I look at the second picture from the top… I see him with his binoculars staring out on the lake for whatever flying object he can possibly see… and I keep thinking to myself that maybe this is all a big joke he’s setting us up for. Like one day he’s gonna spring the joke and just laugh at all of us for believing he’d actually be that interested in something like staring at birds. It’s not against J’s nature to set up a massive plot to be acted out over a course of months. I think the joke is on us, guys…
We may never find out, but just note that I predicted this if it all blows up in our face.
No way, Tom. This morning I got in the car to drive us to get some coffee, and then on to work. I couldn’t find the boy, so I called his name. He came sprinting - sprinting - from the back yard, binoculars in hand and cried, “I saw a bird I’ve never seen before!!!” This was not manufactured passion. It was real-live love of birds. And it’s getting worse.
I wish I understood this whole birding thing. For example, there’s little proof that he saw this bird he’s never seen before. Anyone can claim to have seen something that nobody else has seen before. Maybe we should equip him with a nice camera and a powerful telephoto lens…so he can not only claim to see birds that nobody has ever seen before, but he can also present a nice photo of said bird. Two hobbies meshed together, birding + photography. I like that idea.
To be honest, I’d probably be sad if he quit the birding thing now…it just provides me too much entertainment. I’m not giving up on this massive joke theory though. He may still have the last laugh.
January 20th, 2006 at 8:57 am
I look at the second picture from the top… I see him with his binoculars staring out on the lake for whatever flying object he can possibly see… and I keep thinking to myself that maybe this is all a big joke he’s setting us up for. Like one day he’s gonna spring the joke and just laugh at all of us for believing he’d actually be that interested in something like staring at birds. It’s not against J’s nature to set up a massive plot to be acted out over a course of months. I think the joke is on us, guys…
We may never find out, but just note that I predicted this if it all blows up in our face.
January 20th, 2006 at 9:18 am
No way, Tom. This morning I got in the car to drive us to get some coffee, and then on to work. I couldn’t find the boy, so I called his name. He came sprinting - sprinting - from the back yard, binoculars in hand and cried, “I saw a bird I’ve never seen before!!!” This was not manufactured passion. It was real-live love of birds. And it’s getting worse.
January 20th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
I wish I understood this whole birding thing. For example, there’s little proof that he saw this bird he’s never seen before. Anyone can claim to have seen something that nobody else has seen before. Maybe we should equip him with a nice camera and a powerful telephoto lens…so he can not only claim to see birds that nobody has ever seen before, but he can also present a nice photo of said bird. Two hobbies meshed together, birding + photography. I like that idea.
To be honest, I’d probably be sad if he quit the birding thing now…it just provides me too much entertainment. I’m not giving up on this massive joke theory though. He may still have the last laugh.