Hey eh! Here's What's New With Me

2009-02-24T13:22:00.001-08:00

While we still have snow, I thought I'd post a picture of my view on the way to and from work.

2008-12-19T13:27:00.000-08:00

Hey eh, I finally have had time to use my season pass for Disneyland. Here are a few phone photo's.

This would make a good album cover

Remodeling. Hope the fish can hold their breath.

Another Fire (Back side of the Sylmar Fire)

2008-11-19T17:14:00.000-08:00

I probably should write here once in a while for all those people who don't have Faceplant. Here's some photo's from last weekends fire.

Eerie sky Friday night.

Fire near Sierria Highway

Firefighters waiting for flames. Photo taken looking southeast from Dockweiler Drive above Newhall CA.

What I did on my day off

2008-11-04T17:04:00.000-08:00

Its November and time for our pipes to back up again. Glad to get that fixed. Its no fun taking a shower while standing in sludge.

Let Them Eat Cake

2008-11-04T17:00:00.000-08:00

When frosting a cake, squeeze sick cat carefully while moving around for an even spread.

Castaic Fire October 1, 2008

2008-10-01T18:02:00.000-07:00

Hey eh, Here's some pictures from the castaic fire today. I first spotted smoke around 4:30 p.m. The fire was located near I-5 and Templin Highway.

New Addition to Family

2008-08-28T10:20:00.000-07:00

My niece and her husband recently adopted a new dog. His name is Johan which is probaby latin for the Spanish "Jaun". He's a great dog (a smooth coat Jack Russell ) and he loves to swim. Here are a couple of videos:

Mystery Payment Coming

2008-08-27T18:39:00.000-07:00

I signed up for that mystery promise - keeper - giver offering non-pledge at church a while back. You know that one where we commit to give money we don't have and the Lord will provide. It’s a great idea. At first I was a little discouraged since I was suppose to receive unexpected money and all I received were unexpected bills. But, the tide is changing. I opened a fortune cookie the other day and found the fortune posted below:

In all honesty, I think its great that we are asking by faith that the Lord will provide money for our, or His, missionaries; as long as we ask by faith and spend by sight.

Earthquake

2008-07-29T11:53:00.000-07:00

Just had a nice earthquake. I had been talking with my boss when we were interrupted by what sounded like a strong wind blowing. As the sound increased, I realized something more was happening. When I saw my boss holding on to the wall, I realized we were having an earthquake. Unfortunately, I didn't think to start recording until the quake was ending. I did catch the mirror wobbling.

Dust Devil near COC

2008-07-22T12:53:00.000-07:00

I've traveled to Omaha several times in order to see a tornado. It turns out that I only needed to drive as far as Valencia near College of the Crayons.

Cold Drink on a Hot Day

2008-06-20T16:41:00.000-07:00

Its very hot today. Couldn't think of a better picture to post.

Emergency Exit

2008-06-19T17:29:00.000-07:00

In case of emergency, all English speaking people please exit to the left. All Spanish speaking people, please exit to the right.

Omaha Zoo

2008-05-15T14:53:00.001-07:00

Here's some photo's from the Omaha Zoo:

R U S H concert

2008-05-07T08:22:00.000-07:00

I was able to attend the second leg of the R U S H Snakes and Arrows tour at the Nokia Theater last night. Last year I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl. Both were great concerts but a little loud.

Earthquakes

2008-05-01T15:27:00.001-07:00

Hey ! What's with all the earthquakes ? Actually, it’s been 151 years since our last 150 year magnitude 8 quake, so I thought it would probably be a good idea to buy water and flashlights.
I didn’t want to have to tell my friends and family “I knew I should have prepared”.
Updated earthquake maps can be found at the USGS site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/special/California_Nevada.php

2008 California Poppy Season

2008-04-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

Wednesday I took my mom to the California Poppy Reserve and the surrounding area. It was cold and windy. Poppies tend to not open up when is cold and windy so while there were many fields of poppies, and the sun was unobstructed by clouds; not too many poppies were open. I did take several pictures anyway (I drove all that way) and posted a few here.

While I was appreciating all the flowers, two C-130's flew over.

More Poppies

Answer to Bug question

2008-04-03T08:59:00.000-07:00

Hey eh, I answered my own question. The bug pictured above is a Dysdera Crocota, also known as a Slater Spider or Sowbug Killer. They bite ! But they're not poisonous to humans. I found my answer at:

http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/CollectionsAndResearch/Collections/InsectsSpidersAndSimilar/Spiders/Spiders_Web/What/SlaterSpider.htm

Anyone know anything about bugs ? Not the rabbit.

2008-04-03T08:26:00.000-07:00

I found this bug in my pool. It looks like a spider but i wasn't sure? Anyone know ? It was about 1/2 inch long; not very big.

Hey! what's that white stuff on the hill tops ?

