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
Last night when I got to bowling I was surprised to see the guy (Rich) that said the previous week was his last week because he had violated his probation and was being sent away to treatment. So I asked him why he was there and not in treatment. He… Read More »Tale from the Imperial
My sister Carla and her family have left for South Padre Island for the week. This means that I get to look after their two dogs Destiny and Shimmer. These dogs get very hyper when they haven’t had any human contact for several hours. I tried to get some pictures… Read More »Going Broke
See the insect in the picture below: It resides up on the head of Jay Janson-Corporate Sellout. I can’t bring myself to post a full picture of Jay. He has decided that having a job and being able to support himself is more important than FNSC. The man got a… Read More »I Need to Eat
I was told a few weeks back that I had made an appearance in the Ames Jaycees Newsletter. I had kind of forgotten about that news until today when I was doing my monthly mail sorting and I saw my mug on the back of the newsletter. With Becky Currently… Read More »Sorting Mail
I got some pictures e-mailed to me from Brenda of the 2008 Oscar Party. These are a little bit small, but I think you will get an idea of the glamor of the event. This event is also doubles as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Brenda Jen &… Read More »Oscar Party Pictures
Last week I had a heated debate with Andree, Russell and Andree about what is the best Asian restaurant in Ames. This happened because Andree had the temerity to badmouth Hu Hot. Somewhere in the debate, the good name CoCost was slandered, everybody agreed to the greatness of CHC and… Read More »Mmmm…. Eel!
Last night I attended a meeting where they handed me this map: Map It was the first time I’ve ever been handed a map that indicated where we were going to put mortars. A new life experience for me. Another highlight of the meeting was hearing that we would be… Read More »Mortars
Our bowling team has been making a bit of run as of late. Two weeks ago we won 21 of 24 points. Then last night we won 19 of 24 points. We’ve pushed our way all the way from nearly last place to 5th place. We might even be higher… Read More »Texture
Today Logan and I concluded our Confirmation mentoring journey. It took 10 weeks, but now he possesses some of my wisdom and that could make him a very dangerous teenager. We celebrated the conclusion of the mentoring program by dining at Hu Hot. Then we had our picture taken. The… Read More »Mentoration
Shorty often refers to going to church twice on the same day as building up credit. On Friday night I went to The Venue to attend the Church of the Inebriated Saints. I think by Shorty’s logic, I get credit for that and can skip church some time in the… Read More »The Church of the Inebriated Saints
A few months back the 5D suffered a wicked blow and was put out of commission. I recently took it down to Walden Photo to get it fixed, even though it was now going to be relegated to the third string camera. Recently my car’s slow descent towards the junkyard… Read More »Screwed Up Priorities
I’m not what you would call a commercial photographer. However, recently I have gotten some commercial photography gigs. The first gig was (and is ongoing) to do some of the photography for the website of a local soap company. However, I don’t want to delve too deeply into that because… Read More »Selling Out
I got an interesting MySpace e-mail today. It was related to the picture below. The Waiting It is from a woman I graduated from dear old BHS from all those years ago named Dawn. I like to give credit where credit is due, and as one creative person to another,… Read More »The Calling
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
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
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’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.