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Nothing to do but rest and have fun for a couple of weeks.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/28033254/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/28033254/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:06:12 PDT
We went to Las Vegas, where we had our belated honeymoon.

The place has really changed over the years.

The good news is that after two days of intense blackjack (and choking down clouds of cigarette smoke), I came out seventy bucks ahead.

Now I will try and catch up here.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27266977/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27266977/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:54:20 PDT
Without warning, the clouds moved in.

At least I can home with a handful of images.

It will take me a little while to get them posted.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27225147/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27225147/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:42:38 PDT
The high clouds from the New Mexico storms vanished and things were pretty clear.

Sure, those of us here before remember even clearer nights, but this was good.

I spent an hour drift aligning my mount and then plugged in my new "Knife Edge Focuser."

The results were just great. FOr the first time I got things focused well! The only "fly-in-the-soup was the wind would gust up and set my tube a vibrating.

We are all hoping the forecasters are wrong tonight as well.

For the great Amy Weaving [link] , I have a rabbit and a few more turtles for my wildlife photo set.

I will try to write again tomorrow.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27203896/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27203896/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:52:31 PDT
Last night we finally saw some stars. Of course, the moisture in the air made it almost useless. I did manage to get the scope polar aligned.

It is possible I might get some photos tonight.

I was able to get some wildlife viewing in. I got photo of a turtle. I am wondering what kind of turtles live up here on the Black Mesa? I will try for an id when I return.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27163906/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27163906/ Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:07:20 PDT
I will try to send some updates if I can get on the net.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27050075/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/27050075/ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:30:07 PDT
I have found all the negs for my pictures of Honduras etc. I think I will replace the scans of the photos with fresh,direct from the negative images.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/25593470/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/25593470/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:25:06 PDT
I have finished the project with a singleness of purpose.

Now I can let my attention wander to something else.

This isn't to say you won't see more of the boat, or other warships, I am just finished with what I originally envisioned.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/22157649/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/22157649/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:01:37 PST
We were all watching the television as the Apollo 8 astronauts broadcast live from lunar orbit.

These were the very first humans to leave the earth.

The world would never be the same again. [link]

As they approached the lunar terminator their words became immortal:

William Anders

"We are now approaching lunar sunrise and, for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Jim Lovell

"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Frank Borman

"And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth."

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/22080634/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/22080634/ Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:41:59 PST
I have no explanation for this malaise but I think it will soon be gone.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/20699967/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/20699967/ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:56:18 PDT
I am not sure how much I will be able to access the net.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/20102512/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/20102512/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:47:12 PDT
At the end of next month I will be going to a star party at one of the darkest skies in the Oklahoma-Texas area.

This is the "Okie-Tex Star Party."

Details are here: [link]

Lots of good night viewing with lots of interesting places to visit during the day.

So far I am going to be there by myself.

If anyone else is interested, it would be nice to have a DA get together there.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/18123630/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/18123630/ Thu, 01 May 2008 19:35:43 PDT
The storm seemed to start SW of us and moved to the NE before finally lowering in the NE part of town.

Missed some potentially exciting pictures.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/17694699/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/17694699/ Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:03:44 PDT
My original goal was to make a complete survey of each area on a Fleet Type Submarine.

Certain areas are going to be revisited with emphasis on artful lighting rather than technical illustration.

I am also working with a group of Living History members and will be reenacting certain exciting, and humorous events of the Silent Service during WW2.

Once I get this enormous project complete, I will be returning to more of my usual work.

BTW, If anyone will be in the mid-central US, Please come and visit the Batfish. I will be happy to take anyone from DA on a personal tour.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/17358373/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/17358373/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:45:26 PDT
Thanks to everyone for their support.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/15922296/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/15922296/ Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:51:51 PST
It seems the weather and deprived me of not only electricity, but also, phone, and net.

Now everything seems to be working right again.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/13028809/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/13028809/ Sun, 20 May 2007 17:20:18 PDT
I spent some time today breaking down the tool and learning it's inner workings.

Next I will begin to try it out.

Of course, it might be awhile before I make anything fit to be seen.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/11966666/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/11966666/ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:02:56 PST
It came with an awesome 18-135mm lens.

