Honolulu
posted by Bill Adams at 2:43 AM
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Monday, July 31, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
Someone Left The TastyKake Out In The Rain
Someone Left The TastyKake Out In The Rain
Originally uploaded by Bill Adams.
I like this one 'cause it's got a great soundtrack...
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posted by Bill Adams at 4:09 PM
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Saturday, July 22, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
A Touching Elephant Story
A man was on holiday in Kenya. While he was walking through the bush, he came across an elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.
The elephant seemed distressed so the man approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot. There was a large thorn deeply embedded in the bottom of the foot.
As carefully and as gently as he could he removed the thorn and the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man and with a rather stern look on its face, stared at him. For a good ten minutes the man stood frozen -- thinking of nothing else but being trampled.
Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away.
For years after, the man remembered the elephant and the events of that day.
One day the man was walking through the zoo with his son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to where they were standing at the rail. It stared at him and the man couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.
After a while it trumpeted loudly; then it continued to stare at him.
The man summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.
Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of the man's legs and swung him wildly back and forth along the railing, killing him.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
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posted by Bill Adams at 1:26 PM
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Bird In A Tree
At long last
Originally uploaded by makeupanid.
I posted this photo 'cause the thread contains a story I related to Marg, the photographer, of the challenge I faced several years ago when one of my cockatoos decided to experience the process of flight for the first time...
posted by Bill Adams at 1:14 PM
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
A One-Legged Frog
one legged frog
Originally uploaded by crispo.
Beefus' comment on this photo almost caused me to lose it while sitting alone in a crowded restaurant this afternoon...
posted by Bill Adams at 9:34 PM
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New to Flickr?
Chained Bicycle
Originally uploaded by PhotographyNewbie.
The person who took this photo is new to Flickr. Sometime last evening he added me as a contact.
This is his very first posted photograph, so I took the opportunity to pass along a little information I hope will be of some help to him, and others...
technorati tags:Tips, BillAdams, Photography, Flickr
posted by Bill Adams at 8:30 AM
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Monday, July 17, 2006
It's A Fig
It's A Fig
Originally uploaded by Bill Adams.
I'm blogging this photo 'cause somebody said something nice to me within the photo's comment thread, and I didn't even have to pay her!
posted by Bill Adams at 10:36 PM
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My Views On The "War On Terror"
I believe we could bring that war to a rapid end in relatively short order and with minimal loss of human life. Those who may perish would do so only out of what is commonly, though incorrectly, known as Darwinism. In other words, only the severely stupid would perish.
In August of 1945 the United States Army Air Force used the first of two nuclear weapons on the country of Japan. It was without doubt a terribly horrific action.
From a historical perspective, however, it was the only means with which to justify the end. And bringing a rapid end to WWII it did in fact achieve.
Zoom forward some 60+ years to now...
Never since have we used such a weapon. Even though the U.S. and other nations have been involved in many conflicts, none of these conflicts could ever have warranted the use of nuclear weaponry. The whole of the global community has never been threatened much like it was back in WWII.
Terrorism, however, is a true and inarguable global threat, brought about by a mass of fanatical religous zealots whose numbers I would guess outnumber that of the WWII-era populations of Germany and Japan combined.
The reason we've not annihated ourselves already is because we know we could wipe out the whole of the human species in a matter of days because of the domino retaliatory affect that dropping a nuclear weapon would bring about. Too many other nations now have the capability to also deploy nuclear weapons.
Terrorism is allowed to continue to exist unabated because entire nations exist which tolerate and foster its existence. Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and Libya are just some of these nations.
If I were allowed to be president of the United States for just one year, here is what I would do to eliminate terrorism...I'll try and state this as simply as I can, because I believe it's quite a simple approach.
Here are the sequence of events, which will lead to the action I would take as President Of The United States:
Terrorist attack occurs somewhere in the World causing significant loss of life.
Using the expertise and technology available within our country and others', we go through the forensic analysis process to determine the identities of the perpetrators.
In this case, we find there were only two perpetrators. Both of which were directly linked to Al Queda. One was from a small town in Syria by the name of Al Mayadin, which is on the Eastern-most border of Iraq.
The second perpetrator was born in El Maghra, Egypt, but spent the majority of his adult life in the town of Bu Hasa in the United Arab Emirates.
Upon the verification of this information, we would make declarations to both Syria and the UAE that in 60 days the towns of Al Mayadin and Bu Hasa would be leveled by nuclear weapons. The towns would effectively be removed from existence.
Our declarations would make our intentions quite clear and would include our directive to these countries to remove all inhabitants from those two towns.
Both Syria and the UAE have 60 days to ensure against loss of life by moving those people out of harn's way before we meet the date of declaration.
On day 60, we use our nuclear weapons. We destroy both of the fore mentioned towns. There is no negotiation from when we confirmed who and where the terrorists originated to when we meet the declared date of destruction of these two towns.
How many times do you think we would have to do such a thing before countries like Syria and Egypt, and all the others who sponsor terrorism, who watched us act on our declaration, begin to seriously work to shutdown and dismantle every form of support now provided to terror networks?
The end. I leave the office of the Presidency and go back to being just plain 'ol Bill.
