Archive for September, 2005

Meow Power

My life has changed once again with the addition of Klaus and Bella, two very personable and adventurous felines! They arrived last Friday after some discussion with the Lady. Due to a fundamental conflict of interest between the felines and a former resident bird, the Lady’s sister was forced to relinquish the duo for peace of mind and avian longevity. Needless to say, I prefer playing with kittens over feeding them in the form of sausage to other animals. These are some seriously cute kitties. They do all the cute kitten things, including washing each other on a regular basis, fumbling across the hardwood floors, and performing spectacular aerial demonstrations while chasing a toy mouse on the end of my fishing line!

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Panzer Klaus von Stiles

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Pooped

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Early warning signs?

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Not pot, too.

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Digital Insight

Everyone wants to play with my new digital radiography system. Feel free to enjoy the following bitewings taken of yours truly. The original image files have been saved as static JPGs that don’t allow for manipulation like the actual system does. One great thing about the Dexis system is the ability to tune images once they’ve been exposed, correcting for under or overexposure. Opponents of this feature often say the operator can manipluate the image to show whatever he or she wants, but in reality, images can’t be manipulated past relatively basic contrast, brightness, and saturation levels. Digital radiography is a very useful tool, and I totally dig it.

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My assistant took these and missed ever so slightly.