Shipping surprise...

On a whim, I browsed for the multimedia version of the Yves & Tellier stamp catalog for France and found the newly released 2010 version on sale by the publisher for just under 20 euros (around $28), a not unreasonable price for such a product.

However, shipping to the US from France runs 24 euros (around $34).

I like to think this is for expedited air service, but still... I don't think this alternative is for me (unless I look at it as a product that costs around $62, with free shipping).

Cheers...

Fun with cameraphones...

...and http://cheezburger.com


moar funny pictures
Cheers...

Finally... mushroom!

While walking Shiloh past the local Pasadena Fire/Police Substation, I noticed several familiar-looking mushrooms growing in front of the building. Without getting into specific identification, these look an awful lot like the edible boletes one would normally have found this past mushroom season in Pagosa (if there had been a mushroom season in Pagosa).

However, given that there's no telling what kinds of chemicals, if any, that the city sprinkles on the ground around the station (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides, etc.) and that these mushrooms are growing about 15 yards from a four-lane divided highway, I passed on harvesting them for possible consumption.

But one can dream, can't one?

Cheers...