their poles. (Which, surprisingly, did not send me directly to a <a href="http://tosh.comedycentral.com/blog/2009/10/22/stripper-fail-mash-up">Tosh.0's Top 10 Stripper Pole Fails</a> Montage.) You basically do some jiggling and some turning and the pole will finally catch back into place. (I know, I know, moving on.) Then put the pole back into position and screw it upwards until it's flush-ish with the ceiling. I then put two screws in to keep it from being knocked down, you can use three, but two seems enough. From here, I wrapped the remaining rope around, not bothering with the glue gun as I was standing on a step stool and would likely burn the joint down. (See <a href="http://tosh.comedycentral.com/episodes/6jnlqg/november-12--2009---ladder-fail-guy">Tosh.0's Top 10 Step Stool Fails</a>.) Once I got to the top, I just wedged the end of the rope in under the bracket and tied it tightly into place.<br />
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And here it is with just the one shelf up next to it.<br />
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I then installed the second shelf.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOXI28mx2hTS0HT4WZ1A6Lcpq59-Y6mcnczIl10JljS8PuGYpn0JWkQVwA4n6dtacKiSCr0Akl_L_a6tSQdr-4D-2dLkxWibsgcoQwOAN__1MF3z4sirxvUX9y7R_CWXi9dl1Od9lnP8/s1600/Pole+with+Shelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOXI28mx2hTS0HT4WZ1A6Lcpq59-Y6mcnczIl10JljS8PuGYpn0JWkQVwA4n6dtacKiSCr0Akl_L_a6tSQdr-4D-2dLkxWibsgcoQwOAN__1MF3z4sirxvUX9y7R_CWXi9dl1Od9lnP8/s320/Pole+with+Shelves.jpg" /></a><br />
And here she is utilizing it for the first time. Regarding the stack of plastic storage boxes at the bottom, I'm planning on putting a window seat there with the litter box inside of it, but I'm waiting for her to get a little longer, as she can't drop much further down than that. <br />
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Now, she didn't really get what the pole was for to begin with, so I had to train her how to climb. Though, she had already figured out how to climb the couch interestingly enough. Here is a video of her learning and then succeeding at climbing the entire thing. <br />
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She no longer climbs the couch. She uses the bottom of the pole as a scratch post. <br />
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Someone else posted the how to's of this pole. While I was thinking of doing something like this on my own, I realized someone else had done it, and decided to follow some of <a href="http://www.ikeahackers.net/2013/01/cat-hack-cat-tower-scratching-post.html">their instructions</a> and then customize as needed.<br />
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At the end of the video you can see a black <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30219281/">Drona</a> box on top of the bookshelf, I bought that at IKEA as well, to keep her from trying to jump down onto the kitchen counter. She enjoys the cubby hole experience. And other than if I reach my hand up there and she attacks it, I would have no idea where she is. <br />
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Black cat + black furniture = I can't see you<br />
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Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-18755303220077055672014-02-05T10:55:00.001-08:002014-02-05T10:55:50.517-08:00Walk Of Shame<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgoqBv69mfDmGJKiloDpPnx4SCBqUAm0tKM3suZNHghOVv4kGwN2VrIXN6BUHQ5DAZ-ATc8mh2jE8-XczcFvGx3XtUxtZ1fpkRsLZmpJ_aee_Q-iDeHnrHq6OW-wSNt8qFEMbO9ofhv0/s1600/No+toilet+paper.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgoqBv69mfDmGJKiloDpPnx4SCBqUAm0tKM3suZNHghOVv4kGwN2VrIXN6BUHQ5DAZ-ATc8mh2jE8-XczcFvGx3XtUxtZ1fpkRsLZmpJ_aee_Q-iDeHnrHq6OW-wSNt8qFEMbO9ofhv0/s320/No+toilet+paper.png" /></a><br />
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Regarding the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/olympics/media-reports-sochiproblems-olympic-village-article-1.1602530">no paper in the toilet situation in Sochi</a>, the exact same thing happened to me at a bar in downtown LA. And the trash can wasn't nestled sweetly next to the toilet but outside of the stalls next to the sinks. So after peeing on ice, like I'm standing at a urinal, you then got to juggle your TP in one hand, put your pants on with the other, walk past the line of ladies in waiting who are about to discover this camping situation, and toss it into the can next to the sinks. Thus absolutely proving (and there's no possible way that I'm overstating this) that 30 years after the '84 Olympics, LA is just as modern as Putin's Russia. <br />
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(There was a bathroom attendant enforcing this toilet paper walkabout, otherwise I'm sure people would have just been like, "I can't even.") Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-76919992837216387022014-01-27T11:05:00.000-08:002014-01-27T11:05:07.514-08:00Literal Or Figurative Or NeitherHere's the thing about Madonna's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsTmi9N9Gs">Open Your Heart" song</a>, I have, since childhood, thought when I heard this song "Wow, she's all about the dick in vagina interpretation," because... let me give you my explanation:<br />
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<a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/madonna/openyourheart.html">"Open your heart to me"<br />
"I hold the lock and you hold the key"</a><br />
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Now, if the guy's heart is the one that needs to be opened, then he is in fact the lock, and her love is the key. But of course, it being Madonna, she's gone with the whole his penis is a key and her vagina is a lock thing. So I've always thought that she's being figurative in a physical sort of interpretation when she could have been figurative in a literary sort of interpretation.<br />
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But then, last night Madonna sang "Open Your Heart" as part of the marriage of 33 people at the Grammys.<br />
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And while there were heterosexual couples involved, the point of the event was to highlight gay marriage: that of lock to lock and key to key. (I know, I know, you could get pretty complicated with transexuals and all other physical states and body parts, but let's try to keep the symbolism as straight forward as possible. "Straight," I know...)<br />
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So last night, I thought that Madonna has possibly, finally moved to a more literary interpretation since there were all kinds of lock and key combinations represented, physically speaking. And then I considered, well you could say that America's heart was locked and it has finally been opened to the idea of gay marriage. But again, Madonna is singing that she's the vagina-lock, and I don't think she thinks of herself as an anti-gay-marriage-American. But that's me going with the physical sort of interpretation. So I'll go with the literary sort and say that the song represents America's vagina opening up to the idea.<br />
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Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-47510272397358622692013-08-13T11:11:00.001-07:002013-08-13T11:18:08.158-07:00Seriously?I was just shopping on Amazon and searched "Gift For Mom" and this item came up. <br />
