rpotd 1/31/2007

Today’s random picture of the day is part of a little series that is a rather off-and-on sort of project for me. For my birthday last year, Michelle gave me this little Lego photographer that has an accompanying stand and a long-ish stick that can hold a picture. He also has a camera for his [...]

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The Latest in Adoption Ads

Every week our local newspaper, The Smoke Signal, the largest circulating newpaper in Pottawatomie County, with the smallest staff (one reporter), comes out with a handful of adoption ads. These ads are pleas from local families to fill their empty homes. They usually begin with “Financially secure, healthy, married couple, looking for a baby to [...]

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what time forgets, the internet remembers

Oh so many years ago, as my 18th birthday was fast approaching, the time remaining for me to achieve the rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts of America was dwindling just as quickly. Due to the combined efforts (read: loving and well-intentioned browbeating) of my parents, church leaders, and scout leaders, I somehow managed [...]

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things that go bump in the night

Bump.
Bump.
Bump.
Bump.
You’re awake. The darkness has subsided some since you first turned out the light. And rightly so, you suppose: your eyes should be accustomed to the dark after spending a few hours asleep in it. But, has it been a few hours? Or just a few minutes?
All you know is that it’s dark, your wife [...]

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rpotd 1/29/2007

This is kind of one of those odd shots from my stream that doesn’t really seem to fit what I normally shoot. This was taken for a group that I belong to over at flickr called the “Squared Circle” group. All pictures sent to the group must be of a circle that is transcribed inside [...]

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socially unraveling great rolls of toilet paper

My sweet wife would like to file a complaint.
You see, she is a journalist by trade, trained in the fine art of reporting the news. When she writes, she aims at third graders. That’s right: journalists put their stories together so that third graders can understand them. Actual third graders may not give one flying [...]

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rpotd 1/25/2007

I’m so in awe of this random set maker I’ve got working for me over at flickr. Everyday, it randomly selects ten pictures from my stream (of over 400 photos as I write this) and assembles them into a set. The first picture listed is the one that is used to represent that set. Usually, [...]

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avast ye scurvy dogs!

I got me a pirate name! From now on, ye can hail me by shouting
Ahoy, Rotting Jack Hawkins!
And I’ll probably give you a good “Ar!” in return.

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happy birthday carina!

While we’re on the subject of birthdays, I just thought I’d send a few Happy Birthday wishes out to a good friend who, in all likelihood, never thought that when she sent me this picture it might come back to bite her someday.

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rpotd 1/24/2007

Taken one day way back when we were living in Los Angeles. This is at the Los Angeles Temple, on Santa Monica Blvd. I caught the two of them admiring a bride getting some wedding shots taken in the exact same spot that Michelle and I had some of our wedding portraits done. In fact, [...]

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