Ahhhh, a good ol' politician at work

This is really funny until you think about why it's funny. Because its so damn near real!

Autumn snowfall

Autumn snowfall, originally uploaded by -SPK.

We enjoyed our first snowfall in Easton this weekend. In this photo, I used a 150mm lens and focused half way between me and a beautiful Oak in her autumn colors across the way. Hope you enjoy it.

She fell asleep eating popcorn and watching the race

She fell asleep eating popcorn and watching the race, originally uploaded by -SPK.

Frost (not Robert)

This morning everything was covered in a thick layer of frost and when Paige got up and looked out the window, she thought that it snowed!

I ventured out with my Sigma 150mm macro lens and snapped a few pictures of a few blades of grass and some flowers just CRUSTED in frost.

Finishing the basement....

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Halloween Pictures

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Talk about EXTREME sports.

These dudes are sick!!!

Rust

Rust, originally uploaded by -SPK.

This was taken in Maui about 100 yards from the ocean in the front of an abandoned house. It is the driver side door of an old Honda Accord that was apparantely left there to rust away.

Here is another angle.

Some SICK DRIVING here

Rain Heroes from FUROBOT on Vimeo.

Tell me this doesn't look like Stanley Hudson from "The Office"

English just isn't enough

Even though there are hundreds of thousands of words in the English language, we still could use some more. Here is a list of words not in the English language that have great meanings:

Kaelling - Danish: a woman who stands on her doorstep yelling obscenities at her kids.

Pesamenteiro - Portuguese: one who joins groups of mourners at the home of a dead person, apparently to offer condolences but in reality is just there for the refreshments.

Okuri-OKAMI - Japanese: literally a "see-you-home-wolf". A man who feigns thoughtfulness by offering to see a girl home only to try to molest her once he gets in the door.

Jayus - Indonesian: someone who tells a joke so unfunny you can't help laughing.

Spesenritter - German: a person who shows off by paying the bill on the firm's money, literally "an expense knight".

Kamaki - Greek: the young local guys strolling up and down beaches hunting for female tourists, literally "harpoons".

Kanjus Makkhicus - Hindi: a person so miserly that if a fly falls into his cup of tea, he'll fish it out and suck it dry before throwing it away.

Giri-GIRI - Hawaiian pidgin: the place where two or three hairs stick up, no matter what.

Pelinti - Buli, Ghana: to move very hot food around inside one's mouth.

Dii-KOYNA - Ndebele, South Africa: to destroy one's property in anger.

Hanyauku - Rukwangali, Namibia: walking on tiptoes across warm sand.

Tartle - Scottish: to hesitate when you are introducing someone whose name you can't quite remember.

Vovohe Tahtsenaotse - Cheyenne, US: to prepare the mouth before speaking by moving or licking one's lips.

Prozvonit - Czech and Slovak: to call someone's mobile from your own to leave your number in their memory without them picking it up.

Hira Hira - Japanese: the feeling you get when you walk into a dark and decrepit old house in the middle of the night.

Koi No Yokan - Japanese: a sense on first meeting someone that it is going to evolve into love.

Cafune - Brazilian Portuguese: the tender running of one's fingers through the hair of one's mate.

Shnourkovat Sya - Russian: when drivers change lanes frequently and unreasonably.

Gadrii Nombor Shulen Jongu - Tibetan: giving an answer that is unrelated to the question, literally "to give a green answer to a blue question".

Biritululo - Kiriwani, Papua New Guinea: comparing yams to settle a dispute.

Poronkusema - Finnish: the distance equal to how far a reindeer can travel without a comfort break.

Gamadj - Obibway, North America: dancing with a scalp in one's hands, in order to receive presents.

Baling - Manobo, Philippines: the action of a woman who, when she wants to marry a man, goes to his house and refuses to leave until marriage is agreed upon.

Dona - Yamana, Chile: to take lice from a person's head and squash between one's teeth.

Oka/SHETE - Ndonga, Nigeria: urination difficulties caused by eating frogs before the rain has duly fallen.

Pisan Zapra - Malay: the time needed to eat a banana.

Physiggoomai - Ancient Greek: excited by eating garlic.

Baffona - Italian: an attractive moustachioed woman.

Layogenic - Tagalog, Philippines: a person who is only goodlooking from a distance.

Rhwe - South Africa: to sleep on the floor without a mat while drunk and naked.