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Exactly what are you implying, Amazon?Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-63442358020625831592013-07-29T09:35:00.003-07:002013-07-29T09:35:49.747-07:00Surf Riot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hakKdnTq5ZMGsHfKAnvSTD4SbmMCxzSUUr87BkzKZRsjma-ShFI9cQg4RFISusyKpfdonJXSvfDJ9J6E52PajX71gQjoaamVv_TxauhIyBen9wYNmKBv02Zcy1Qe8nOFbsIHkZTWcKY/s1600/stop+sign+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hakKdnTq5ZMGsHfKAnvSTD4SbmMCxzSUUr87BkzKZRsjma-ShFI9cQg4RFISusyKpfdonJXSvfDJ9J6E52PajX71gQjoaamVv_TxauhIyBen9wYNmKBv02Zcy1Qe8nOFbsIHkZTWcKY/s400/stop+sign+window.jpg" /></a><br />
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When I saw the headline "<a href="http://www.news.com.au/world-news/surf-fans-riot-in-california-city-of-huntington-beach/story-fndir2ev-1226687836645">Surf Riot in Huntington Beach Last Night</a>." I thought, "'Surf Riot' now that's a good band name." Then I thought Fox News will cover it as "Yet another Trayvon riot." And then I googled it and found out that there was a much more destructive riot in 1986 at the exact same event, which has since been renamed, and none of the articles I was reading mentioned that history. Exactly why is it so hard for reporters to <a href="http://www.americanphotomag.com/photo-gallery/2012/03/surf-riot">google</a>? I mean, the "Los Angeles Times" didn't mention it and they wrote a <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1986-09-01/local/me-12932_1_riot">substantial article</a> about it in 1986 telling the story of a lifeguard protecting medical equipment in their headquarters from looters by shooting into the ceiling to disperse the crowd. <br />
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Anyways, here's a guy using a surf board as kindling below. It's at least much more on topic for a surf riot than piercing a bike store window with a stop sign, though it can be said that destroying a surf board at a surfing event is also just a tad bit ironic.<br />
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Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-86485462735017736532013-07-21T17:12:00.000-07:002013-07-21T17:19:05.050-07:00Chinatown<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwUsuDnk7zhonpAd4RBgHKTn3DGNYgQsDAcfGceJglEv3L6ONv1qCSiT08jmBrjMvzpIEkUakYkadsERcukRPyqQccQxFwIQ0HLz4ruxMZRdtsgjFBpMrZMdgsbNJJcYV9_64AxdvrV4/s1600/Most+colorful+roach+trap+in+the+world.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwUsuDnk7zhonpAd4RBgHKTn3DGNYgQsDAcfGceJglEv3L6ONv1qCSiT08jmBrjMvzpIEkUakYkadsERcukRPyqQccQxFwIQ0HLz4ruxMZRdtsgjFBpMrZMdgsbNJJcYV9_64AxdvrV4/s400/Most+colorful+roach+trap+in+the+world.JPG" /></a><br />
Most colorful roach trap in the world.<br />
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Toughest mannequin in the world.<br />
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Happiest disembodied heads in the world.<br />
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Florida, water, the cause of all the problems in the world.<br />
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The most specific wishing well in the world.<br />
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Loneliest weave in the world.Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-31392821154031975972013-07-17T01:08:00.000-07:002013-07-17T15:07:37.762-07:00Trayvon Protest in LA Sunday 7/14<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyZ083jhdu-t1G_HA6YzCJrRxBJRVoE2sRz7BIIJDn-0ON_bwsm_HnIaZgmodx5YvFA78ig0Nky6yPe4soNQadSKYmjgQRYovFLA4BhlwBUmZNZB07IXHBWFQryY-USD4sVR-piLb7u4/s1700/Guys+look+at+camera+on+10+CENTERED.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyZ083jhdu-t1G_HA6YzCJrRxBJRVoE2sRz7BIIJDn-0ON_bwsm_HnIaZgmodx5YvFA78ig0Nky6yPe4soNQadSKYmjgQRYovFLA4BhlwBUmZNZB07IXHBWFQryY-USD4sVR-piLb7u4/s420/Guys+look+at+camera+on+10+CENTERED.jpg" /></a><br />
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Below is a photo/video log of how, on Sunday, July 14th, the Justice for Trayvon Martin Protest March found its way onto the 10 Freeway.<br />
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It began as a fairly small demonstration at the intersection of Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Blvd in front of the Crenshaw Plaza Mall at 4 PM.<br />
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Chants of "Justice for Trayvon Martin" were heard.<br />
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Drawing parallels between Trayvon and Emmett Till.<br />
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And then, without warning, in the middle of someone's speech, people suddenly started walking en masse up the southbound side of Crenshaw. Which is in the opposite direction of the 10 freeway.<br />
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After about 15 minutes of walking in this direction, the crowd turned around and took over both sides of Crenshaw. And then this baby's Skittles fell on the ground. I handed them back to his mother.<br />
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Beyonce plead from the billboard above us to "Live For Now," brought to you by Pepsi.<br />
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And when I got to this intersection, the protestors had already blocked the tram, seconds later it went in reverse all the way back to the station.<br />
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This "2 Guns" movie billboard allowed us to imagine what might have happened if it hadn't been just one gun. Or to think, yay, more guns. Or, Denzel Washington's in a comedy with Mark Wahlberg?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-Gg6LUnxAUpPxXLM_VfdZ_A_gFGU5EnwUWSCfaDmwXy1cNl_3fyxoX9mBeX2eVgxbe9izwnAyF6ekc7nGAaID2NgwmEfbNdlcP5vWrrr9t_lQwF2XsigQ4znabe_y4ujC24i_sWYpI8/s1700/Closing+in+on+the+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-Gg6LUnxAUpPxXLM_VfdZ_A_gFGU5EnwUWSCfaDmwXy1cNl_3fyxoX9mBeX2eVgxbe9izwnAyF6ekc7nGAaID2NgwmEfbNdlcP5vWrrr9t_lQwF2XsigQ4znabe_y4ujC24i_sWYpI8/s420/Closing+in+on+the+10.jpg" /><br />
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Just before 6 PM we were closing in on the 10 and it seemed obvious to me that what no one was saying, was indeed going to happen.<br />
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At the entrance to the 10 surprisingly, cops were only on the off ramp opposite of us. No one was guarding the on ramp. As the group caught up, the intersection began to fill and then suddenly... the crowd started walking down the on ramp.<br />
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And this is a still from the moment we stormed the 10.<br />
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And this is a video from that moment.<br />
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And this is me on the 10. (That's right, I'm that girl who only gets followed by people who wonder why I'm walking by myself in this neighborhood because it's not safe.)<br />
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We spread out further as a march on the 10 than the news portrayed.<br />
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People cheered us on from the overpass above.<br />
