I feel like death has been a big topic in my most recent public writing.  Even in my not-public writing.  I am seemingly becoming somewhat seasoned in handling it.  My last public entry, however, was after watching Marco Simoncelli die on live television -- not someone I knew, but someone who I admired and had photographed and was hoping to see ( Read more... )

This weekend we watched Marco Simoncelli die ( Read more... )

Have you ever counted calories? It is far more difficult than weight watchers makes it look. Periodically I will give it a go, just to see if I'm on track with my eating habits (and especially when I'm trying to figure out why my pants are shrinking ... do I need to replace the washer again?). I started counting them this last Monday; I quit mid ( Read more... )

I know you are wondering if I drove back by the vomit on the way out of the mall parking lot ... and well, yes, I did. I know, silly me. I swore I wouldn't look at it, but how could I resist? Aren't we all inclined to stare at things that will spoil our lunch? I tried (albeit not very hard), but failed. I could even smell it. I must have a ( Read more... )

I have been on this Jack in the Box kick lately. They have some new-ish menu items (and a few old ones) i dig. Not to mention the one by my office is fairly busy, but the staff can usually hustle pretty well. Today though, not so much. I drive up and the drive thru line is out of contol. No problem. When this happens I just go inside and then ( Read more... )

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I am so bummed ( Read more... )

So when I got married I started a Project 365 on flicker ... which happily coincides with my new camara and all the fun I'll be having with it. If you are unfamiliar with a project 365, it's basically one photo a day for a year. I thought it would be a good challenge for me to get back into photo habit and to learn rather than procrastinate ( Read more... )