My next challenge is to try and read the detailed manual.

This camera is packed features.

The major distraction right now is wind damage. The wind storm yesterday flattened three sections of the fence around my back yard. The dog love it!

Time to replace the fence.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/11193233/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/11193233/ Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:31:26 PST
As I opened the box, it had a canvas bag. I was sure it was second hand underware or something of the sort. When I released the cord on the bag i almost fell over.

It was a new full set of Bogu (That is the armor worn in Kendo) complete with bag.

The family had a good laugh as I was taken completely by the mailing label.

The bad news is that my Nikon camera died again. The first time was right after the warranty expired. I spent some good money fixing it. So and now it happens again just a few months after the last repair.

I thought Nikon was the top of the line stuff? My old Olympus is six years old and has never so much as hiccupped!

Does anyone know the email of a Nikon big-wig executive?

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/9968136/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/9968136/ Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:32:02 PDT
We moved in the day before I started work. I really prefer to move in a few days before starting a job. We spent a few nights sleeping on the floor.

Now we just finished unloading our goods.

Needless to say, things are a real mess. Maybe I will be able to assemble the waterbed tomorrow after work.

Sorry for the dearth of comments. It will be some time before things are normal again.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/9699997/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/9699997/ Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:32:30 PDT Listening to: We've gotta get out of this place (Eric Burden)

I have accepted a job in OKC. Not only will it pay the bills, but I may even be able to get into an Emergency Medicine program someday.

I have finally been delivered from this frozen wasteland of Wyoming.

The move will happen very soon.

Needless to say, I am ECSTATIC!

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/8832249/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/8832249/ Sun, 21 May 2006 06:28:07 PDT
The replacement machine is not only a great printer, but a scanner as well.

I am now having a blast digging up my old negatives to scan into digital.

There are some really interesting images I created over twenty years ago seeing the light of day again.

I suspect some will soon be seen here.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/8072468/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/8072468/ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:44:27 PST
I am now working in a setting which has none of those niceties. I find myself restricted to a formulary of mostly old meds.

I need to get permission for something as simple as an x-ray. Getting a patient to surgery almost takes an act of God to make happen.

Well, now comes the big challenge of making this all work for my patients with little more than my wits to work with.

Wish me luck!

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/6706304/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/6706304/ Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:53:46 PDT
This culminates a huge amount of effort.

My next goal is to get into a new residency in Emergency Medicine.

With some luck and prayers, I may be doing that next year. ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/5950423/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/5950423/ Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:18:00 PDT
I almost couldnt open the envelope. To quote Sir Robin "I was so scared I soiled my armor!" Well, not quite.

It turns out I passed.

Now I can can get my license and practice totally on my own.

I never have to take this test again. ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/5587729/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/5587729/ Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:43:37 PDT
I am in the midst of a crisis of epic proportions (at least to me) right now.

Any good thoughts or prayers to the proper resolution of this would be really appreciated.

M- ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/5239224/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/5239224/ Sun, 01 May 2005 14:47:59 PDT
I will now be starting the final preparation for the last of my license board exams. Once these are done I will not have any major tests for a long, long time.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/5146922/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/5146922/ Sun, 01 May 2005 14:44:25 PDT
I am at the halfway mark of a month long exile in Salt Lake City. I am doing a required rotation in pediatrics.

While this is a very nice place, I am really missing my family right now.

I also wish I had access to something better than dial up for my Powerbook.

A week from tommorrow and I will be back home at my old computer.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4730411/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4730411/ Fri, 04 Mar 2005 19:51:46 PST
Fujiko began developing a serious Siamese "Catitude" being the only cat.

I decided to make something positive after all the negative things that have happened.

I found an older cat that was incarcerated at on the local animal control's "Death Row." I then proceeded to bail him out. These cats are hard to adopt out so I figured I was doing a good thing by funding his parole.

He was over two years old. His prisoner number was 24988. He also had the name "Prince." He crawled out of his cage and walked right up my arm onto my shoulder. He seemed perfect, so now he has a home.

He can't seem to stay out of my lap. It is difficult to work at the computer but I feel he will slowly learn the rules. Well, at least I can hope for this.

