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Fishing!

In keeping with our well established tradition of only posting photos of stuff months after the fact, I give you fishing in Tasmania:
Obviously this is Jeff looking dashing in sun gear and a life jacket, but behind him is Bob Mackinley- fishing guide extraordinaire, and a man inclined to call the french "frogs"

Speaking of which where did the french guy go? haven't heard from him in a while

Jeff hooked the first fish- a monster big Brown trout that managed to break the line and get away- about 5 seconds after this photo was taken


Kate's rainbow trout- look at that beauty


This is the "after" shot of the rainbow trout- I must say I was a little disappointed at how he tasted- could have been better


Oh yeah- that's fish number 2 - this time a brown


that i kindly let jeff clean for me- we couldn't eat it so Bob Mackinley promised to give it to his next door neighbour, who happens to be David Boon- which will make absolutely no sense to anyone not from a cricketing nation. A man known, not only for cricketing prowess, but also his amazing capacity to drink beer

Maybe these guys aren't so bad...

Crikey!

In America these guys are called yellowjackets. They swarm around your picnic, sting you , and are a general nuisance. Australians refer to them as "Europeans Wasps" and tend to become a little panicky when one is around. Not quite high-pitched squeal, but getting there. Which is surprising, because there are way more poisonous critters in Australia than there are in the States.

At any rate, everyone can agree that this wasp is nothing compared to the absolutely terrifying insects described on this page...

Scary Bugs!

Taking care of business

We've finally gotten around to posting a bunch of photos from the World Beard and Moustache Championship. Which took place on Sept. 1st. So we're only 4 months late.

www.welovethefrench.com

Enjoy!

Birthday Present from Cell

In reference to this little gem by alex:

The pictures posted there are great, but I think this one captures the spirit of my collaboration with Gary a little better...

After a long day of collecting high quality TIRF data, Gary just happened to pass out on my couch.

In other news, we're back from australia and will be updating the blog soon. Tons of cool photos of animals, food, and people. Plus the usual supply of not-so-witty comments.

mark's not so special

seems that everyone who comes past and understands our blog must be a genius




aren't we all special

though since there is a distinct lack of methodology described on the website that determined that we pitch our discourse at the genius level, i think we should probably remain skeptical

in other genius news- alex is also apparently part of the "big brain crowd"

We are lazy

We have not been posting very much lately.

Maybe you've noticed.

Kate's busy with her new job, I was in Dresden all of last week, and truth be told it's all been a bit boring as of late. Plus the weather here has been absolute shit, and very demotivational. The high (or low) point was a crazy snowstorm on Saturday. Huge flakes, high-speed wind blowing everything horizontal, and massive thunderclaps to top it off. It was fun to watch from the safety of our couch (conveniently located in front of the fireplace). Which is where we spent the rest of the weekend.

Inspired by the beginning of winter, here's a classic photo, taken two years ago in the wilds of Vermont.


Pictured here are Scott and Dawnnica, along with the two of us. What you can't know from looking at this photo is that we're about to go home and eat super yummy steak with bacon gravy.