{"id":253,"date":"2000-10-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-10-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2024-12-01T20:20:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T04:20:17","slug":"treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2000\/10\/03\/treats\/","title":{"rendered":"Treats!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I worked my ass off this summer<\/strong> to try and stabilize the cash flow situation and earn enough to finally get a new computer and a treat or two. Now that some of the checks have started rolling in, I\u2019m discovering just how much stress I let myself feel when I was slightly less dirt poor. A little cushioning can go a long way, it seems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I\u2019ve also been having fun playing with the first of the new treats \u2014 my swank new <a title=\"Olympus D460Z\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olympusamerica.com\/product.asp?c=63&amp;p=16&amp;s=12&amp;product=524\">digital camera<\/a>. I\u2019m still getting to know the camera and what it can do, but in the meantime click them thumbnail thingies to peek at some samples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><a name=\"Me on the Couch\" href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/couch_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/couch_1t.jpg\" alt=\"Me on the Couch\"><\/a><a name=\"Me on the Couch\" href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/couch_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/couch_2t.jpg\" alt=\"Me on the Couch\"><\/a><a name=\"Me on the Couch\" href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/couch_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/couch_3t.jpg\" alt=\"Me on the Couch\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/couch_4.jpg\" name=\"Me on the Couch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/couch_4t.jpg\" alt=\"Me on the Couch\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\"><\/a><\/figure><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/holly_2.jpg\" name=\"Holly in Motion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/holly_2t.jpg\" alt=\"Holly in Motion\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\"><\/a><\/figure><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/jason_1.jpg\" name=\"Jason and His Jaw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/jason_1t.jpg\" alt=\"Jason and His Jaw\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\"><\/a><\/figure><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/joe_jason.jpg\" name=\"Joe and Jason\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/joe_jasont.jpg\" alt=\"Joe and Jason\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\"><\/a><\/figure><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/mike_5.jpg\" name=\"Mike in Motion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/mike_5t.jpg\" alt=\"Mike in Motion\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\"><\/a><\/figure><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/mike_6.jpg\" name=\"Mike from Above\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/cam\/mike_6t.jpg\" alt=\"Mike from Above\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\"><\/a><\/figure><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worked my ass off this summer to try and stabilize the cash flow situation and earn enough to finally get a new computer and a treat or two. Now that some of the checks have started rolling in, I\u2019m discovering just how much stress I let myself feel when I was slightly less dirt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2000\/10\/03\/treats\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Treats!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ultraphotographic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77442,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/77442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}