For starters to address the internet rumors about me throwing away a camera at the dumpster fire known as Cultural Appropriation Stadium. Sorry. I meant Arrowhead Stadium. Which comes with not at all a problematic and racist subculture.

At this point, it is just better for you to imagine what happened in your head and allow the legend to grow because whatever the legend is, it is infinitely more interesting than the real story.

It is sufficient to say that the security staff at Cultural Appropriation Stadium are the rare combination of douchey and incompetency that is almost impressive. Truly awe-inspiring in both how douchey and completely incompetent they are. I’ve met people that are more douchey. I’ve met people that have lower levels of competency. I don’t know I’ve met anybody where these attributes were so intertwined. And I can say that this was the first time in my life that a security guard got in my face and asked me if I had “been drinking”. Nope security guard moron. Not a drop since 2006.

But I try to remain positive. And I can say this about Cultural Appropriation Stadium. It would make a nice stadium for a Division II college.

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Today is Veterans Day. So I need to wish all veterans a happy Veterans Day.

Happy Veterans Day!

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Thanks to everybody that made suggestions for next year’s themes. The window to make suggestions is now close. There are the suggestion that were given:

ANDY SHARP
+ WHAT YOU’D SNEAK INTO A MOVIE THEATER
+ BLACK AND WHITE OLD SCHOOL
+ TWO TONE
+ DREAM
+ PIZZA
+ WEIRDEST CONDIMENT IN YOUR FRIDGE

JOE DUFF
+ THREE
+ SPOOKY
+ DRIPPING
+ DAMAGED

LOWELL DAVIS
+ SPIRIT
+ ANXIOUS
+ SOMETHING STUPID
+ PEACE
+ RAGE

CARLA STENSLAND
+ SHOOT THROUGH
+ RELAXATION
+ VETERAN
+ ROCK OR STONE
+ BATHTUB
+ FOUND IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM
+ BEHIND THE DOOR
+ LOVE
+ MEANINGFUL
+ SUNSHINE

ANGE DEWAARD
+ SILHOUETTE
+ EMOTION RELAYED WIHOUT FACE
+ FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
+ PHOTOGRAPHY FOR A COMMERCIAL/AD

I am taking them all under advisement and will come up with the list of next year’s 52 theme by the end of the month.

Thanks to everyone that made suggestions!

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MACRO! What a great theme! Did enough people get up close with it to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 4, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA)
2-Monica Jennings – 1 week (IA)
*3-Amy Peterson – 1 week (IA)
4-Kyle Sharp – 2 weeks (IA, MO)
5-Johnathan Stensland – 2 weeks (IA)
6-Jesse Howard – 5 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
*7-Suzie Brannen – 6 weeks (IA, MD)
8-Sabas Hernandez – 8 weeks (IA, OH)
*9-Deb Powers – 10 weeks (MT, IA)
10-Sara Lockner – 14 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
11-Willy McAlpine – 17 weeks (IA)
*12-Deanna McClain – 21 weeks (IA, MN)
13-Mike Vest – 24 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
14-Lowell Davis – 44 weeks (IA, MO)
15-Brandon Kahler – 45 weeks (IA, MN)
16-Scott Degeneffe – 63 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
*17-Sheri Fakhouri – 73 weeks (IA, NE, GA)
18-Logan Kahler – 74 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
19-Nathanial Brown – 75 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI, NY)
20-Tamara Peterson – 86 weeks (IA, MN)
*21-Mindi Terrell – 90 weeks (IA)
*22-Linda Bennett – 119 weeks (KS, IA, MI, NY)
23-Sarah Toot – 120 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
*24-Angie DeWaard – 123 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL)
25-Dawn Krause – 128 weeks (IA, IL)
26-Kim Barker – 134 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*27-Joe Duff – 135 weeks (TX, NY)
*28-Teresa Kahler – 146 weeks (IA, NE)
*29-Carla Stensland – 146 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
30-Micky Augustin – 148 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
31-Andy Sharp – 149 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS)
32-Bill Wentworth – 150 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
*33-Cathie Morton – 153 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 155 weeks (IA, OH)
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 157 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
*36-Kio Dettman – 159 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 150 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 124 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 151 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 46 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 147 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 154 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 129 weeks

Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 22 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 11 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 156 weeks

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Washington D.C.) – 2 weeks

Jesse Howard (Q39 – Kansas City, Missouri) – 6 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 136 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas)

Kim Barker (Ankeny, Iowa) – 135 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 160 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Iowa) – 120 weeks

Linda Bennett (Iowa)

Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 75 weeks

Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 45 weeks

Lowell Davis (Overland Park, Kansas)

Mary Green (Iowa) – 1 week

Mary Green (Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 149 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 25 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 91 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 76 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 9 weeks

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 121 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 64 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Honey Hollow – Warren County, Iowa) – 158 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 74 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 7 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa)

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 87 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 147 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 18 weeks

34 participants this week. An extremely unpopular week. Makes me really want to add MACRO to next year’s calendar.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (37)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraksa (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (2)
+ Washington D.C. (1)

Thanks to Jen’s trip to D.C. we were able to add that to the 2024 The Weekly Photo Challenge Map.

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (14)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1612)
+ Kansas (61)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (21.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (53)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (5)
+ New York (21)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (39)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (68)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Washington D.C. (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (4)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 1 District! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY) – 14
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA, DC) – 12
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS) – 11
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI, NY) – 4
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO, KS) – 3
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2
+ Kyle Sharp (IA, MO) – 2

Nathanial now has a commanding lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

The big milestone this week was Elizabeth joining The 3 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! But 2 weeks ago I forgot to mention that Shannon had joined The 3 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo!

But it isn’t all good news. There was a literal bloodbath of streaks this week. Amy couldn’t build on her submission from last week. Her streak is over before it began. Kyle and Johnathan’s streaks are over at 2. And worst of all scarecrow, Sara’s streak is over at 14!

But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:

GAMES

GAMES! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I look forward to your GAMES interpretation.

That’s all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will play around your idea of GAMES in this playful place next Monday!