Blog - Page 26

• Orphaned Baby Kangaroo Rescued by Dog Touching story. When we have a house with a yard we will be getting a dog. (tags: dog kangaroo)

• Read This and Learn About the Middle East You should know more about your world. I know I'm always trying to learn more. Learning is good. (tags: middle.east islam muslim)
• LOLCat of the Day pt. 1 Feed it! (tags: lolcat)
• LOLCat of the Day pt. 2 OMG Cute! (tags: lolcat)

A few weeks ago I toured USC's medical center for WIRED News. One of the interesting things I saw was their Surgical Skills Center. One thing they do there is particularly pertinent to a serious issue in our world, the Iraq War. Click here or on the image below to see the Heal a Robot, Go to War gallery on WIRED News.

[](http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/03/gallery_iraq_medical_2 "USC Surgical Skills Center : Iraq Training on WIRED News")

• Photos from Peru My friend Wakako just got back from Peru and posted some really cool shots on her blog. (tags: photography peru wakako)

Last month I had my first gallery show at Niche Video Art. This month my show continued at Niche. I took some photos during the show as well as a couple when I was walking over. Here are a few, including my increasingly rare self-portrait shot:

Click here to see the rest of the Downtown Art Walk March 2008 photos.

This is the craziest email scam I've ever gotten. It would be totally plausible if there was any chance that Benazir Bhutto whould have had my email address in her address book. I almost want to respond to see what kind of a scam it is, but I'm sure it's just your average Nigerian Email scam:

From: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Benazir Bhutto

Date: March 31, 2008 10:28:38AMPDT

To: undisclosed-recipients: ;

Hello,

I want to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt appreciation to you for your support during the hour of need. The enemy gave us a huge blow when they took the life of my dear mother. As a matter of fact, I do not know you personally except your contact details I got from my mom's address book. I also pass on my sincere appreciation for the feat we were able to record at the last elections despite the absence of my mom who was the party leader until her brutal assassination. The victory was to all Pakistanis as it clearly demonstrated their commitment to the course my mom stood and died for. Your support is conspicuously recognized and highly appreciated.

Losing her is the hardest thing I've been through all my life, but knowing that she was a hero to many people does comfort me. I know she would appreciate what you all did for her. All we just crave for now is for her killing be probed by an international team under the United Nations. It is the only hope we have of getting the possible plotters of her murder properly investigated. Only this would help us convince our supporters that there was some element of collusion between her murderers and agents of President Musharaf who were determined to get rid of her.

Please do acknowledge receipt of this correspondence as I will be confiding something very important in you when I get to hear from you again.

Very sincerely,

Bilawal Zardari.

Earlier this morning I went on my tenth Downtown Walkabout. I just got a Polar F11 heart rate monitor, as recommended to me by my sister-in-law, Merrilee. After telling it your stats and doing a resting heart-rate test you then go through a series of gradually more difficult exercises. This allows the system to determine your target heart rate for varying levels of exertion. Then you tell it how much you want to work out each week and it takes you through a series of exercise levels during your workout. At the end it tells you how many calories you burned and how long you worked out. Pretty cool! After an hour and 22 minutes of walking at a very brisk pace I burned 777 calories.

Anyhow, here are a few of the photos I shot on my walk:

Click here to see the rest of my Downtown LA Walkabout #10 photos.

• LolCat of the Day Finally we know who let the dogs out. (tags: lolcat)

A few weeks ago, my lovely wife and I took a trip to the Los Angeles Zoo. We had a good time, but I couldn't help to feel sorry for all the animals on display for our enjoyment. Picturing them in their natural habitat frolicking to and fro instead of locked in a relatively small cage was somewhat depressing. There is no doubt that the animals are cute, but are they happy? Probably not. Either way enjoy the photos:

Click here to check out the rest of my Los Angeles Zoo gallery.

• Cupcake Art Cars My sister-in-law and her husband are featured along with their art cars (Keith and Merrilee) (tags: art.cars family muffins)
• LOLCat of the Day
• Victim Befriends Mugger This is a touching story. (tags: npr mugging)