Greetings from Justinland

Tussle of the Toeshoes

Ok, having once dated a Mouse King, I was totally amused that the Ovation network is having a 1 week 'Battle of the Nutcrackers'.  Yeah, in the true spirit of Christmas, they are presenting a Nutcracker grudge match; six different presentations of Tchaikovsky's's classic ballet go head to head in a Battle Royale to determine the winner. So far, I am liking Nutcracker: The Movie, but never bet against Balanchine.

 

Santa Fe Shadows

Santa Fe Shadows
Originally uploaded by My Blue Dragon.

Ahhhhh, 2 wonderful, romantic weeks in beautiful Santa Fe. Sunshine, blue skies and chile

At the Pow Wow

At the Pow Wow
Originally uploaded by My Blue Dragon.

America...

America...
Originally uploaded by דודdavid.

I didn't take this photo, but seriously, WTF?

A Boy and his Toys

In a troubled economy, I decided to do my little bit and bought myself a sparkling new 32gb iTouch for my b-day.  My old iPod was 4gb and pink.  What was I thinking.

But just to keep myself in perspective, the 1st song I downloaded was Hall and Oates 'Possession Obsession'

You know there's something you need
Right here and now
To fill the space inside of yourself
Money love or power
When you want to have the number one first run anyone
You're crazy 'til you own them
You ought to know better than that
The more that you buy the less you get back
It's a case of possession obsession
Gimme Gimme

Well, it seems that it's true that anyone can grow up to be President, although I don't think I have much of a shot. Still, I remain hopeful that we can get our country back to being what we should be.

Muskrat Houses

Muskrat Houses
Originally uploaded by My Blue Dragon.

Squaw Creek Wildlife Refuge

Instant Karma, Instant Coffee

As you may have guessed, I am a big believer in the principal of karma, rule of three or what goes around comes around.  We reap what we sew.

I am also abundantly blessed and even though I bitched about my retirement plan taking a big hit last quarter, I have not had to skip any meals in these troubled times.  Never the less, a few months ago, after estimating that my Starbucks habit was costing nearly $100/month, I decided to brew my own and donate the $100 per month to Hawk's local food pantry.  I considered it a karmic investment and the Lakota ARE missing meals.

Fast Foreword to my b-day yesterday.  My co-worker Julie comes into my office with a large cardboard box (and cupcakes)   "Happy Birthday! I found this at my church's garage sale and had noticed that you weren't drinking Starbucks anymore. so..."  Inside the box was a Starbuck's professional barista machine.

Now I owe the universe another flavor

Wolf Spider

Wolf Spider
Originally uploaded by My Blue Dragon.

Brother spider must have worked all night spinning this web

John McCain

John McCain
Originally uploaded by My Blue Dragon.

Don't you think this pumpkin looks like John McCain?