Archive for April, 2007

the wheel at night

Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel

red mars & faded glory

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mesa verde

Mesa Verde has been plagued by fires for the past 9 years or so, while this may be bad for the park, it’s great for photos.
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and yes that’s snow.

it’s all downhill from here…

crossing the continental divide at Wolf Creek Pass
all down hill from here...

and looking back at the at the divide
big sky

guess the city

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NYC lil’peacekeepers

I suppose it’s only a matter of time until we pay our taxes directly to the United Nations.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday whether some of the city’s police officers could be deployed with U.N. peacekeeping missions.

mind-bogglingly idiotic quote of the day


You can’t ask to be the head of the union but not take a firm stand against states’ rights that divide the union.


Rev. Al “Race Baiter” Sharpton on presidential candidates support for states rights

Loose Change 1912

todays one of those “holy sh*t” kind of days…

first, caskets at costco
now, not only does the LAPD have a blog (!) their starting salary is up to nearly $53k

At all levels of service, LAPD Officers earn competitive salaries. There are regular raises and opportunities for promotion. In addition, Officers have opportunities to earn bonuses based on special skills such as fluency in a foreign language or hazard pay for specialized assignments.

Base Salary
The starting base salary for high school graduates is $52,638. If you have at least 60 college units, with an overall GPA of 2.0 or better, you will start at $54,747. (These salaries are as of July, 2006) If you have a BA or BS (four year) degree you will start at $56,898.

You begin earning your full salary on your first day of Academy training.

Raises
Upon completion of 6 months of your probationary period you will get an automatic salary step increase. After 12 more months you will receive another raise. You will then be eligible for additional raises, advancement and promotions.

Bilingual Premiums
Based on the need of the LAPD, a 2.75%-5.5% additional premium is available to eligible Officers with the ability to speak and/or write in selected languages other than English.

Uniform Allowance
An allowance of $950 is paid annually to Police Officers who have completed probation.

Man, I’m in the wrong line of work…

from the ‘who would have thought it’ files…

Costco sells caskets
The Lady of Guadalupe Casket

happy easter

from the zombie easter bunny
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just needs a peanut butter fish

Huge Jelly Fish
Invasion of jelly giants