"Ad Astra per Disciplina et Scientia" means "To the stars through study/discipline and knowledge/science" (at least that's what I believe it means, not actually ever having studied Latin). It seemed appropriate given my return to college and my studies in computer science and engineering. This Facebook cover photo was cropped from a larger photo of the Sacramento River Marina, where these gulls were flying around searching for food. The sun flare was Photoshopped into the picture to better tie in with the quotation.

This composite digital image by Will Murray ("Willscrlt") was completed at 11:39 PM on Monday, 9 April 2012. The included photo (DSC00971) of flying gulls was taken by Will Murray ("Willscrlt") at 10:35 AM on 19 January 2009 at the Sacramento Marina on Marina View Dr.

This low-resolution version of the work is copyright ©2012 by Will Murray ("Willscrlt"). It is hereby released under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND-3.0) license. The work may be reused individually as-is (but may not be modified or used as part of a derivative work) subject to the terms of the license, most notably the requirements of no derivative usage and to provide proper attribution. At a minimum, attribution should include the name(s) of the creator(s) identified above, along with a printed or working hyperlink to www.WillMurray.name or directly to this page. Higher resolution versions of this image and usage not permitted under the terms of the listed license may be available under a commercial license by contacting me.

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The Rev. Dr. David Thompson, pastor of The Experience, delivers his sermon to the members of the congregation.

The photo was taken at 5:44 PM on Sunday, 24 January 2010 at The Episcopal Cathedral for the Diocese of Northern California, 2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, California 95816. It features Rev. Dr. David Thompson speaking from the pulpit.

Photo by Will Murray ("Willscrlt"), ©2012. This low-resolution image is hereby released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA-3.0) license and may be reused by itself or as part of a derivative work subject to the terms of the license, most notably including proper attribution and a link to this page or to www.WillMurray.name.

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Celebrate the New Year, but please celebrate responsibly! Pick a designated driver or take a taxi. Don't drink and drive.

I stopped by Costco this morning to pick up a pumpkin pie for tonight's dinner (probably the last one for the season *cry*). I thought that these wine bottles might make a nice photo. Ironically, I didn't buy any alcohol. We will be celebrating the new year with sparkling peach juice. Yummy!

The warehouse lights are not the best lighting, so I touched up the color a bit in Photoshop on my laptop--the first time I've used my laptop for color tweaking, so hopefully its calibration is pretty close to right. I also blanked out the prices and item numbers on this low-res image to make it a bit more reusable.