The leaves have been changing color in Salt Lake City.  It’s not as spectacular as New England, but I enjoy the yellows and oranges.  Last Saturday we had a serious rainstorm with wind that caused all the leaves to fall.  It looks very pretty! The poison oak in the back has also turned a lovely [...]

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I really miss the Banana Slugs in California.  So I was very excited to discover that Salt Lake City has snails! Yes, I know that they’re eating my garden.  But they’re so cute!  They love to hang out on the composter, especially after I’ve watered the garden and the water is dripping off the plastic. [...]

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I usually receive very generic spam where they try and convince you to post the comment by saying something so generic it’s always true.  Like, “I like your blog” or “Do you have RSS feed?”  But today I received a comment and I just…I have no idea. Nueter this puppy arrive Nov 2010!!!!!!!??!!?! Do you [...]

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Sorry I haven’t been posting this weekend, but I got married yesterday!  So I’ve been a little busy. We were married at Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City. And all the food was vegan, even the wedding cake!

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In general, living in Utah is like living in any other town.  Sure the people are friendlier than when I lived in California and New England, but I suspect people are generally friendlier in these middle states.  The only real way that you notice that it’s different here is that most things shut down on [...]

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While I have been using my camera to take pictures of birds, Jon has been taking pictures of dragonflies. I know nothing about dragonflies but they sure are nice to see.   This one has tiger stripes. You can see his little leg hairs in this one. These guys are mating.  Sexy! This one has [...]

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Do you remember how the other day I was lamenting my inability to remember bird calls because I’ve filled my head with 90′s music?  Well, I’ve been reading this book called Good Birders Don’t Wear White.  It’s a collection of articles by various birders.  In one of the articles, the author laments how he has [...]

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I’m completely puzzled by this.  Someone found this blog by using the search terms “utah city escorts blogs.”  Boy did you come to the wrong place!

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I haven’t mentioned this before, but I am a patent attorney.  I also prosecute trademarks and do the occasional copyright work.  So imagine my excitement when I was reviewing a daily list of recent IP lawsuits and I found a copyright infringement case involving the iBird iPhone application! . According to the complaint, Martin Stewart (doing [...]

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The Wall Street Journal has an article about a robotic eagle that is used to scare off birds at airports.  One person interviewed for the article states that the birds will figure out it’s fake within hours.  I’m not impressed by the fake owls that people put up to scare pigeons away from buildings.  But [...]

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