This is the last collection of pictures from the March for Our Lives Rally. I was going to write a parody of the views of some of the gun nuts I have known and their reactions to the news of school shootings. Mostly a lot of hand wringing and worrying… Read More »And the Children Shall Lead
I have to confess, this is kind of a garbage collection of photos that are in folder 05-13-08. I might have normally skipped these images, but I did post them in a blog back in 2008 for some reason, so I figured it was for the best that I go… Read More »05-13-08
A few more American gun violence fun facts: Homicides by firearm per 1 million people: Australia 1.4 New Zealand 1.6 Germany 1.9 Austria 2.2 Sweden 4.1 Ireland 4.8 Canada 5.1 Switzerland 7.7 And the United States…. 29.7 Fun Fact #2 There have been more than 1,600 mass shootings since Sandy… Read More »Other Countries Are Laughing at Us
A brief history of school shootings in the United States. Maybe you’ll detect a trend: July 26, 1764 – Greencastle, Pennsylvania Enoch Brown school massacre: Perhaps the earliest shooting to happen on school or college property, in what would become the United States, was the notorious Enoch Brown school massacre… Read More »Books Not Bullets
Before I get into the participation and the tommyrot and the PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE quoting, I want to point out the historical significance of today. Today is the 2 year anniversary of The Great Turtle Race Robbery of 2016! If you don’t know about The Great Turtle Race… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 142 – RELIGION
It is Thursday. That can mean only one thing. Time to check back in with more pictures from the March for Our Lives Rally from back in March. But before we get to the pictures, here is a little fun fact: 90% of gun owners (including me, technically) don’t belong… Read More »Grandmas for Gun Reform
Here is another collection of images from that snowy day around the Iowa Capitol during the March for Our Lives Rally. I thought I would share the words from a pamphlet that a guy was handing out: “The Second Amendment A Sacred Covenant of Ethnic Cleansing and Slavery Between the… Read More »USA Not NRA
It is time for yet another rousing collection of photos from the March for Our Lives Rally that was in Des Moines on March 24. The last picture is of a kid pwning a NRA puppet. He was recording himself misrepresenting the positions and views of the people at the… Read More »Policy & Change
So here is the first journal entry. I felt like having as pretentious sounding name as possible for my journal. I have a few goals about this journal. My main goal is just to actually write in it. My second goal is to be as truthful as possible towards my… Read More »Mr. 3000
Here is another trickle of pictures from March for Our Lives: More images will continue to trickle out in the coming weeks.
Several weeks back I headed up to Minnesota to celebrate Nora’s 2nd birthday. Took a few photos. Thought I’d share a few photos: Nora is so impressed with my gift! She is so cute! I can hardly wait until Christmas when I can giver her more books that don’t excite… Read More »Birthday!!!
In case you don’t follow politics closely, one of the leaders of the March for Our Lives Movement is Emma Gonzalez. She is a survivor of the Parkland shooting in February. She has a very short haircut. Her sexual orientation is none of our business. You may remember her from… Read More »Skinhead Lesbian for Gun Control
The following images are from the folders 04-22-08, 04-25-08, and 04-26-08: By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery I was able to restore these historic An Artist’s Notebook entries to their original glory: LITTLE WHITE LYE PRODUCT ENDORSEMENT PART 3 AMES JAYCEES SANDBOX FILL The soap pictures were… Read More »04-22-08, 04-25-08, 04-26-08
Last Sunday the Methodist Men had our annual Chicken Noodles Brunch. I took a few photos of the event: You may recall that the weather last Sunday was less than idyllic. Loads of snow dropped on the metropolitan Boone area and the temperatures were cold as well. The turnout for… Read More »Cluck Cluck Noodles
The following pictures were located int he folder 04-13-08: By adding these images to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following classic An Artist’s Notebook journal entries to their original glory: SHAVE AND A HARICUT VEISHEA LWL PHOTO SHOOT The majority of these pictures were taken… Read More »04-13-08
Here are a few Easter pictures from both the Rise of the Son Service and the breakfast that followed: Photo credit for the majority of these photos go to Jaxon. I’m still waiting for the day he submits a photo for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
Thanks to everybody that came out to Pizza Ranch last night and supported the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group! The event was a smashing success and we broke the previous record (which we also held) for most scratch raised at a Boone Pizza Ranch Fundraiser! My phone was… Read More »Thanks a Thousand And Some Change!
Here are the balance of pictures from the 2018 Women’s March in Des Moines: Lin-Manuel Miranda would be proud. She is from South Africa I was supposed to meet Jen up there, but she got sick. I was supposed to meet Russell up there, but he was late. I was… Read More »Women’s March Vol. 2
These are the pictures from the folder 03-25-08: By restoring these photos to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following classic blog entries to their former glory: MY HAPPY EASTER THURSDAY NIGHT WITH KOUNTERTOP (PT.1) A NEW GIG RELAY FOR LIFE The picture of me… Read More »03-25-08
I was able to attend part of the Women’s March this year.Unfortunately I could only stay for about 45 minutes and I had to leave before it really started, but I was able to get some photos of the early birds: More from the Women’s March soon. Like Sunday.
The last collection of photos from my last trip to Minnesota are of my trip to the Super Bowl Experience with Dae Hee, Bethany, and Nora. Paul Bunyan! Eagle fans are the worst! America’s Team – I guess when I force myself to care about the NFL, they are my… Read More »Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup Experience