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Oh crap, there was/is a bird in the chimney and it can’t seem to fly UP the chimney, and at one point it ended up in the bottom of the fireplace flying against the spark guard thingy. We were trying to catch it in a butterfly net without letting it into the main house, but that wasn’t working very well, mostly because this was a pretty big bird. We think a woodpecker.

Of course, it’s Sunday, so we’re having a hard time reaching anyone to help us out. This totally stinks. (p.s. Figuratively and literally.)

Man, we had a couple of days of reaaaaly bad storms. Last night we were rewarded with a drop in humidy and an amazing sunset. Here’s one of the shots I got:

As a service to my readers (and other people who aren’t my readers but could be if they would just type my URL into their browser’s address field. Sheesh.) I have created a new page where all the “Still Life With Interview” pieces from the Daily Probe will live. The link is over in the right menu. Tell all your friends!

I have another interview over at the Daily Probe. Just as a heads-up, I am working on creating a new page here at the Dump to feature all the ones I write. Until I get that done, you can read the new one at the Probe.

How silly is it to get excited over something like a new CompactFlash card? I ordered two off Amazon last week…one of them was $163 OFF the list price (it’s a high-speed 512meg card) and the other is a $10 after rebate (a 128meg card). Don’t do the math, you can’t just say “why not get 4 of the 128meg cards”. It’s not the same, when you’re talking about not wanting to swap out cards in the middle of something. Plus high speed is good. I don’t know that I’d buy a 512 regular speed card. The rate between photos would be slower, and I believe it’s also a drain on the batteries.

Anyway, now I have a decent selection of cards, including two useless 8meg cards that we bought like, 8 years ago when we got our first digital camera. I can save about seven pictures on them.