Five-Lined Skink
![five-lined skink](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3573_1_1295_1.jpg)
![five-lined skink](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3574_1_1295_2.jpg)
![five-lined skink](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3580_1_1295_8.jpg)
Photos of the Five-Lined Skink, a blue-tailed lizard in Missouri, United States.
Arizona Plants
![cactus](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3468_1_1263_2.jpg)
![dead plant](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3467_1_1263_1.jpg)
![plant](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3469_1_1263_3.jpg)
![plant](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3474_1_1263_8.jpg)
![prickly pear cactus](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3473_1_1263_7.jpg)
Photos of some of the plants I photographed in Arizona.
Mantidfly Photos
![mantidfly photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3119_1_1134_2.jpg)
![mantidfly photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3124_1_1134_7.jpg)
Photos of a mantidfly, a predatory insect related to lacewings. The insect is easily confused with the praying mantis. It is a mantis mimmick.
Periodical Cicadas
![Freshly molted cicada](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1807_1_Shawn_cicada_darby_5_25_04_8956.jpg)
![molting cicada](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1808_1_Shawn_cicada_darby_5_25_04_8965.jpg)
![periodical locusts](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1799_1_Shawn_cicada_darby_5_22_04_8752.jpg)
Photos of the periodical cicada also known as the seventeen year locust. Taken in May of 2004.
Cringe Last Show II
![mat marcum - cringe](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1396_1_Shawn_mat_12_19_03_0087.jpg)
![tom cline - cringe](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1397_1_Shawn_tommy_12_19_03_4690.jpg)
![mat marcum - cringe](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1388_1_Shawn_mat_12_19_03_0119.jpg)
![jae - cringe](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1390_1_Shawn_jae_12_19_03_0083.jpg)
![becky - cringe](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1391_1_Shawn_becky_12_19_03_0048.jpg)
Cringe went on stage for the last time on December 19, 2003 at the Alrosa Villa.
Donna Olson died at 55
Donna Olson, my mother, died on August 4, 2003.
too far behind
Poem on staying focused on goals, keeping high standards and avoiding drift.
Pinochle Score Card
A generic form for keeping Pinochle scores. PDF link for download.
Choosing the Right Pesticide
![Cartoon of Rat using Disease as a Pesticide.](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4360_pesticides.jpg)
Cartoon about pesticides and plagues.
The Dreaded -1.#IND
A solution for DOT products of two normals that result in -1.#IND when passed to acos().