http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ The story of a boy and his thousands of little friggin' snake buddies. en-us isaac@chellman.org Copyright 2008 2006-10-17T16:40:04-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/oregon_tale.html What better time to begin writing an entry into my now completely defunct (if not totally unobserved) blog than while sitting on hold with our good friends at the IRS? Ah, yes, how I love Uncle Sam, especially these days.... 641@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2006-10-17T16:40:04-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/stage_2_krap.html I'm writing this from probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Right now we're in Krabi, a small town in the southern part of Thailand about two hours from Phuket (a place you may have heard... 631@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2006-04-10T16:29:59-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/stage_1_success.html This morning, 7:20am, we left Guam to begin our travels within southeast Asia. Currently, I'm writing from the Northwest elite lounge (special thanks to Dwayne Minton) where they have free internet, comfy chairs, and free snacks, too. There isn't a... 630@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2006-04-03T13:52:38-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/oregon.html After beating off 5 inches of dust, tearing off cobwebs, and pull-starting my somewhat dilapidated laptop, I was finally able to resurrect this blog for some new photos! Really, there is no longer any hope for this once, long ago,... 628@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2006-03-19T13:27:40-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/la_fiesta.html This weekend marked the uhh..., sevente...thirt...fift...um, twenty-niner...ith Rota Fiesta! This is an island-wide festival that occurs every year on the small island of Rota, which is about 40 miles north of Guam. It's mainly a Catholic holiday in recognition of... 608@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2005-10-11T11:21:08-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/another_dimension.html That's where I've been stuck... at least that's what it must seem like given my complete neglect of this blog. Such is the nature of being extremely busy. I'll keep this very brief for now, but I'm going to post... 602@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2005-09-15T21:31:31-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/back_from_mordor.html That is, if the round trip for Frodo and the gang had been a mere 71.5 miles! The adventure race was a great success and I feel our team did extremely well, especially for the overall lack of experience. Our... 590@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2005-05-18T08:54:04-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/the_eleventh_hour.html What's this? I have a blog? NO! Well, perhaps I should update. Tomorrow morning, early, I'll be joining up with three others, my team, for the first adventure race in which I've ever participated. There will be many other teams... 587@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2005-05-13T14:12:34-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/monkey_do.html I've received some gentle reminders (and by that I mean loud verbal abuse over the phone from certain family members) to post to this site once in a while. Well, I've got some time before I go out hunting for... 576@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2005-02-08T17:34:43-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/happy_new_year.html I say it loud and proud from where America's year begins :) We may not be the very first to ring in the New Year, but we're close. Have a wonderful New Year's, have some champagne for me, and don't... 570@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2005-01-01T01:47:41-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/fotigrafs.html Anoles, like many other animals on Guam, are an introduced species. This is a green anole (Anolis carolinensis), which is native to the southeastern U.S. Green anoles are often confused with chameleons because they can change color and their... 569@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2004-12-31T11:31:38-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/a_long_time_coming_with_little_cohesiveness.html There has been such a huge lapse since my last major entry that to try recounting everything would be realistically impossible. I’m sorry for not keeping up with this more consistently, especially for those of you eager to know more... 568@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2004-12-26T00:56:09-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/the_cord_of_damocles.html Yes, it has been far too long since I've written here. This is something I realized a little while ago, so I chose to remedy the situation by beginning a lengthy (although still relatively cursory given the large gap betwixt... 566@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2004-11-14T15:23:16-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/beefcake.html After taking in an enormous quantity of Weightgain 4000 (i.e., the grams of saturated fat per serving) the night before, I participated in the first race of the rainy season biking series this past Sunday. I feel out of bed... 549@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2004-09-20T20:15:57-05:00 http://www.chellman.org/isaac/past/and_now_the_moment_some_of_you_may_have_been_waiting_for.html Below is a select, but still pretty substantial, collection of photos from my adventures here over the past couple months. Most of these photos are from either the practice deployment we took to Saipan in July or the Rapid Response... 545@http://www.chellman.org/isaac/ 2004-09-10T00:08:01-05:00