Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Family and friends, Greetings everybody. It is still February, so my newsletter is just in time. I hope and pray all is well with you. This past month gave me the chance to travel, take some vacation, get sick, recover, and start a new semester of teaching. It was quite… Read More »Taiwan Times – February Issue
Jason Baier sent me this picture. It is one of the funniest pictures I’ve ever seen.
In my inbox at work today I found a couple new samples from the game that Eric and Suzie are inventing. Metal Bull Fire Tiger They aren’t exactly as cool as a rat, but I still think that they are pretty cool.
My grandma is going through the herculean task of downsizing her possessions. She recently gave a bunch of yarn to Teresa. When Teresa was going through the yarn she found our grandpa’s Iowa State football season ticket from 1979. I started attending Iowa State football games with my grandpa in… Read More »ISU Football
The deer that live in the woods behind the computer mine have become braver in the last few days. Today I actually got a few pretty decent shots of one that was looking for food about 75 feet from the back door of the mine. The good news about this… Read More »Computer Mine Woods
A few months ago Nader gave me a camera to test for his trip to London. I put in a roll of film and took some test shots. Then I put the camera away and forgot about it. I finally finished off the roll and got it developed. I thought… Read More »Test Camera
I hope to have pictures up from the formal Oscar party at some point in the future, but until then, the thing that made me the happiest about the Oscars was a win for Falling Slowly for Best Original Song. I can’t put into words how much I love the… Read More »Oscars
If you can stand the freezing cold, don’t forget to look up tonight. You’ll get a chance to see something you won’t get to see again until December of 2010.
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay I find myself suddenly surrounded by world travelers. Sara left for Panama on Thursday. Nader is heading to London in a few weeks. Willy is visiting Peru (most likely) in a couple of months. Me? I think Des Moines is the furthest I’ve… Read More »Moandays
I don’t know anything about the world of gaming, but Eric and Suzie are inventing a new board game. I have no doubt that they will do a bang up job in the creation of this game because it is something that they both hold a passion for and nothing… Read More »The Future of Gaming
Even people that hate Valentine’s Day love this video. VIDEO DELETED
It looks like “true conservatives” took time out from their busy schedule of ripping John McCain (Go Gang of 14!) to design some Valentine’s Day cards for the upcoming holiday. As a guy with a romantic spirit, I thought I would post their Obama Valentine’s cards. Interestingly enough, it seems… Read More »Love from the RNC
I’m part of the way through a commercial photography for an up and coming entrepreneur’s website. I can’t say much about the work yet, but below is a preview of the work that I am currently doing. More to come in the future.
There are few things in this world that anger me more than people who use religion as a scam. Over the last few years I have certainly come to the conclusion that Christianity is ready for a new reformation. Somehow along the way, the message of love and grace that… Read More »Using Religion as a Scam
This might have finally moved Russell over to being an Obama supporter. Welcome home Russell, you know this is where you’ve always wanted to be. VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Yes, it is possible to subscribe to this blog. Now I will never know that you did, but the purpose of subscriptions isn’t to massage my ego, but to allow you to stay current with the goings on in my world. If you look at the address bar on your… Read More »Subscribing to this Blog
Last Sunday, before the RAMBO viewing, Jay was very curious about the contents of my journal. He seemed to think that I had nudie drawings in there. The truth of the matter is that there are not nudie drawings, but there are things that are much worse. I came across… Read More »My Journal
I really wanted a glow in the dark brain for this blog, but that is not to be. So instead I will use an image from the Jay Janson Archive. So why is there a picture of brains in this blog? Today I wrote out a big fat check to… Read More »It is Official
On Thursday night an e-mail found its way into my inbox at work. The title of the e-mail was Selfish Request. It was from Jay. The e-mail read a little something like this: I have a request to make of you. Much like my commission of “Revelry” or “Monicaville Sunset”… Read More »Selfish Request
My friend Shawn is a badass graphic designer. He recently made a new wallpaper featuring Jack Trice. You should know who Jack Trice is and if you don’t, then I have failed you as a friend. He is the man in this statue. Jack Trice was the first African American… Read More »Jack Trice Wallpaper