Life takes a small turn for the better now.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4455272/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4455272/ Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:39:36 PST
I will be sad for a long time to come, but as with our lost kid, we have to continue the march. As long as I keep putting one foot in front of the other, things will work out.

Thanks for all the kind words.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4423237/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4423237/ Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:05:35 PST
I returned from a exhausting night of call. He was no where to be seen. He always curls up with my while I sleep the near dead post-call nap.

I slept this one alone.

Every night since then I would wake up and call him from the porch and hear only the frigid night.

I checked with animal comtrol figuring he might have got arrested. They asked about his multi-color blue collar. I rushed to the vet clinic and found that they had picked up what was left.

He had been run over by someone in a rush down a quiet residential street. Someone hurrying to go somewhere in a town so small that no one has to hurry anywhere.

When I first held him, he was too small to have been taken from his Siamese mother. I nursed him with kitten milk. He would climb up to my shoulder and squeak in my ear. When he was too big to stay on my shoulder he would hijack my lap. He would always be napping while I was doing something on the computer. Many of my deviations were created with him warming my lap.

He spent many a night in bed biting my feet. Later he would spend the nights sleeping next to me. When I was spending months away from home, trying to get into a program, he slept in my laundry.

When he was sick I nursed him back to health. I fixed his injuries and held him when he was scared. He followed me around like a puppy dog.

He was more than a pet. He was my friend.

Now he is gone. My lap will be cold.

Rest in peace most wondermous cat. I will cry for you for a long time to come.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4355568/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4355568/ Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:22:51 PST
I feel strangely pleased at finally doing this.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4263572/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4263572/ Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:30:59 PST
I have been real sick.

On top of the work schedule, I am now so tired that I am only able to leave sparse comments if any.

I hope to be back to my normal, self soon.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4129825/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/4129825/ Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:45:20 PST
I did a short set of drawing from some earlier research here: [link]

and here: [link]

DA is awash in a lot of "Fake blood spalttered everywhere" gore pictures that sometimes leave me wondering if the creator is in need of serious professional help.

I intend to show close-ups of some real life, "Face of death" photography.

Years ago we lost our first child to a brain tumor. As a result of this I began what was to be a multiple year project that involved research on brain tumors.

My project involved using electron microscopy to peer into the heart of brain tumors. My challenge was to find out just what ultrastructural changes occured when the cells were stained with a heavy metal anti-cancer drug called cis-platin.

I have sorted out some of the more interesting of the multitude of cells photgraphed.

The series will give a close up, rarely seen side of the process of life(and death) at the most basic level.

While the photgraphs are interesting in technique, the subject matter can be somewhat arcane. Please dont hesitate to send any questions about what you will see.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3988561/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3988561/ Sat, 04 Dec 2004 15:46:32 PST
This is the only surviving example of a 1914 type Dreadnought.

This ship served in both WW1 and WW2.

She is now part of the San Jacinto Memorial park in Houston Texas.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3811332/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3811332/ Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:05:30 PST
This changes the way I work in the delivery room. After way too much time spent observing (or doing more mundane chores), I can now actively participate in reviving struggling newborns.

While obsterics and peds arent my favorite thing in medicine, I feel this training will be quite useful.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3690136/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3690136/ Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:52:51 PDT
Not even one day of regret in all these years.

THE most wonderful lady in the world and I have been thru great times and bad ones. Yet all of life's challenges have only made us closer.

Here to my wife. Companion, mother, manager, model, photographer, artist, and fellow traveller thru life.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3527816/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3527816/ Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:28:37 PDT
I have noticed that now I am not having as much back and joint pain. It seems like the years of joint pain are vanishing. Less pain is always better.

I dont think this is a coincidence either.

I have to just force myself to keep going at this.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3334377/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3334377/ Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:33:59 PDT
I am doing this about twice a week now.

Next week I will work at least eighty hours.

I am so tired, I feel like I am about to come unstuck in time.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3183257/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3183257/ Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:52:51 PDT
Since starting medical school I have heard people tell me what they fear most about having surgery performed on them. The one common theme of the vast majority isn't what you might think.

I know that from the few times I have had surgery done to me, there were things that gnawed at me in the back of my mind.

My worst fear was having a bad reaction to anesthesia. There are numerous ways anesthesia can become a bad thing, and I think I know the majority of them.

