Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org

Was recently looking for cartoons in the public domain that I could re-caption for a point I wanted to make in my talk. This was a runner-up to the one I chose. I feel like it could easily be an exploitable template, though I have no immediate caption for it.

Also a worry is that I don’t understand the original context. By itself a man riding a zebra could fit a few metaphors, but as far as I know the original cartoon was making the point that America is better off with slavery or something 😛

For the festive conspiracy theorist in your life, who wants to decorate for Christmas, but also wants you to know that Santa Claus is a lizard person.

Saw two crows attacking a hawk (I think red-tailed hawk) right above my house the other day. Harassing it and chasing it away.

Couldn’t get great pictures because the action was happening so fast, but it was pretty cool to see.

#birding #birds #wildlife

Northern Flicker at my feeder the other day.

These are beautiful birds — and they are even more colorful in flight, because they have yellow-shafted feathers and a yellow underside.

I’ve only seen them at my feeder twice, and they got scared off pretty quickly when they saw me both times.

#birding #photography #bird #nature #wildlife

Apparently this guy is watching his cholesterol — doesn’t want to eat any of these hard-boiled egg yolks…

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Saw this in my back yard on Monday.

Man, people around here really over-feed their dogs!

The pumpkins I carved for Halloween yesterday. My son picked the general designs and left me with the trivial detail of executing them. 😅

Not bad considering I can’t remember the last time I carved a pumpkin. 😀

(Note the “Easter egg” shadow behind the kitty 😺)

#Halloween #pumpkins

The workbench has taken its rightful place as a work station for electronics and such (though some of the components migrate to the main desk if I need to program a microcontroller…)

This is likely the last picture of a tidy workbench I’ll get for a while.

Some steps in the evolution of my workstation:

1. Workbench as desk
   2-3. Switched to standing desk
2. Added monitor arms

Next steps: Get at least one bigger monitor, setup up my cable management game.

Three different kinds of woodpecker in my back yard today. Yellow-bellied sapsucker (male, then female), hairy woodpecker (male), then downy woodpecker (female).

You can tell the hairy and downy woodpecker apart because the hairy woodpecker has a longer beak, and the downy woopecker has black bands on her white inner tail feathers.

#birding #birds

Wow, that's a... significant bulk discount on extension cords.

Some Eastern Bluebirds at the feeder the other day. Male first, then female.

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Male and female northern cardinal.

Possibly a breeding pair? They showed up together, and I didn't see any other cardinals around.

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TFW a tufted titmouse tries to photobomb you.

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Looking at some old pictures of baby starlings waiting to get fed and something jumped out at me...

Looks like another kind of bird has discovered my feeder...

Red-shouldered hawk next to a brave or foolish white-breasted nuthatch.

#birding #birds

Ah, so we're at that stage of the talk preparation process...

I also saw this hawk on the way home. I'm thinking red-tailed hawk.

#birding

Went to feed the geese at the river this morning and I saw this bald eagle!

It was tough to take a picture of it, but I got a reasonably clear one.

#birding