POW, BAM and Other Three-Letter Expressions

And let’s not forget CRASH, SPLAT, WHACK and many others …

Remember the 1960s Batman TV series?   The question might only apply to readers of certain age, but … it turns out that Adam West, the actor who played Batman and his alter-ego Bruce Wayne, originated in Walla Walla.  And on his birthday, the city celebrates Adam West Day, which closes with a display of the fabled Bat Signal on the side of the tallest downtown building.   It also turns out that there is a prime view of the event from the back bathroom of the building across the way which houses my workspace.  So I scouted out some shooting locations in the afternoon, then at 9pm I trundled up and did a few captures.

To give you a little flavor of the old Batman TV action:


And here is more background from the local newspaper:

Adam West Day honors Walla Walla’s native son _ Top Stories _ union-bulletin.com

rDay Twelve-Hundred-Seventy

Over Maple Street this Saturday morning …

And then more or less at ground level, walking downtown:

 

 

Eighteen Years Ago Today: ME

I was wearing this cap today when a Safeway clerk, obviously a Windows geek and computer history buff,  recognized it and offered his admiration and congratulations.  This was a promotional bit of garb distributed by Microsoft to celebrate its release on September 13, 2000, of Windows Millennium Edition (aka Windows ME).  It came into my possession by dint of my association with my ISP (Internet Service Provider) then-employer who was a certified Microsoft distributor.  Windows ME was the last of the purely DOS-based iterations of the Windows operating system, probably the least successful and certainly the least long-lived, soon succeeded by Windows XP.    But the exceptional quality of this headgear has led to its long life and continued use by yours truly.   eof

rDay Twelve-Hundred-Sixty-Seven

This morning’s news.  First, Dog 163 appears with a green bandage on one foot:

And I see some curious lawn objects in a neighbor’s yard:

Then, some self-exploration/self-aggrandizement while walking up Second Avenue to Main Street:

Later, Timothy (computer programmer, photographer, 3-D printer and music entrepreneur) comes by and lets me drive his car: