Friday, March 18, 2011

Degobah

They did a controlled burn around the University to reduce the risk of wildfire. As I came out from work the air smelled like campfire and big black ribbons of soot were raining down from the sky.

When I got to the edge of the burn it was still smoldering.


The landscape it was left waso alien.


I almost expected to see two moons.

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I live at the Mall.

There is a mall near the hotel where I'm staying. It's not so much a mall as a collection of CostCo sized stores arranged in a group. In total it's 1.33 million square feet. You drive, not walk, between the stores.

My fascination with dollar stores continues:


I was rewarded with my first ever glimpse of a consumer cyanoacralate specifically designed for closing wounds. Superglue was accidentlly discovered by army medical scientists looking for a fast way to heal battle wounds. That why it's so good at sticking your fingers together although the cyano- (meaning containing cianide) was the reason I assumed it was never released as a wound sealant. I was apparently wrong.


At least they finally have packages Spam (or is it SPAM) in a handy single serving size I can now not consume it in a more convenient way.


I only see 3L bottles in the states. That's a lot of cola for a buck. I almost wanted to buy some just to try it. I think I still might but I will bring a straw so I only have to carry this monstrocity to the parking lot.


After I left the dollar store I walked by a suppliment store. The guy in this poster does look pretty healthy.


But I think the woman in the next poster should probably stop trying to get any more "totally lean" because she's starting to look like a PSA.


Next on the list of car crashes was a personal favourite of mine, the Lifeway Christian Store.


This doesn't seem like a very good idea...


Now I'm sure this isn't a good idea.


Also this exists.

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

It appears to have been quite a while since my last vacation.

Although the two months I'm spending in Florida is not a vacation, it's the closest I've come to one in a while so I will post my adventure here.

Some things are a bit of an adjustment like the public art..
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the politics....


and the truck stop snack food offerings...


The University of North Florida is located in a nature preserve in Jacksonville. I'm told that they routinely have to remove 'gaders (never referred to as alligators) from campus. I've started carrying raw chicken in my backpack but so far all I've seen are lots of giant white birds flying low and slow


which makes sense since they are apparently storks. Way to go UNF students!

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