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Summer Bummer

Posted by Exer on Thursday, July 1st, 2010

We’ve been having rain, rain and more rain the past couple weeks. Looks like it may be a typical wet Alaskan summer. Not that I should be all that bothered by it, since I’m not actually working outdoors at the moment. What do I really have to complain about, mowing the grass too often? I [...]

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Distant

Posted by Exer on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Alaska isn’t always a winter wonderland, covered in feet of snow. We are a green, green state, for a few amazing months of summer.

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Puppy Tales

Posted by Exer on Thursday, June 10th, 2010

OK, well he isn’t exactly a puppy anymore, but that doesn’t stop me from calling him “pup” every now and again. Whenever my mom stops by to visit she calls him “grandpa”, but that’s just because she is evil and likes to pick on helpless animals. Yup. Anyway, here is my PUP out enjoying the [...]

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Don’t Bug Me

Posted by Exer on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

This little lady decided to land on my brothers hand while we worked on his car in the driveway. She wasn’t in any hurry to fly away, so we grabbed a camera and decided to try out the macro lens.

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If You Musk

Posted by Exer on Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Every day is a lazy day for a muskox at the Alaska Zoo. It must be a lonely life. I went with my cousin, who kept saying things like “They want to be free!” every time we would reach a new exhibit. It annoyed me at the time, but looking back on the photos I [...]

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Sleepy Time

Posted by Exer on Sunday, April 18th, 2010

A polar bear at the Alaska Zoo enjoys a peaceful springtime nap in the sun.

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Distraction? What distraction?

Posted by Exer on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

So as I was leaving jury duty today and waiting for the traffic to clear enough to allow me to pull out into the road, I happened to take a closer look at the woman driving the mini-van directly in front of me.  The picture isn’t all that clear, but that is a dog riding on her shoulders / back, and that white splotch in front?–that is another dog riding on her lap, with its paws on the wheel, helping to drive.

I know people love their pets, but this is going a little far.  I mean they say changing a radio station or talking on the phone are dangerous driving distractions…  what would they consider this?  My dog lays on the passenger seat crying when I take him anywhere–too many memories of Vet visits–and even that distracts me.  I can’t imagine him draped across my neck.

Amazing the things people will do while behind the wheel.  I’ve seen people reading books, eating hamburgers, putting on makeup.  I’ve seen girls with their legs up on the dash shaving, and another girl was painting her toenails.  I’ve actually seen a person talking on two phones at once, and using their elbows to steer.

My little brother and his friends get pulled over at least once a month, simply because they are young and there are a lot of them piled into the same vehicle.  They’ve never actually been doing anything wrong, the cops just pull them over for the heck of it (though they always have a fake reason ready to offer up as to why they are pulling the kids over), but I bet Miss K9 Taxi up there hasn’t ever been pulled over for the sort of stupidity she is demonstrating in this photo.

Some things in life just don’t make any sense.

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One Response to “Distraction? What distraction?”

  1. Victoria Says:

    ok..I have been guilty of eating a hamburger while driving but can’t say I ever shaved my legs or painted my toe nails lol

    Regardless…she shouldnt be driving with her dogs like that. I saw someone today holding a baby, wrapped in a blanket while driving and I was shocked and a little peed off. She has no business holding that baby while driving and that baby has no business being out of a carseat.

    People just don’t stop and think about anyone but themselves.

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