Getting Twiggy With It!, originally uploaded by nate_marsh.

We have a bunch of friendly neighborhood cats around my new digs.

This one was spotted on a recent walk, after some brief attempts to be friendly it started munching on some twigs. Looked like a nice way to spend a Saturday!

turkeysz, originally uploaded by nate_marsh.

For many, Valentine’s Day is a special occasion to spend with your loved ones or robot pals. For me it’s always been about the turkeys, which made this day extra special for me.

While walking with my special lady around Brookline, we came across a group of 20+ wild turkeys! We are not talking about the uber-fancy sprawling-estate section of Brookline, it was still very residential, right next to the D line – right here actually:

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It was pretty cool to see all the birds, not particularly attractive animals but scraggly and resourceful critters.It was hard to take very good photos because of where they were standing but you are not missing too much, trust me.

After a few minutes, a common housecat wandered into the scene. As this photo shows the cat was initially pretty mellow – he had obviously dealt with birds before. For a minute I thought they would turn out to be great friends – then he tried to start a little trouble. They backed off for a second but eventually realized through their collective pea-sized brain that the odds were in their favor and chased the fellow off. Not much else happened after that, they are probably still there, pecking at stuff.

More pictures here…

raytek3, originally uploaded by nate_marsh.

I won this little fellow, the Raytek MiniTemp MT by entering some contest (I am pretty sure it was not the grand prize). It’s an mini infrared thermometer!

What does it do? Well, it’s for measuring the heat of things that you might not want to touch, and it works at nearly any surface I’ve pointed it at. It has a little lens that focuses the, uh blackbody radiation and converts it into temps! Sortof dull?

Well, the geniuses at Raytek Labs knew they needed to add a bit more pep to this device and mounted a sweet LASER for “aiming purposes” onto the unit. This, combined with a 10′ range, makes it awesome for just about everything.

It is actually pretty useful – how hot is a normal cup of coffee? How’s 133F sound, I just tested that! Wonder how cold it is outside? How cold is the bathroom floor? How hot is the radiator? Amazing!

More glimpses of this wonder:

macro13, originally uploaded by nate_marsh.

My gf gets the cheap clementines, not the fancy expensive ones ;(. This means that you never know what you are going to get when you unpeel one of them: tasty fleshy orange treat or horrible green flesh-eating monster?

Luckily I was able to catch this little guy before he got me good, but buyer beware!

spot of coffee, originally uploaded by nate_marsh.

I am a sucker for fancy coffee drinks – but this is ridiculous!

img137.jpg, originally uploaded by eroosey.

I finally made it to the front page of a newspaper! The JP Gazette saw fit to feature me in line, waiting to vote – I think they said something like this, bit below the fold: “this young man represents the future of all that is well and good in America and, likely, the rest of the world, may god bless this great land.”

Look at that stance, that confidence – that is really something…

The Insignificant Adventures of Penny Man!, originally uploaded by nate_marsh.

Beware of his tiny wrath!

A Snapshot of America, originally uploaded by nate_marsh.

I really like all the things that are happening at once in this photo – pleasure craft scooting into the harbor, containership unloading iPhones, humble fisherman waiting for the big bitem young woman chatting on the phone and a big plane full of business folks ready to touch down in Boston – lots of stuff!!!

Jack Handey’s Flag, originally uploaded by eroosey.

Roosey came up with this awesome version of Jack Handey’s flag (http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/05/19/080519sh_shouts_handey/?yrail) !!!

Gritty made it on yee olde BoingBoing again in a different context. Someone has hypothesized that this is is an actual production model, that Sanrio has copied Gritty’s smooth lines and badass little driver -

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/10/hello-kitty-sander.html

http://www.kittyhell.com/2008/04/04/hello-kitty-power-sander/

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/the-outrageous-hello-kitty-power-sander/

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/04/hello_kitty_power_sander.html

I knew she had more meme in her!

Here’s the original page: http://www.nathanielmarsh.com/hellogritty/