I Can Kill You With My Brain

Below are two photos from The Decemberists concert in Milwaukee on May, 29, 2009.  The show was simply incredible.  They performed their new album, The Hazards of Love, in it’s entirety with no breaks.  They then took an intermission and came back out to play a selection of hits from their other albums.

The first picture is of the full band playing a selection from The Hazards of Love.  The second picture is of the final song of the night, “Sons & Daughters”.  Colin Meloy invited members of the audience up on stage to join him for the sing-along chorus.  As you can see, he had a few people take him up on the offer.

Walking around the Disney complex this morning, I stumbled upon a turtle trying to cross my path. The second picture is of Felix (I named him) hiding in his shell as I moved a little too close to him to take the picture. The first picture is of Felix feeling safe again and returning to his own walk.

Today’s portion of my drive to Florida included my first visit to Alabama.  NASA has a space center in Huntsville, Alabama, so one of the real rockets from the past is on display at the Welcome Center along I-65.  It’s an amazing sight and you can see it from miles away in Tennessee.  I was excited to get closer to it and even more excited when my father decided to pull into the Welcome Center for a bathroom break.

As we drove past the rocket to get to the parking spaces, I discovered that I didn’t need to be as excited as I was, because I wasn’t going to get to see much of the rocket.  The thing is, it’s buried in a big patch of trees so that people don’t get too close to it.  Or if there was a way to get close to it, I didn’t find it.  Disappointed, I took a picture of the huge metal “tree” poking up out of the mini-forest.

I’m currently on a 3-day “cross-country” drive from Wisconsin to Florida.  While I’m not technically traveling alone as there are two vehicles making the trip, I am alone in the car.   Well, not totally alone.  I took a picture of the passenger seat to show who my companions are.

There’s my water bottle, my iPod, my work cell phone, my backpack, some Cool Ranch Doritos, and a cooler.  Except for the iPod, they are all very quiet passengers.  That’s probably for the best.  I’ve probably been on the road for too long if anything else on the passenger seat starts singing to me.

This is a picture of a rather geeky clock that I have sitting on my desk at work. Yes, it’s a clock. Can you determine what time it was when I took the picture? Place your guesses in the comments.

If you’ve seen clocks like this before and know the secret to reading them, please refrain from posting the “answer” in the comments. Thanks.