Raven Jake Dawes

Another "Where's George" Buck

Got Another "Where's George" buck, in this case a $1 greenback, Serial# K6235---6F Series: 2003A  According to the tracker: This bill has travelled 265 Miles in 3 Yrs, 38 Days, 9 Hrs at an average of 0.23 Miles per day.  It is now 221 Miles from its starting location."

Started out in Vegas on August 16, 2009 with the note:  Thank You for entering this GAMBLIN GEORGE. I won this bill shootin craps in "FABULOUS" Las Vegas NV. at the CASINO ROYALE. Now I'm going to spend it in the Los Angeles Ca. area. I wonder what city it will turn up in next ?

Well, next time it was spotted was  on Aug. 1, 2012 in Woodland Hills, CA  2 Yrs, 352 Days, 8 Hrs, 28 Mins 242 0.22     User's Note "Condition is a 7 out of 10. Not sure where I got it."

Then it came to me at a CVS down the street. Sept. 21, 2012  La Canada Flintridge, CA  51 Days, 32 Mins 23 0.45    and I promptly blew it at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant. Keep on rollin,' Gamblin' George!

"Just Deserts" Wedding Video

 

"Just Deserts" is a silent movie created by Jim and Lynn Hawkes of Circle Take Media in Palm Desert for our wedding. We wanted to do something a little different and a little more "us." Evil Lord Snakbar has usurped the kingdom of Princess Jane, who has fallen in love with Sir Jeryd. Snakbar doesn't deal well with rejection, but Jane and Jeryd are pretty resourceful -- and then there's the matter of the magic mead. Music by Martin St. Pierre.

Where's George Revisited

A few months back, I put in a plug for "Where's George?"  a handy website that tracks currency through the local economy.  Today, one of the bills checked in - and it was the original bill Jane got in change for a breakfast burrito at school. It originally came from Cedar City, Utah, logged in as a crisp new bill at 9:27 p.m. on May 17, 2009.

It came to Jane on May 30, 2012 - 3 Yrs, 13 Days, 19 Hrs, 7 Mins and 374 miles later. Well, now it's surfaced again, this time in  Sonoma, CA  94 Days, 19 Hrs, 27 Mins and 369 miles later, in change at a gas station, bringing this particular bill's stats to  743 Miles in 3 Yrs, 108 Days, 14 Hrs, 34 Mins at an average of 0.62 Miles per day.   It is now 512 Miles from its starting location. Keep goin' "One Dollar Bill, Serial# L2233---6M Series: 2006"   you're doin' great. And if any of you want to see where your money's going, check out  http://www.wheresgeorge.com/

For more about money circulation, travel and infectious disease, check out this video

Third Hummie Rescue

This feisty little guy was my third rescue of the season, and I hope the last. Soon as the webs cleared his toes, he was flying high. Apparently, this has been a boom year for hummingbirds - my client says there have never been as many flying into the studio, although it has happened before. Maybe they're just crazy from the heat...