later that evening we went to kerry park in queen anne to catch the sunset.  kerry park is where many of the seattle skyline photos are taken.  i’ve got a few that were okay, but without the use of a tripod and some post processing it won’t get close to the postcard-style photos you see.  after that, we trekked to the opposite side of the city to alki beach to take photos of seattle downtown (the shots of seattle not taken from kerry park, were probably taken from the alki beach area).  again, lack of tripod (i did use barry’s tripod for a few shots) and some intensive post processing would be required to make something amazing from my shots.  i love the blue that came out of most of my alki shots…i was handholding the camera and running in shutter priority mode 1/2.5 - 1/4.0

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here’s the first set of day one photos: pike place, elliot bay, sculpture park, aquarium, ballard locks, discovery park (note that some of the macro flower shots were taken by the great white barry.  he was borrowing my camera to play with the 70-300 sigma dg lens with macro option)

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full keyboard, syncing with outlook, email, instant messaging capabilities, and small form factor

in the past couple weeks i’ve had issues with the two chargers, 1 motorola branded and a third party branded, that i brought with me to la. neither one will consistently hold a charge with the phone.

i took the phone to the sprint store after work today and they had the same problems. the lady tried using a different battery, and nothing worked. she suggested that i bring my phone to one of the authorized repair stores to see if they can fix it. the funniest part about all this, sprintpcs recently took down the moto q from their lineup of phones because they’re getting old and the company doesn’t want to support them.

i have a feeling i’ll be getting a new phone in the next couple weeks. why is it my phone always manages to crap out every 15-18 months?

mr. kramer was handed an opportunity to turn a quick profit on some unused inventory with nearly zero overhead and holding costs involved.  after researching the internet, lexis nexis, and other resources i discovered that posting mr. kramer’s items on craigslist.org would cut our costs significantly.  just hours after i convinced mr. kramer to use craigslist, we had a buyer all lined up. 

below is an excerpt of just some of the things we do here at kramerica industries.

Craigslist Listing Details:

Dodgers-My Remaining 6 Games for $400 Total (4 tix)! - $1
(West Hollywood/Burbank)

Reply to: XYXY@kramerica.cosmo
Date: 2008-06-16, 9:00AM PDT

I have four (4) Los Angeles Dodgers season tickets for the 2008 season in loge box Section 163, Row F on the aisle (approximate view below).

I’m offering all the games listed below (6 total games) for $400 total, giving you 4 tickets to each game. Here are the games included in this package (excluded to save space)

Mr. Ed (the Buyer):

From: prospective buyer
Date: Jun 13, 2008 10:47 AM
Subject: Dodgers-My Remaining 6 Games for $400 Total (4 tix)! - $1
(West Hollywood/Burbank)

** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY — AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

Want to trade for a horse?

Mr. Kramer:

Thanks for the offer, but I’m not exactly an equestrian.

Mr. Ed:

Ok, how about for a pair of diamond earrings?

Mr. Kramer:

These are all random trade offers.  I share these tickets with a
friend, so I’d either need something I could split up or get
this….money

I assume you’re effing with me at this point, btw.

Mr. Ed:

Actually NOT “F” ing with you

I have a pair of diamond earrings I traded for one horse a couple weeks ago

AND have 2 registered thoroughbreds in my back yard right now, I am a
show horse trainer

So, not really random offers, just things I happen to have in my possession

Mr. Kramer:

Sorry, but I can’t do either.  Do you have a website for your horse
training?  Do you just barter things all the time for horses, etc?

Mr. Ed:

No problem!  I just traded the earrings for a dryer (mine died
yesterday).. LOL… I just love Craigslist!

Go to {website undisclosed for privacy reasons}

That is me!

With this economy, I have had very good luck bartering for all kinds
of things  :-)

Mr. Kramer:

Mr. Ed, is there a picture of you on the site?  You are a unique soul and I just have to put a face behind it!

I applaud your resourcefulness.

Mr. Ed:

Lemme see if I can find one for you… most of my pics are on a horse!

Here ya go.. this is from National Park Trust, I run the “{program name undisclosed for privacy reasons}” program

THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENTS!!!!