Life got away from me a little bit, so I’m tardy in posting these pictures. A collection of historical Boone artifacts in this volume.
Slice of Life Vol. 51
Category Archives: History
The Archives: Edition Eighteen
These pictures are from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Insects
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Caterpillar
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Grasshopper
I believe both of these pictures were taken at Ledges when we were photographing Willy’s part of The Beaver Machete Massacre Project. For some reason that makes me nostalgic for having a day off in the middle of the week. That must mean I’m in desperate need of a vacation.
Next week’s folder: Backup/Old My Pictures/JC Janson
The Archives: Edition Seventeen
These pictures are from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Godzilla
Jay carved this pumpkin.
I used to have lots of bad double exposure ideas… Still do actually.
A better look at Jay’s pumpkin carving prowess.
Olivia knitted this scarf for Godzilla. He wears it to this day.
Next week’s folder is: Backup/Old My Pictures/Insects/
Slice of Life Vol. 49
Some pictures of the Pufferbilly Days Parade, I’m guessing. Plus a picture of my first rabbit Fluffy. Apparently not as cute as I remembered.
Or is it just that Foster Q. Bunny has ruined me for all other rabbits? Probably not, I never wrote a series of mildly successful superhero short stories about Foster Q. Bunny.
There are quite a few things I find interesting in these pictures.
1. It is weird to think about Boone’s changing skyline, but it has changed. The smoke stacks from the old power plant no longer dot the Boone skyline.
2. I don’t remember that Carlson’s building at all.
3. Wilson Tap used to be called Wilson Recreation… That is awesome!
The Archives: Edition Sixteen
This picture is from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Filters
Apparently, even though this picture is entitled “Fun with Filters #1”, I didn’t have all that much fun with filters. This picture of Derrick is the only picture in this folder.
Next week’s folder is: Backup/Old My Pictures/Godzilla
Post No. 1,101
It is time once again for me to to do a random look at some of the statistics on the website.
First up is what are the 10 Most Popular Images in the Artistic Galler.
This one is actually somewhat of a shocker. A picture of Brandon has went from nowhere to be the most popular picture and the long time reigning champ Outburst of the Soul has fallen all the way to a tie for 6th Place. Although admittedly, I think spammers might have something to do with the rather large shakeup in the standings.
1. Brandon Senior Picture
2. Johnathan Senior Picture
3. Battered School Bus – Hamlin, Iowa
4. Self-Portrait
5. Jen Between Sets of an UnHingd Show
6. UnHingd Publicity Still
6. Outburst of the Soul
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8. 1900
8. Becca – Senior Picture
10. Abandoned Piano – McCallsburg, Iowa
There has also been quite a shakeup in the Snapshots Gallery Top Ten.
Here are the 10 Most Popular Pictures in the Snapshots Gallery:
1. Me White Trashing It
2. ISUCFVMB
3. Alexis Cheerleading
4. Shannon and I at an Inebriated Saints Show
5. Jesse and I with the World’s Largest Cheeto
6. Logan’s Tree-man
7. Jesse and I at the Surf Ball Room
8. Jesse Endorsing the Bob’s Dog
8. 2009 ISU Spring Game
10. Shannon Reading Map at Backbone
10. Jesse and I in Clinton
Finally, a look at the Top Ten People to either contribute or be written about in An Artist’s Notebook.
1. Jesse – 163 – (+20)
2. Jay – 151 – (+7)
3. Shannon – 146 – (+6)
4. Derrick – 123 – (+6)
5. Teresa – 109 – (+13)
6. Jen – 107 – (+6)
7. Willy – 101 – (+8)
8. Sara – 96 – (+8)
9. Vest – 80 – (+19)
10. Dawn – 73 – (+9)
Wondering who the biggest movers were outside of the Top Ten?
1. Dad (+19)
2. Carla (+14)
3. Jill (+10)
In case you were interested in what the standings looked like 100 posts ago:
Journal Entry One-Thousand
Slice of Life Vol. 48
Some photos of historical documents.
The Archives: Edition Twelve
These pictures come from: backup/Old My Pictures/Family
This is sort of a weird collection of pictures. So I think I won’t really describe or explain them, but just let them stand on their own.
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Next week’s folder will be: backup/Old My Pictures/Family/2004 B&W
More Random NYC – Ellis Island and Financial District
More random New York City images from the second day of the trip. These pictures were mostly taken on Ellis Island and around the financial district.
Regrettably, I didn’t see one Goldman Sachs piece of garbage to mug.
More random New York City images will be coming your way next Wednesday as well.
The Archives: Edition Eleven
These pictures come from: backup/Old My Pictures/Egg Toss
These pictures were taken in Dustin’s dad’s basement with a webcam. They were used to promote a crew picnic that I was running for the Boone Outpost of the Evil Clown Empire.
Perhaps the marquee attraction at this crew picnic was going to be the egg toss competition. A sport that Dustin and I so thoroughly dominated that eventually the sport lost its national appeal. America eventually gets sick of the same two guys holding up the trophy at the end of every single competition.
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The event itself ended up being kind of a downer as it was leaked at this event that I was transferring to the Campus Outpost of the Evil Clown Empire and some people left in a strange combination of sadness and anger. The reason for this movement on my part involved a woman named Heather that I absolutely could not stand. As you may or may not know, I am pretty easygoing and can work with just about anybody. So you can only manage how irritating this person must have been.
The short version of the story is that she was a combination of two things I can’t stand: laziness and lying.
For the long version of the story… well maybe I will write about it someday on the Robot Monster Bros. website.
However, perhaps the real hiccup of the event was the actual Egg Toss. In a match that was poorly refereed, a Chris Kramer and a Nathan Mallas were crowned Egg Toss champs in what can’t even be described as an upset of epic proportions.
It would be a great story, but they very clearly cheated. They had an extra egg that they hid and used when their first egg broke. I wish I was making that up, but I’m not.
To this day, this is the only blemish on Dustin and I’s perfect egg toss record. A blemish that comes with an asterisk.
Next week’s folder will be: backup/Old My Pictures/Family