The 2nd 7 days of the 365 Day Photo Challenge: Day 8 – Writing Day 9 – 8 o’clock Day 10 – Fruit Day 11 – Faceless Portrait Day 12 – Ring Day 13 – Purple Day 14 – Spoon A special thanks to Willy for the assist on the… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 8-14
The 1st 7 days of the 365 Day Photo Challenge went fairly smoothly: Day 1: Calm Day 2: A Silly Face Day 3: Behind Glass Day 4: One Day 5: Flash Day 6: Sunflower Day 7: Logo These are the themes for the next 7 days: Day 8: Writing Day… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 1-7
These pictures come from the following folder: Backup/My Pictures/People/Friends/Campusites What I see in these pictures was a call for help. Somebody needed to come over and uninstall my copy of Photoshop. It would have been for the betterment of mankind. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Pictures/People/Friends/Hiatts
Once again, none of these were “faked”. Nudge-nudge. Wink-wink. 05-21-2012 6:49 AM 05-22-2012 6:48 PM 05-23-2012 8:28 PM 05-24-2012 1:44 PM 05-25-2012 6:54 PM 05-26-2012 2:15 PM 05-27-2012 3:16 PM Hoping for more interesting venues this week!
It is the time of year that is filled with sadness. Another college basketball season has come to an end. But despite the gloom that will set upon the land for many more months, it is a time of joy as well. We get to crown a new King of… Read More »Sadness Ensues
It is the time of the year known as March Madness. That, of course means it is also time for me to run my annual NCAA Tournament Pool. It is open to all interested parties (I’ll take a few uninterested parties as well) regardless of their basketball knowledge. After all,… Read More »Roundball Oracles Year 8
The images below come from the following folder: Backup/My Pictures/People/Display Pictures These pictures were mostly old IM profile pictures or pictures from our pregnancy blog. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Pictures/People/Family/Bennetts
Go for the Great This project was just to capture some pictures of storied Goeppinger Field with the fisheye lens. Hope you are enjoying the fisheye lens 1/20th of as much as I am enjoying it, because it isn’t going away. I expect you’ll see more sporting events captured with… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #102
I only had time last year to make a handful of calendars. If you didn’t get a calendar this year, I am sorry. I only had one left and I gave it to Nader because he actually called and asked for one. If somebody begged I suppose I could print… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #99
There were a couple of submissions for ADVENTURE. Here they are: Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Mike Vest of Waxen Media Christopher D. Bennett I’ve visited the Random Theme Generator is pursuit of a theme for this week. This is what it spit out: COLORFUL As… Read More »RWPE Y2 #18 – ADVENTURE
“In the end, everything is a gag.” – Charlie Chaplin When it comes to college basketball prognostication, 2011 will be remembered as the Year of the Woman. Not only did the Roundball Oracles crown our first ever champion from the fairer of the two sexes, three out of the… Read More »Roundball Oracles Year 7
I will be leaving the state for a few days on a photo sojourn, so the next two days of journal entries have been written and will publish automatically at 8 am on Thursday and Friday. I will not be sending out email copies of those entries until at least… Read More »Movie Review: The Adjustment Bureau
EDITOR’S NOTE: SINCE THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION OF THIS BLOG IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT MONICA AND JEFF WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELICIOUS FRUIT PIZZA. MY APOLOGIES FOR GIVING THE CREDIT TO DERRICK. Movie – Hall Pass Director: Bobby and Peter Farrelly (Dumb & Dumber, Kingpin, There’s Something About… Read More »Movie Review: Hall Pass
Movie – The Illusionist Director: Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville) Writers: Jacques Tati and Sylvain Chomet Starring: Jean-Claude Donda and Eilidh Rankin Theater – Fleur Cinema – Des Moines, Iowa Companion – Nader Food – China One International Buffet Intellectual Honesty I don’t know that I brought any positive… Read More »Movie Review: The Illusionist
Movie – Exit Through the Gift Shop Director: Banksy Starring: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Space Invader and Rhys Ifans Theater – Bennett’s Union Street Theater – Boone, Iowa Companion – Flying Solo Food – I had dinner with Nader at Mongolian Buffet. Intellectual Honesty & Baggage Sometimes I feel… Read More »Movie Reviews: Exit Through the Gift Shop and Restrepo
Movie – 127 Hours Director: Danny Boyle (Slum Dog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later…) Writer: Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Slumdog Millionaire) Starring: James Franco (Spider-Man, Milk, Howl), Kate Mara (Shooter, Iron Man 2, We Are Marshall), and Amber Tamblyn (The… Read More »Movie Review: 127 Hours
Movie – Blue Valentine Director: Derek Cianfrance (Brother Tied) Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, and Joey Curtis Starring: Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, Shutter Island, Halloween H20) and Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson, Remember the Titans) Theater – AMC Southdale 16 – Edina, Minnesota Companion – Jill… Read More »Movie Reviews: Blue Valentine and The King’s Speech
Movie – The Dilemma Director: Ron Howard (Backdraft, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon) Writer: Allan Loeb (Things We Lost in the Fire, 21, The Switch) Starring: Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball, Old School, Swingers), Kevin James (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Hitch, Paul Blart: Mall… Read More »Movie Review: The Dilemma
Movie – Country Strong Director: Shana Feste (The Greatest) Writer: Shana Feste (The Greatest) Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow (Se7en, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Royal Tenenbaums), Tim McGraw (The Blind Side, Flicka), Garrett Hedlund (Troy, Four Brothers, Tron: Legacy), and Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl, Date Night, The Roommate) Theater – Cinemark… Read More »Movie Review: Country Strong
Movie – Black Swan Director: Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream) Writers: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin Starring: Natalie Portman (The Professional, Garden State, The Other Boleyn Girl), Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Book of Eli, Date Night), Vincent Cassel (Ocean’s Twelve, Eastern… Read More »Movie Reviews: Black Swan and The Tourist
Movie – Little Fockers Director: Paul Weitz (American Pie, About a Boy, In Good Company) Writers: John Hamburg (Meet the Parents, Zoolander, I Love You, Man) & Larry Stuckey Starring: Ben Stiller (Meet the Parents, Zoolander, Greenberg), Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver, GoodFellas, Heat) & Teri Polo (Meet the Parents,… Read More »Movie Reviews: Little Fockers and True Grit