People often come to this Lake for wedding pictures

Like it?

Ok, I am looking at the wrong camera, but at least the other two are right.

A famous walk of a famous park. Americans remaining American, one of the girls I was with told me as we were walking into Central Park that this was the most famous park in the world. I made a little fun of her, but she may have been right. Anyone know a more famous park?

Fifth Avenue. The girls I went with were doing some shopping here before one of them left us. This is a touristy side of New York.

On Fifth Avenue.

This is the main train station of the city. I tried to act like I wasn't taking a photo of these four army/police guys. One of them had a german shepherd with him. Security in the US has become very important since September 11. Call it a side effect of terrorism, but the budget has become harder to balance now that security costs have risen.

A dusk landscape in a not so pleasant part of town.

I was in the upper or lower east side having a beer in a couple of places. The guy you see hosted us for the night.

In a park, waiting for the bus to Washington.

Our first broken tire for the trip back. This tire is more than just flat...

Ever seen anything this bad?

We couldn't find a spare tire already on a rim, so that guy tried to take it off. He got it off, but he couldn't get the new tire on. Eventually, we found a normal spare tire, with a rim that is store away in the front of the bus.

The second flat tire. Not a great photo, I know. But this one is pretty impressive too. Can you see that the tire has actually come off the rim?

Stranded on the side of the highway before a seedy bus driver pulled over and 'rescued' us at a nice $370 profit for him.

My last day at the National Academies. I've compiled a little series of photos depicting my stay there. Another page turned.

Boss I: Toni is a quirky woman with a great sense of humour and fountains of energy. She is the manufacturing/nanotechnology guru of the academies.

Boss II: Lynda is a charming woman who works very long hours. She is the one that insisted that the Board find money to fund my trip to Vegas.

A co-worker

Don't you wish your work here? part I -- a genius invented cubicles. Yep, he wanted to squash the human spirit, and he did. People stay in those pits for years. (I may be using biased words here)