My Birthday Was in August...

...and here comes my October post from my August birthday.

So what did I do? Linda took me out to botanical garden in Golden Gate Park where they had a plant show on display called "Chomp". Guess what kind of plants they were. Any way we did our usual walk (Linda is fond of calling it a death march) from our place to our park destination. Along the way we came across this giant purple head we had for some reason never seen.

How could we have missed a 20' tall purple head all this time?

CHOMP!

So as you may have guessed the plant show was a carnivorous plant show! The Venus fly traps say "CHOMP"!

The show was pretty small but really cool. It was one medium size room that was super warm and misty and filled with plants that would rather eat you than give you the time of day. This is a section of the center display which was really cool and had chomping plants all around it. I made sure not get to close.

I know these small fuzzy pitcher plants don't look it but they are killers!

Now lets try this again in 3D!!!!


Chomp-D! Chomp-D! Chomp-D!


Keep fingers and small children way from this picture!


So cute and cuddly looking! Don't cuddle! Don't!


Look at all the gaping mouths ready to bite!


One more just for flesh eating 3D plant fun! Chomp chomp chomp!

Linda,
Thanks for taking me to see the flesh eating plants! I'm so glad we both made it out alive!
-jimmy

'74

Someone was probably pretty happy back in '74.

This box looked like it could contain bits of the last 33ish years of memories.

All memories should be remembered in 3D -:]

Um....

...ouch?

Well, maybe not ouch but it's a bit disturbing right?

And here it is in less disturbing and more 3D 3D!!!

Chunky Wall

In 3D!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Some of the fireworks we saw out back from our fire escape.

We now live in "TSUNAMI" country!

These just popped up in the last week or two and I'm not sure whether or not to be scared or giggle out loud. I mostly just giggled out loud and took these pictures.

Actually this sign is a little unclear. Is it an evacuation route for Tsunami's or in case of Tsunamis? And it also doesn't exactly indicate which way to go.

This one is a little more clear. I think it means we should do mountain climbing if a Tsunami is coming.

I think it means we go up this 3D hill. This is about 100 feet from our place.

This is the sign in 3D on the beach road at the end our our cross street.

S.T.U.N. Runner

It all started with a random conversation at during breakfast at work and turned into S.T.U.N. Runner! A friend and me were eating some eggs and bacon or a muffin or something in the work cafeteria on a Wednesday morning. We were talking about our favorite Nintendo DS game Advance Wars DS. That turned to bigger and better things like that I loved take games which lead the conversation the the classic Battle Zone! Then for some reason we came to a game which we both remembered fondly but could not remember the name of. About 30 min later I was sitting at my desk when I got link from my friend. I opened it and it was a web page about the game we had been trying to remember the name of, S.T.U.N. Runner. So I read through the page and when I got to the bottom I noticed something funny. The page had a link that said there was an actual S.T.U.N. Runner up for auction on Ebay for $279. What quickly followed was a round of emails, phone calls and a visit to our building's head of facilities. So my co-worker was in for 50% of the $279 and $198 shipping and our head of facilities said if we won the auction he would find a place in the building for us to put it. One week and about $500 later we were the proud owners of one of the coolest arcade games ever, S.T.U.N. Runner!

Here a cute co-worker enjoys a game of S.T.U.N. Runner!

Look at her go!

My partner in S.T.U.N. Running crime enjoys a game in stereo 3D. Look how freaking awesome S.T.U.N. Runner looks!

Forgot my belt -:[

But I found some stuff to make a shiny new one out of -:]

Do you smell something?

So the other day I had band practice after work but had go back to work for a few minutes to check on some things before going home. It was about 9pm when I got to work. The parking lot was mostly empty and the sun was just setting. I parked right at the front doors and jumped out of my car to go into work but there was a little surprise, make that 4 little surprises waiting for me! As I turned from my car to the entrance I stopped dead in my tracks because about 20 feet away and right between me and the doors were 4 little skunks! My first reaction was to get right back into my car. I thought about it for a second and realized how freaking cute the 4 baby skunks were and that I had my camera with me so against my better judgement I grabbed my camera got back out of the car and slowly approached the skunks. I also noticed the mother skunk about 10 feet from the babies but farther away from me and in the bushes. I don't think she noticed me or if she did she knew I was not a threat because I must have been giving off the "Shit I'm scared I'm going to get sprayed by a bunch of skunks" smell. Any way I got a couple of not so great photos then they ducked back in to their hole which was all of about 10 or 15 feet from the front door of PDI/DreamWorks. They were so cute and I don't think the pictures do them any justice.

This one is looking right at their hole which is right in the corner of the sidewalk where the white leg is. Every time I made a little noise the little ones would rush back to the hole for a little bit.

Look at that cute little head!

Mom was back in the bushes, I think you might be able to just see her right above little guy in front there.

And this is the front entrance at 9pm. The skunks live right under the red cone on the right. I was told they were going to try and remove them. I actually saw them on 3 different nights but I checked a few more times and there was no sign of them. Maybe Mom heard they were going to be kicked out and decided to leave on her own terms. I hope they found a nice new home.

Casual 3D Invasion

The ship wreck attracts more than just people

So we got up at this morning at low tide, well maybe an hour after low tide since it's Sunday and low tide was at about 8am, and went down to look at the ship wreck again and look who we found!

This little guy was about 100 yards from the ship wreck. At first we thought it was a small dog that some people were taking pictures of. We were walking that way any way and as we got closer It seemed like maybe it wasn't a dog after all. It's cool to be able to walk across the street to see part of a 130 year old ship wreck and find cute little sea lion pups hanging out. We called the Marine Mammal center to report it and they said they would send someone to check it out.

