I suppose that it’s not a car of mine until it hits a deer…
4 minute read
June 19, 2025, 9:19 AM
And with a title like that, you know exactly what happened. I was on a trip down to Roanoke, and shortly after finishing up a visit with my parents, a deer was stupid enough to not look both ways, and we collided on 340 near the intersection with – and I kid you not – Killdeer Lane. I spotted the deer in advance, but unfortunately, there just wasn’t enough space for me to stop before we collided. The last two deer strikes that I had, with the Sable and with the original HR-V, I hit the deer broadside and it just sort of bounced off. This time, the deer hit and went down, going slightly under the front of the car. The deer managed to wander away and lay down near the road. I don’t know what sort of injuries it sustained, but it did not die on impact, or even shortly afterward. It looked like it was in a lot of pain at first, and I thought that it was going to just lay its head down and die, but then after sitting still for a little bit, it tried to get up and depart the scene, but quickly laid back down, and that’s where it remained, still alert.
The deer after it laid back down following its attempt to leave.
Continue reading…Categories: Honda HR-V (2023), Stuarts Draft
No Kings Day in Baltimore…
7 minute read
June 16, 2025, 11:01 AM
June 14 was a fun day. I took the day off of work in order to burn a day of emergency leave that I would have otherwise lost at the end of the month, and went up to Baltimore. It also worked out that June 14 was the day of Trump’s military parade down in DC, so rather than being at work transporting the relatively small crowd to the military parade, I had a good time in the next city up. I attended the Baltimore Pride parade, and also attended the “No Kings” protest, which was a direct response to Trump’s military parade, and one of many held across the country, later in the day. I’m pretty sure that I hadn’t double-dipped events like that since I photographed the teabagger march and also did an Anonymous raid on the same day back in September 2009.
First of all, be advised that there will be no photos of Baltimore Pride in this Journal entry. I took some 1,800-odd shots at the Pride parade alone, and that’s going to get its own treatment as a photo set later on. [Edit: here it is.] So stay tuned there, but don’t look for that any time soon other than a photo feature here or there, as I’m going to complete it as part of my normal photo workflow.
Meanwhile, the “No Kings” rally occurred in Patterson Park. It was one of those political demonstrations where people gather around a central location and listen to speeches while holding signs. There was no march through the streets of Baltimore, and it was a rather sedate affair overall. In other words, as far as political demonstrations go, this one was safe to bring your dog along. It also was not lost on me that this was my first political demonstration in nearly twelve years, as the last political demonstration that I had attended was back in August 2013 regarding the sentencing of Chelsea Manning. It was nice to attend another event after so much time away, but I don’t anticipate going to another one any time soon, as my work schedule precludes that a lot of the time.
Categories: Activism, Baltimore, National politics
There is no honor among thieves…
6 minute read
June 6, 2025, 9:00 AM
As some of you may know, I am a moderator on Reddit for a few retail-related subreddits, where people post news, photos, and other things related to retail. Recently, on /r/retailporn, this message came through from /u/dinosaurdracula:
Hi there, this user stole content from me and edited out my watermark.
Post in question: https://www.reddit.com/r/retailporn/…
My original post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…
I spend a great deal of time and money finding these old catalogs — it’s a real pain when people want to karma-farm and can’t even be decent enough to credit. I’d appreciate it if you could remove this post. Thank you!
Categories: Copyright infringement, Netculture, Reddit, Schumin Web meta