This little guy (probably a mo’o, or some other kind of lizard) went for a ride; pulled over to encourage him off. Hope he survived, he refused to be herded into the weeds.
Hope he has insurance, I hear GEICO is good.
In other lizard news, there’s a teeny baby gecko in the bathroom, and a bigger green gecko on the lanai (he showed me a red wattle earlier).
Via: Flickr
Title: Oh No! Mo’o!
By: GinnyRED57
Originally uploaded: 13 Feb ’12, 9.13pm CST
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Title: OHAI! Greetings From Maui
By: GinnyRED57
Originally uploaded: 12 Feb ’12, 6.42pm CST
Not our earliest start, the overnight in San Francisco took a bit of the edge off.
It rained all night, it’s raining now; it’s a relaxing day in Paradise.
It was snowing when we left Chicago, and currently it’s 27 degrees there. More snow expected this week. I’ll take the rain, thanks.
The flight was delayed more than an hour, not bad once we got in the air. We arrived at the hotel via shuttle, and will stay in SFO again on our way back to avoid that deadly overnight flight. The flight to Maui pushed back on time, and I was closer than David on the Halfway to Hawaii game (although he helped with my calculations, he cheated and used his GPS).
One quibble; for such a long, full flight, United should offer a meal. We passed on the paid snacks and after getting the car, stopped for lunch at Beach Bums in Maalaea. Yummy calamari sandwich, never had such tender thick chunks of it before.
Good thing, too, because the traffic crawled slowly, for no visible reason, through Kahului and around the two-lane part of the Pali. Next time, we’ll turn on the Hana Highway, avoid Dairy Road, and cut through town.
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Barring any weird developments, this is the other place we’ll stay on our upcoming vacation.
Visit Paradise, the ultimate true Hawaii vacation experience. Paradise Bay Resort offers the most beautiful natural setting and the best kept secret hide away on Oahu. We are the only B&B, resort hotel on the tropical Windward of Oahu. Enjoy panoramic views of the Ko’olau and Kualoa Mountains, magnificent Kaneohe Bay, Chinaman’s Hat Island, the Pacific Ocean and the neighboring Kahouna Fish Sanctuary.
Link: Paradise Bay Resort Hawaii – Kailua Bed and Breakfast, Kailua Beach Hotel
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I’ll work on this for my own Facebook page, which I totally neglect. More importantly, I’ll work on this for the St Nicholas Episcopal Church Facebook page, which I’m trying to keep reasonably up-to-date.
Facebook now allows all images to be viewed in their new photo viewer. Therefore, you want the images that you use for the photo strip to open up large if clicked on. When they are displayed in the photo strip the images are each 97 pixels wide by 68 pixels tall 97px by 68px.But, if you upload them at that size they will appear the same size – i.e. tiny – in the photo viewer.Most people have been recommending that you simply make your images 970 pixels wide by 680 pixels tall 970px by 680px, and this is fine, to a degree! It’s the same ratio, just 10 times bigger.The problem is that Facebook then shrinks the images to fit in the photo strip, but it doesn’t centralise the image – just to be difficult.
via How to use the Facebook Photo Strip on your Fan Page | Make It In Music
THIS. Thanks to my Second Life chum RevPaperboy Boozehound for bringing this to my attention. I had been feeling the same way about the huge outpouring of progressive outrage over the Komen debacle, but this crystallized it for me.
DON’T believe the lies. EVERYTHING said about Obama, the economy, and the whole freakin WORLD by FOX Newa commentators and right-wing guests is a a GOD. DAMNED. LIE.
Progressives, assemble. Occupy your passion for justice, fairness, and universal healthcare.
This time, though, was different. It was nice to watch everyone go for blood, and sink their teeth in and get some. That’s what we need in the Democratic party. We need a killer instinct. We need to stop putting up with this bullshit from these crazy people. We need to fight back, we need to start running for local elections and state elections and running the show, and we need to go after them every chance we can. We don’t have to stoop to lies and innuendo, we can go after them with the truth, just like we did this time. They are lying about tax and regulatory burdens. They are lying about social security. They are lying about Obamacare and Medicare and Medicaid. They are lying about the environment and global warming. They are lying about poor people and black people and gay people and immigrants. They are lying about Obama. They are lying about everything.There is nothing noble or wise about trying to have rational arguments, or acting like the mature people when you are dealing with fanatics. This stuff is important. You should be pissed off and fighting mad.God damned this feels good for a change. God damn I am fired up for November 2012. No prisoners. No backing down. Republicans don’t want to negotiate or govern with you, they want you dead. So either reach down and grab a pair and fight back, or take what they give you. Your choice. I’ve made mine. And as we have seen this week, if you fight, and you don’t put up with the bullshit, people will join you and we will win.