Thursday, June 4

I’ve been in catch up mode since the Arizona trip. Finally seeing the light of day, both at home and at work. We popped out to a local protected area a couple days ago and got Henslow’s sparrow. That brings me to 244 species for the year and Lise to 206. The Arizona trip really threw me up there but Lise will be going to California in August. That should put her right back up with me.

I’ve had an interesting online experience recently. Online I’ve been hit with a series of ads related to dating and relationships. There has been an interesting progression in the ads over time, probably due to the fact that I never click on them. Somebody out there in the cloud figures they know just the thing I need and they’re just trying to help me out. The ads started with something like “meet hot babes in your area.” Interesting, but I wasn’t interested. Then they progressed to something like, “looking for women over 30?” followed eventually by “looking for a serious relationship with a woman over 45?” Not biting on these led to, “join Christian Singles and find the mate God intended for you.” Being happily married I figured neither God nor Lise wanted me pursuing that one. So now I think they’re getting desperate for a response from me. The most recent ad was “Are you looking for a gay relationship? No games, just serious men looking for a serious relationship.” I guess the logic is something like; well we gave him all the heterosexual options without a response so he must be homosexual. My real concern is that all the options to date have involved human beings. Who knows what’s next on the list if I don’t hit the gay ad. Wonder if it’s too late to hit the hot babes option to stall them a while.

Following are some black and whites I did from recent excursions or around the house.