Here are a few pictures from Iowa State’s victory over Kansas that I watched with Derrick. Warmups Warmups The pre-game cheer thing was a disaster. Jeff Johnson showed up late and then didn’t seem to know what he was doing. Cy in the Tunnel. Sandvig on the Coverage Benton and… Read More »Cyclones vs. Jayhawks
Here is a copy of the journal I kept while I was on vacation last week. It covers parts of 10 days and over 1300 miles. While I doubt anybody reads this whole thing, it was an important exercise for me. There are no pictures, but I will post some… Read More »Vacation Journal
Looks like Shannon and Angie did find RWPE addictive. They submitted again for last week’s theme FACE. However, submissions were kind of light this week. Perhaps not as many people know people with faces as I would have suspected. Here are the submissions for FACE: Mike Vest Angie DeWaard Christopher… Read More »RWPE #38 – Face
I’m very excited to announce that there were 3 brand new first time contributors. Shannon Bardole, Angie Dewaard and Geri Derner all contributed photos for the first time ever. Hopefully they will find it addictive and become regular contributors. Here are this week’s submissions for HOPE: Mike Vest Geri Derner… Read More »RWPE #37 – Hope
Last Wednesday I had my annual meal with Mark. He was back in the States for a few weeks and will be returning to Taiwan soon to begin his new post over there. One of the peculiar imbecilities of this world is that for the last 3 years Mark has… Read More »Group Photos
The submissions for last week’s theme DEPTH OF FIELD: Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Dawn Krause Julie Johnson Mike Vest Remember that the theme for this week is: REFLECTIONS I will repeat that I think that this might be my favorite theme of the 52 programmed into the Random Theme… Read More »RWPE #29 – Depth of Field
I had a pretty awesome Memorial Day Weekend and saw all of the right people. Plus, my grill got quite the workout. The weekend started with FNSC at my humble abode. The group core was there, plus Jesse and Dawn. Jesse, Willy and I hung by the fire pit until… Read More »Memorial Day Weekend
Loneliness is Underrated This is a bit unusual. Up until this week I have posted the Personal Photo Project of the Week in the order that the project was attempted. This picture of Willy was actually slated for a June 11th publishing, but I decided to slide it up a… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 20
The Personal Photo Project of the Week for this week is a little bit different than previous projects because it isn’t necessarily a designed photo, but more like an event that I wanted to photograph. This is the type of event that I have photographed many times in the past,… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 17
On Wednesday morning I woke up and most of my anger about the Fred Hoiberg hire had dissipated. I had come to accept the fact that while this was mostly a public relations move, there is a chance that it could work. I’m not saying that this is an uncontested… Read More »Vacation Day 5 – The Juicy Lucy
I was set on going back to the Cyclone State on Tuesday night after visiting Faust on his day off, but Bethany and Becca requested that I stay one more night. I had no plans for Wednesday (Sara’s attempt to convince me to go to Iowa City failed since she… Read More »Vacation Day 4 – Cotton Candy
I woke up early on Monday morning. I’m not sure if it was the excitement of the forthcoming trip or if the rumors of Greg McDermott’s departure were so exciting to me that I was like a little kid on Christmas anxiously awaiting the chance to rip the wrapping paper… Read More »Vacation Day 3 – Guinea Pig Denial
On Day 2 of my vacation, 1 of my major accomplishments was getting Willy and Derrick together and moving a tub. We borrowed my uncle Butch’s truck and picked up the tub from Toby’s backyard. The tub used to be a planter and since it was raining all day, the… Read More »Vacation Day 2 – The Tub
When me and my chums were in high school, we would spend a few choice nights of the Spring, Summer and Fall in my Mom’s backyard playing Homerun Derby with a big red bat and a plastic baseball. Homerun Derby was a double elimination tournament that consisted of a series… Read More »Home Run Derby: The Next Generation
“This is the end, Beautiful friend, This is the end, Of our elaborate plans, the end, Of everything that stands, the end, No safety or surprise, the end.” – The Doors (The End) Another college basketball season has come to an end. It is a sad, sad day. At least… Read More »3Peat
In the last couple of weeks I have been making huge organizational changes to my basement. However, other parts of the house have also seen wholesale changes. I recently changed out the white table my Aunt Linda gave me for a 10 foot long workbench to act as the entertainment… Read More »A Clockwork Couch
Many of you know Nader’s story. It is an amazing story, but the thing I always have the hardest problem believing is that while he was being held as a political prisoner in an Iranian prison he could be happy that Henry Fonda won an Oscar. I’m pretty sure that… Read More »L.A. Story
Last week’s theme was EXPLORE. Here are the submissions: Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Michael Vest Dawn’s Weekly Poem Explore Ourselves An escape from complacency let’s explore our worldunseen corners, hidden pulses, and wild streams un-purled Discover riches in ourselves let our impulse flowAnd share the depths of… Read More »RWPE #10 – Explore
Those with good memories will remember a few months back when I wrote a series of blogs about groups that I am in that have matching shirts. The keenly observant will recall that I said there were 5 such groups, but I only posted blogs about 4 such groups. I… Read More »A Phenomenal Week
Last weeks Random Weekly Photo Experiment Theme was PEOPLE. Here are the submissions: Christopher D. Bennett Michael Vest Jesse Howard Becky Perkovich There were also a couple of different types of submissions. The first of the different types of submissions came from Shannon Bardole. Her submission breaks the one and… Read More »RWPE #3 – People
I’ve often heard that the saddest thing in the world is unrequited love. Unsolicited love on the other hand… I’ve never been a Christmas card person. My thoughts on cards is that when somebody sends you a card, what they are really saying (with apologies to Mitch Hedberg) is: “here,… Read More »Looking Back, Looking Ahead