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Dooley and the holidays

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Dooley has an interesting sense of timing and can associate one event with another, for example:

When we get up and turn on the light in the kitchen he says “good morning”
When I pick up my keys he makes the sound of the house alarm being armed
When I close the microwave door he makes the sound of the timer being set
When I say goodbye on the phone he makes the sound of the teeny, quiet beep of the cordless phone being turned off
When I turn off the light in the TV room he says “good night” and then makes the sound of the house alarm being armed

Well, it’s October and Dooley has started to say “Trick or Treat”…something he’s only heard the last few years on that one special night when the kids come to our door. He hasn’t said it but a few times after Halloween last year and then not at all for the whole year. It’s like he knows it’s October.

This would be more surprising if he didn’t wait till December to sing Jingle Bells.

That bird is smarter than he looks.

Dooley on the yellow sproingy:

Cynthia and the hummingbird

Cynthia and the hummingbird, originally uploaded by The Bald Heretic.

We sat quietly amongst the hummers and I got this GREAT shot.

Hummingbirds Attack!

For the last few weeks we have had 2-4 hummingbirds in the yard. This evening there must have been 15 or more buzzing around.

Jay and the lemur

I finally made it to Adventures In Birds to replenish the dwindling supply of bird treats at the house.

I took some time to visit the show room and I was pounced upon by a free-roaming lemur!

They’re very cute but I think owning a pet with opposable thumbs would present it’s own unique set of problems we are not prepared to deal with.

When the rain comes

My best friend Jim has come over to ride out the storm with us.
We are starting to get some rain and wind. Jim and I decided to sit in the yard and play some songs.
The neighbors all got a real kick out of that.

There is a bit of a party atmosphere. We are all hanging out, drinking wine and beer. Telling jokes and marvelling at the sky.

More bird news

We were watching the hummingbird feeder this afternoon expecting to see our migrating little friends.
As I went into the kitchen Cynthia exclaimed loudly “Oh my god! What the heck is that?”

When I got to the window I did not immediately see what she was talking about but I spotted it shortly.

I had never seen one before and never expected to see one down here in Texas feeding at the hummingbird feeder, but there it was…

a Baltimore Oriole.

Return Of The Hummers

We put out the feeders today.
This guy showed up as we were hanging them.

Hail, hail, the gangs all here!

Many years ago I changed careers from psychology to to technology. Best life decision I ever made. The psych field is made up mostly of scammers and others who are probably more psychically and psychologically damaged than the patients they treat.

Since my move to the tech field over 12 years ago I have had a great time, earned some decent money and had the opportunity to meet and work with some of the most dynamic people one could hope to run across.

Unlike those who ponder the fragile psyches of their fellow man, these folks write software and design networks and network security systems intended to further the technological wonderland that is the very heart and soul of the Internet age we enjoy today.

Over the years, as I have moved from job to job, I have met and kept track of a handful of these guys.
Once in a blue moon when the stars are aligned just right we come together to catch up and shoot the proverbial shit.

Yesterday after work was one of those times.

Blake, myself, Kevin and Jeremy

Blake lives in Idaho now and telecommutes to work at McAfee. Kevin writes software at the same company I work for and Jeremy came back to Houston just recently after a stint at Sourcefire in Maryland. He’s back in Houston doing some work for my friends over at Alert Logic.

Ralph

Ralph is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle and preparing to insult you.
We love Ralph.