Tales of a Desk Jockey

Nov 24


Coolest hot air balloons I’ve ever seen!
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta by Mike Jones
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Via alla1:icelandbob and robots:xoxojl:travelhighlights:

Coolest hot air balloons I’ve ever seen!

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta by Mike Jones

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Via alla1:icelandbob and robots:xoxojl:travelhighlights:

thanksgiving

edatrix:

this is the first Thanksgiving i won’t be spending with my family, and it just sort of hit me that I won’t be with my family.  I’m happy to be spending the holiday with friends, but i just got a little sad :(

As opposed to Lauren, I am actually spending Thanksgiving with my parents for the first time in four years. They came down in 2005 to Santa Barbara, while I was still in Grad School and it was a beautiful day and we drove into the mountains and had a great view of the Pacific Ocean from La Cumbre Peak.  The year before, I didn’t eat with them, but went to Compton with my best friend Jerel to his aunt’s for a proper mexican Thanksgiving with delicious tamales and all.  But a funny thanksgiving:  2001 - I had baked beans on toast for dinner - I was living in England and they don’t celebrate thanksgiving there, so it was just another regular school night for us, and I didn’t feel like cooking, as usual!

Nov 18




Flowchart to help you figure out where to eat
thisshouldbeit:meltinyourmouth:


Flowchart to help you figure out where to eat

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from this site

from this site

Nov 16


Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
dailyme:

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

dailyme:

Nov 15

Beautiful contrails

Beautiful contrails

Fall is almost over. This was a vwry strange fall in that it was mostly crap weather and not much chance to enjoy the leaf colors… I could go for a run in the neighborhood but I am feeling rather lazy today…..

Fall is almost over. This was a vwry strange fall in that it was mostly crap weather and not much chance to enjoy the leaf colors… I could go for a run in the neighborhood but I am feeling rather lazy today…..

Chester is also enjoying basking in the 70 deg sunshine!

Chester is also enjoying basking in the 70 deg sunshine!

It is an Indian summer day and I m just being lazy on my balcony enjoying the warm temps and first really blue sky in weeks!

It is an Indian summer day and I m just being lazy on my balcony enjoying the warm temps and first really blue sky in weeks!

Nov 12

xplanes:

“Two U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104A-15-LO Starfighters…in flight with Lockheed RC-121D-LO Warning Star, circa late 1950s or early 1960s.”

xplanes:

“Two U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104A-15-LO Starfighters…in flight with Lockheed RC-121D-LO Warning Star, circa late 1950s or early 1960s.”

Nov 11

dailyme:

German Navy sailors are seen near the Arc de Triomphe during Armistice Day ceremonies in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. France is commemorating the end of World War I hand-in-hand with the country vanquished in the so-called “Great War” as German Chancellor Merkel joined President Sarkozy to remember the fallen and to celebrate peace. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

dailyme:

German Navy sailors are seen near the Arc de Triomphe during Armistice Day ceremonies in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. France is commemorating the end of World War I hand-in-hand with the country vanquished in the so-called “Great War” as German Chancellor Merkel joined President Sarkozy to remember the fallen and to celebrate peace. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)