ruckawriter:

erictrautmann:

I sure do love LEGO. 

MORE LEGO!!!



To Val Ferret by ccr_358 on Flickr.


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“Enter Sandman”, bluegrass-style. By Iron Horse, of course.

[via Jim Dalyrmple]




Architecture by oilyragg on Flickr.



untitled on Flickr.

A goal, an assist, two other shots on goal, lots of grinding it out on shifts = team hard hat award. Proud of this kiddo and his efforts today.


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untitled by ndimensi on Flickr.

A view of the Aegean Sea from the Dodecanese Islands.


72/365 {I’m ready for my closeup} by hsstanley - www.hollystanley.com on Flickr.

If it’s not becoming obvious, I also like owls. In one of those alternative-career fantasies, I’d love to work with owls in some capacity. Magnificent birds of prey.



As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use them meanly and pitifully. In order to discover the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fix our station a few years farther into life; that eminence will present a prospect, which a few present fears and prejudices conceal from our sight.

–Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

Not enslaving future generations to debt: common sense in 1776, unheard of in 2013.


Portrait of a Royal Bengal tiger by anekphoto on Flickr.

Given my love of tigers began well before attending the local university which used the big cat as its mascot, I’m always on the lookout for great photos of the beast.


A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.

–Alexander Hamilton

Seemed appropriate, given all we’ve recently learned about our government, especially the NSA.