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These are the images that didn’t make this week’s cut for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – HAPPY: Thanks for taking the time to help me mock this pathetic collection of losers.
These are the images that didn’t make this week’s cut for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – HAPPY: Thanks for taking the time to help me mock this pathetic collection of losers.
The folder called 06-19-07 includes folders of killdeer that I photographed with Steph and Yin and that time Jesse and I met the man that will probably be recorded by history as the best president of my lifetime. I’m not sure where next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will go.… Read More »06-19-07
I wasn’t sure how POP ART would go over as a WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme as it is a little bit harder to wrap one’s mind around than the typical theme. However, there was still good participation. I love it! Although I good stand here and talk all tommyrot about… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 58 – POP ART
Don’t forget that today is Election Day! If you live in Boone, you need to get yourself to your polling place and vote for the guy below: I would get into the details of his agenda, but my personal endorsement should really be enough for you. PARTICULARS CAMERA: Samsung SM-G900V… Read More »Vote Scottie D.!
The remainder of the A Kind of Musing Series: Makes me think about what other collections I should photograph…
A Kind of Musing I recently decided to photograph my button collection. I don’t actively collect buttons (I collect postcards my friends send me from their vacations), but I have a small collection in a fish bowl in my living room that I mostly inherited from my Dad. The rest… Read More »Personal Photo Project #158 Alpha
Still catching up from the holidays… Day 148 – Naughty or Nice? Day 149 – Shining in the Night Day 150 – On the Street Day 151 How You Relax Day 152 – Cold Day 153 – Hot Day 154 – With Color The themes of the next 7 days:… Read More »365 Day Photo Project: 148-154
Monday night Obama made his last campaign stop ever in the East Village in Des Moines. I attended his first ever campaign stop in Iowa at Hilton Coliseum all the way back in 2007 with Jen and Derrick and maybe Willy. I figured that I should be there for the… Read More »Omega
The Audacity of Hope My Personal Photo Project of the Week this week was to photograph the historical event of a sitting President of the United States visiting Boone. It hasn’t happened since Eisenhower. It was a surprise bonus that I would be able to photograph my Mom in the… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #131
A few weeks back I went to the Republican Straw Poll with Russell, even though I will be voting for Obama in 2012. Here are a few pictures: Bachmann definitely had the best organization at this event. McCotter’s way creepy van. Members of the “Lamestream Media”, no doubt. The line… Read More »The Straw Poll
Jason Baier correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: What brand of camera does Christopher D. Bennett A: Sony. I also would have accepted Minolta with a lengthy explanation of how Sony bought out Minolta. If anybody would have listed Sony, Minolta and Holga, well there wouldn’t be… Read More »Proust No. Five
Angie DeWaard correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: What is the 1 thing Christopher D. Bennett always buys when he goes to an Iowa State game? A: A program. Proust Quote “Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about… Read More »Proust No. Three
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
Pardon and Sanctify Me This cross stands on top of my church. It no longer looks like this because the it was painted during the tuckpointing process last year. The name comes from a classic hymn: 1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of… Read More »December
This is entry number 750 in this online journal. I’d like to take a little bit of time to archive some data. It is one of my peculiar imbecilities that I love meaningless statistics. Therefore, consider these statistics: Every journal entry falls into at least one of sixteen categories. This… Read More »Number 750
Proust Quote:“A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.” Confessions Question:Where would you like to live? Confidences Question:The country where I should like to live. Proust’s Answer:A country where certain things that I should like would come true as though by magic, and where tenderness… Read More »Proust Questionnaire Number Nine
Proust Quote: “Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things.” Confessions Question: Your favorite poets. Confidences Question: My favorite poets. Proust’s Answer: Baudelaire and Alfred de Vigny I’m not sure that there are any poets that I have “discovered” this year.… Read More »Proust Questionnaire Number Seven
Once a year I get together and have a meal with Mark Wolfram. Unfortunately for me, I only get to see Mark once a year because he spends most of the year in Taiwan teaching, doing mission work and publishing The Taiwan Times. Wednesday night was that night. Mark met… Read More »Sedulous
On April 3, I got a text message as I was driving to work. I dug my phone out of my pocket and was surprised to see that it was a message from James. I read the message: Wow! I thought. It is pretty darn cool to live in a… Read More »State of Enlightenment
I took Wednesday off to go down to Tom Harkin’s office with Jesse to meet with one of Tom Harkin’s assistants to discuss the situation in Uganda. If you are not familiar with what is going on in Uganda, I would suggest you check out a video put together by… Read More »Better than Work
Jesse and I woke up in Coolidge, Arizona and made our way to a local diner for breakfast. This place was certainly McCain Country. We sat at the breakfast counter and listened to a couple locals complain about the governor for “being nice” to Obama. They agreed that the governor… Read More »Arizona Day 4