Portola Redwoods State Park, California, USA
Another picture from our short hike – the violence implied by the condition of the stump was too dramatic to not memorialize.
The Stump
The Bridge
Portola Redwoods State Park, California, USA.
I am disappointed that this picture came out as fuzzy as it did – I really liked the framing of the bridge, and the curve of the pathway, but after hiking up the path, and then back down, my hands were just not to the task of holding still for the shutter speed required.
We had a really good time on this camping trip with our friends (new and old) from the Sunday school class that we used to attend for newly married couples. Ten years is fast approaching and we just don’t fit the demographic any longer 🙂
BOFA radio ads are moronic
Have you heard the BOFA radio ads for their “Keep the Change” program? They all center around what a horrible thing it is to lose your spare change.
One ad talks through a person vacuuming up spare change in the car. Another has lost change in a closet sharing how they were lost. Yet another talks about the horrors the lost change has to endure – one of whom has to live in an empty mayo jar in the garage – well it really isn’t empty if the change is in it, is it?
The main idea of the program is that BOFA will round up all you debit card purchases, and put the difference directly into your savings account. Kinda of a cool idea, but I really dislike how they are running the ad campaign.
The implication of ALL the ads that I have heard is that if you just sign up for the Keep the Change program, that you won’t lose spare change, instead of extolling the actual program. Think about it, is Keep the Change really going to help you avoid spare change, and thus losing said spare change?
No, it really isn’t.
Using a BOFA debit card all the time, instead of cash, will cause you to not have any spare change, and thus you won’t lose any. I will give them this. But so will using a debit card from ANY AND EVERY OTHER BANK. When was the last time that you got spare change back from a debit card transaction? Other than cash back of course, and then you get paper money, most likely twenties…
Not seeing how BOFA saves you from losing spare change…
Again, yes, it will cause you to save your own money, in a relatively painless way, agreed, and for this I give them kudos for a semi innovative program. But it DOES NOT REDUCE LOST SPARE CHANGE, and lost spare change is all the ads talk about.
As an aside, I must say, that if you are not the saving type, my guess is that all that money in your savings account is going to get sucked into your banking account as soon as it becomes large enough to be noticeable 😉
Democrats polled say that more violence is better
On the American Research Group’s web site they have the results of a recent poll that they did.
I won’t even go into how small the sample size is, I was just intrigued that when asked
Do you favor or oppose the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq even if it means an increase in violence among the Iraqi people?
53% of Democrats were still in favor of withdrawal, but when asked
Do you favor or oppose the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq even if it means violence could spread to other countries in the region?
56% of Democrats were in favor of withdrawal.
Now I know that Republicans usually get the rap for being the warmongers, but the above says to me that while over half of Democrats are ok with violence in Iraq, as long as our soldiers aren’t there, even more are ok with violence in Iraq, as long as it spreads to other countries in the region.
I mean what are the 3% thinking, that violence is acceptable, but more violence is better?
Sunset over I-5
I-5, Sacramento, California, USA
I caught the tail end of this beautiful sunset over I-5 in Sacramento at the end of our weekend visiting my sister and brother-in-law. Two minutes early and it was much more dramatic and vibrant – beautiful sunsets only seem to last about 5 minutes for the really good parts.
I won’t go to sleep!
Sacramento, California, USA
My son Chanler, after losing his battle to not go to sleep. He would not lay down, so he fell asleep sitting up (mostly), and looking none too happy about being asleep 🙁
Throw It!
Sacramento, California, USA
My sister and her husband’s dog Canelo, waiting expectantly for my son Chanler to throw the tennis ball for him to fetch. Canelo is usually never tired of the game of fetch, but I think he met his match in Chanler, and was done with fetch before Chanler was!
Nine
Creek Trail, San Jose, California, USA
A mile marker, I think – I am trying to collect photos of numbers for a clock art project of sorts.
Pink Flower
San Jose, California, USA
We needed to go out for a bit the other day, so we went for a “nature walk” by the creek trail near our house. It was also a good excuse for me to play with my new toy – a Nikon D50 DSLR camera. I have to say that I am very happy with how fast it focuses, takes a picture, etc. And the colors are much better – I can really tell the difference between the skin color of pictures that I have taken of Chanler, especially when flash is involved!