This is amongst the most important works I’ve ever done on this website. For Lent, I was going to attempt to rely as heavily as possible on fish for my protein. However, part of the way through Lent, the pandemic hit and my diet became a lot less discretionary. However,… Read More »Frozen Fish Power Rankings
Back in early May, I took an early afternoon walk around the Iowa State campus with Teresa. It was a good replacement for going to Pella, since going to Pella in early May, in the middle of a pandemic seemed like a terrible idea. Plus, how snooty are the people… Read More »Iowa State Walk – Alpha
I had two major concerns about the Black Lives Matter protests that are sweeping our country. First was that they would end before they had a chance to tear down every monument to a racist, traitor a-hole that committed treason against our country to fight for the subjugation of other… Read More »Black Lives Matter – Boone – Four
Since they announced that the Boone County Fair was a go, I have been on the fence about entering photography contest. Fortunately, that decision has been made. The contest has been cancelled. So has the Open Horticulture contest and the Open Home Division. Don’t have to worry about that and… Read More »Keep Me in the Moment
Once again, no problems reaching double digit submissions! 38 straight weeks! Once again, I didn’t have to send out any reminder text messages this morning. Not going to lie, even though this week’s theme couldn’t be easier, I worry that the streak might end at 38. I guess we’ll find… Read More »WPC – WEEK 249 – ROAD TRIP
Here we are, another Senior Sunday. Only a couple of them left and then you will be able to have your Sabbath back. Down to 6 blog posts a week. Seems like just a couple of weeks ago we were at 11 blog posts a week. Here is the 7th… Read More »Senior Sunday – Taylan – Volume 7
Most of the pictures in the folder 2010-01-02 are of a Personal Photo Project I worked on where I put a microphone next to a fish bowl and took a picture of it. This (like almost all of my photo projects) ended up being more difficult than I anticipated. Mostly… Read More »2010-01-02
Another week of working from home almost in the books. I don’t even know how long it has been now. I don’t that much has changed. I still listen to 96.1 in the morning. In the afternoons, there isn’t really anything designated any more. I’ve been listening to podcasts I… Read More »Such a Classic Waste of Cool
I need to start the day by wishing a very happy birthday to Bethany. So… happy birthday Bethany!!! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ I thought this would be the last collection of pictures from the Boone Black Lives Matter event, but… Read More »Black Lives Matter – Boone – Three
EDITOR’S NOTE: After I wrote this post, the Boone County Fair announced that the Fair was going on as normal. Here is their press release: The Boone County Fair Board is excited to announce that the fair will occur as planned July 16-19, with only a few minor changes due… Read More »Art is Art – 2020
Time for the second collection of images from the Black Lives Matter event in Boone from last Monday. I’ll give a more detailed story of the protest when I publish the final collection of Black Lives Matter images. Here are more pictures: You may have noticed pictures of Jesse, Pastor… Read More »Black Lives Matter – Boone – Two
No problems reaching double digits for 37 straight weeks! I didn’t even have to send out an reminder text messages this morning! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Linda Bennett Carla Stensland Tamara Peterson Michelle… Read More »WPC – WEEK 248 – YELLOW
It is time again for another Senior Sunday!! We check in again with Autumn. This is the last collection of Autumn that was taken with a more conventional camera, but there will be one more collection of Autumn photos after this collection. I believe there are only 3 Senior Sundays… Read More »Senior Sunday – Autumn – Volume 4
I need to start with wishing a big happy birthday to Shannon! She has been a big part of this here online journal over the years. It is for that reason it was actually hard to pick just 5 pictures to celebrate her birth with, but I did it. Happy… Read More »2009-12-05
I will write more in depth about my experience at the Boone Black Lives Matter event on Monday. I stayed about 15-20 feet away from it with a mask on because of my deep virus concerns, but I was still able to get a fair amount of pictures. My short… Read More »Black Lives Matter – Boone – One
In a sad, but necessary decision, the Iowa State Fair officially cancelled for this year yesterday. They sent out the following email: The Iowa State Fair Board, the governing body who oversees the Iowa State Fair, today voted to postpone the 2020 Iowa State Fair until August 12-22, 2021, amid… Read More »Ghost in a Dream
All the way back in early March, the Methodist Men held their annual Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast. This wasn’t the last time that we had a worship service at Boone First United Methodist Church, but had to be pretty close to the last. Maybe one more or two more worship… Read More »Biscuits & Gravy
I wasn’t able to make it up to Pella to deal with the very “delightful” Pellians this year because of the virus, but I did get a few chances to take tulip pictures here and there. But mostly the here and there was my Mom’s flowerbeds. Here are some tulip… Read More »Still Laughing – 2020 – Alpha
No problems breaking double digits this week. 36 straight weeks! I didn’t even have to send out reminder text messages this morning. People were all over SIGNS. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen… Read More »WPC – WEEK 247 – SIGNS
A weird thing is happening in Boone tomorrow night. Boone is having a Black Lives Matter event. I have to say that I am pretty shocked. Boone isn’t exactly a bastion of diversity, but is has had an important place in other civil rights fights. Don’t forget that the first… Read More »Senior Sunday – Taylan – Volume 6
The pictures from the folder 2009-11-30 are from when I started a project I called THE PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT. That was a challenge of mine to get out the camera once a week and tackle photo ideas that had been percolating in my brain. I had found I was becoming… Read More »2009-11-30