jay dryden dot net http://jaydryden.net/blog the words i thought i brought i left behind Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:30:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Anoles in the midst http://jaydryden.net/blog/2009/04/29/anoles-in-the-midst/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2009/04/29/anoles-in-the-midst/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:17:54 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/blog/?p=40 One of the things that I love about this time of year is the increasing activity of the Anoles in my back yard. Maybe it’s because of my fond memories of playing with now-threatened horned lizards as a kid.

This afternoon, one of them caught my eye. So, I grabbed my G10 to get a few snaps. Here are a few pictures that demonstrate their chameleonic behavior.

On this teak deck chair, he is a fairly dark brown.


I startled him, and he hopped onto the flagstone. His color is already beginning to change.

A quick hop to the wall covered in bougainvillea, and he is beginning to turn green to blend in with the leaves.

The color transition is complete.

Note: Kudos to Gus Mueller of Flying Meat for releasing the free Acorn plugin used to create the curved shadows in the embedded pictures.

]]> http://jaydryden.net/blog/2009/04/29/anoles-in-the-midst/feed/ 0 G. Love and Tristan Prettyman http://jaydryden.net/blog/2007/12/17/g-love-and-tristan-prettyman-2/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2007/12/17/g-love-and-tristan-prettyman-2/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:06:33 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/ipw-web/wordpress/?p=36

“Beautiful” written by Garrett Dutton and Tristan Prettyman, published by Chicken Platters Music (BMI), ET’s Wig Shop, Inc. (ASCAP)

Please check out:
the official G. Love website and
the official Tristan Prettyman website.

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ctrl-click/right-click the image to save the video to your hard drive).


Setlist

Vampyre
For Us
Undercover
Life on a chain
Just Another
June
Alive
Long Way Down
Pass Me By
Turn of the Century
Burrito
There is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)
Baby I’m Gone
The Golden Road
Closet
Bandstand in the Sky
When You See the Light
Black
For Nancy

Encore: (with Tim & Simon)
Strange Condition
Maybe I’m Right
The Man
Crystal Village

]]> http://jaydryden.net/blog/2007/04/02/pete-yorn-in-concert-october-27-at-the-meridian-in-houston/feed/ 0 Guster in concert with Tristan Prettyman, September 16, 2006 at Verizon Wireless Theatre in Houston http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/10/31/guster-in-concert-with-tristan-prettyman-september-16-2006-at-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/10/31/guster-in-concert-with-tristan-prettyman-september-16-2006-at-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:16:41 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/ipw-web/wordpress/?p=33 Click the image below to view an excerpt from the show (or
ctrl-click/right-click the image to save the video to your hard drive).

TP’s setlist
Evaporated
Always Feel This Way
Handshake Agreement (new song!)
Smoke
The Story
Gruest Check
Please
Love Love Love

Guster’s setlist
Barrel of a Gun
Captain
Backyard
Satellite
Red Oyster Cult
Happier
What You Wish For
Airport Song
Ruby Song
C’Mon
Great Escape
Come Downstairs and Say Hello
I Spy
Manifest Destiny
Amsterdam
Fa Fa
Encore 1
Empire State
New Underground
Demons
Encore 2
Jesus on the Radio

Check out the official Guster website.
Check out the official Tristan Prettyman website.

]]> http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/10/31/guster-in-concert-with-tristan-prettyman-september-16-2006-at-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/feed/ 0 Chris Isaak and Silvertone in concert September 7, 2006 at the Verizon WirelessTheatre in Houston http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/09/10/chris-isaak-and-silvertone-in-concert-september-7-2006-at-the-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/09/10/chris-isaak-and-silvertone-in-concert-september-7-2006-at-the-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:20:23 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/ipw-web/wordpress/?p=32 Click the image below to view an excerpt from the show (or
ctrl-click/right-click the image to save the video to your hard drive).

Check out the official Chris Isaak website.
Check out the official Chris Isaak myspace page.

]]> http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/09/10/chris-isaak-and-silvertone-in-concert-september-7-2006-at-the-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/feed/ 1 Tristan Prettyman in concert June 30, 2006 at Walter’s on Washington http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/07/02/tristan-prettyman-in-concert-june-30-2006-at-walters-on-washington/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/07/02/tristan-prettyman-in-concert-june-30-2006-at-walters-on-washington/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2006 01:57:08 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/ipw-web/wordpress/?p=31 With special guest, Michael Tolcher. Click the image below to view an excerpt from the show (or ctrl-click/right-click the image to save the video to your hard drive).

Check out the official Tristan Prettyman website.
Check out the official Michael Tolcher website.

]]> http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/07/02/tristan-prettyman-in-concert-june-30-2006-at-walters-on-washington/feed/ 0 Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/06/13/dont-you-know-who-i-think-i-was/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/06/13/dont-you-know-who-i-think-i-was/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:07:51 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/ipw-web/wordpress/?p=30 The best of the Replacements, released July 13, 2006.

]]> http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/06/13/dont-you-know-who-i-think-i-was/feed/ 0 James Blunt in concert May 6, 2006 at the Verizon Wireless Theatre in Houston http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/05/23/james-blunt-in-concert-may-6-2006-at-the-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/05/23/james-blunt-in-concert-may-6-2006-at-the-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/#comments Wed, 24 May 2006 05:59:10 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/ipw-web/wordpress/?p=27 With special guest, Toby Lightman. Click the image below to view an excerpt from the show.

Check out the official James Blunt website.
Check out the official Toby Lightman website.

]]> http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/05/23/james-blunt-in-concert-may-6-2006-at-the-verizon-wireless-theatre-in-houston/feed/ 0 Eisley in concert May 4, 2006 at the Meridian in Houston http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/05/23/eisley-in-concert-may-4-2006-at-the-meridian-in-houston/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/05/23/eisley-in-concert-may-4-2006-at-the-meridian-in-houston/#comments Wed, 24 May 2006 05:56:24 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/ipw-web/wordpress/?p=26 With special guest, Simon Dawes. Click the image below to view an excerpt from the show.

Check out the official Eisley website.
Check out the official Simon Dawes website.

]]> http://jaydryden.net/blog/2006/05/23/eisley-in-concert-may-4-2006-at-the-meridian-in-houston/feed/ 0 U2 in concert Oct. 18, 2005 at the Toyota Center in Houston http://jaydryden.net/blog/2005/12/26/u2-in-concert-at-the-toyota-center-in-houston-october-28-2005/ http://jaydryden.net/blog/2005/12/26/u2-in-concert-at-the-toyota-center-in-houston-october-28-2005/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2005 06:42:38 +0000 Jay http://jaydryden.net/ipw-web/wordpress/?p=23 With special guest, Damian “Junior Gong” Marley, mon! Click the image below to view an excerpt from the show.

Check out the official U2 website.

Feeling charitable or desiring to make a difference? Then, check out the website of the One Campaign, an effort by Americans to rally Americans – ONE by ONE – to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty.

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