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Father to Julie, Husband to Judy, all of us Walkers and proud citizens of USA

Daily Puppy Picture Challenge Update 4 – A weeks peek at Pumpkin Pie

Well I didn’t think I would make this weeks installment on the daily puppy challenge; I decided to work on the other two sequences and lost my Adobe Lightroom for three days. I got things back this morning so here … Continue reading

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Daily Puppy Picture Challenge Update 3 – I made it to day 50

There was more wet nasty winter gloom again this this week. I was able to get a real nasty wet picture and some other outside shots during breaks rain. Finding new place to setup in the house is getting harder … Continue reading

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Puppy Picture Challenge Update 2

It has been a wet nasty gloom this week. So my outdoor shots are from the garage or I used other tricks to stay dry. Also, luckily, got to play with my new off camera soft box for my flash. … Continue reading

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Puppy & Ball Daily Pictures Update 1

We named our puppy Pumpkin Pie Lollypop. I am 36 days or 10% complete with the year long challenge and I have results to show. I am want to show some of the Pumpkin Pie Lollypop having fun with her … Continue reading

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Puppy Pictures Daily Challenge

We purchased a new Golden Retriever puppy this Christmas. Julie tricked me into starting a year long photography challenge requiring me to take a picture each day to show our new puppy growing up. I think she wishes she had … Continue reading

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Hubble We Will Miss You

It is truly amazing the images we can get from the Hubble Space Telescope! https://gizmodo.com/iconic-stellar-ring-much-stranger-than-previously-thoug-1823556092

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Air Breathing Electric Thruster

A cross between ram jet fusion drive and a ion drive, very cool https://phys.org/news/2018-03-world-first-air-breathing-electric-thruster.html  

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Why I don’t play On-Line Games, ReShare items or take quizzes like “if you were and X what X would you be?”

“Computers aren’t yet as smart and sultry as the one in Her, but armed with your Facebook data, they can accurately judge your personality in a fraction of a second. Compared with humans predicting their friends’ personalities …” http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2015/01/your-computer-knows-you-better-your-friends-do

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The Answer To: “Believe This Or You Don’t Belong In My Company”

It is an election year and it is being reported that the Democrats are at risk of losing the Senate and remaining the minority party in the US House.  I am an Independent and my views swing both conservative and … Continue reading

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Fun with Julie

I tested my iPhone WordPress App to make this post while traveling on the Statin Island Ferry. That’s Lady Liberty in the background.  I added this text at home because I am mostly thumbs on my iPhone.

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