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And this is when we hit the police line which had formed seconds earlier when, laden with riot gear, the police jogged up the opposite side of the 10 in order to deploy ahead of us.<br />
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This is video of that interaction. Just before I shot this, the police officer was getting jostled pretty hard. I thought for a moment, it was about to go down when an older black man came out in front and appealed for calm. At this point I turned around and realized that the cops AND the general traffic had closed in on us and people were running to climb up the hill for fear of a rubber bullet situation.<br />
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I felt like we were ants escaping water the way we all streamed rapidly up a now trodden ivy path.<br />
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Here we go.<br />
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Baby included.<br />
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Just a few protestors left on the 10.<br />
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Protestors standing their ground.<br />
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Moments later, they retreated up the hill and only cops were on the 10.<br />
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And then I noticed this guy on his bike. <br />
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And... here he is getting handcuffed.<br />
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Here's a closer look. Now, to get to off the freeway, we all had to climb a concrete barrier into some guy's backyard. I twisted my ankle as it was an arm's length over my head. On the second try to get over, some guy launched me up when I stepped into his threaded together fingers. I then dropped just as far down on the other side, followed immediately by a muscular guy who came down on his back, dust flying everywhere. I was always better at the dismount. Of course, as I turned the corner I saw people crawling on their hands and knees through a tiny maintenance door in the wall. Oh, well.<br />
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For quite a long while they kept the 10 closed and there were only cop cars on it.<br />
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Then, there were no cars on it. Some protestors proclaimed that they were heading on towards Hollywood, others said they were going to Beverly Hills, I decided to return to my car as my ankle was fairly painful. This involved walking all the way back down Crenshaw. <br />
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The Crenshaw return group was much smaller, but still a couple hundred, and was led by a Black Panther who reminded me of that scene in "Malcolm X" when he would start and stop us all solely with hand signals. We walked past low-riders as a drum corps joined us with the most serious of faces. By then my cell phone had died so I experienced the last half hour through my eyes rather than through my screen. Finally, we amassed at the intersection of Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Blvd, right back where the whole thing had begun. Less cops than before, more honking in support than before, and darkness was falling on what seemed like, an if not brighter day, a day that had drawn attention to the dire consequences of racial profiling and the entirely uneven application of the law.Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-64205160294510749982013-04-20T12:56:00.000-07:002013-04-20T12:57:20.338-07:00Broke The StoryDue to the internet's "research" into the bombings at the Boston Marathon this week which was full of misinformation, jumping to conclusions and worldwide trending of the names of the falsely accused, I was reminded of a bit of research that I did, for the movie "Religulous," on a quote which is often attributed to former Secretary of the Interior James Watt, "God gave us these things to use. After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back."<br />
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Here's the thing, James Watt didn't say that. But the internet says that he did. And when I was asked to verify it, I actually had to do something that no blogger has ever done: go to the library. <br />
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What Watt did say, on February 5, 1981 at the Oversight hearing before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in the House of Representatives, was “I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns, whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to have the resources needed for future generations.” <br />
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In mentioning "before the Lord returns" while testifying to congress about the need for environmental responsibility, he's implying that we should keep the end times in mind when estimating the fuel needs of our great, great grandchildren. 'Cause, the rapture isn't powered by coal, it's powered by prayer. Or Kirk Cameron. Or something.<br />
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The quote above is only in Congressional transcripts, which I found in the stacks at UCLA, no where else on the internet until now. I know, hold your excitement.<br />
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It's frustrating, that if you use the internet for research, you'll find the same misquotes cut and pasted onto every blog and book and reputable periodical in town. I'm looking at you, Washington Post. So, I did a little, go-to-the-library looking into it. Actually, go-to-two-libraries looking into it. <br />
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And below I've charted out how Watt’s statement was swapped around and how he makes himself sound better by changing one word in his 2005 Washington Post article, therefore misquoting himself. And it’s not like he can say it’s a typo because he sent the changed transcript to a blogger as well.<br />
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In the Washington Post article Watt's writes “leave the resources” rather than “have the resources” which is what is in the published transcripts from the House of Representatives. I’d say that swapping in "leave" for "have" conveniently makes it sound better environmentally. As if he wants to "leave" the trees instead of clear-cutting. If you read into it, by saying “have” it sounds more like he wants to cut them down but don’t use all the wood at this time. <br />
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Am I giving the stenographer the benefit of a doubt? Yes. Yes, I am.<br />
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As stated above, the popular misquote is: "God gave us these things to use. After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back." It was first found in a book published in 1990, which I found in the Santa Monica Public Library, Setting the Captives Free by Austin Miles (1990, pg. 229). Miles is unable to substantiate this quote. Grist picked up the quote in 2004 and then Bill Moyers’ quotes it from Grist in a speech that same year. Both Grist and Moyers have since apologized for the misquote. Watt is also upset at Barbara R. Rossing, who wrote The Rapture Exposed, because she cherry picks his actual quote, and truly by cutting it off she does put him in a worse light. As a side note, Watt was brought up on contempt of Congress charges for failure to supply subpoenaed documents on the very topic he was briefing them on. You know, honor thy constituency and all that.<br />
