Kylie & Mojo Relaxing

Here's Kylie laying on Mojo. He's so totally family oriented that if
you lay on him when he's trying to sleep, it actually comforts him
and he settles right in. Pit bulls are such lovers!

Night Photo iPhone app test

Here's a quick test of the iPhone app, "Night Photo". It uses the
accelerometers to tell when the camera is still, then actuates the
shutter. Works pretty well. As a photographer, I'm pretty good at
holding my breath while I take a picture to minimize shaking. It's
almost automatic with me. Even with that, it's hard to get a good
shot under some circumstances. This app really makes a difference.
Everyone's hands shake a little bit, and this app takes advantage of
the fact that in order to shake, the hand has to stop before it
changes direction to shake the other way, back and forth. The instant
you stop moving, it takes the shot. Pretty cool!

End of the photo dry spell

I was in Pets Plus in Mays Landing. My daughter was holding this
gorgeous Conure. It was a sweet bird as birds go. It was content to
walk across her fingers, back and forth from hand to hand. She was in
heaven. She totally loves animals, and even more so loves to interact
with new species.

Puppy Snuggle

So, here's my son trying sooo hard to pick up Mojo and snuggle with him like when he was a puppy. Well, we call him puppy, but, my son's aching back pretty much showed that all 85lbs of Mojo is all grown up. As much as a full grown pit bull loves to snuggle, he's a big-assed dog.

Snuggling on the couch...ok. Picking him up for a little hug...not so much.

Little dogs

As a rule, I prefer big dogs. I've always owned big dogs. Akitas
before and now a large male pit bull. So, when I was in the mall pet
store and my daughter asked to see this long-haired dachsund, I was
less than enthusiastic. After playing with him for a little while,
though, I can say, he was quite pleasant. He won't be catching any
frisbees or pulling me down the block on roller blades, but, as
companions go, he impressed me. First, we took out a miniature
pinscher be he was way too mouthy. This guy was just right. Playful
for a while, then, settled right into her lap.

Snake boy's Boa

Here's a half-decent iPhone pictureof my son's Cook's Tree Boa. It has the most beautiful pearly, iridescent color. It's also aggressive as hell! Nothing like my ball python who's as docile as a piece of rope.

Cook's Tree Boa *in action*

Here's a picture of my son's latest addition to his growing menagerie. He loves reptiles and now he's a manager of a pet store. So, the net effect is he's working in a place where he can feed his habit at discount prices.

This fine specimen is a Cook's Tree Boa. It's healthy and fairly aggressive, too.

About the photo... It was taken by my son with his phone. He just got it. He asked my advice. The iPhone or the only other great phone on the market (IMHO since I don't do Blackberry)- the HTC G1 running Google's Android OS. I do like my iPhone but from what I can see, Android has a lot...and I do mean A LOT of potential. That's not to say it's crap now. Far from it. Google has actualized quite a bit of Android's promise already. I can't wait to see what they do with it. To me, it kinda feels like a modern version of what PalmOS should have become. So, in my house, every night, it seems, my son and I sit down and compare the size of our...uh..I mean, the new capabilities of our phones since the last time we talked.