Abstract Musings

Monthly Archives: January 2005

Bryce Canyon National Park, September 2001

During the summer of 2001, my wife and I took a vacation to visit National Parks and Monuments in Utah and Arizona. Our first stop was Bryce Canyon National Park.

View on the way to Bryce
This picture and the next one were taken at a pull-over during our drive to Bryce. Both are indicative of the amazing views that greeted us. Niether of these pictures, though, can do justice to the granduer of the landscape that stretched out before us.

Looking southwards towards Zion National Park
This photo was taken looking southwards in the general direction of Zion National Park.

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Arthur Chrenkoff Rounds Up More Good News from Iraq

Arthur Chrenkoff rounds up more good news from Iraq — An election edition of his bi-weekly feature

Victor Davis Hanson: The Myth that America Is an Empire about to Fall

Victor Davis Hanson takes on the myth that America is an empire about to fall.

Photo Map

I have added the Flash Photoblog World Map 1.2 to my photos section. The map indicates the locations on a world map where the various places I’ve taken photographs are found.

The map requires the Macromedia Flash Player, which is freely available from Macromedia’s website. The map itself was developed by Mark Zeman.

Victor Davis Hanson Examines the Morality of Illegal Immigration

Victor Davis Hanson examines the morality of illegal immigration.

Candlelight Photography

Okay, so I said that my photos section wasn’t going to be a true photoblog; that I wasn’t going to post a photo every day. But I experimented last night with low-light photography, and took some photos of a couple of candles. So I’ve gone ahead and posted the four I liked the most. And since there are four photos in the set, it is still not a true photoblog.

Candlelight

This is some candlelight photography I took last night. Just thought I’d experiment with low-light photography.

Candles in the Dark

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Two More Zarqawi Lieutenants Arrested

Two more Zarqawi lieutenants arrested — Good news with the election just days away. Courtesy of Captain’s Quarters