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In 2004 Grist Magazine published “Odds are it was in 1981, when President Reagan's first secretary of the interior, James Watt, told the U.S. Congress that protecting natural resources was unimportant in light of the imminent return of Jesus Christ. 'God gave us these things to use. After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back,' Watt said in public testimony that helped get him fired.” <a href="http://grist.org/article/scherer-christian/">“The Godly Must Be Crazy,” Grist Magazine, by Glenn Scherer, Oct 27, 2004</a> "Odds are"? Seriously? Is that all you have to do as a journalist? I mean, couldn't you do a little bit of journalism down at the law library? It's free. Maybe it's the parking charges. That's probably it. Or traffic. That's another possibility.<br />
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Bill Moyers stated that he’s quoting from Grist in his <a href="http://chge.med.harvard.edu/events/documents/Moyerstranscript.pdf">acceptance remarks</a>, on December 1, 2004, for the Global Environmental Citizen Award at Harvard University: "James Watt told the U.S. Congress that protecting natural resources was unimportant in light of the imminent return of Jesus Christ. In public testimony he said, 'After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back.' Beltway elites snickered. The press corps didn't know what he was talking about. But James Watt was serious. So were his compatriots out across the country. They are the people who believe the Bible is literally true -- one-third of the American electorate if a recent Gallup poll is accurate." Yeah, ABC-NBC-PBS-Bill Moyers.<br />
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The following is Barbara Rossing's partial actual quote which upsets Watt in his Washington Post Article "Watt told U.S. senators that we are living at the brink of the end-times and implied that this justifies clear cutting the nation's forest and other unsustainable environmental policies. When he was asked about preserving the environment for future generations, Watt told his Senate confirmation hearing, 'I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns.' Watt's 'use it or lose it' view of the world's resources is a perspective shared by the Rapture proponents." <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EgWeYjpxSj4C&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=the+rapture+exposed+by+barbara+r+rossing&source=web&ots=mR-kW1FKpF&sig=TiT56Jxf7SwysMOglDRMcmN7aYI#PPA7,M1">(The Rapture Exposed by Barbara R. Rossing (of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago), 2004, pg 7)</a> <br />
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Then <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2005/02/009377.php">Powerlineblog</a> received the transcript from Watt which includes the “leave the resources” line, showing my point that Watt is repeating this word change that he made in the Washington Post. The blog also asserts that Grist added “testimony before Congress.” Well, Powerlineblog, that detail Grist got right. He was briefing the House of Representatives which IS Congress. And Watt himself does not refute this so this is probably a blogger looking for something that’s not there as the real quote was said before Congress so let's add that on to the misquote pile. <br />
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Here is the portion of Watt’s Washington Post Article wherein he changes one word in his quote and is annoyed that it gets cut off by Rossing "I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns; whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to leave the resources needed for future generations." (<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052001333.html">“The Religious Left’s Lies” The Washington Post, May 21, 2005, by James Watt)</a> <br />
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And finally, the part that you've all been waiting for... THE CONGRESSIONAL TRANSCRIPT - Transcribed by me from the actual transcript after sitting on the floor for two days in the basement of the UCLA Law Library reading through volumes of records attempting to find the quote as I could only find the year and month in which he testified. So besides not having the quote, no one had the exact date online either. <br />
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Here's the title, it's short and catchy "Oversight hearing before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session on Briefing by the Secretary of the Interior, Hearing" held February 5, 1981, Serial No. 97-1, Subject: 290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment, Health, & Safety ;290400 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources; ;ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;US DOI-- PLANNING; GOVERNMENT POLICIES;HEARINGS, Published: 1981 Jan 01, Pgs. 37-38. The UCLA Law Library Call Number is Y4.In8/14:97-1 <br />
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This transcript should really be turned into an animation, especially the part at the end.<br />
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“Mr. Weaver [D. Ore.]: Do you want to see on lands under your management, the sustained yield policies continued? <br />
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Secretary Watt: Absolutely.<br />
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Mr. Weaver: I am very pleased to hear that. Then I will make one final statement... I believe very strongly that we should not, for example, use up all the oil that took nature 1 billion years to make in one century.<br />
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We ought to leave a few drops of it for our children, their children. They are going to need it... I wonder if you agree, also, in the general statement that we should leave some of our resources--I am now talking about scenic areas or preservation, but scenic resources for our children? That we should not just gobble them up all at once?<br />
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Secretary Watt: Absolutely. That is the delicate balance the Secretary of the Interior must have, to be steward for the natural resources for this generation as well as future generations.<br />
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<b>I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns, whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to have the resources needed for future generations. </b><br />
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Mr. Weaver: Mr. Chairman, I want to conclude, if I might, seeing the Secretary brought up the Lord, with a story. <br />
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The Chairman: The conversation will be in order.<br />
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Mr. Weaver: In my district, Mr. Chairman, there are some who do not like wilderness. They do not like it at all. I would try to plead with them. I go around my district and say do you not believe--I would plead with their religious sensibilities--that we should leave some of our land the way we received it from the Creator?<br />
