Close up of a butterfly wing (if you reduce it, you can almost tell what it is :)
Chaos theory n.
1. The mathematical study of complex systems whose behaviour
is highly sensitive to slight changes in conditions, so that small
alterations can give rise to strikingly great consequences.
- Oxford English Dictionary, Ninth Edition
From which the meteorologist Lorenz derived "The Butterfly Effect" ...which basically holds the theory that the action of a single butterfly flapping it's wings can cause a tidal wave half way around the world

More commonly known in other places as the nine-banded armadillo. They can't see very well or hear very well, but they have really long sharp claws and have been known to eat lawyers. The armadillo may very well be the best loved animal in Austin... in all of Texas, for that matter.

Family: Dasypodidae/Order: Edentata
Close Relatives: Sloth, anteater, politician
Predators: Bobcats, Coyotes, Wolves, trucks, pissed off women with shotguns in the garden at night

oh yeah, my reference is the little f@#$*^ that's been digging holes in my yard

Hope you are okay, Staci... and here's a little light while you wait for the storm to pass. :)

Aww, kitty kitty. Ugh. All I have left to do is to get him in my sights.

Lots of ppl will think this picture is mean. It is. When I was about three years old there was a cat that hung out in our garage, and I had a little rocking chair in there and I would go out and hold the cat and rock it and sing to it. She had kittens and one day I picked her up to rock her and she bit me in the face. The cat was sent to be tested for rabies but while we were waiting for the results I had almost a whole series of rabies shots in my stomach over a period of days (6 of them, I think). This is probably one reason I love cats so much.

edit: Please note that I do not really shoot cats, and no cats were harmed in the drawing of this picture. :)

Remembering a great week in a beach house appropriately named The Sea Witch. ;)
Didn't take as long as it shows.. had to stop and leave it up

and on, and on...
Wanted to do more to this, but I am busy packing.

... at the coast. Bye ya'll. :)

This probably took less than half the time the clock shows... I kept stopping to do the stuff I'm supposed to be doing to get ready to leave. Back in a week.

I dream about tornadoes alot. I can't really call them nightmares because I'm not afraid, I just feel this big rush of adrenaline. I have always been fascinated with them and I think they are awesome looking.

Water

Anybody else have long halls they can't get to the end of in their dreams?