2008-03-17T08:28:00.000-07:00

Saturday afternoon I enjoyed about 5 minutes of hail while driving from the valley to Santa Clarita. When I reached the bottom of the Newhall Pass, I noticed the white hill tops and realized that what is was seeing may actual be hail rather than snow. I stopped by the hiking trails and asked a few hikers who confirmed that it had hailed. So that‘s my guess; its not snow but hail.

Washing Dishes

2008-03-10T10:53:00.000-07:00

Among the myriad of opportunities to serve at the Shepherds Conference, I was given the one task I had requested not to do... washing dishes. I had a great time anyway. In fact, looking back, I don't know that I would have requested anything else. I met new friends and ate tons of food. What more could you want?

Did I forget to smile again?

(Pictired left to right: friend # 1, friend # 2, friend # 3, me, friend # 4, friend # 5)

Free books for 3500 pastors

2008-03-07T14:22:00.000-08:00

Yesterday morning I helped bag books for the Shepherd’s Conference. I counted about 35 volunteers bagging 15 books for 3500 pastors. That’s 100 trips per volunteer down the book bagging isle. My feet were very tired.

The Volunteers

The Books

Church Tycoon

2008-03-07T09:21:00.000-08:00

Its shepherd's Conference week and time for Church Tycoon.

I used Roller Coaster Tycoon III to build Grace Church.

Here’s a few clips:

The Rollercoaster

The Tram from the parking lot

Still Images

The cat and the Squirrel

2008-03-05T13:19:00.000-08:00

A squirrel was out teasing the cats this morning. That’s all the excitement for today. No earthquakes, no floods, not even any dates.

p.s. The squirrel got away... as usual.

Cat on Shelf

2008-02-26T17:17:00.000-08:00

I noticed we have a new decoration for our garage shelf....

Cats still on roof

2008-02-25T16:41:00.000-08:00

Before I had a blog it seemed there were things worth writing about or taking pictures of. Currently, the most noteworthy event is what the neighborhood cats are doing. Very exciting! Once again, they were sitting on the neighbors roof warming themselves in the morning sun.

Flight Sim X Flight into Burbank

2008-02-12T10:48:00.000-08:00

In my spare time (9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.) I sometimes play computer games. Here's a video clip from my flight into Burbank last night. Someday I'll buy capture software so I don't have to video tape the computer screen. You may need Windows Media version 9 to play this. I have a friend who is a pilot. He says a good landing is one you can walk away from. This was a good landing.

Clouds on the hill tops

2008-01-31T11:30:00.000-08:00

Of the many things I enjoy in nature, the weather is something that can easily capture my attention. Everything from light rain to torrential downpours, from peaceful things like rainbows to more terrifying things like lightning or tornadoes; I am fascinated by it all. It’s a perplexity that I live in southern California where we rarely even see clouds, but I enjoy what I can and travel when I get board with our beautiful sunny days. The other day I stopped by the local mail drop off and noticed a unique and beautiful cloud formation capping the mountain tops to west. I took a few pictures and posted one here. I believe these fall into the category of Lenticular clouds, although I’ve never seen this type of formation.

Cats on Roof

2008-01-30T17:54:00.000-08:00

On cold mornings, my cats (otherwise known as the neighborhood cats) use to sun themselves on the neighbor's brick wall , but they have migrated to my neighbors roof to take advantage of all the heat coming out of their attic vent.
Almost any cold morning after breakfast they can be found enjoying the heat.

Nebraska

2007-12-11T17:13:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to travel to Nebraska in November and visit some wonderful friends. Here’s a few photo’s. And I left the rest at home so I'll have to blog again.

Castaic Fire Video

2007-10-23T10:11:00.000-07:00

Here's a video of the aircraft filling up with water.

And another...

Castaic Fire

2007-10-23T09:59:00.000-07:00

I had a chance to run up the hill and take a few

picures of the water dropping aircraft re-filling. Thankfully the fire is still a distance from my house but many of my friend's homes are right next to the fire.

Frisbee in Yosemite 1989

2007-10-11T10:51:00.000-07:00

Here's a video clip of my friends playing frisbee while waiting until we decide what to do next (which is usually to play more frisbee).

Snow

2007-01-17T16:53:00.000-08:00

After 18 years, it finally snowed in Santa Clarita.

When I arrived at work, I noticed some storm clouds south of us moving west. I had hoped we would get some rain but the skies to our east were clear. It didn't look promising for those of us who love rain. To my surprise, clouds eventually moved over us and instead of rain they brought sleet. I ran back in to the building to get my camera and took a few short video's but as the temperature dropped sleet turned to snow. For three wonderful minutes we experienced genuine 100% snow flakes.

Okay, I'm ready for the normal 70 degree temperatures again.

Disneyland

2006-12-14T16:38:00.000-08:00

Hey eh,

Friday marked another work Christmas party at Disneyland. Here's few photo's:

Everyone I talked to said the same thing about Splash mountain... " I don't remember getting that wet before". Fortunately, whoever took this picture missed the wet half of us.