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I have said this frequently throughout my district. I got a letter from a constituent... He said, 'Mr. Weaver, if the Lord wanted to leave his forest lands, some of them in the way that we got them from him," he said, "why did He send His only son down to Earth as a carpenter?'<br />
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Mr. Weaver: That stumped us. That stumped us until one of my aides, an absolute genius, said that the Lord Jesus before he determined his true mission spent 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness. <br />
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So when blog after blog copies and pastes the same piece of information and tweets and retweets and then CNN reports on it, it becomes "a fact." We're living in a time where content wins over correct. There are no more scoops. The internet already broke the story. In more ways than one.<br />
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I don't believe that you've read this all the way to the end, so I put this sentence here.Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-14882815269550805042013-04-08T23:44:00.000-07:002013-04-08T23:44:30.396-07:00Open CallTyler Perry is stepping down from the role of Madea. But I can think of a few guys who are totally up for donning a dress and interpreting the word of god.<br />
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Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-21241068596877806482013-01-08T23:34:00.001-08:002013-01-08T23:34:23.476-08:00Guns, Guns, Guns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1Q57J2Mtk2D8g9P5G_TUD_EDpixy0zuRZXjO5SB2Xge4MKmSQYuuNLiRrZPeN0ogZvIgleY-j9s4AzI3Kv6XJxGm4MbO9xYb-Y5qtAcdCiJ6PCmV6UyrnJZPsIiY0yODT-Qi3UWsDL0/s1600/Alex+Jones+on+Piers+Morgan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="268" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1Q57J2Mtk2D8g9P5G_TUD_EDpixy0zuRZXjO5SB2Xge4MKmSQYuuNLiRrZPeN0ogZvIgleY-j9s4AzI3Kv6XJxGm4MbO9xYb-Y5qtAcdCiJ6PCmV6UyrnJZPsIiY0yODT-Qi3UWsDL0/s400/Alex+Jones+on+Piers+Morgan.jpg" /></a></div><br />
There was a guy on that show that Larry King used to do<br />
Yelling about guns to you know who<br />
Well, maybe you don’t know who<br />
Piers Morgan who calls a bathroom a loo<br />
Or at least I assume that’s a thing he would do<br />
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He likes The Queen Mum<br />
That Piers Mor-gun<br />
He said in a matter of fact, ho-hum<br />
“Are you finished,” [you sun of a gun]?<br />
Alex Jones let out another yelp<br />
It’s obvious that there would be no such help<br />
Communicating with this man who cooperates like kelp<br />
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Guns, guns, guns<br />
Buns, buns, buns<br />
Um, um, um<br />
Plum, plum, plum<br />
Dumb, dumb, dumb<br />
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Everyone's favorite Banned From A Santa Monica Public Park Nativity Scene found a new home in front of an office park. It's no wonder, as this version has Joseph as a headless nude eunuch. Though, that would explain why he was so ready to believe the whole virgin birth thing.<br />
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Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-22233463126813171862012-11-30T18:45:00.000-08:002012-11-30T18:45:04.183-08:00 CBS 2 News: Your Leader In Empty Thought Bubbles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehO8uZMknIl8coZatV8FVyAdzBQMmsh4M0L55bQSrIN8psp3vp3MG9q69wqiRhd5Mp_lAg72nxP3d1YYIURVPHUnzSdubfOcn0_vDZXC4vTizyiz9Vf2s8N-o_yemygxqS8CaAN50IFc/s1600/empty+thought+bubble.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="299" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehO8uZMknIl8coZatV8FVyAdzBQMmsh4M0L55bQSrIN8psp3vp3MG9q69wqiRhd5Mp_lAg72nxP3d1YYIURVPHUnzSdubfOcn0_vDZXC4vTizyiz9Vf2s8N-o_yemygxqS8CaAN50IFc/s400/empty+thought+bubble.jpg" /></a></div>Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-25599917576669700842012-09-19T10:25:00.003-07:002012-09-19T10:26:37.067-07:00Unlikely Friends<iframe src="http://www.funnyordie.com/embed/88e27f3b1f" width="440" height="200" frameborder="0"></iframe><div style="text-align:left;font-size:x-small;margin-top:0;width:640px;"><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/88e27f3b1f/unlikely-friends" title="'from robynadams">Unlikely Friends</a> - watch more <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/" title="on Funny or Die">funny videos</a> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=138711277798&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.funnyordie.com%2Fvideos%2F88e27f3b1f%2Funlikely-friends&send=false&layout=button_count&width=150&show_faces=false&action=like&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px; vertical-align:middle;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe><br />
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Video I wrote, directed and edited. Starring Rich Fulcher and Joe Nunez.Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-45923272886206749052012-09-03T17:24:00.000-07:002012-09-03T17:27:49.132-07:00Some Animals Do Things When It's Hot, Some Don't<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTxNm-4L2Zhb78qzRV6Yj54XIvgDEmArSPBEQ9mZIBAThVZ6gmUHdIzddWEUQEL6EaiZXq2Pwlb0m_lGS9-slngzYzIIWFDvT_qM89js33uD2NZC9Yi_YvSyFJ-h7_r1PYzdPzYCLGKs/s1600/Monkey+Butt.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTxNm-4L2Zhb78qzRV6Yj54XIvgDEmArSPBEQ9mZIBAThVZ6gmUHdIzddWEUQEL6EaiZXq2Pwlb0m_lGS9-slngzYzIIWFDvT_qM89js33uD2NZC9Yi_YvSyFJ-h7_r1PYzdPzYCLGKs/s400/Monkey+Butt.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Exactly what you think is going on is going on here.<br />
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Favorite sign ever. So far. Mostly.<br />
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A woman exclaimed that this animal is pregnant. I say, take a closer look at the photo.<br />
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Too hot.<br />
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Also, too hot.<br />
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Not as hot.<br />
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Just about to pee everywhere.<br />
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Itchy. The End.<br />
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Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-53944227503828727332012-08-12T17:49:00.001-07:002012-08-12T17:56:26.038-07:00Romney/RyanI've been trying to figure out what it is about Romney/Ryan that's so familiar. Is it that they look like they're brothers or father and son or... I've got it: they're that gay couple that has the same hair style, the same blue blazer, the same striped button up with no tie, the same American flag lapel pin on the left, the same gazing into a full head of hair like he's looking into a mirror loving eyes. I know that's offensive to gays but I think we've all known that sort of couple. And that sort of couple is currently running for president. It's about time.<br />
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Here we see the Queen out amongst her people. She really is shorter than you'd think.<br />
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...you'll see that young black men in the 90s were totes rockin' the Minnie Pearl leave-the-price-tag-on-your-hat style.<br />