Here s/he is in 3D! I asked if s/he could hold still for my 3d picture but I guess s/he doesn't understand my east coast accent and moved a little so you may notice the head looking a little funny in 3d.

Lost in SF

Yesterday was a very sad day for us here in SF because we lost one of our best friends, Butter, to lung cancer. Thanks for putting up with me and letting me hang out with Linda. We'll miss you.

A 3D ship wreck and some numbers

So on our walk today we came across some stuff at the edge of the surf we have see a few times in the past few weeks but until now the tide was to high to get a close look at it. Today we could get right up to it. Mostly before we just saw the pole and something biggish under the shore break. We called it a sub because of the periscope. Today we figured we would see a sub. Nope. I took a look and decided it was a ship wreck. Yeah, right, probably just some old part of a pier or something. I took this 3d picture (it's hard to tell but take a look with some red/blue glasses). Then went home and looked up Ocean Beach ship wreck. Wow, it was a ship wreck! From 1878 no less! It was called the King Philip and was a three masted clipper ship. Clipper ships were apparently about as fast as ships got back in the day and were used for hauling valuable cargo. Cool! But what kind of cargo did this Ferrari of the high seas carry you ask? The best cargo of all, Bird Poop! Hell yeah! Any way you can read more and see videos about the wreck at these links:
An SF Gate article
A good picture from the last time it was uncovered in the 80s
A local news report about it (you have to watch an ad first)

We also spotted this tiny abacus which was most likely before today last used to calculate the strength of the King Philip's anchor line...

...and today to calculate the advanced 3d formulas needed to make the great 3d image below.

I'm not totally up on my abacus skills so I'm not sure if it is set to zero or to our national deficit.

Yet another rusty thing!

Mmmm, rusty frito thing.

In 3D -:]

Another Rusty Thing

And here it is in stereo 3d!

I love 3D rusty things even more than plain old rusty things!

Found this today

I like rusty things. This is a rusty thing. -:]

What's that noise?!

So at about 6:15 this morning Linda and I are woken up bya strange sound from outside the bedroom door. It was kind of a flapping/flopping sound. Of course we are both a little worried it might be some animal flopping around outside our door. Then I bring up that maybe it is Butter (Linda's 16 pound cat) but we quickly decide it doesn't really sound like him. So I decide to get up and see if I can see anything if I open the door a little. I peek out and with the bedroom light on all I can see is Butter sitting in the hall with a concerned look on his face. He kind of looks at me then back behind him then back at me as if to say "Aren't you going to go see what's making that creepy noise in the dark?"I decided if he's disturbed by it I'm more disturbed by it. So I close the door, put on some clothes and some thick socks since I don't have shoes in the bedroom, and go to investigate. I left the bedroom door open so I could see a little in the hall since the light for the hall is at the other end, which, with the noise, seems extra dark and far away. Linda didn't really like my plan and said I had to shut the door in case it was a mouse or rat so it couldn't run in and cuddle up in bed with her. So I step into the bathroom and flick on the light which is only 1/3 as far away as the hall light and shut the bedroom door. I quickly find some shoes and slip them on in case I need to stomp a rat or something plus shoes just make your feet feel safer in situations like this.

I just kind of stand there for a little bit trying to figure out where the noise is coming from. It was kind of sporadic like the noise an animal might make when trapped in a small space. After a few seconds I realize the sound is coming from the bathroom. Okay, the light is on already so I stand looking in. All I see is the bathroom curtain moving around in front of the bathroom vent. So I think maybe it's just the curtain hitting the tub. But as I watch, the motion and the sound just don't match up. I figure it sounds small and not 100% animal so I step in and pull the curtain back and see nothing. Hum. Then I realize the sound is coming from the vent. Cool! Since if it's an animal the vent will protect me! I'm so brave aren't I -;] Here is where the noise was coming from.

I can't really see anything in the vent because it's all dark in
there so I go find our big flashlight and shine it in there and
see this big white thing moving around. At first I think maybe
it's a trapped bird but can't tell so I put my face right up in there
and realize it's only a stupid piece of paper! Now I feel kind of stupid
for wanting to put clothes and shoes on and being so cautious. Maybe
if Butter hadn't acted a little nervous I wouldn't have been as
worried that it was a strange animal. Any way I got a screwdriver,
opened up the vent and took the paper out. Check it out below.

It is some kind of American Express form letter from August
14, 1997. Wow, has it been in our vent for 10 years?! Neat.
The front had dirt and some red scribbling on it like someone
was trying to get a ballpoint pen working. The back is a little
more interesting because it has some kind of list that I can't
make heads or tails of. Any ideas?

Linda is yelling at me now to get ready for work so I have to go
get ready so we're not late. Let me know what you think
the list is, 'cause I have no idea.

Some Forks

Found this purple fork that looked like it was busy
attacking the white forks. Or maybe they were
playing and that one just got hurt?


Poor broken fork -:[


Fork'n 3D man! Fork Yeah!

Sea Monster

Forgot to put this up the other day. 3D!

I found this on the beach today...

...and stuck it in my nose. What else is there to say?!

An SF hardware store presents...

...the Battle of Yorktown. Um, in Duracell, hell yeah! Go
Duracell! Go!

Oh, and just because only one thing could make a picture of
the Battle of Yorktown depicted in batteries better here it is
in stereo 3D!

I found a treat today!

I like treats!

Here it is in 3d so you can experience it in a more real form.

Don't you just love finding treats?!

Growing Gas Meters In SF

Is it time for repotting?

Boom Boom SF! Happy 230th America!

Boom Boom SF! So we stayed in again this 4th and
watched the neighborhood display. Happy 230th America!