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Look Ma - No Hands!

iPhoto and iDVD for Slideshows

One of the local high schools’ lacrosse program had their annual post-season banquet last night, and it included some of my photography. I’d stopped by one game back in February at the request of one of their coaches, my friend Peter. I took and edited some pictures, posted them on my photography site, and was […]

Restoring Old Photos

I decided to pull a few old snapshots out of the photo album just to see how much I could do to restore them. I’m no photo restoration expert, so if you’ve got pointers please pass them along. I started by scanning a photo on my HP PhotoSmart 2570. This is a photo of me […]

Humuhumunukunukuapua’a

Let’s hear it for the “6-year-old son of a constituent,” getting his voice heard by his congressman and perhaps giving Hawaii a ‘state fish’ once again. Everybody sing along with Eric Stone [mp3]… “The Humuhumunukunukuapua’ is the fish that I Aloha / He likes to swim at the top of the reef near the beaches […]

Easter, 1916

I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid facesFrom counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses.I have passed with a nod of the headOr polite meaningless words, Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words, And thought before I had done Of a mocking tale or a gibe To please a […]

Teenage Wasteland

It’s springtime in the Atlanta area. That means that the flowers and plants are blooming, the pollen is flying, and the trees are draped with TP. For some unknown reason, high school students in this area have a tradition known euphemistically as the “Junior-Senior War.” I prefer to call it by it’s proper name – […]

Baseball Pictures

It’s been a few weeks since I posted any sports photos, and my son’s baseball team has been doing well this week, so it’s time once again. These are from Tuesday evening’s game. As usual, you can click on any image to see a larger version. Here’s my son sliding into third base, right before […]

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