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Take that, Reference Levels.Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-51654251291436673802012-02-11T11:47:00.000-08:002012-02-11T11:56:27.475-08:00Voluntary MotherhoodI think Santorum has been going about his whole anti-birth control campaigning the wrong way. Why focus on the negative? I like to think of him as a pro-stork candidate. <br /><br />"Save the Stork" -Santorum 2012<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DZhr3WyBvjxXX30HMMkQVo3cRv3_QoyqnXcMC3Xr12I358DWN1-deOYNhlerANclblQeXpCQzAwOhwbjxtocnhU2LLRL699keb65MP88heYWWawtmQ29lA9E_DQkzaDOtyGX_Y6W1ZI/s1600/Pro-Stork.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DZhr3WyBvjxXX30HMMkQVo3cRv3_QoyqnXcMC3Xr12I358DWN1-deOYNhlerANclblQeXpCQzAwOhwbjxtocnhU2LLRL699keb65MP88heYWWawtmQ29lA9E_DQkzaDOtyGX_Y6W1ZI/s400/Pro-Stork.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707968684132359762" /></a>Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-53150034278484643452012-01-22T17:07:00.000-08:002012-01-22T17:16:44.602-08:00Paterno<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMkBCN_hzPwlK0kkCwYehZeWEu2Gxws6DQ9NG4M68iWPixdB0tTfqR1cdinFzTEKBnaZPv9JvOuYHy41QD0_nPXUNdJzjEgYCwfXvCn1xa-ih-83GxOHnLYMb7-Q2HdFsbuj0yNjB7T0/s1600/Paterno.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMkBCN_hzPwlK0kkCwYehZeWEu2Gxws6DQ9NG4M68iWPixdB0tTfqR1cdinFzTEKBnaZPv9JvOuYHy41QD0_nPXUNdJzjEgYCwfXvCn1xa-ih-83GxOHnLYMb7-Q2HdFsbuj0yNjB7T0/s400/Paterno.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700627877450365826" /></a><br /><br />Wait, wait, there's just one little thing I forgot to mention. Ah, you know what? Never mind, it's no big deal.Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-50565914553086216822012-01-16T23:56:00.000-08:002012-01-17T00:01:39.837-08:00Oh, RacismI have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able to do light janitorial work. -Rush Limbaugh 2012<br /><br /><iframe width="390" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OGnuX40ilHY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-32333235755167727912012-01-04T22:33:00.000-08:002012-01-04T22:58:49.674-08:00Kayaking Santa CruzWhile taking the ferry back from a cave kayaking trip on Santa Cruz Island on December 23rd, an hour out of Ventura Harbor, CA we came across two pods of Orca. Our guide said that it was the most he'd seen in 24 years of guiding. Today, the LA Times published an <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/killer-whales-spotted-off-southern-california.html">article</a> that said that spotting Orca is a rare occurrence and that the two families had been spotted off of the Palos Verdes Peninsula this weekend and had been seen in Ventura previously. A priori my shot below is one of the Killer Whales that they were writing about. <br /><br />This was my first wild Orca. I like him. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkWBUgrw5MA4CuCcZ4G_JsnQaTRD4Ci8B0f_RY2FLl9RkcQsFUNxOjROdj_wID5xeSnwz0v2bZXYLUTMwQyqmYL8nE3tOGSEdhdXfVh4Xm_yn-oCFdN4HvUeyKFyY6isY-1Fi2l8Yphg/s1600/Orca.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkWBUgrw5MA4CuCcZ4G_JsnQaTRD4Ci8B0f_RY2FLl9RkcQsFUNxOjROdj_wID5xeSnwz0v2bZXYLUTMwQyqmYL8nE3tOGSEdhdXfVh4Xm_yn-oCFdN4HvUeyKFyY6isY-1Fi2l8Yphg/s400/Orca.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694032841458576962" /></a><br /><br />That section of the water that looks like it's on fire, is a humpback whale exhaling via his tiny grey sliver.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jsUDXMgg7z8YyRRkLf3nmhLJtPZ0-G1Qqv79RMq7atxSuHAATol_6pqua21hyjG2wU4qDsTg6UDywukHXOePgNBaxBPn1DRABMhcYCLr9F1ySWGbvnSAFkRCwydyozq7nYewscaq6_E/s1600/Humpback+Whale.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jsUDXMgg7z8YyRRkLf3nmhLJtPZ0-G1Qqv79RMq7atxSuHAATol_6pqua21hyjG2wU4qDsTg6UDywukHXOePgNBaxBPn1DRABMhcYCLr9F1ySWGbvnSAFkRCwydyozq7nYewscaq6_E/s400/Humpback+Whale.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694034731677575282" /></a><br /><br />Santa Cruz cave kayaking was the goal of the trip and so here's that perspective. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBr_zEini0Q2Ld-__ZUTziA6GlAMy53RXqJFXV_QQZctXExHQQ8cILcj7Cy0zVKkz5D7KVgo7GTfxQVt7fvejfduf-fmM7rim0dtx5sGtaQcgM-72qVvc3C2G_ByhNiwVBPRdS_Wb4D0/s1600/Santa+Cruz+Cave+best.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBr_zEini0Q2Ld-__ZUTziA6GlAMy53RXqJFXV_QQZctXExHQQ8cILcj7Cy0zVKkz5D7KVgo7GTfxQVt7fvejfduf-fmM7rim0dtx5sGtaQcgM-72qVvc3C2G_ByhNiwVBPRdS_Wb4D0/s400/Santa+Cruz+Cave+best.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694035185413857698" /></a><br /><br />This Sea Lion winked at me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFVLZhabeTo_raQZHV53KYZmn7W3amyo1YGPTjAHqdWmnHYz02i0_ExSq1qp-bGUD3tMt8g17SAKCXUuUSWkYyanjMkHzwp7df_G_UY_7w_U-5WhE34io1fooEtaFfb2Qwj9N6CciB3w/s1600/Winking+Sea+Lion.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFVLZhabeTo_raQZHV53KYZmn7W3amyo1YGPTjAHqdWmnHYz02i0_ExSq1qp-bGUD3tMt8g17SAKCXUuUSWkYyanjMkHzwp7df_G_UY_7w_U-5WhE34io1fooEtaFfb2Qwj9N6CciB3w/s400/Winking+Sea+Lion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694035741591068546" /></a><br /><br />Posthumous King Jung Il sighting on the ferry ride over.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqpSsi3x24wx20h2ONuE_mc6ptBJOx4jqAYKXo0ZYxUk7VGQZuZVXY7N_u1idMSBGOOa4NK3HA9Sa8NWK-PWj6UEKb_AtCKFvogaH1KjEVcw34eS8synAGqu51iAEt5OxX31uF6K_O6Y/s1600/Kim+Jung+Il.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqpSsi3x24wx20h2ONuE_mc6ptBJOx4jqAYKXo0ZYxUk7VGQZuZVXY7N_u1idMSBGOOa4NK3HA9Sa8NWK-PWj6UEKb_AtCKFvogaH1KjEVcw34eS8synAGqu51iAEt5OxX31uF6K_O6Y/s400/Kim+Jung+Il.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694035914031725586" /></a><br /><br />That's me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1i2oeVUAnJTU8DOXAdH5qR7-pL9YXDndb4foBYBL_fCr1jijl8w8hIDhqhFdniGOczseeIP_1YTF6oBAJKCHaAMR8SVuTG9uAe0Fgp3h8gqbm7m9p3mZumIGYotmPnjj_q0HjL7Zmqy4/s1600/Robyn+Santa+Cruz+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1i2oeVUAnJTU8DOXAdH5qR7-pL9YXDndb4foBYBL_fCr1jijl8w8hIDhqhFdniGOczseeIP_1YTF6oBAJKCHaAMR8SVuTG9uAe0Fgp3h8gqbm7m9p3mZumIGYotmPnjj_q0HjL7Zmqy4/s400/Robyn+Santa+Cruz+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694036752633646946" /></a>Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-23763180871968049262011-12-10T17:16:00.001-08:002011-12-10T17:18:49.987-08:00RampageHere is today's winner for best heckler style comeback in the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/10/us/california-hollywood-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">comment section of an article</a> about the guy who shot up Sunset and Vine yesterday.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9CC4007L7MEGbO7VM5b3TqiReJ-54rtSDASirjYT6cGeUKqhYRVsNaxEIthYC1bKiKnIgGK0Fabx2FSgiCcUuNGAFGptk3FENqIlRbklTJVOY3f6lEJghOlRrAP9OTzPkfnlJL6X-Mo/s1600/LA+Shooter.