Monday night was the debut of my new bowling shirt. It isn’t much to look at. I freely admit this fact. But it is mine and it was free. IMAGE LOST This is the first year as a team we have had bowling shirts. Now Patio Pros LLC, might not… Read More »Free Shirt
Shannon had over a foot of hair cut off her head last Thursday. On Sunday I was able to document this joyous hair loss, but the day was not completely happy. In the picture above you should try to look past Shannon. You may notice something. Shannon appears to be… Read More »The Shannon After
When Sara and I went to Ottumwa I think we might of had a glimpse into Boone’s future if it becomes the proud home of a Juice Bar. I should start out by pointing out that on our way to Ottumwa Sara got pulled over and issued a speeding ticket… Read More »The Future of Boone
Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord. Hamlet: Slanders, sir: for the satirical rogue say here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are… Read More »Words, Words, Words
The picture below is what greeted me on Thursday as I left the Computer Mine on my lunch break. In retrospect, I should have taken the time to take a decent picture. Rather this one out my car window while I was stopped at a stoplight.
Happy Birthday to Elainie! Of course today is also Election Day. I’m not the type that tells people how to think or vote politically. I think everybody knows who I’m supporting. However, I’ve never felt it necessary to try and convince people to think like me. I trust that everybody… Read More »Happy Birthday and or Election Day
Shannon is getting ready to make her third donation to Locks of Love. She is getting her hair cut on Thursday. We went to Brookside Park and documented what she looked like now. There will be an after coming up at some point. This is where Shannon found a stray… Read More »Another Before
One of my vacation projects was to attempt to bring as much of my stuff together as made sense and downsize as much stuff as I could. I was able to accomplish some downsizing. I think my major accomplish was getting my old Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet out of storage. I… Read More »Before
I had a pretty good Halloween. I hosted FNSC. I made chili. I made cornbread from scratch. I made apple cider. Jay made a blueberry buckle. Willy showed up in a costume. We watched some movies from a bygone era that some people might characterize as strange. However, I think… Read More »All Hallow’s Eve
On Thursday Jesse and I moved some furniture around. Later in the afternoon we went to check out the frisbee golf course in McHose. I had heard rumors about this course for quite some time. But I had only seen 1 or 2 holes. Jesse and I decided to find… Read More »McHose Park Mystery
On Wednesday I looked at about 10 houses. I kind of liked 1 house, so I might have a bit of direction as to what kind of house I want. Here are some pictures. I think I want to build something like this at some point. This house had a… Read More »House Search
I spent most of Monday with Sara. We started the day by lunching at Fresh Cafe and Market. It is an interesting little restaurant in West Des Moines that is only open about 20 hours a week. They specialize in serving an organic menu. We started the meal with a… Read More »Ottumwa
Iowa State’s entrance video is pretty cool. It shows intersplices action from this season with footage of many of the greatest Cyclones in history. The song that plays over the action is Saliva’s Ladies and Gentlemen. The opening lyrics of the song describe the Cyclone season, but not in the… Read More »An Explosion of Catastrophe
Here are some pictures from the suffrage march on Saturday. My favorite sign is from the march is the sign about “Idiots” having the right to vote, but not women. For some reason that sign reminds me of Buck vs. Bell. The 1927 Supreme Court where The Supreme Court concluded… Read More »Suffrage March
Last Friday was Brandon’s final home game. It was the first time that I’ve been to a Boone High football game since I graduated high school. It was an interesting experience. Some things have changed. Some surprising things happened. I took some pictures. Dan Behind the bleachers fenced off. Brandon… Read More »Last Home Game
More black and white pictures of Brandon. This picture is meant to be a joke. Color pictures to be posted soon.
There are a limited amount of places a guy can go to get real black and white film processed. One of them is a local company that I will not name. I’ve had very poor results going to them. But I recently took some film there to get processed from… Read More »The Brandon Kahler Project: Chapter 1 – Frustration
I experimented by making a small video based on the flower picture below. It has issues, but it is just an experiment. Of course if you subscribe to this blog via email or RSS feed, you will have to go to the website to see the video.
Earlier this year I started a group blog known as The Sports Proletariat. Little has actually transpired there since I started the blog, but every now and again, somebody lets slip something brilliant over there. What lies below was written by Russell Kennerly. I liked it so much that I’m… Read More »Decaying State of Sports Journalism, Part 1
I have posted pictures from Iowa State’s latest embarrassing debacle. Here is a taste. ISUCFVMB Flyby “S” Arnaud Injured Nebraska Player Cannon Reggie Stephens If you follow the link below you will find 94 more pictures from a football gameday that’s highlight was taking down a 16 oz ribeye after… Read More »Nebraska Debacle