I started my Saturday by stepping on the basketball court at Beyer Hall for the first time in over a year. To be more direct, it was the first time I have stepped on any basketball court in over a year. On the court with me was Andree, Russell and… Read More »Spring Game
I said that I would not post a full image of Jay until he returned to Friday Night Supper Club. Tonight he made his return. To celebrate I post this old timey picture of a much younger and carefree Jay. Jay, Jesse and I had made plans to attend Cat… Read More »Smell the Mendacity
The Baiers and I took Nader out for supper tonight. He leaves for London to be reunited with his family on Saturday. He will be there for six weeks. That is excellent news for him, but that leaves me without a movie buddy. So I might put out a Help… Read More »Looking for a Scab
Scottie D. and his wife Melissa had their first child today. The child was a masculine child and they have named him Austin. I don’t have any pictures of the child to post at this time, but perhaps I will some time in the future.
My friend Mark’s March Newsletter. Easter Activities Greetings everybody. I know this is a little late, but March was an important month, so I do want to write a little bit about some things that happened. Of course, March brought Easter, the most important day for us! The day God… Read More »Taiwan Times – March 2008
I’ve been working on some commercial photography for Shannon’s company Little White Lye Soap. This Sunday was the most recent photo shoot. I can’t reveal any of those images yet, but I can show a couple pictures of Shannon taking pictures of her soap. Some soap pictures should be posted… Read More »LWL Photo Shoot
VEISHEA was cold. A little bit miserable. However, there were some highlights. It took me awhile to see them because I was pretty upset that the good fried cheese curd stand was not there, but I eventually got over it. Who am I kidding? I’m still fuming about it. I… Read More »VEISHEA
I went in to see Monica to get my quarterly shearing. Do you see a difference? I feel much better now.
I went over to Suzie and Eric’s for T Night. I was pretty sure that the night would conclude with Suzie conceding that she was too far behind in the race for Monica’s Friend of the Year 2008 that she should just do the gracious thing and bow out of… Read More »T Night
My good friends the Baiers are active with a group known as CASA. They are having a fundraiser this week. Take a look at their poster. IMAGE DELETED What is CASA? The shorthand version is that they help children with crappy parents. The long version goes something like this: In… Read More »CASA Fundraiser
This is the new must see movie of the year for me. It appeals to everything I love about movies. VIDEO DELETED I might try to re-assemble the old Rambo platoon for a viewing. I might need Baier to guilt trip Russell to get him there though.
2005-William McAlpine 2006-William McAlpine 2007-Tim Peterson Now the name Mark Wolfram will sit proudly next to theirs. The miracle comeback of Kansas made them champions. It also made Mark the third champion of The Roundball Oracles (An NCAA tournament pool). The Final Standings: Mark Wolfram (Taiwan Hoops) 136 points Lowell… Read More »The Roundball Oracles: Year 4
I got a new toy for the camera in the mail yesterday. I did some experimenting with it. I know some cynics out there are thinking: “Wow you bought a toy that takes blurry pictures, congratulations.” I would only respond with a smile and say, “Yes I did!”
I returned to my table. I enjoyed the company of the people at my table for a few moments. Up on stage at this time was two guys singing in AC/DC’s TNT. The were pretty dreadful, but they were entertaining. One guy sported a Danzig shirt. The other guy cracked… Read More »Thursday Night with Kountertop (Pt. 3)
Shannon started her new gig with United Way of Story County. Her new job is worthy of a press release and she needed a head shot for this press release and their website. I got the pleasure to take this picture and below are some of the results. The Winner,… Read More »A New Gig
I walked towards the lonely gentleman. I’m a nice guy, but I wasn’t sure I wanted him to join our table. I decided to join him at his table. “So are you going to go up there?” I asked him. “I’m a lead singer. This is what I do. This… Read More »Thursday Night with Kountertop (Pt. 2)
I’ve been an usher at church the last two weeks. I usher again this coming Sunday. At first I was a little bit leery about being an usher. The main problem is that our traditional worship service begins at 8:55. That means to begin fulfilling the many usher duties (handing… Read More »Usher Observations
I spent my Thursday night engaged in Jaycee activities. It started at 6 PM with a new member orientation ran by Shannon and Charby. The highlight of this meeting was getting a new pen. My New Pen I have a reputation for being an elitist because I think Dan Brown… Read More »Thursday Night with Kountertop (Pt. 1)
I was sitting at work today minding my own business when an e-mail fluttered across cyberspace and into my inbox. Technically it was two e-mails. I now share with you what was contained in those e-mails, namely pictures from Jen’s camera of the Oscar Party. Jen in her Fur Coat… Read More »Oscar Pictures from Jen
Lowell and I discussed putting together a Relay for Life team for 2008 shortly after the 2007 Relay for Life event ended. Then we did nothing. A couple of Sundays ago they announced in church the need for members for our 2 Relay for Life teams. Lowell quickly signed us… Read More »Relay for Life
During the week I engage in random intellectual discussions with Andree, Russell, and Jason Baier. The topics covered range from music to movies to politics to sports to religion to fine dining. Yesterday Russell wanted to know what we considered to be the best romantic movies ever made. I thought… Read More »Random Romantic Thoughts