http://metachat.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:03:43 +0000 c496737@http://metachat.org ]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496737 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:05:15 +0000 c496738@http://metachat.org Yay, one for us migratory bunnies! *hops about excitedly*












]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496738 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:05:47 +0000 c496739@http://metachat.org Evelyn...taking advantage of a warm autumn day (by the looks of those trees) as we tooled along a northern highway!
]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496739 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:38:31 +0000 c496745@http://metachat.org My extremely colorful boyfriend waiting for the bus. It's been a while now since we've had no car, and I love it. People in Columbus love art cars. This is not the only car I've seen covered in...stuff. Fluorescent penny farthing collaged into a large scale collaborative mural.


My extremely colorful boyfriend waiting for the bus. It's been a while now since we've had no car, and I love it.



People in Columbus love art cars. This is not the only car I've seen covered in...stuff.



Fluorescent penny farthing collaged into a large scale collaborative mural.


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]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496765 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:15:30 +0000 c496767@http://metachat.org Head Kicking Zone Next to a bus stop shelter.


Head Kicking Zone


Next to a bus stop shelter.


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]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496778 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:14:55 +0000 c496785@http://metachat.org This is a POW/MIA car I encountered in Waco, TX last year. Here's the full set.

This is a POW/MIA car I encountered in Waco, TX last year. Here's the full set.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496785 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:43:08 +0000 c496791@http://metachat.org Rowin' Rowin'

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]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496805 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:54:30 +0000 c496814@http://metachat.org Some pictures from this morning's breakfast ride. We rode from Lake Benbrook to Downtown Fort Worth for breakfast. Come along on the ride here.






We rode from Lake Benbrook to Downtown Fort Worth for breakfast. Come along on the ride here.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496814 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:08:06 +0000 c496817@http://metachat.org Sad remnant of Rochester's glorious NY Central Station: What happens when a crew boat hits a piling: Abandoned wagon:


What happens when a crew boat hits a piling:



Abandoned wagon:

]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496817 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:52:38 +0000 c496824@http://metachat.org The tower at La Guardia. Yankee Stadia. My Saul Steinberg-ian view of New York.


Yankee Stadia.



My Saul Steinberg-ian view of New York.

]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496824 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:18:33 +0000 c496844@http://metachat.org I need to go back with a better camera to take a few better shots of this sign:

I need to go back with a better camera to take a few better shots of this sign:



]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496844 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:19:05 +0000 c496845@http://metachat.org Weird, it never showed the last picture, so posting it again.
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]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496879 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:41:40 +0000 c496883@http://metachat.org The plane waiting at the dock to fly us back to civilization just one short week ago (after a 6-day backpacking trip. sigh.) ]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496883 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:41:20 +0000 c496895@http://metachat.org OK! Time for a weekend trip outta town, to get away from the Tokyo hustle-bustle! First, a short bicycle ride to your local station... hey! There's Audrey Hepburn! Hi Audrey! Now it's time to hurry to the train... You might have to wait for your train, say, two or even three minutes, but there's usually something interesting to look at while doing so... So, you've boarded your local train, on your way to Tokyo Station! Mr. Platform Attendant bows as your train departs. And now we've arrived at Tokyo Station. There's your shinkansen, and some convenient beverage vending machines, for your convenience! Enjoy the scenery passing by, as the Kanto Plain gives way to the mountains in the distance, and mysterious men in black eye you from their positions in the fields. It's probably a good thing the train isn't stopping here... Aaaah, and now we've arrived: the idyllic Japanese countryside. Rice paddies, temples, graveyards, it's all here! But come Monday, it's back to Tokyo! What a nice trip we had!


Now it's time to hurry to the train...



You might have to wait for your train, say, two or even three minutes, but there's usually something interesting to look at while doing so...



So, you've boarded your local train, on your way to Tokyo Station! Mr. Platform Attendant bows as your train departs.



And now we've arrived at Tokyo Station. There's your shinkansen, and some convenient beverage vending machines, for your convenience!



Enjoy the scenery passing by, as the Kanto Plain gives way to the mountains in the distance, and mysterious men in black eye you from their positions in the fields. It's probably a good thing the train isn't stopping here...



Aaaah, and now we've arrived: the idyllic Japanese countryside. Rice paddies, temples, graveyards, it's all here!



But come Monday, it's back to Tokyo!



What a nice trip we had!]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496895 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:55:35 +0000 c496898@http://metachat.org This isn't very aesthetic, but I ought to include it... me on the Dry Tortugas, in front of the seaplane that brought us there: Landing on the ocean in a seaplane is crazy. Heading down into the water feels like "AAAAAAAAAA! We're gonna die!" and then you don't, and it's cool taxi-ing across the waves to the beach. I love it. I've done it four or five times and I'm ready to do it again, esp. when it takes you somewhere as cool as the Dry Tortugas.

Landing on the ocean in a seaplane is crazy. Heading down into the water feels like "AAAAAAAAAA! We're gonna die!" and then you don't, and it's cool taxi-ing across the waves to the beach. I love it. I've done it four or five times and I'm ready to do it again, esp. when it takes you somewhere as cool as the Dry Tortugas.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496898 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:31:34 +0000 c496921@http://metachat.org Yeah, wow, that's gotta be fun, BP! http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496921 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:09:49 +0000 c496958@http://metachat.org Canterbury Cathedral. One way of getting above the pigeons.

Canterbury Cathedral. One way of getting above the pigeons.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496958 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:50:34 +0000 c496968@http://metachat.org ]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/07/24/photo_friday_goin_places#c496968 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:10:24 +0000 c496969@http://metachat.org BP's picture reminded me of something... ah, here it is:
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