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9CC4007L7MEGbO7VM5b3TqiReJ-54rtSDASirjYT6cGeUKqhYRVsNaxEIthYC1bKiKnIgGK0Fabx2FSgiCcUuNGAFGptk3FENqIlRbklTJVOY3f6lEJghOlRrAP9OTzPkfnlJL6X-Mo/s400/LA+Shooter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684673655224610946" /></a>Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-50479352404587126492011-11-24T21:45:00.001-08:002011-11-24T22:12:43.260-08:00Post-Apocalyptic Thanksgiving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAH_ti4QgNBAFkSLxxS0geXXpOloju2JhsIXxmESGd9Ut-geK1IV6WJvWC2YIoZFiKWEpHm5MV06X_XAKldbAnktPLy08qsvfmoJD6bIUuDbCpvNzsbUzTW0Ts4OjjFlhh37cNKoNp6k/s1600/Crane+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAH_ti4QgNBAFkSLxxS0geXXpOloju2JhsIXxmESGd9Ut-geK1IV6WJvWC2YIoZFiKWEpHm5MV06X_XAKldbAnktPLy08qsvfmoJD6bIUuDbCpvNzsbUzTW0Ts4OjjFlhh37cNKoNp6k/s400/Crane+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678805807826891650" /></a><br /><br />Little known fact, this salty crane was not the inspiration for the sitcom character Frasier Crane.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZIJDnc5Veo4PbTkCfnlOGgOiCn7Im7TGr9alD8g-FvBEWVmhEibRWZYbv3JZrlpNaI_lGtRHgIhbculE8xlTzRZ_lISEBDhyphenhyphen8jvCZJa6OOTkU2Wov-5TxOJpvsF4i7AcRUgmbe35Kcs/s1600/Sunken+Trailer+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZIJDnc5Veo4PbTkCfnlOGgOiCn7Im7TGr9alD8g-FvBEWVmhEibRWZYbv3JZrlpNaI_lGtRHgIhbculE8xlTzRZ_lISEBDhyphenhyphen8jvCZJa6OOTkU2Wov-5TxOJpvsF4i7AcRUgmbe35Kcs/s400/Sunken+Trailer+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678806372021360658" /></a><br /><br /><br />I found the ground in Salton Sea to be mushy on the inside and crunchy on the outside. Like a middle aged hippie who slowly but surely ruins trailer parks.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ic3JijG_xSndhNArtCqtWLHOiByd8v0z41Z3awO8TvzQ5KXpBHXmhjA3uF7rqib-q_QnlTNQsyQdcq1gOv6OtkVfqvTAb7u4oAG0u2BHnRV9Aet8I4PdW2-OgM7AO_RboVwiOx7_TUg/s1600/Salton+Sign.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ic3JijG_xSndhNArtCqtWLHOiByd8v0z41Z3awO8TvzQ5KXpBHXmhjA3uF7rqib-q_QnlTNQsyQdcq1gOv6OtkVfqvTAb7u4oAG0u2BHnRV9Aet8I4PdW2-OgM7AO_RboVwiOx7_TUg/s400/Salton+Sign.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678806984242293394" /></a><br /><br />I'm not sure that your engineering proposal is the most sound solution for the situation but I'll take it under advisement. Also, you should go ahead and run a spell check before your next publication.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFejA2uBK26FlxUYaGV-Gk80yIXFf7BDJOLGzDvXeO9yqSmbf6iXnxukIw0yV8RfrKA_QITJSfLZV3S5AsHDzuwkjpzzcrWWK9_Dy118IPSb_ssvjDYhQAjL8zvZUZv_LNE1WsiEJ10k/s1600/Trailer+Roof.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFejA2uBK26FlxUYaGV-Gk80yIXFf7BDJOLGzDvXeO9yqSmbf6iXnxukIw0yV8RfrKA_QITJSfLZV3S5AsHDzuwkjpzzcrWWK9_Dy118IPSb_ssvjDYhQAjL8zvZUZv_LNE1WsiEJ10k/s400/Trailer+Roof.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678808055634168722" /></a><br /><br />Little known fact, this Rusty Trailer Roof was not the inspiration for the B-52s lyric "Tin Roof, Rusted"<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4eSY0sCnkqvARV_UR1L9Kdj2vWV9MOPGB9Uw7WKYXiXmtT1L6gJQ6DmgKEGdqhmUUcMczyuwgkH08heGB5Dy7XzGbXW81SyTD-7mtaB_YKwM1tWybswS6v0wpClAa4_DKUWlgYg59nc/s1600/What+Indian+Jones%2527+refrigerator+should+have+looked+like.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4eSY0sCnkqvARV_UR1L9Kdj2vWV9MOPGB9Uw7WKYXiXmtT1L6gJQ6DmgKEGdqhmUUcMczyuwgkH08heGB5Dy7XzGbXW81SyTD-7mtaB_YKwM1tWybswS6v0wpClAa4_DKUWlgYg59nc/s400/What+Indian+Jones%2527+refrigerator+should+have+looked+like.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678808379021561826" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Widely known fact, this is what Indian Jones' fridge should have looked like after it was nuked.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyN26dJg9vBwiIMhbpQvEXVc647yVxyZWFh8WkpypDnwqLefXX4VPdxZWv-CjpAqmAgyKIiaNvQpCzEtMcFH0sOGIIVkV_Y1yWrurjftpP4I56i-3IjfWSgcC4ajYmixVc5RbGq86HfzQ/s1600/Dead+Fish+teeth.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyN26dJg9vBwiIMhbpQvEXVc647yVxyZWFh8WkpypDnwqLefXX4VPdxZWv-CjpAqmAgyKIiaNvQpCzEtMcFH0sOGIIVkV_Y1yWrurjftpP4I56i-3IjfWSgcC4ajYmixVc5RbGq86HfzQ/s400/Dead+Fish+teeth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678808752628258946" /></a><br /><br />The short term destiny of every fish in the Salton Sea.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59nknXNGnkGGDSk-c2RHngNhSZpjdFBvHLw4b-mUeQwBXLIHFm84HcdTcioGzUqbSxkrop1NhgaD_1XCRBCphrwgc_bnm_zecogYN-PC_Heae9Ff_J584USwssDjc8x9AP7b3f9die9k/s1600/Dead+Pelican.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59nknXNGnkGGDSk-c2RHngNhSZpjdFBvHLw4b-mUeQwBXLIHFm84HcdTcioGzUqbSxkrop1NhgaD_1XCRBCphrwgc_bnm_zecogYN-PC_Heae9Ff_J584USwssDjc8x9AP7b3f9die9k/s400/Dead+Pelican.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678809035722650322" /></a><br /><br />Isn't it beautiful how close to the surface a dead pelican floats?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaGB1NmZPoPMZv-XZDD_M36KUTbf2EMiqUOQ4utRQyj197mYfHnxbzMSTQoKeSfuLLrETHlI1vkpfrKFIZ0M7cLgkYqlkssFR0N4Wh4TGnh9XOyzocNdPy0JpC9Y46t2qWc-NSqmQEgM/s1600/Heron+Salton.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaGB1NmZPoPMZv-XZDD_M36KUTbf2EMiqUOQ4utRQyj197mYfHnxbzMSTQoKeSfuLLrETHlI1vkpfrKFIZ0M7cLgkYqlkssFR0N4Wh4TGnh9XOyzocNdPy0JpC9Y46t2qWc-NSqmQEgM/s400/Heron+Salton.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678809230864093138" /></a><br /><br />Don't do it bird, don't you get in that water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXQel9lLKDTuM3fvNeB4Cf_tM6wDZtZBAJTlnEqxaSsKJiyyGByTlHhvBCxUJEbns-TFDpHGWutotc2LRL7cMV4znmxWz28uIqqnSW3sWncg4COuzVUnZwNPliUkjl-xQwL7UML1RSBw/s1600/Lightning+cactus+better.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXQel9lLKDTuM3fvNeB4Cf_tM6wDZtZBAJTlnEqxaSsKJiyyGByTlHhvBCxUJEbns-TFDpHGWutotc2LRL7cMV4znmxWz28uIqqnSW3sWncg4COuzVUnZwNPliUkjl-xQwL7UML1RSBw/s400/Lightning+cactus+better.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678809564123850674" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The cacti insisted that I photograph them from their backlit side.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vYkGRaa5ealb8CCqAiblnWXRIVlrwl50j4gI7cZbm1CJg9gXT8w5K_GaEo6uQRzFK0CPfjfvhKJ7XXfgbdja6mi17PQJbElqRq1oOicdaYnpoo1QmL2qqNYov43rMoW6gAg7XnwUbQM/s1600/Cactus+flower.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 378px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vYkGRaa5ealb8CCqAiblnWXRIVlrwl50j4gI7cZbm1CJg9gXT8w5K_GaEo6uQRzFK0CPfjfvhKJ7XXfgbdja6mi17PQJbElqRq1oOicdaYnpoo1QmL2qqNYov43rMoW6gAg7XnwUbQM/s400/Cactus+flower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678809808602682034" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />All right already, I get it. No means no.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPVUincZOnVzCITj8B-KxcJG6NSCk9QqU82hpFDWcyP7sjLKt_dMj06AVoZw0nZgwASgjNW18AN_YX2tR5XNuE-vx29AuxS0TLzVlaE79AdPYzrO49cQFTuVetZiv3swmrDCtWgwfwxM/s1600/The+trouble+with+tribbles.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPVUincZOnVzCITj8B-KxcJG6NSCk9QqU82hpFDWcyP7sjLKt_dMj06AVoZw0nZgwASgjNW18AN_YX2tR5XNuE-vx29AuxS0TLzVlaE79AdPYzrO49cQFTuVetZiv3swmrDCtWgwfwxM/s400/The+trouble+with+tribbles.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678810091112999522" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A little known fact, The Trouble With Tribbles episode of the original Star Trek series was not based on these cactus balls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20ONPPEcHu7eoB1_y_u1hz6EwquZPh_GaA8XRYvK-6oO1P66ek8L2h7lrb58TPb5cypH3CmSGPi5oPf449qepEU5SMh8wuKn6OcEEALF_MfZ_vCK9Q1VCsF2yh3cAkgp1edO8IbDW2Xc/s1600/Thorn+tree.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20ONPPEcHu7eoB1_y_u1hz6EwquZPh_GaA8XRYvK-6oO1P66ek8L2h7lrb58TPb5cypH3CmSGPi5oPf449qepEU5SMh8wuKn6OcEEALF_MfZ_vCK9Q1VCsF2yh3cAkgp1edO8IbDW2Xc/s400/Thorn+tree.