Then there was my fear of a bad infection. I have seen simple cases end up in the ICU or the autopsy room due to this.

Then I worried about excessive bleeding or not fixing the problem.

A distant fourth place was that the surgeon would find some hidden, lethal cancer in me.

Now, I know that perhaps I know more about this than most lay persons. Unfortunately this fear appears to be seen equally in both my medical friends as well as in lay people.

The biggest thing I see people worry about is that the suregeon and team are going to see them NAKED!

I kid you not. I just ran into another case of this a couple days ago. And this was in a member of the surgical team no less!

The result of this is often that the patient arrives in the OR still wearing their underwear. This is frustrating since more times than I care to think about, I have found myself in sterile gloves, waiting to prep the patient, and found that I had to get someone else away from their task to remove what shouldn't have been there to begin with.

A bunch of surgeons I have worked with have gotten quite angry and did some unwanted shouting at me and the nursing staff because of the delay this caused.

Maybe I dont understand this because I grew up in the sixties and seventies. Or am I just lacking in an essential hang-up?

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3133405/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3133405/ Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:55:04 PDT
Had to work the last two and I have almost forgotten what it was like.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3071852/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3071852/ Sun, 08 Aug 2004 05:34:00 PDT
Some people, both DA and non-DA types think that cutting people is what is great about it. Actually what brings this satisfaction is that unlike other, more boring areas of medicine, you more often than not, see your patient get better rapidly.

The best part is when the effort you put in, both before and in the OR, allows you to send the patient home feeling much better than before.

Does this make things less muddy?

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3036243/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/3036243/ Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:48:05 PDT
Its surgerytime again. again!

The only drawback is that surgeon's hours suck big time.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2863808/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2863808/ Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:33:29 PDT
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]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2802088/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2802088/ Sun, 04 Jul 2004 12:44:32 PDT
This week has a call schedule from hell. I am really getting slammed now.

I hope I have the energy to respond to everyones deviations.

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2591426/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2591426/ Sat, 05 Jun 2004 18:02:22 PDT
My comments for deviations of other's will be somewhat sparse for this same reason. Please bear with me. I won't be ignoring anyone.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2536863/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2536863/ Sat, 29 May 2004 15:54:19 PDT
One long fun part of my life is over. I wish the next segment could be as exciting.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2505864/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2505864/ Tue, 25 May 2004 13:14:18 PDT
Now I need to step back and digest the very detailed user manual.

I am excited about the better quality creations that are sure to follow.

M-

]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2422095/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2422095/ Thu, 13 May 2004 15:58:15 PDT
I have just discovered piles of old photos. I dont have a film scanner or large prints of lots of these, but I can scan the small prints right now.

I am amazed at the long lost treasures that have surfaced. ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2380269/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2380269/ Fri, 07 May 2004 16:27:11 PDT
One phase of life is drawing to an end and a new one will start in a few weeks. ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2353584/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2353584/ Mon, 03 May 2004 18:33:14 PDT
This is totally amazing.

Now, If only I have such good luck finding a new one.

M- ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2289676/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2289676/ Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:02:30 PDT
I will try for some more submissions soon.

M- ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2148842/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2148842/ Sun, 04 Apr 2004 07:14:20 PDT
I will have minimal acess to DA. I might get to visit every couple days but my submissions will be very sparse for awhile.

I am also trying to get my house ready to sell and to plan my move.

Too much to do with so little time.

M- ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2028933/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/2028933/ Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:36:28 PST
Returning to the northwest seems more of a delusion with each passing day. ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/1947617/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/1947617/ Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:41:21 PST
Now its back to the clinic. I also have an evil shelf exam in internal(eternal) medicine (my least favorite subject) to study for.

Oh well It looks like my submissions will taper off for a short while. ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/1879489/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/1879489/ Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:32:20 PST
They might be long but I hope you enjoy them.

I will be adding them to the gallery from time to time.

M- ]]> *Mallardx http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/1808961/ http://Mallardx.deviantart.com/journal/1808961/ Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:51:16 PST
This tribute to the Kidd and to all the Fletcher class destoryers was a lot of work but I felt it needed to be done.

I welcome any and all comments.

M- ]]> *Mallardx