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Welcome to my Web site. My name is Chris, and I’ll be your host. I live in Austin, Texas, with my partner, Ray, and our child dog, Mocha. You can read more about me, learn 100 random things about me, and if you’re wondering what the heck a khowaga is, click here. Feel free to browse, read, and leave comments!

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Anniversary

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I´m still in Mexico–today I´m in Xalapa, whose charms are … not readily apparent.  The people are nice, but we got a couple of enthusiastic responses when we mentioned that we were coming to Xalapa, and so far?  We just don´t get it.

At the south end of the island

Today is Ray´s and my anniversary–eight years!  It´s a bit weird being out of town–between all the people that I´m meeting with and their schedules, these were the only dates this trip could happen.  I have, however, already made dinner reservations for Friday night after, Hurricane Ike permitting, I get home. 

Happy anniversary, sweetie!  I wuv oo!

Pele is not amused.

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

This evening, we went down to the newly opened lava flow viewing area in Kalapana, which is on the coast outside of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Kilauea, the main volcano round these parts, has been quite active of late — she’s got an eruption going up top, and one going down below.

This has been something I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid, and now I can check it off my list.

For the record, these were all taken at a safe distance of around a quarter mile, through a telephoto lens with a focal distance of 300mm. Exposure times range from 2.5 to 8 seconds.

 

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