Category Archives: Personal

The side tail

Certainly this style has to be making a comeback. Right?

The lightning is back

The lightning is back!

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My dad’s first Twins game

Last week I was talking to my dad about his experiences as a young Twins fan. He lived way down in Southwest Minnesota, as he still does today, so the four hour drive to Minneapolis was none too frequent. Anyway, his first Twins game, in the middle of July, 1962, was rather exciting:

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Songs in my library that start with “nothing”

“Nothin’ Song” by Alice in Chains

“Nothing” by Phish

“Nothing” by Nikka Costa

“Nothing Even Matters” by Lauryn Hill

“Nothing Gets Crossed Out” by Bright Eyes

“Nothing I Haven’t Seen” by Beck

“Nothing Much Happens” by The Bens

“Nothingman” by Pearl Jam

“Nothingwrong” by Jimmy Eat World

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The stuff of childhood nightmares

Hope this doesn’t bring any back for you.

Two bathing in the sink

Two really enjoyed the sink bath on a recent mini-vacation. The mirrors were captivating.

Monkey bars

Recently The Family met with some old college friends for food and fun. The Kid got to show off her monkey bar skillz.

Skillful cropping makes this look half way realistic. :)

Snapping Two

The Kid has enjoyed taking pictures since she could grasp the concept. She knows most of the ins and outs of her aunt’s camera. She also has her own little toy-branded digital camera. Unfortunately the picture quality that camera produces is quite inferior.

Here she’s taking a picture with our old APS camera.

Lightning over the neighborhood

It took me a while to get a good shot of the lightning rolling over the neighborhood last night.

Unfortunately, this “good” shot makes me realize that I (a) need a better camera and (b) need better photography skills. I could also stand to take some time and work Photoshop magic on the picture. [...]

AiT: A cold welcome to RoK

A while back I started a series I like to call Asia in Threes. OK, this series actually started in December of 2005 and quickly died with my scanner. Now I have a new scanner. Though I don’t like the slow, manual method of scanning, I do like looking through the pictures [...]