Bus Stop 3

Bus Stop 3
Originally uploaded by Theorris

Big Air

Big Air
Originally uploaded by Theorris

The 2010 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix was held at Park City January 22 & 23, 2010. The event served as the final round of qualifiers for the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding team. I am fairly confident this is Jack Mitrani, although I didn't take notes during the competition.

Pardon Me

Love,
Theorris

New Digs: From the Porch

New Digs: From the Porch
Originally uploaded by Theorris

I took this view from my front porch a week or so ago when we had a particularly good sunset and before the inversion smog beset the Salt Lake valley. For those of you foreign to mountain valleys, an inversion forms when cold air (usually created by snow on the ground) is trapped in the valley like a bowl, and wind does very little to clear it out. Think of putting cold molases in a bowl and attempting to get that out by just running cold water over the top of it.

While inversion is a natural phenomenon, there is an unfortunate side effect of trapping all the pollutants spewed out by human devices in the cold air. This pollution is the main reason I refuse to drive. Although that is a difficult choice in this modern age, and I have taken to using a car-sharing program, in times like this I am reminded that we all need to do our part to eliminate needless pollution.

Of course all my consternation about pollution is thrown into sharp relief because I'm probably going to buy a car in the next few months. One thing is certain, however: I shall never commute via car to work again.

Utah Girl!

Awesome to the max!

New Digs: Tiki Lounge!

New Digs: Tiki Lounge!
Originally uploaded by Theorris

Why you ask? Why the hell not?

The only requirement for using the tiki lounge (aka the downstairs half-bath) is that you must hula when you flush the john. Leighs are optional, although I have several to choose from in the lounge.

New Digs: Shrine of the Green Man

New Digs: Shrine of the Green Man
Originally uploaded by Theorris

This arrangement of my rag-tag fleet of plants was a happy accident. At my old place, I was cleaning up the front room when my last housemate moved out and all the plants ended up on top of the crate they are sitting on. They looked good that way, so I kept them that way in the Wilhelm. When I moved in here, I determined to re-create the "shrine." It sure makes for easy watering.

The crate they are sitting on, by the way, is a bit of movie memerobilia. It was in the movie "The World's Fastest Indian" starring Anthony Hopkins. Old housemate Lucas made it and collected it off the set when the shoot wrapped.