Passing Perception

Welcome to Passing Perception, a photo blog by me, Steven Morrisroe.
I am 36 and live in Forest Grove, Oregon in the United States.
Here I share my photos, thoughts, and interests with my family, friends, self, and the world.
Your presence here is sincerely appreciated. Please say hello/comment here or send an e-mail.

Hello and best wishes to everyone I have ever known who treated me with respect and kindness. I miss so many people I used to know, I cannot even begin to say. The world is a big place and people lead busy lives. Friends are lost and distances grow, but I remember all of you. Welcome also to all the people I do not know or have not yet met. Thank you for being here.

My photo posts are still here, I swear. They are at the bottom of the page. Most recent post is,
"Hiking Starvation Ridge Trail, Warren Lake, Mt. Defiance Trail, Columbia River Gorge". 170 photos

My new mini-blog to replace twitter as my every day place to share.

NEW PAGE! HD Time Lapse Videos Only one test video is there so far, but more are on the way.

Audio- Part one: Gerorge Carlin on Religion.[explicit] "A businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman."
Audio- Part two: George Carlin on God.[explicit] "When it comes to believin' in god, I really tried."

These are the meetup groups I am a member of.

Hillsboro Runners Group
Marathon By... Anytime: the anti-runner's guide to 26.2
Portland Outdoor Adventurers Club
Portland Hiking Meetup Group
Atheists Etcetera PDX
Hillsboro Activity and Happy Hour Club
CFI Beaverton Atheists Meetup
Expeditionary Life

"Plan works in 48 developing countries and is one of the world's largest development organizations. Child sponsorship is the foundation of our organization. We have about one million sponsors in 17 donor countries helping over one million children all over the world, together with their families and communities."
I sponsor four children through Plan USA and will sponsor more as soon as I make more money. It is inexpensive and helps enormously. PLAN USA is not one of those creepy self-serving Christian organizations, like Feed the Children, that forces dogma on people in exchange for food, medicine, and education. Do NOT support those who put their dark fairy tales ahead of the welfare of those in need. Support Plan USA.

Hey, jackass! Get your government off my freedom!
Say NO! to oppression

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and YES! to freedom.

Green Lies and Ham
I do not like this Uncle Sam, I do not like his health care scam.
I do not like these dirty crooks, or how they lie and cook the books.
I do not like when Congress steals, I do not like their secret deals.
I do not like this speaker Nan, I do not like this 'YES, WE CAN'.
I do not like this spending spree, I'm smart, I know that nothing's free.
I do not like their smug replies, when I complain about their lies.
I do not like this kind of hope. I do not like it. Nope, nope, nope!
Go green... recycle Congress in 2010!

"The Contract from America serves as a clarion call for those who recognize the importance of free market principles, limited government, and individual liberty. It is the natural extension of a movement that began in the local communities and quickly spread across America in response to unprecedented government expansion, reckless spending, and a blatant disregard by our leaders of the nation’s founding principles.

"An Open Letter to the US House of Representatives The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury have put the American taxpayer on the hook for over $12 trillion in bailouts and loans.
It's time to hold the Federal Reserve accountable to Congress and the American People."

"The impetus for the Tea Party movement is excessive government spending and taxation. Our mission is to attract, educate, organize, and mobilize our fellow citizens to secure public policy consistent with our three core values of Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and Free Markets."

Ronald Reagan- "This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite, in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves."
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"You and I are told increasingly, 'We have to choose between a left or right.' Well, I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There's only an up or down: Man's age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism."

Recent Comments:

Carolyn commented September 3, 2010 6:22 PM on Miscellaneous Comments
"Just got home and the TV and DVD player were waiting for me. Wow!!! I’ve never owned anywhere near such a classy TV! Now I just need to find a way to carry the old, tube, faded-screen, permanent-closed-captioning TV down to the street (which is where it came from in the first place anyway). THANKS!"

Steven commented September 2, 2010 3:19 PM on Miscellaneous Comments
"No problem. I needed to know. I will finish redoing my tumblr blog when I pay for my internet service to be turned back on and get home today."

Carolyn commented September 2, 2010 7:10 AM on Miscellaneous Comments
"Yeah, well, that’s one of the annoying things about working in corporate-land: You don’t get to decide what browser you use (and you are forbidden from downloading applications so you’re pretty much stuck with that they give you on your machine)."

Steven commented September 1, 2010 5:35 PM on Miscellaneous Comments
"That is because INTERNET EXPLORER SUCKS as always. They at Microsoft piss me off. Thanks for letting me know. Who the HELL is still using IE?"

Carolyn commented September 1, 2010 8:44 AM on Miscellaneous Comments
"Hi! I just wanted to let you know that I would be commenting more on your Daily mini-blog, but in Internet Explorer 8, which I use at work, the background shows up white, so the words don’t show. Yeah, there’s a lot of funky things about this browser. Don’t kill yourself trying to fix it, just thought I’d let you know."

Steven commented August 19, 2010 4:07 PM on Hiking Starvation Ridge Trail, Warren Lake, Mt. Defiance Trail, Columbia River Gorge
"Thank you, Carolyn."