Here's a photo the main enterance.

Boise and Salmon Idaho Part 7 (The Trip Home)

2006-10-10T11:05:00.000-07:00

So I've been back for 3 weeks and I'm still posting pictures from my trip.
Here's the last... it think; a few pictures from the plane including a better picture of Yosemite's Half Dome.

My delayed flight

View of Portland, Oregon

Half Dome

Boise and Salmon Idaho trip 2006

2006-10-03T13:45:00.000-07:00

Nothing like playing in the mud when the parents aren't looking...

Boise and Salmon Idaho 2006 part 6

2006-09-27T15:44:00.000-07:00

An Afternoon at the Golf Course

Boise - Salmon Idaho 2006 part 5

2006-09-27T10:36:00.000-07:00

Here's a panorama of Salmon, Idaho. I posted a small picture but it can be enlarged (as with all the pictures) by clicking on it.

Boise -Salmon 2006 part 4

2006-09-26T14:30:00.000-07:00

A few more photo's from my trip. Maybe some day I'll write something about the trip.
1) Fall morning in Salmon
2) Birds out for a Saturday afternoon
3) A road without traffic

Boise - Salmon 2006 Part 3

2006-09-23T22:52:00.000-07:00

A few more pictures from my ongoing trip:
1) Sawtooth Range
2) My room in Salmon Idaho
3) The view from my room

Boise - Salmon 2006 part 2

2006-09-22T20:19:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures of my friend Joe Shmoe and his family:
1) Group Photo
2) Joe on his bike
3) searching for gophers
4 ) One sick kid looks through the window

Boise - Salmon 2006 part 1

2006-09-22T17:44:00.000-07:00

I'm off an another adventure; this time to Boise, Idaho. Here's some photos from the flight:
1) Smoke from the "Day" fire
2) Half Dome (Yosemite National Park)

More Pictures from New England 2004

2006-08-18T10:16:00.000-07:00

2006-08-16T17:23:00.000-07:00

Hello, nothing new but I have some pictures of my vacation to New England from 2 years ago:

2006-08-11T11:17:00.000-07:00

The other day I was thinking to my self, "Self, why is it that even though there are only seven days in a week, and I wash my clothes every weekend, I still have 15 to 20 shirts to wash every time". I haven't come up with an answer yet.

Railroad history

2006-06-09T17:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday before I flew home from Omaha, I visited the site (or close to it) of the east end of the Trans-continental Railroad; and the home of the worlds largest locomotive.

Trip to Omaha, NE Day 1

2006-06-05T20:13:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. I thought I'd take a few days off from work to chase tornadoes and visit friends. So far no tornadoes, but having a wonderful time visiting friends. Here's some photo's of a water fountain and our boat ride into the spray zone.

2006-05-17T16:14:00.000-07:00

My friends have reminded me that I don't blog enough. In response to your inquiries; generally, it is helpful to have something happening in your life to write about. Hense the long gaps... I did visit my brother recently and took this picture of his dog. With the exception of his front foot he looks more like a rug or a toy. That's my exciting life for this week!

Fast food curse

2006-04-24T14:58:00.000-07:00

My friends and I go to lunch a few times a week... okay, every day. But anyway, I always end up getting charged extra. Not today! I ordered 3 chicken strips and large fries and paid $4.31. My friend ordered the chicken strips combo; same as what I ordered but it comes with a drink. He paid $4.32. I thought I finally got the upper hand; but they accidently gave him 4 chicken strips. But I still paid less. Do I win ??

Mom's Yellow Rose

2006-04-14T11:49:00.000-07:00

Hey eh, My mom's roses are starting to bloom. I took this picture yesterday at sunset.

Water fountain

2006-04-13T15:10:00.000-07:00

Hey eh,

Nothing new or exciting today but no problem, I have some pictures of my water fountain and pond to post. It took 4 years of free time to build; kind of like all those videos everyone is waiting for me to edit.

Cats on wall

2006-04-12T12:43:00.000-07:00

Hey eh,

This is not a recent photo, but a few whiles ago I took this picture of my foolish cats on the wall. After a cold night they can be found warming themselves in the morning sunlight either on the wall or on the neighbors roof.

Late Snow

2006-04-11T18:16:00.000-07:00

Hey eh, got a chance to go to the snow Saturday. Very exciting! But I was too cheap to pay the $5.00 fee to get out of my car, so I enjoyed it through the window (kind of like TV).

2005-09-22T16:39:00.000-07:00

A photo of me in Denver from one of my many travels. If I remember correctly, I was traveling with 2 friends from Burbank to Missoula, MT; with a stop in Denver, CO. Behind me is one of my favorite planes to travel in: a Canadian CRJ (two seats on either side of the isle - none of that crowded from both sides stuff like Southwest's 737's).