because Quad says i'm a day late with flipping. oh well.

anyway, spent this afternoon at an ATDP staff barbecue at Gary's home in the wilds of the East Bay suburbs beyond the Berkeley Hills. Concord, that is. anyway, is this any way for a pacifist to behave? HAHA. (see pic on the right, click on it to see larger version.) okay, so my park ranger brother Nathan IS a member of the NRA, and i support his right to bear arms (if not to arm bears *chuckle*) ... and, my dad used to take me hunting when i was a wee kid in the wilds of Mindanao in the Southern Philippines. but in this pic, i DO look like i'm aiming away at an intruder in Gary's frontyard, eh? haha.

and no, it wasn't a gated community of the kind you see in the Southland... it was only the East Bay hills somewhere near Mt. Diablo. the day was hot, the barbecue stuff tasty, and the rabbits and possums charging. that was what we were shooting at. (NOT!)

this reminds me of the time long ago, in the dim mists of the past, when Angel, Frankie and Mikey and I went out to some fields in Huron and practiced target-shooting with Mikey's dad's rifle. hmm. i should dig up some slides i took of that afternoon, and scan 'em.

anyway, no thoughtful things to say today. just a little weblog update with a (possibly) provocative image, to jog things up a little.

cool day tomorrow, on a 'last' tour of SF with Tom 'Caltechie' Fletcher. lotsa nifty ballpark and North Beach pix to edit and share. hasta manana!

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