Disperser Tracks

Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) The other day, after running an errand, we drove through the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. Sadly, we saw very few birds, and only one close enough to photograph. But we saw other stuff I thought I would share. This might be a longish post, but no worries, I won’t paste all 54 photos in the associated SmugMug Gallery (LINK). I’m providing the link…

The Toons are by artists who give permission to share their work (SMBC, Joe Martin, Wrong Hands). The quotes are from the original Jokes of the Week. (more…)

Image generated by Gemini Once again, I’m late with this post . . . which makes the song very relevant. . . . it’s about Procrastination. This was surprisingly easy(ish) to write . . . it’s like I were an expert on it. (more…)

This is the monochrome version of the previous post’s images (almost but not all of them). (more…)

The D7500 is not an ‘old camera’ per se. I mean, I did buy it in 2019, so seven years ago, when the D7000 started getting funky on me. But it’s still a very good camera. For them who remember, I bought the Z50 II both because it was highly regarded, and the kit was a good deal. And because the Europe trip was coming up and I wanted a lighter camera with a single lens that covered a useful…

Jetpack, the frustrating tool from WordPress, notified me of something I’d not seen before . . . a list of my posts published on July 23. It’s similar to those “On This Day” notices you get from Google and — I presume — other platforms. I usually ignore those, but this was about my content, and I like my content, so I perused them. I then realized they stopped in 2017, but my blog is older than…

Every six months or so, I take out my older cameras and snap a few images to make sure they still work and to let them know I’ve not forgotten them. The Nikon D7000 was my third digital camera, purchased in 2011 (two years after buying the D200). Two years is a short amount of time for me to upgrade my camera. But the D7000 added the ability to shoot video, and even though I had purchased the…

Every six months or so, I take out my older cameras and snap a few images to make sure they still work and to let them know I’ve not forgotten them. The Nikon D200 was my second digital camera, purchased in 2009 (seven years after buying the D100). It’s a 10MP camera, still heavy, with improved noise reduction (could shoot to ISO 800 and still be manageable), and still a pro-sumer camera. It was…

The Toons are by artists who give permission to share their work (SMBC, Joe Martin, Wrong Hands). The quotes are from the original Jokes of the Week. (more…)

Image generated by Gemini Only one song this week, and I had to rush it because Sunday came way too fast. I literally just finished this week’s offering . . . and it’s about Influencers. As might be obvious from the lyrics, I don’t have a high opinion of them. I’m perhaps being uncharitable to the few who are honest and genuinely help . . . I’ll apologize to them when I encounter one. (more…)

Purple Martin Every six months or so, I take out my older cameras and snap a few images to make sure they still work and to let them know I’ve not forgotten them. The Nikon D100 was my first digital camera, purchased in 2002 (I think). It’s a 6MP camera, fairly heavy, not very good in low light (noisy), but at the time a pretty good pro-sumer camera. Built like a tank, relative to today’s…

The Toons are by artists who give permission to share their work (SMBC, Joe Martin, Wrong Hands). The quotes are from the original Jokes of the Week. (more…)

Image generated by Gemini Three songs this week, all of them about how there’s likely only one good driver on the roads, and it’s me. Yes, it’s songs about one of my favorite points of frustration . . . Bad Drivers (none of them me). One song is presented as output from Gemini. It’s pretty good. One song has the spine as output from Perplexity, but with substantial edits by me. And one song is…

So here we are again . . . another travel photo. Not too long between posts I hope. All the WitW photos are collected in THIS<<link SmugMug Gallery.  Each new post will identify the previous post’s photo. The poll at the end of this post is mostly to amuse and entertain (me), but I name the location of these photos along with a red herring or two. It’s fine if you look up the answer, and I won’t…

Juvenile, or maybe old, Brown Thrasher Yup! Another bird post. I know, I know, this is getting repetitive. Well, that’s why so few people read this blog. Once you’ve read the first 4,300 posts, there’s not much new or interesting to surprise anyone. I mean, you have read all 4,342 posts, right? Because if not, then keep reading. (more…)

The Toons are by artists who give permission to share their work (SMBC, Joe Martin, Wrong Hands). The quotes are from the original Jokes of the Week. (more…)

Image generated by Gemini Only one song this week, and it’s based on some online experiences I’ve had. Let me give you a few excerpts from a forum post I authored: There’s a rhetorical tactic that shows up in two very different settings but runs on the same engine. The public version is the campus debate format popularized by figures like Steven Crowder (“Change My Mind”) and Charlie Kirk’s…