• RavenCon Report:
• Hanging out with the Geek Label guys, they also have a podcast
• Baen Books and the Baen Barflys
• Bowmore Islay single malt scotch
• Drinks:
• Bonny Doon Muscat Eiswine – vin de glacier
• Stone Brewery Arrogant Bastard Ale and Smoked Porter
• We love Norm’s Wine & Beer
• PROMO: Fear The Boot and Ziggurat Con
• Known supports of Ziggurat Con are Mystic Station Designs makers of Chivalry and Sorcery. Tee is going to try to get them some of his books. He also wants to hook them up with the makers of the game Scallywags.
• PROMO: Failed Cities Monologues
• PROMO: Singularity
• Tee talks about the new 8 core Mac Pro he ordered. It’s screaming! 5 GB RAM and 500 GB drive. Applecare Rules!
• Tee talks about his studio moving to the basement
• Martha has solved the problem of deadening sound in a big empty room with rolling garment racks.
• For twice as much money, you get two. Two is more than one.
• Be on the lookout for Sekret Project First of May!
• Phil Rossi is the man on that
• The Voicemail! from Hugh Bracket
• iTunes is good for Podcasting, but it’s not great.
• MUSIC: George Hrab – Cruel Spines. Geo also has a great podcast.

Quote of the Week: What is it with peeing in the sink this week?

• • First Podcast for Martha
  • First BEERcast

• Raspberry Lambic Beer
• Too much salt for dinner at “On The Border“
• Winging It – A Michael & Evo Podcast

• I don’t drink alone.
• ADDcast on hiatus. Been working on the Balticon Podcasts
• LaundryCast Number 2. Clean clothes, a beer, and a Podcast.
• MORE BEER
• ADD Drugs

• Stimulant Adderall
• Kills my joy

• Non-stim Strattera
  • Still getting used to the side effects
  • There are about 7 gazillion of them and I got most of that at one time or another
  • Paul has morning sickness
  • Insomnia

• CD Baby sells his music

• One contractor come and gone
• Lots of stuff bought
• No work actually done
• Expensive bathroom shit. $2000 just for a sink bowl. Who can afford this shit?
• Reico Kitchen and Bath, no actual quote received after several weeks, visits, and calls.
• Manufactured stone counter tops

• Got the vanity at Home Depot, for way less than what Reico wanted.
• He ripped up his house, one room at a time, and refurbished it while they were living there.
• He does awesome work.
• He lives in a sitcom, his in-laws live downstairs in the basement apartment.
• He’s been working on it evenings and weekends for years.
• S.I.T.C.O.M. – Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage

• I was born a poor black child
• Martha has college friends and relatives in the effected areas
• Barry tries to commit suicide by tree. But on the lighter side, Ron and Lin have a new skylight.
• Patti’s house is still in good shape

• 10% of the houses on the west end of Dauphin Island are still standing.
• Gotta love the Ship and Shore
• The Cow and Bean
  • Buy some soy milk
• The Lighthouse Bakery

• Donate
  • Money

• • • • Salvation Army
      • American Red Cross
      • Catholic Charities
      • Local Church, Mosque, Synagogue
    • Time
      • Cook meals
      • Organize and sort food and clothes donations
      • Organize a car wash so you can get money to donate
    • Blood – Don’t be a wussy! GIVE BLOOD!
      • Paul gets on his soap box
      • Free Cookies! Woo Hoo!
    • Share living space
      • Hurricane Housing
      • Craig’s List
• Barking Spiders
• Martha loads the dryer
• Paul says, “Y’all”
  • My Southern accent sucks
• The video clip will be in the Podcast feed next week.
  • I’ll put some pictures here for you to see
• SEND EMAIL win a prize
  • RCA Cable, Ethernet Cables, Power Cables
  • ADDcast at gmail dot com (I write it this way to help prevent spam)
• Jonathan Coulton’s – “First of May”
  • NSFW – Not Safe For Work

Pictures from Scotland. For more photos from Scotland check out my website and click on the hawk.

The clouds on the still waters of Loch Katrine formed fractal paisley patterns as the steamship moved through.

Martha at the falconry lesson in Ayr.

Paul gets to hold Jessica the Iranian Eagle Owl.

Martha contemplates the water race that feeds into Loch Katrine.

Paul poses with “The Beast (TM)” at the monument by the water race.

Stirling Castle from Kings Park in Stirling, Scotland.

The Pictures – Click picture for a larger image

Hooded Merganser male and female. Check out the heinous trash in the background.

Immature or light colored Red Shoulder Hawk. This one looks nothing like
most of the ones you’ll see in the wild. It’s much lighter in color. This shot
was shortly before it flew to the other side of the pond.

Believe it or not, this is the money shot. You can clearly see the red
shoulders on the wings. This was the only way I could identify the
bird. Because it’s color is so much lighter than normal, it was a
difficult ID.