Autumn Foliage Pictures

It's that time of year again - when summer is toast.


Winter approaches.

There's a chill in the air.




Sweaters & jackets are back.

And of course, lots of colorful leaves on the trees.


















Yesterday was a good day for driving around and taking pictures of the fall foliage.




















Oh, and IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON! Can't forget that.

Enjoy!

Project: Coffee Mug Picture

I was looking through my mug collection and found that I had a see-through mug that I could put a picture in.










My last blog post was a picture from one of the Mars Rovers roaming around on the planet, and it's a wide-angle shot, so I thought it would look good in that mug.





You put the picture inside the bottom part of the mug, then the top part of the mug goes in.

A Little bit of Krazy Glue goes a long way. I only stuck my thumb to the mug once during the whole process. Wow, that's about 3 times less that usual.




Here's the finished product. I don't know if it will be waterproof, so I'll probably have to wash this out carefully after using.

A Nice Mars Landscape

Yes, here's a A Nice Mars Landscape. Mars, as in the planet.

Someday we'll be able to go visit this place. But, for now, here's a picture.

3 Cats, 1 Steak - Do The Math!

I was going to wait until wednesday or thursday to do a wordless post, but when I saw this, I couldn't wait.

Link 1: http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/10/video-3-cats-1-steak.html

Link 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMD5FS20tTY&feature=player_embedded

Tribute To A Great Band - IRON MAIDEN!!!

I was looking at my blog and realized that I need a tribute to one of my favorite bands of all-time:

IRON MAIDEN ! ! !


Recent Video: Flight 666. They filmed a tour where they flew around the world on a custom 757 jet, complete with their logos, and Eddie, their mascot.

The jet was called Ed Force One - a force to be reckoned with, no doubt.

Some of you may be saying "WHO???" Well, they're one of the great metal bands of all time. This means they got popular without being on all the usual pop-star radio stations, and MTV, VH1 etc. They've only sold over 70 million albums in like 30 years or so. They don't need #1 songs like the Beatles had.






Then again, some of you may be saying - YEAH! I know these dudes (or blokes - they're British) and they ROCK!

Here's Dave & Adrian.





Well, you know of Wikipedia? Check it out!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Maiden



Here's Jannick & Steve.

And, last but not least, Niko!

Check out www.youtube.com and search for Iron Maiden. Search for Iron Maiden Flight 666. You will find numerous (and usually illegal) clips of the movie.

People, these guys are pros. Do not attempt this at home. Plus, their singer is the pilot of the real 757 they flew around the world in. He's a real licensed pilot, and a real kick-ass singer as well. Now that's what I call a leader.

Rock on people!

Painting Project - Part II

Well here's Part II of my recent project to paint the garage exterior.

Here I'm at the stage where all the old paint was sanded down, whatever came off easily. I'm just doing the trim at this point. I then put down my masking tape. Odd, this is one of the few times I use masking tape for it's original intended purpose.

Kinda like duct tape.








Putting down the tape is definitely worth the time & effort. Then I can paint the whole section I want and not worry as much about accidentally painting the adjacent area of a different color.

So far this is just the trim. I still have the main door to go. Looking at the weather forecasts, looks like I won't get to that until spring, unless we get some sweet warm weather at some point.

Buffalo weather for ya.

Guide To Hamburger Styles

Here's some interesting reading for anyone into hamburgers & cheeseburgers. It's from http://aht.seriouseats.com/ which is the "A Hamburger Today" section of the SeriousEats website.

You know what they say, a hamburger a day...

Here's the article on hamburger & cheeseburger 'styles', of which there are many:

http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2009/09/a-guide-to-glossary-of-regional-american-burger-cheeseburger-styles-and-cooking-methods.html?ref=se-bb2

Mmmmm, hamburgers....

Plus, now an article that tells me more about them.

Enjoy.

Painting Project

Today I'd like to post some pictures of my latest home improvement project - painting the garage door and trim.




It's pretty bad when the paint is curling up like this. Ouch.












Time to dust off my painting shtuff.

These pictures are sort of a 'before' and in a later post I'll show the progress I've made.

The weather has not been cooperating - haven't had must rain-free weather where the temperature stays above 50 degrees (F that is - AKA 10 degrees C) for 24 hours so the paint can dry properly.

http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm - here's the link for converting between F and C temperatures.