Outside The Interzone: Jun 27, 2010

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Waving Hello to Summer

These photos ran at Dark Roasted Blend almost a month ago; I meant to post a couple at the time, but they slid off my radar before I got to them. I'm not the least disappointed. Today is a much more auspicious day to post some refreshing photos. We topped out at 98 today, but it's been quite breezy, so not as miserable as it could be. Also, the dew point is only 48, for a relative humidity of 19%; combined with the breeze, not good, but not bad. The first picture is quite riveting to me due to the sediment transport seen contrasting against the clear water...

...and the second just looks deliciously cool. There are a large number of similar pictures from the same photographer at the link.

Hello, summer!

Wednesday Wednesday

Wednesday Addams meets Frida Kahlo? From "I Wish I Had More Common Senses," a blog I haven't seen before, but whose name is great. Also, double-checking the spelling of the artist's name, I discovered that yesterday was apparently her 103rd birthday.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Hiatus Interruptus?

The last ten days or so have been pretty brutal... dealing with all sorts of illness, mental and physical, averting eviction, house-sitting three very sweet animals (though one, of the canine persuasion, is profoundly stupid, and yes, Katie, they're all happy and well), dealing with steadily increasing summer temperatures (which always leads to some difficult days at this time of year; all of the next three days are forecast to exceed 95 degree highs), along with stress-and warmth- induced sleep problems. Sorry posting here has been sporadic, but there's not much I could do about it other than warn readers it was coming. It's relatively early yet, but I'm going to do one more pass through my reader, and call it a day. I expect a more standard schedule can be anticpated in days to come. House-sitting concludes Friday.

Heartfelt thanks to siblings and IZ people who've helped me weather this difficult spell.

Tuesday Tits

Bearded tit, Panurus biarmicus.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Sunday Funnies: Sunday Supplement Edition

Following up on yesterday's "Lockwood forgot which day it is" funnies, here are a few more:

Yeah, I came in on the short bus. Sofa Pizza

Internet Bumper Stickers, via Sober in a Nightclub

Pundit Kitchen

Liftoff... in 3... 2... 1... Sofa Pizza

Darius Whiteplume's Tumblr

"There is no escape." MthruF

BizarroBlog

Bits and Pieces Again, if you want the full Sunday Funnies effect, you'll need to click over to yesterday's premature e-publication edition.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Saturd80's: It's Not Sunday Yet Edition

Yello, I Love You:

X, Nausea:

Altered Images, Happy Birthday:

Sunday Funnies: Oops Edition

Man, what a week! Time for some funnies.

Followup: Oops. Like I said, difficult week... it's still Saturday. I could take 'em down, but I'll go ahead and leave a record of my muddle-headedness. Enjoy!