Trip to Oakland - February '05

Welcome to Berkley's finest bookstore: Book Zoo.

Our evening is pretty much laid out for us. Forget the plastic Oakland A's cup. We just shat in that thing.

Nicodemia has a very cool old oven. This is the woodburning region of it.


If you've purchased enough books at Book Zoo, you get a free tattoo, which looks remarkably like their bookmark stamp.

The neighbor's dog really thought it had boundless jurisdiction, and regularly assumed this post. Little did he know someone was taking a crap AND a picture of him just a few yards away.

Near the flea market, the brave Oakland firefighters get their rehearsal on.

Economy packs of toilet paper are just one of the many wonders you can see at the Flea Market. In addition to 'Make It So', a book I bought for Johnny all about the leadership qualities of Jean Luc Picard, I got a really nice guitar.

Just $28 and I got this in-tune gem with all its strings intact. Yeah, there's some cracks and a ton of dents, but it sounded cool.

The Dagobah system is full of mynocks. It's illegal to smoke cigarettes here, but because of the dense foliage, the mynocks can't see you.

On Monday we ventured out near Mt. Tamalpais to check out the ultra-green mossy forest.

The mountain features this wicked gnarly waterfall. Apparently it was operating at half-majesty, though.

One does not simply drive into Mordor.

I'm sure if I searched on the web for a little bit I could find out what this guy is, but I don't feel like it. Suffice it to say, the dude was cool. He fell down from a tree and immediately resumed his voyage, only to fall again, and resume, again.

Kung fu scenes should be filmed here. By the time we reached this area, probably the highest point of our journey, we were all pretty well saturated. The clouds flow around you, leaving you quite damp.

Here's a wing shot coming into Houston on my way home. It was hazy as hell there, so ya can't see much.