Shvitzer - Yiddish: someone who sweats a lot, especially a nervous seducer.

Gattara - Italian: a woman, often old and lonely, who devotes herself to stray cats.

Creerse La Ultima Coca-COLA EN EL DESIERTO - Central American Spanish: to have a very high opinion of oneself, literally to "think one is the last Coca-Cola in the desert".

Vrane Su Mu Popile Mozak - Croatian: crazy, literally "cows have drunk his brain".

Du Kannst Mir Gern Den Buckel Runterrutschen Und Mit Der Zunge Bremsen - Austrian German: abusive insult, literally "you can slide down my hunchback using your tongue as a brake".

Tener Una Cara De Telefono Ocupado - Puerto Rican Spanish: to be angry, literally "to have a face like a busy telephone".

Bablat - Hebrew: baloney, but is an acronym of "beelbool beytseem le-lo takhleet" which means "bothering someone's testicles for no reason".

Vai A Fava - Portuguese: get lost, literally "go to the fava bean".

Rombhoru - Bengali: a woman having thighs as shapely as banana trees.

Tako-NYODU - Japanese: a baldy, literally an "octopus monk".

Snyavshi Shtany, PO VOLOSAM NE GLADYAT - Russian: once you've taken off your pants it's too late to look at your hair.

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Just the two of me

Taken at the Forks Elementary School as the girls played. We just chatted a while then went about our way.

Enough about me, here's more

I was tagged. Here goes.

4 jobs I've had:
-Petroleum Transfer Technician (gas pumper)
-Landscaper
-9-1-1- dispatcher
-EMT

4 films I could watch over and over:
-Top Gun
-Shawshank Redemption
-Three Amigos
-Matrix


4 TV shows I watch:
-The Office
-Cops
-Dirty Jobs
-Heroes

4 places I have lived:
Caldwell, NJ
North Plainfield, NJ
Flemington, NJ
Easton, PA

4 favorite foods:
-Chinese
-Pasta
-Soup (Becky rocks at soup!)
-Grilled Vegetables (Eggplant)

4 favorite colors:
-Black
-Autumn colors

4 places I'd love to be right now:
-Australia
-Ireland
-Alaska
-African Safari

4 names I love but couldn't call my children:
-Danny
-Shayne
-Aiden
-Padraig
(all because I have girls)

Pac Man Pumpkins!

I wish I would have thought of this! Found here.

Family Picture

Family Picture, originally uploaded by -SPK.

There aren't any markings on this picture, but I am guessing that I was maybe 3? That's me on the left with my shorts up to my nipples. Thanks, Mom!

That's Shawn all the way to the right and Scott in the back. Not sure who the hot babe is between me and Shawn, but it looks like she got into a fight with a candy bar and she won!

Our last day on Hawai'i

Our last day on Hawai'i, originally uploaded by -SPK.

This is a stitched-together panoramic photo comprised of 15 different shots. I used the free program AutoStitch to compile the shot and Picasa to do some cropping, etc.

You must look at the large shot to get an idea of how large this photo actually is! www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1778844105&size=o

Maui near Wailea

Maui near Wailea, originally uploaded by -SPK.

One of the things I really loved about Hawaii was how different the coast was.

This was taken less than a mile from our white sand beach on the Grand Wailea resort and here you can see the black lava rocks and small mountain in the back.

This was taken at 6:50 am and Beck and I both said how weird it was to have the sun rise BEHIND the beach not the other way around. (see, we're from the east coast)

Here are the rest of the Hawaii pictures for your viewing pleasure.

reflection of me

reflection of me, originally uploaded by -SPK.

That is me in Anastasia's glasses. I just liked this one and thought it really showed the quality of the 150mm Sigma macro lens. You must see the large size to get the idea.

Biker Night

This was taken at my company conference in Maui, HI last week. (did I have to put HI there? I swear that I'm not rubbing it in - there could be another Maui, right?)

Anyway, too bad you can't see it, but I'm wearing leather chaps. And, yes, they are assless. ALL CHAPS ARE ASSLESS! Do you have any idea how many people commented about my assless chaps? Like 1000 at least.

That's me on the left with my new tattoo, Todd, Amy, Rich, and Boom on the right. More of my shots to come, but Amy emailed this to me today and I loved it!

Maui

Maui, originally uploaded by -SPK.

I've officially been awake for 26 hours and watched the sun rise in Philadelphia and set in Maui today.

This place is heaven!