
We spent the Fourth of July out at my folks’ in Olean, NY. I got some delicious homemade German Chocolate Cake for my birthday, and we enjoyed fireworks from about a mile away. I experimented with the Canon G9 by snapping some fireworks at full zoom while the camera was “attached” to a [...]
By WarAxe
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Posted in General, Photography
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Also tagged Cattaraugus County, City Park, Enchanted Mountains, Finger Lakes, Glen falls, New York, Olean, online photo gallery, Rock City Park, Taughannock falls
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I just got this in an email forward. I’m sure most everyone has seen it before, but I hadn’t and I found it to be cute, pithy, and too truthful.
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, [...]

Today is Independence Day in the United States. Although the exact date is a bit arbitrary, back in 1776 the early American colonies voted to be free from Great Britain. Eventually the fourth of July became a national holiday marked by vivacious celebrations including fireworks, flags and fanfare. People invite over friends [...]
By WarAxe
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Posted in General, Patriotism, Wallpaper
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Also tagged Ale, black-powder devices, Britain, DeTocqueville, Great Britain, Independence Day, JFK Presidential Library, John F. Kennedy, national holiday, United States, Washington
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Provincetown, Massachusetts, also known as P-town, is located at the tippy tip of Cape Cod. It has a large gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans-gendered, dual-souled, bi-curious, criss-cross, and confused population comparitively with the size of the town, making it one of the highest concentrations of gayness in America.
Now the Cape is a beautiful place that [...]
By WarAxe
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Posted in Jovial Cynicism, Politics
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Also tagged America, Boston Globe, Bush, Cape Cod, Gay Gets, Jamaica, Massachusetts, Provincetown, Rick Hines, Ted Meyer, Winsome Karr, Yvonne Cabral
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I know… I know… it seems that I really don’t even blog anymore… all I do is play guitar and travel. Well, there are worse fates.
I’m being treated to a Cape Cod getaway by my wife as a birthday present (yes, my birthday is the 4th of July). I’m [...]