Made some time this afternoon to play with my new(ish) macro lens and ring flash, with just a dash of Photoshop thrown in. ‘Tis not the season for much nature photography, but it’s fun to see what subjects present themselves in the garage. To wit… Heat sink from a computer circuit board Pliers Driver bits… Continue reading Macro Mania
Random Thursday: The Saturday Edition
We’ve got a lot of ground to cover today, kiddies, so try to keep up. Just kidding; read at your own pace.
“That thang got a hemi?” – Pt. 2
Wherein I get a Bentley mixed up with a Chrysler…but, really, who hasn’t?
And now for something completely different, sort of.
Wherein I resurrect a post from four years ago to make a point that I’m pretty sure I never get around to.
Inauguration Day 2009: Revisited
A rare political post which makes the point that I’m not perceptive enough to write political posts.
Life Hacks (or, Solutions to First World Problems)
Fellow [occasional] blogger Jen posted a link to this list of “50 Life Hacks to Simplify Your World.” In a previous era, “life hacks” were referred to as “Hints from Heloise,” but that’s another topic for another time. Anyway, after skimming through the article, I started wondering what future extraterrestrial archeologists might glean about our… Continue reading Life Hacks (or, Solutions to First World Problems)
Betsy Andreu: My New Heroine
At the time of this writing, if you type “Betsy” into the Google search bar, “Betsy Andreu” comes up as the second suggested phrase, behind only Betsey Johnson, which makes no sense at all because the two names are spelled differently, and I would expect that Big Brother would be well aware that I couldn’t… Continue reading Betsy Andreu: My New Heroine
Two Things: Lance / Missy
Lance Armstrong: Self-inflicted irrelevance I’m still trying to decide how I feel about Lance Armstrong now that he’s [apparently] coming clean – more or less, and no pun intended – about his use of PEDs during his cycling career. I’ve been a fan since his early days in the sport, and felt an inordinate amount… Continue reading Two Things: Lance / Missy
Reason #437 why I’m not in public relations
So I pick up a man and his wife at the airport this afternoon; we’re interviewing him for a position. They live in Alaska (which might give you an idea of how hard it is to fill jobs here). On the way out of the airport, they’re telling me about all the wildlife in the… Continue reading Reason #437 why I’m not in public relations
My Spiritual Gift is Contortion
We met as a congregation in our fourth location in the past 18 months, as we continue to deal with the inconveniences of a major remodeling/expansion program, complicated by a fire in end of the church not being worked on. Today, we assembled in the auditorium of Midland Lee High School, a location where we… Continue reading My Spiritual Gift is Contortion