Lucy, again!

She's a happy one!

Wondering about Pets?

All you need to know is in this headline:

Wisconsin Cat Starts House Fire, Dog Rescues Owner

Yea - exactly...

The Continuing Crisis

I ended my previous post with "the crisis continues..." If I only knew how right I was. Below you can see a sign placed in a building that was renovated only last year. All rooms have this little sign that lets us know how many people we can stuff into the room before we violate the fire code.
It seems that the "maximuim" intelligence capacity of those who hung this sign is similar to the capacity of the room: quite limited.

Oxford Signage: Part Deux

Due to popular request (well, not really) we have our second installment of "Oxford Signage." This first exhibit is hard to read, but after 7+ months of construction on Western Drive who really cares? For those of you who care (and the students don't) this sign says "Sidewalk Closed." What sidewalk is closed, however, is really the question.
Exhibit #2: This fine particle board with orange spray paint work of art says, "Sidewalk Closed. Use walk in front of Bachelor Hall." Bachelor is the building you see in the background. Meaning of the sign: unknown. Meaning of the orange-fence-wrap: unknown.
Finally, a departure from the usual. Our favorite Cincinnati taco joint, Chipotle, is famous for its claims of "organic" and "natural" foods. What is natural food you ask? Here is an example. The sign says, "We serve naturally raised pork and chicken: never given antibiotics." To an Iowa farm-raised person, this sign means "We serve pork that was sick a lot when it was alive." Finally, the ultimate conundrum. Here we have one of Miami's numerous nutritional value signs in one of the dining halls. As you can see, it demonstrates the nutritional value of Pineapple Tidbits. As you can also see, the pie graph shows that 95.5% of the pineapple tidbits' total calories come from carbs. However, inexplicably, in the middle star Miami food services have written "Miami's own low carb recipe." First of all, how can Miami have its own recipe for pineapple tidbits? Second, how can 95.5% of the total calories come from carbs and the said pineapple tidbits be "low carb?" The crisis continues...

Lucy and Carter!

Put your dukes up, Lucy!

Teaching Lucy about Cy is a tough job...
Wake up, Lucy!


Hey buddy!

Jamie and her exercising...

Race for the Cure in Cincinnati - and the whole crew:

Who are they racing for?
Does the close-up help?
Now, on to the "State to State" between Ohio and Indiana. Ready for a half-marathon?
...and they cross the finish line...
Winners!

Digitally Remastered Star Trek Trailer!

Just click on the "play" button, turn up the sound, and enjoy! (You may need to click the "play" button twice but not in rapid succession...)

Becky's Wedding

Here we go: the main event! Here you can see the wedding tent and the long walk the bridesmaids had to make:
Becky and Dave from our spot in the tent:
Here is the whole crew (except Clay and myself. Oh, and not Dave either...)
And here with are with the mini-mountains in the background. Aren't we cute?
And yes - believe it or not - I can still fit into my suit. kinda...

We're Gorges!

Ithaca is Gorges!

That's what they say, you know! First, just up the road from Ithaca is Taughannock Falls - taller than Niagara Falls! (although not quite as big...)
Next, we wandered onto the campus of Ivy League Cornell University. This seems like a harmless bridge, right?
If you take a look over the edge, you see one of the two on-campus 5o+ foot deep gorges. Fun, huh?
That's it for now - more when we get back!

Oxford Signage

As you may know, one of the reasons for my acquisition of a camera phone was to record for posterity a number of the totally bizarre things I see around Ohio. In this first installment, we will see a variety of official signs used around Oxford and Miami.

The sign that started it all. When Western drive was "downsized" to one-way, the construction workers elected to put up this official sign. Purple spray paint on a piece of particle board told us all to turn left:
Next is another typical use of the spray-paint-on-particle-board sign. This one was actually deemed so well-made that it was reused in at least one other location on campus:
Next is the double-whammy. Although they are both dark and hard to read, this Oxford construction company elected to inform the public uptown that this particular alley was closed. It is not too readable on this picture, but helpfully taped to this garbage can is a piece of printer paper which says "Alley Closed."
In case you missed the aforementioned garbage can, helpfully hung on the chain-link fence blocking the alley is another sign, although also unreadable in this picture, that says "alley closed" - also made with the materials of choice - spray paint and particle board.
Pretty classy!

The Monsters are Back!

Here they come!

The hall banner in all of its glory:

Jamie and a few of her RA's are hanging out at check-in:

As they begin to arrive in droves, people park all over - including the front lawn (and don't get tickets...)

Here the Monsters assemble for their welcoming to Miami:



Here Jamie and her RA's introduce themselves to the new kids:

They're baaaaaaack....

Reds vs. Brewers!

So, we headed out to our first Reds game of the season, only for the game to be rain delayed for about 2 1/2 hours! However, once the rain subsided they kicked us out of the upper decks because so many people had left. That move meant seats in the 5th row from the 3rd base line for our cheap-o tickets!

What a view! See that spot up by the lights? That's where we usually sit...


#3 Ken Griffey, Jr.

#44 Adam Dunn:

We needed to keep looking for foul balls. Not for this picture, though!

eh?

Sorry for the huge delay in new pictures. I'll be sure to put some more up soon!

More from D.C.

Meet our new friends Tom...... and Abe.
Our future residence?
And the eternal flame.