Rode up to Chantry Flats

It was such a nice day, I went up to Chantry Flats to check out the view.

Venice Artists

MLK weekend. I think King would be proud of what he sees today.

Venice Rollerskaters

Looks like a lot of fun.

Comicomancy

I looked up the Garfield cartoon for my date of birth. You can look up yours.

Garfield Archives

I should also check out The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes for more comic divinations.

Happy New Year

My family and I rung in the New Year on the strip. Scott and his classmates were also there. Big thanks to Dave for hanging out with us too. Everybody was out on the road, Las Vegas Blvd. was shutdown from about 6 pm to well into the early hours of the morning. All the hotels also started restricting entry to hotel guests only. Haha I'm already looking forward to 2009. This photo is about 250 ms of the 10 minute fireworks show shot thorugh my 50mm lens.

Spamalot

Saw Spamalot at the Wynn with my family and Kathryn. Highly recommend whether you've seen Monty Python's Holy Grail or not. It basically a postmodern musical comedy of Holy Grail, which is kinda odd since Holy Grail was pretty much a postmodern satire.

Big Bear

Went snowboarding for the first time this season a couple of weeks ago. The timing was perfect. A storm was blowing right as I was driving up there so there was a lot of fresh snow. This is the view from the cabin that Sheila and her classmates rented. Big thanks to them for letting me crash at their place for the night since the roads were closed. Had a lot of fun and good food too. They brought up Armenian BBQ which was excellent. The next day we got up and a lot of snow had fallen. So after rolling a few snowmen and a snowball fight it was time to put the chains on and drive back home.