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Almost Entirely Holiday-Themed…

Dec. 13:

smores tree

My s’mores Christmas tree!

Dec. 14:

lights

The Christmas lights in my cubicle. And Homer wearing his Santa hat!

Dec. 15:

dq

Dairy Queen during the holidays.

Dec. 16:

winterhaven

A display at Winterhaven. The lights and water were coordinated with music.

Dec. 17:

stage

The stage for a holiday concert featuring

ingrid

Ingrid Michaelson,

brandi & indigo

Brandi Carlile, the Indigo Girls, and

KT

KT Tunstall!

Dec. 18:

trees

Trees lit up for the holidays downtown.

Dec. 19:

angel

An ornament on the Christmas tree at work. I swear.

Dec. 20:

bookmans

The fancy bathroom at Bookman’s.

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Random Photos

Nov. 22:

sushi

Monkey ball?

Nov. 23:

santa land

Part of the Santa area at a local mall.

Nov. 24:

penguin

A Santa area at another mall.

Nov. 25:

guitar hero

Playing Guitar Hero III!

Nov. 26:

banana

My banana opened wrong!

Nov. 27:

war protest

Veterans protesting the war.

Nov. 28:

park

A local playground area at a park.

Nov. 29:

doozer

My hamster.

Dec. 1:

chayote

Chayote, a type of squash.

Dec. 2:

doozer

My hamster climbed to the top of her cage top and is hanging by three legs!

Dec. 3:

tents

Mini tents on display!

Dec. 4:

mouse tree

A mouse tree!

Dec. 5:

lemon

Nifty toothpicks suspend the lemon above my water.

Dec. 6:

bat guano

This reminded me of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”!

Dec. 7:

dogs

Dog models.

Dec. 8:

street fair

Food vendors at the street fair.

Dec. 9:

knives

Steak or stainless China?

Dec. 10:

hail

Evidence of hail.

Dec. 11:

snoopy

Eating a biscuit!

Dec. 12:

fog

Fog in the morning.

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Huge Catch-Up Post

Nov. 3:

halloween

Guarding the candy at a Halloween party.

Nov. 4:

bookmans

Random things for sale at a used book store.

Nov. 5:

rice

Sample pack of brown rice! Next to my cell phone for size comparison.

Nov. 6:

almond jello

Almond jell-o attacked the rice crackers!

Nov. 7:

bookmans

Outside of a used book store.

Nov. 8:

underpass

Underpass at sunset.

Nov. 9:

bike

Pink bike with hearts!

Nov. 10:

sunset

Sunset on the way to the camp site.

Nov. 11:

sun through trees

The sun through the trees at the camp site.

Nov. 12:

dinosaur

Dinosaur attacking a stop light!

Nov. 13:

yogurt

Mini yogurts!

Nov. 14:

pinata

Superman on a grill!

Nov. 15:

camp fire

Using all we can to fuel a camp fire.

Nov. 16:

lemon

Lemon on a straw!

Nov. 17:

propane

Propane tanks.

Nov. 18:

lantern

“Don’t go into the light!”

Nov. 19:

polka dots

Polka dots.

Nov. 20:

vespa

Promoting “Guilty Pleasures” by Laurell K. Hamilton.

Nov. 21:

vespa

Kitty watching “Desperate Housewives”!

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Hodgepodge Of Pictures

Oct. 25:

walgreens

A 12 foot creature for sale!

Oct. 26:

keyhole

I see you! (My roommate peeking through the key hole.

Oct. 27:

cats

Air cat! One to two feet in the air!

Oct. 28:

pinball

A disco pinball machine for sale.

Oct. 29:

doozer

A persistent hamster chewing on her cage bars.

Oct. 30:

sunset

Sunset after work.

Oct. 31:

jack-o-lantern

Oh no! A jack-o-lantern for Halloween.

Nov. 1:

truck

Nov. 2:

campaigning

Campaigning for president.

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More Pics.

Sept. 27:

stickers

On the drive to work, I saw this car at the stoplight. The top right and lower left stickers are related to the Tucson Roller Derby.

Sept. 28:

death

Grim reaper on a street corner!

