Minneapolis. Just flew in from

April 30, 2002

Minneapolis. Just flew in from Houston and boy are my arms colder. Had a run on the river. Not actually on the river. I save those acts for when I want to impress my children. I was alone. The loaves and fishes trick goes over well at birthday parties.
I forgot to mention the car alarm bird in Dallas. I was running there and whilst shooting under a grove of trees I was blessed with the call of a bird I hadn't heard since the last time I was down in Texas. It sounds exactly like the the rising sine wave of a car alarm. Imagine how that species has been decimated by having its soul stolen & neutered by modern security measures. The male population killed in violent mating rituals with giant steel contraptions. Each bird learning to ignore the call of the others because they assume its just a false alarm or some vibration that has set off another of the shiny metal beasts below. People have stopped looking up and being impressed with their elaborate and exotic calls. Cats have even stopped hunting them and prefer to curl up on top of them and go to sleep for extra warmth during the cool nights. Poor car alarm birds.