Carolyn commented August 19, 2010 1:57 PM on Hiking Starvation Ridge Trail, Warren Lake, Mt. Defiance Trail, Columbia River Gorge
"Phenomenal pictures, Steven! What a gorgeous day!!"

srr1567 commented August 14, 2010 11:03 AM on Miscellaneous Comments
"Nice job on today’s run. You sure beat an awful lot of people."

Steven commented August 13, 2010 6:18 PM on Hiking Starvation Ridge Trail, Warren Lake, Mt. Defiance Trail, Columbia River Gorge
"Yes, been lots of volcanoes. The pompom grasses are called bear grass. I just learned that recently. http://www.nationalgeographic. com/lewisandclark/record_speci es_361_18_3.html “Native Americans used the leaves to weave garments and baskets and ate the roasted rootstock.Other common names for this plant are squaw grass, elk grass, turkeybeard, bear lily, and pine lily.”"

srr1567 commented August 13, 2010 6:01 PM on Hiking Starvation Ridge Trail, Warren Lake, Mt. Defiance Trail, Columbia River Gorge
"All those big and small cones sure tell you why the land looks like it does. I am curious about those white pompom grasses. I wonder what they are. That giant nest has to be hawks. Eagles? Such beautiful places you get to see."

Jul 05

Controlled burn of house in Forest Grove at night.

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I love watching fire, especially at night. One evening a neighbor of mine sent me a text saying the Forest Grove Fire Department was burning a house a few blocks from me, over near where my business used to be on C Street. I was at home doing nothing useful and grabbed my camera and ran out the door to go watch it and take photos.

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There are 107 photos.

Jul 01

Miscellaneous Photos – May, 2010

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Billboard, car dealer, $70 laptop, time lapse cam, dramatic sunsets, electronics, Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, candy, English as second language, green duct tape, aquarium work, fields of clover, Bosemani Rainbowfish, truck bike rack, home flood lights, new hat/ruined hat, Fernhill Wetlands, much green spray paint, home removal of rocks, re-potting, Arizona, people who hate white people, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR, return to swimming, still no meat/cheese, more home work, Verboort cemetery, big green light, return to guitar, micro fluorescent fixtures, coins, coin cases, candlesticks, Dell netbook, music gear, Cornelius car wreck(s), and more.

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There are 362 photos.

Jun 05

24 mile walk along Marine Drive, Columbia Boulevard, and elsewhere in Portland, Oregon

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Several Sundays ago, on a day that gave the false impression spring was starting, I got outside to enjoy it. I walked as far as the daylight would allow, and then some, finding sights to share with all of you.

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There are 420 photos. As always, I share the whole deal, not just a peek.

May 11

Miscellaneous Photos – April, 2010

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Here for your browsing pleasure I have foreign bank notes, collectibles, bass guitars, gigantic little tree, Medusa, Murano glass, lawn equipment+electronics, homes old and new, a church for sale, dead businesses, Intel, Hillsboro Airport, pretty office buildings, theater lights, printer upgrade, Jack and the Nightmare crew, my census responses, my friend’s back patio and plants, somebody’s cat (not the one on my porch), car accident, bikers and troop welcome back, evening shots around Forest Grove, green grass and blue skies, a dead possum, colorful loving giraffes, neighbors building painted, things on craigslist, REI steal of a deal, and more. It does not get much more “Miscellaneous” than that.

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There are 365 photos.

Apr 17

Miscellaneous Photos, March 2010

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As usual here is a mishmash of a bunch of stuff on my camera from last month including, silver scrap, fish decorating, Walmart progress, shredding Chase, new business cards, spring blooming, jewelry work, things for sale, cooking, me, oak furniture, dead and new computers, mineral specimens, e-bay sales, e-bay purchases, dark brooding photos, and more.

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There are 208 photos. I always have much to share.

Apr 03

Tillamook Forest Center (and other stops along Wilson River) + more

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One day not long ago, I reached my breaking point with the stress of business and other things in life. I just had to get away, so I did. I took one afternoon and went for a drive. I was heading to Tillamook where our other store is. I hadn’t been there in probably a year again. Along the way on Hwy. 6 I stopped at a few places to look at and photograph beautiful things.

I ended up at the Tillamook Forest Center, a little museum type place right on the river that is pretty new. Their slogan is, “Find yourself in the forest.”, and that is what I was doing. I was so stressed out from everything I nowhere near mental health. Nothing heals me more than photography in a nice quiet place. I found just the place that day and would like share it with you.

Come with me as I revisit that serene afternoon. Sit back, flip through, and get away for a while. For those too far away to visit, this post is a virtual tour of the Forest Center and a glimpse of one of the Wilson River. As usual I was very thorough. There are 309 photos in the post.

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Mar 22

Lovely pre-spring walk, up and around Hawthorne St. in east Portland (plus a little extra)

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A few weeks ago on a beautiful Sunday I drove to Portland and took a cruise around to check out Portland starting to wake up from winter. I drove over the river, parked, and went for a nice long walk up and down Hawthorne St. It was so wonderful to be outside in the sun and not at work, I took pictures of everything. I hope you enjoy these. I love sharing. Please feel welcome to leave compliments.

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There are 263 photos. You can never say my posts lack content.