Sept. 29:

leila

Local artist Leila Lopez did a show at a coffee house.

Sept. 30:

vespa

3-month old kitty sleeping!

Oct. 1:

tabletop

Someone decided to carve “CHRIS SUCKS” on a table at a restaurant.

Oct. 2:

corn bread

Yummy corn bread!

Oct. 3:

cake

A red velvet cake that my mom made for my sister’s birthday. It was a light, chocolate cake that was colored a deep red.

Oct. 4:

plant sign

The sign reads: “Please Do Not Remove. I am shading the baby vine. - Thankie”.

Oct. 5:

teppan yaki

Teppan yaki lunch being prepared.

teppan lunch

The result. So good!

Oct. 6:

shoe covers

Shoe covers.

Oct. 7:

spiderweb

Taken over week ago, this was my attempt to photograph a spiderweb.

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Recent Pictures

Sept. 21:

salt

My cousin balanced a salt shaker on the table at lunch.

Sept. 22:

dessert

Dessert at a service awards dinner. Fancy!

Sept. 23:

gazebo

A gazebo at night in Trail Dust Town.

Sept. 24:

hamster

My hamster as she chews on the bars of her cage.

Sept. 25:

salad

My lunch salad. So good!

Sept. 26:

charlie

Cat in carrier!

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Catching Up…As Usual

Sept. 8:

doozer

My hamster…caged!

Sept. 9:

sunset

A shot of the sunset after dinner.

Sept. 10:

cookies

My friend made peanut butter raisin cookies.

Sept. 11:

bbq

Steaks being cooked on a bbq.

Sept. 12:

mantis

Praying mantis!

Sept. 13:

congress

Seen at Club Congress.

Sept. 14:

light

It’s hard to see, but there is a Western scene on that light.

Sept. 15:

sunset

Another sunset.

Sept. 16:

bumper sticker

Amusing bumper stickers.

Sept. 17:

tea

Teapot and teacup at dinner.

Sept. 18:

3-wheel car

A 3-wheeled car.

Sept. 19:

office

Target has $1 products based on The Office!

Sept. 20:

robots

I watched Robots this evening.

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Lots O’ Things

Aug. 29:

dessert

The remains of a delicious cookie a la mode dessert.

Aug. 30:

dinosaur

Taken earlier in the week by my friend (as I was driving) - a dinosaur outside of a McDonald’s!

Aug. 31:

cornbread

Leftover cornbread in a smiling box.

Sept. 1:

haleyjane

The sound system control board at a local show.

haleyjane

Lead singer of Haley Jane.

Sept. 2:

rainbow

Decoration on the table at a charity drag show.

Sept. 3:

dead insect

A dead (really!) insect in the back of a car.

Sept. 4:

$2

A $2 bill.

Sept. 5:

birds

My co-workers and I decided to feed some bread to one hungry bird…and friends decided to join in on the fun.

Sept. 6:

doozer

My hamster indulges in a new treat.

Sept. 7:

fire

A fire pit outside a local restaurant.

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Vacation…And Back At Home.

July 25:

staples

On a freeway, there was an amusing truck for Staples (office supply store).

July 26:

jabba

San Diego Comic-Con…and Jabba the Hut. Lifesize?

July 27:

beach

At Crystal Cove State Park…we hung out by the beach before driving to San Diego.

July 28:

jlh

Jennifer Love Hewitt at San Diego Comic-Con!

heroes

A photo of the Heroes booth at comic-con.

July 29:

target

Two-story Target store in San Diego…there was an escalator for the carts!

July 30:

dog run

Family dogs in their dog run area.

July 31:

underpass

After 1.4″ of rain, an underpass flooded on campus.

August 1:

4thave

Some shops on 4th Avenue.

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Unique Sights

July 20:

trash can

This trash can was next to a café I sometimes visit.

July 21:

loft

The box office sign at a local theatre.

July 22:

harry potter

Apparently the 7th Harry Potter novel shipped in its own box.

July 23:

underpass

Monsoons hit the town…this is a flooded underpass on campus. It mostly drained after a couple of hours.

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