They say the sunrises on the east coast are more spectacular than the sunsets. I haven’t much opportunity to witness this, but Josh’s aunt arriving into Dulles at 6am gave me a chance.

Makes one want to make a habit of early rising.
I also took a couple photos along the Colonial Parkway last Friday when [...]

The Random Question Meme!
An array of completely random questions about my friends!

Do you envy ’s job?
He’s a student. So yes, yes I do.The parking ticket metermaid part.. not so much. I think I’d be hiding behind trees trying to avoid being noticed by angry drivers.
How long have you known ?
Er, 2 years? 3 years? Don’t [...]

It’s that time again…
Starting with a tasty sample
“It’s no good running a pig farm badly for thirty years while saying, ‘Really I was meant to be a ballet dancer.’ By that time, pigs will be your style.” – Quentin Crisp

“To live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell
I used to [...]

I had a dream about my mom last night.
My entire extended family was crammed into my old bedroom with the door closed and locked. I began to feel like I needed some space, so I slipped out into the hall and walked to the family room where my mom, my dad, and I think [...]

My familiarity with HTML and ability to use command-line FTP has served me infinitely well at my new job. My talents were wasted before. Wasted!
I’m using these things because I’ve been introduced to ArcIMS. I have ever thought that if I decided to get more training, it should be in that. I.M.S. stands for Internet [...]

www.bookcrossing.com
I’m totally doing this!
The comment I most often get when I tell people I do GIS for a living is “have you ever tried GeoCaching?”
Which sounds like it could be fun, but doesn’t excite me enough to make me want to run out and get started today.
This, however… does!
Tell me if you sign up (or [...]

Yesterday, National Geographic did a study about Livejournal. Intersection of two of my favorite things = Must comment!
Bloggers Make Buddies Close to Home in a Small Online World
“The researchers found that in two-thirds of the friendships on LiveJournal, the friends shared a close geographic proximity.”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0802_050802_friendster.html
Which suggests that people tend to use the internet as an [...]