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678811392985700498" /></a><br /><br />Trapped bird beaks.Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082821049772026976.post-42242715235844831382011-10-15T17:42:00.001-07:002011-10-15T18:25:27.857-07:00Occupy LA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtpfUvnbczyexgoyDKBLd42Lz8YGHbUCS3uoentthQzDCeA7katizWWYz3gvk0KpKf4PiT5MevijFg0Crn8zjNiz2DBY3wv_tqEUNwLln61oto-eubYVA1dToNOO6DUKF4JfCgpSmW94/s1600/K99.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtpfUvnbczyexgoyDKBLd42Lz8YGHbUCS3uoentthQzDCeA7katizWWYz3gvk0KpKf4PiT5MevijFg0Crn8zjNiz2DBY3wv_tqEUNwLln61oto-eubYVA1dToNOO6DUKF4JfCgpSmW94/s400/K99.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663884268009831282" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And he's definitely not happy about it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyi42kjPSqeN2pfRtBrrrJBfGaHTE6ukhIw820SIvkZRYfbla2eG6-qxh3iqIs926jBH4incEnAOoI0Spxly0uE8o_SXgtTas2gRhd5NZ__XlZbJ2WUh_E9DLhBUkK4kdRFRgmTww8So/s1600/Soap+Box.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyi42kjPSqeN2pfRtBrrrJBfGaHTE6ukhIw820SIvkZRYfbla2eG6-qxh3iqIs926jBH4incEnAOoI0Spxly0uE8o_SXgtTas2gRhd5NZ__XlZbJ2WUh_E9DLhBUkK4kdRFRgmTww8So/s400/Soap+Box.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663890466099440402" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Vintage demonstrator.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6zQNZN5DVcE5XEFgktEsruIFaEMhopb0jU_zlc7vFxjRbKdbyeHrdIWf30q0vKteXTsdXRvqx2eOAuSNMjUeYXnxWxck0ZTlKpVIeHGBKVo8TP8pRyPcFlgqO4fz2JzeYytmJuUWbDQ/s1600/V+Masks.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6zQNZN5DVcE5XEFgktEsruIFaEMhopb0jU_zlc7vFxjRbKdbyeHrdIWf30q0vKteXTsdXRvqx2eOAuSNMjUeYXnxWxck0ZTlKpVIeHGBKVo8TP8pRyPcFlgqO4fz2JzeYytmJuUWbDQ/s400/V+Masks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663890801034755218" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Seems like kids all look the same these days.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4EF-JLvoktHcQgH9_xI9NmU6S9BykD2kQPn9Co7XZcAEKcPGi2XQNHhE5DYQqoxM7vse9CmJL53lNnYq3W47xyGpo_8tlzOxaX3yPFhvO9_WNuuSU4UdI_C4GMQD9dRsh37C3bDNgJU/s1600/More+Cow+Bells.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4EF-JLvoktHcQgH9_xI9NmU6S9BykD2kQPn9Co7XZcAEKcPGi2XQNHhE5DYQqoxM7vse9CmJL53lNnYq3W47xyGpo_8tlzOxaX3yPFhvO9_WNuuSU4UdI_C4GMQD9dRsh37C3bDNgJU/s400/More+Cow+Bells.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663891294875052322" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Does Will Ferrell know you're using his-- Of course he does. You always do.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFtj6CoS9nE3yJXvce9jx0QrKXHOAA3cUN9vZnEyqDiAsOyyNYOFtHFBfVUiRJhM6dI7ht5pz9t20lKZ6naWBWm3oj1Yt_7rwVmNe-XQGKASk4_q9DMuwr6aN9gnt8bBIM-J_XycRYC4/s1600/Think+Outside+the+box.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFtj6CoS9nE3yJXvce9jx0QrKXHOAA3cUN9vZnEyqDiAsOyyNYOFtHFBfVUiRJhM6dI7ht5pz9t20lKZ6naWBWm3oj1Yt_7rwVmNe-XQGKASk4_q9DMuwr6aN9gnt8bBIM-J_XycRYC4/s400/Think+Outside+the+box.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663891814279237282" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Max Headroom. Never forget.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsie9YB_BlYCkVoY3WQecLpd7aouSXQ3aSwmcOth1vCdl7HBl0L31wSFPnWatd-ocGKzYsh-bo1UPT7LOftSp4MnLDlo845D1RDT61MCO1MM-FVf3mpCZ_tbCk5ZCdZAhS7fteeLwkp8/s1600/Feet.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsie9YB_BlYCkVoY3WQecLpd7aouSXQ3aSwmcOth1vCdl7HBl0L31wSFPnWatd-ocGKzYsh-bo1UPT7LOftSp4MnLDlo845D1RDT61MCO1MM-FVf3mpCZ_tbCk5ZCdZAhS7fteeLwkp8/s400/Feet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663891987655819570" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cleaning up the streets one layer of skin at a time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJL6ZjdkA_Ef5ILdMtpNzMGCKb_Q92KhHnUo7F-dTrT9yKWg3PYto3ykQUVNbBHWi9XV4ZntPDJru-7rlXViE2N697yxT_NhgBK6kW3vnRuvWuYMAq4u6PS2v5UIr8kwOM4JJupnc7E0/s1600/City+Hall.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJL6ZjdkA_Ef5ILdMtpNzMGCKb_Q92KhHnUo7F-dTrT9yKWg3PYto3ykQUVNbBHWi9XV4ZntPDJru-7rlXViE2N697yxT_NhgBK6kW3vnRuvWuYMAq4u6PS2v5UIr8kwOM4JJupnc7E0/s400/City+Hall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663892340741784466" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Establishing shot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJyrStCoVe8DTyqNyndIF1apjC_wGTcFpB6fmpiW6zvkmttCH6iE9RB-NjoiHR4YAy1NPps1hw0GbunADoIcfLVbKtc11AnHQzr-tyDwh6ZLGdmRg2n9ChXUIEuwxxlbLNQVUPhd23Kg/s1600/Hispanic+Punks.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJyrStCoVe8DTyqNyndIF1apjC_wGTcFpB6fmpiW6zvkmttCH6iE9RB-NjoiHR4YAy1NPps1hw0GbunADoIcfLVbKtc11AnHQzr-tyDwh6ZLGdmRg2n9ChXUIEuwxxlbLNQVUPhd23Kg/s400/Hispanic+Punks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663892588706100386" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These people probably aren't sleeping in tents. Not with that hair.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-Rh5MDdsRFdzFZFaoqccDnpqTli9wg35AIHKk1iHoxwdo8x-wEj5xBzTO084w3-GrVICViDJI4esT1EGcGqsOftdfLJvP0GHzxrbLX2S1ztgK7_XO8hcxnwYb-OW5geTmeUnWoAI8gQ/s1600/LA+Benghazi.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-Rh5MDdsRFdzFZFaoqccDnpqTli9wg35AIHKk1iHoxwdo8x-wEj5xBzTO084w3-GrVICViDJI4esT1EGcGqsOftdfLJvP0GHzxrbLX2S1ztgK7_XO8hcxnwYb-OW5geTmeUnWoAI8gQ/s400/LA+Benghazi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663892863881812018" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"LA is the new Benghazi" Only when the Lakers win.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnW6Yzw2TQlq9nBaTOIVWDVxHlIxXptn0CpxJnsdCsG5iTxKJBtdy_07mvzF-aB1k7yvjLRihCumxw9zhbgT5PFTC7nK0h1fSLsFXHXrTWi9kBGYxaZy1KnFUoVDZFsSy82HgHNft4T90/s1600/Real+Steel+Viral+Marketing.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnW6Yzw2TQlq9nBaTOIVWDVxHlIxXptn0CpxJnsdCsG5iTxKJBtdy_07mvzF-aB1k7yvjLRihCumxw9zhbgT5PFTC7nK0h1fSLsFXHXrTWi9kBGYxaZy1KnFUoVDZFsSy82HgHNft4T90/s400/Real+Steel+Viral+Marketing.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663893726487019522" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Looks like Real Steel's going the guerrilla marketing route.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKS5xgEsWuO3VmIQ6ty-jNVJYub9XRX8r9a539hnpoUjDtoWuM6D4CSZ106FBatEIXzL7pSubLABrF85LCsG_U2AkXatOORVl6sdsnnfXsTpAb6uvPPhgdORN4jKVOOBRCQWx_NKTYe2I/s1600/Stenciling.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKS5xgEsWuO3VmIQ6ty-jNVJYub9XRX8r9a539hnpoUjDtoWuM6D4CSZ106FBatEIXzL7pSubLABrF85LCsG_U2AkXatOORVl6sdsnnfXsTpAb6uvPPhgdORN4jKVOOBRCQWx_NKTYe2I/s400/Stenciling.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663894159281638658" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Just like the 49ers, the 99ers stencil their shirts with baby blue paint poured from a latte cup.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3OazSvbub0uMhGsIClnnV8ncbxfhqqxgXMpTDYxIxdBBfHeLj9HaXjBVY6BfO7RH1mopgTIGxJPM5ca2ER9vXHtPr8_EAnnscGcCVIy-4NLguKDPSaoSM2_sLNcMjt9B29mkkhFcJQ8/s1600/Red+and+white+signs.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3OazSvbub0uMhGsIClnnV8ncbxfhqqxgXMpTDYxIxdBBfHeLj9HaXjBVY6BfO7RH1mopgTIGxJPM5ca2ER9vXHtPr8_EAnnscGcCVIy-4NLguKDPSaoSM2_sLNcMjt9B29mkkhFcJQ8/s400/Red+and+white+signs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663894516946960018" /></a>Robyn Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501327080826274537noreply@blogger.com0