I have no qualms about sharing of these views outside our e-mail exchange. In fact, if I knew of some place they might gain some visiblity, I'd post them there in a hearbeat.
I don't know if such an approach has ever been publicly discussed. I don't watch television unless somebody flies an airplane into a building or the Baltimore Orioles game is televised.
But if it has been broached before, why aren't we moving in this direction?
What the hell?
In August of 1945 the United States Army Air Force used the first of two nuclear weapons on the country of Japan. It was without doubt a terribly horrific action.
From a historical perspective, however, it was the only means with which to justify the end. And bringing a rapid end to WWII it did in fact achieve.
Zoom forward some 60+ years to now...
Never since have we used such a weapon. Even though the U.S. and other nations have been involved in many conflicts, none of these conflicts could ever have warranted the use of nuclear weaponry. The whole of the global community has never been threatened much like it was back in WWII.
Terrorism, however, is a true and inarguable global threat, brought about by a mass of fanatical religous zealots whose numbers I would guess outnumber that of the WWII-era populations of Germany and Japan combined.
The reason we've not annihated ourselves already is because we know we could wipe out the whole of the human species in a matter of days because of the domino retaliatory affect that dropping a nuclear weapon would bring about. Too many other nations now have the capability to also deploy nuclear weapons.
Terrorism is allowed to continue to exist unabated because entire nations exist which tolerate and foster its existence. Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and Libya are just some of these nations.
If I were allowed to be president of the United States for just one year, here is what I would do to eliminate terrorism...I'll try and state this as simply as I can, because I believe it's quite a simple approach.
Here are the sequence of events, which will lead to the action I would take as President Of The United States:
Terrorist attack occurs somewhere in the World causing significant loss of life.
Using the expertise and technology available within our country and others', we go through the forensic analysis process to determine the identities of the perpetrators.
In this case, we find there were only two perpetrators. Both of which were directly linked to Al Queda. One was from a small town in Syria by the name of Al Mayadin, which is on the Eastern-most border of Iraq.
The second perpetrator was born in El Maghra, Egypt, but spent the majority of his adult life in the town of Bu Hasa in the United Arab Emirates.
Upon the verification of this information, we would make declarations to both Syria and the UAE that in 60 days the towns of Al Mayadin and Bu Hasa would be leveled by nuclear weapons. The towns would effectively be removed from existence.
Our declarations would make our intentions quite clear and would include our directive to these countries to remove all inhabitants from those two towns.
Both Syria and the UAE have 60 days to ensure against loss of life by moving those people out of harn's way before we meet the date of declaration.
On day 60, we use our nuclear weapons. We destroy both of the fore mentioned towns. There is no negotiation from when we confirmed who and where the terrorists originated to when we meet the declared date of destruction of these two towns.
How many times do you think we would have to do such a thing before countries like Syria and Egypt, and all the others who sponsor terrorism, who watched us act on our declaration, begin to seriously work to shutdown and dismantle every form of support now provided to terror networks?
The end. I leave the office of the Presidency and go back to being just plain 'ol Bill.
I have no qualms about sharing of these views outside our e-mail exchange. In fact, if I knew of some place they might gain some visiblity, I'd post them there in a hearbeat.
I don't know if such an approach has ever been publicly discussed. I don't watch television unless somebody flies an airplane into a building or the Baltimore Orioles game is televised.
But if it has been broached before, why aren't we moving in this direction?
What the hell?
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posted by Bill Adams at 3:22 PM
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Friday, July 14, 2006
Freshly Bathed...
Freshly Bathed...
Originally uploaded by Bill Adams.
Fri 07/14/2006 12:32 07142006 Headin' to town...
posted by Bill Adams at 7:47 PM
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The Bush Pilot (with English subtitles)
| The Bush pilot himself reports about his job and the obstacles involved... Freakin' brilliant! Thanks for Mr. Teague for passing this along! | |
posted by Bill Adams at 11:18 AM
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Get Yer Head Outta There, Johnny!
Originally uploaded by lat454205 / Lisa.
It's either there to stay or gone for good!
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posted by Bill Adams at 11:54 PM
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BARNEY......
Originally uploaded by lat454205 / Lisa.
You just can't get much cuter than this little fella...!
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posted by Bill Adams at 11:31 PM
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A Beautiful Day At The Market
A Beautiful Day At The Market
Originally uploaded by Bill Adams.
Pike Place Market in Seattle is one of the most interesting places I've ever had the pleasure of visiting. The food, the smells, the colors, the people...Everyone should experience this place at some point in their lives!
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posted by Bill Adams at 10:50 PM
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Dally, This Is A Blog
Jackson's Chameleon from catbutler (Mary) on Flickr
technorati tags:Flickr, catbutler, Jackson's, Chameleon, CaptainCook, Hawaii
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posted by Bill Adams at 11:22 AM
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Thursday, July 06, 2006
Customer Service Nightmare - AOL - Vincent Ferrari Interview
AOL and Vonage must share the same customer support call centers. At least the AOL group answers the phone.
AOL and Vonage must share the same customer support call centers. At least the AOL group answers the phone.
posted by Bill Adams at 1:48 PM
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