tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63631198041257534882011-10-28T00:47:37.184-07:00Finally a place for the average citizen to discuss topics raised on the affiliated national news talk radio show. And to eat a mouse.willmaiericanoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363119804125753488.post-8390629546766794262011-10-28T00:11:00.000-07:002011-10-28T00:21:17.447-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oKwHqvuZvr0/TqpVe_8t0PI/AAAAAAAAAhA/P_PzHw8H5XA/s1600/6275732312_ed5ff53baf_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oKwHqvuZvr0/TqpVe_8t0PI/AAAAAAAAAhA/P_PzHw8H5XA/s640/6275732312_ed5ff53baf_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Lifted from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazasal/6275732312/"><b>Flickr</b></a> (<b>credit: </b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazasal/"><b>gazasa</b>l</a> ).</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363119804125753488-839062954676679426?l=owlthingsconsidered.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>willmaiericanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363119804125753488.post-49260868392430700032011-10-27T23:56:00.000-07:002011-10-27T23:56:02.375-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--cUgxMsQoP4/TqpR0ovSCjI/AAAAAAAAAg4/vWeurNLRSCw/s1600/IMG_8276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--cUgxMsQoP4/TqpR0ovSCjI/AAAAAAAAAg4/vWeurNLRSCw/s320/IMG_8276.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363119804125753488-4926086839243070003?l=owlthingsconsidered.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>willmaiericanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363119804125753488.post-35780758056597353792011-06-26T15:12:00.000-07:002011-06-26T19:19:52.547-07:00<div>From the new issue of art magazine <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">JUXTAPOZ</span></span></i> in their profile on the East Bay artist known as '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">SWAMPY</span></span>', whose work I've happened upon on the street since moving to this area. Neat!</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DDV392S2Nwk/Tgew_756DQI/AAAAAAAAAQc/jXmN08p4bRA/s1600/Scary_one.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DDV392S2Nwk/Tgew_756DQI/AAAAAAAAAQc/jXmN08p4bRA/s320/Scary_one.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622657272254172418" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DDV392S2Nwk/Tgew_756DQI/AAAAAAAAAQc/jXmN08p4bRA/s1600/Scary_one.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia"><b><i>Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven</i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia">Acrylic, pencil and ink</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia">14" x 20"</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia">2011</p><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-from <a href="http://www.juxtapoz.com/">Juxtapoz</a> July 11 n126</span><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363119804125753488-3578075805659735379?l=owlthingsconsidered.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>willmaiericanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363119804125753488.post-71637175760767713502010-02-20T11:27:00.000-08:002011-06-20T11:28:12.964-07:00From <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willev/4346882219/">February 9th</a>, when I ran out of coffee:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willev/4346882219/" title="Office Owl by popomohaha, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4346882219_4737cfb1c7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Office Owl"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363119804125753488-7163717576076771350?l=owlthingsconsidered.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>willmaiericanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363119804125753488.post-7887580381113876902009-11-06T13:46:00.000-08:002009-11-06T14:00:14.611-08:00<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4080816889_582b1d1f11.jpg"><br /><br />They say it's extinct, but I know better. I'm going to see one, mark my words. I just have to get back to New Zealand. It will happen.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Owl">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Owl</a><br /><br /><I>The call of the Laughing Owl has been described as "a loud cry made up of a series of dismal shrieks frequently repeated". The species was given its name because of this sound. Other descriptions of the call were: "A peculiar barking noise ... just like the barking of a young dog"; "Precisely the same as two men "cooeying" to each other from a distance"; "A melancholy hooting note", or a high-pitched chattering, only heard when the birds were on the wing and generally on dark and drizzly nights or immediately preceding rain. Various whistling, chuckling and mewing notes were observed from a captive bird.<br /><br />Buller (1905) mentions the testimony of a correspondent who claimed that Laughing Owls would be attracted by accordion play. Given that recorded vocalizations are an effective means to attract owls, and given the similarity of a distant accordion's tune to the call of the Laughing Owl as reported, it is apparent that the method might have worked.</I><br /><br />Looks like I will have to learn the accordion before I do. I'll get on that immediately.<br /><br />;W<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363119804125753488-788758038111387690?l=owlthingsconsidered.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>willmaiericanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363119804125753488.post-88901937538103006552009-08-19T17:20:00.000-07:002009-08-19T17:29:06.515-07:00<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3838551580_a4694d8510.jpg"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">? ? ? ?</span><br /><br />Discuss.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363119804125753488-8890193753810300655?l=owlthingsconsidered.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>willmaiericanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363119804125753488.post-44246816462856219562007-06-11T21:45:00.000-07:002011-06-20T10:52:26.140-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willev/542090780/in/photostream/">This guy</a>'s the sheriff:<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willev/542090780/" title="IMG_2627.JPG by popomohaha, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/542090780_4027382c0f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_2627.JPG"></a><br /><br />Taken in Eureka, Nevada.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363119804125753488-4424681646285621956?l=owlthingsconsidered.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>willmaiericanoreply@blogger.com0