Namowal

Hey, thanks. It's been pretty dull in Ducksville thanks to my career laying an egg. I don't think I even linked to my latest post when I published it because I was a bit embarrassed as to how things turned out, but hear it is, if anyone's curious as to why I fell off the radar: Now What? I still have my equipment and am doing tunnel practice to keep in shape, so I will jump again, dangnabit, but maybe not as soon as I'd like. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

Looks like he still might be in a bit of trouble. This paragraph in particular caught my attention. The belligerence reminds me of an anecdote where a suspect was accused of attacking someone, and replied, angrily, "I wasn't even there! I should have blown his head off." My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

Or he'll harass the wrong hawk/owl and learn how powerful those beaks and talons can be. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

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I can understand the lesson being used to teach symbolism, but I don't understand why the kid got in trouble because he didn't want to step on the paper. Isn't that sort of the point of a symbolism lesson? That if something is symbolic of something sacred to someone that they'll treat it with more reverence? Either the teacher is a complete ass or we're not getting the full story. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

Thanks. Not long ago I was considering my options and "the problem is I'm stupid when it comes to clerical skills, math, or anything useful. I'm the kind of person who solves puzzles and comes up with ideas." Then I thought, "You come up with ideas? Good. How about coming up with some ideas about what you're going to do next?" My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

Thanks, promise5 My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

Thanks, mutumbo! :) My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

So what picture got your team the Academy Awards? "Life of Pi" (Best visual effects). That's Bill Westenhofer (the Visual Effects Supervisor, to the left) and Erik-Jan de Boer (the Animation Director, to the right) They were the Big Kahunas. I was one of many Little Kahunas. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

Here's a new one but I'm still on the ground (thanks to work) and may be on the ground for longer than I like (thanks to lack of work). My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

You're on a roll. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

An episode of This American Life recently looked into the (unsubstantiated) possibility that deep fried calamari was somehow, somewhere, being replaced with... ...well, it wasn't calamari. Yeh but it was deep fried. Hell, it was cooked. True. The experimental batch they whipped up seemed to go over well. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

An episode of This American Life recently looked into the (unsubstantiated) possibility that deep fried calamari was somehow, somewhere, being replaced with... ...well, it wasn't calamari. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

Also I've noticed different cultures seem to have different boundaries as to how friendly and formal you're expected to be with others: eye contact, personal space, how direct (or indirect) you're expected to be, etc.. Thus people from some cultures seem aloof, while others seem "in your face." My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

"I'm the kind of guy..." Huh! So who is using the Duck's account? The schtick was I'd pose as a "guest blogger" who'd complain about his/her predicament. Some other examples: A vicious bully complaining he was being persecuted, a dog complaining about the mailman, the Sun complaining that nobody cared, a bigot insisting he wasn't a bigot, and so on. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.