Not Skeered at All

Told the nurse giving me a shot at the doctor’s office, “I used to be deathly afraid of needles, now I’m only moderately terrified.” I suppose it would have been funnier if I didn’t have my eyes clamped shut and my head turned the other way.

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It’s Going to be Hot

Just in time for the annual trip Mother Nature has decided to give us a weeks worth of 100+ days. At least they revised the temperatures. Originally they had 119 for 3 of the days. Please do NOT give me that crap about it being a dry heat. 113 is still hotter than Hell.

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Expedition Matterhorn

Sometimes I wonder if we’re the only ones who treat a trip to Disneyland as if it were an expedition. With a 5-6 hour drive from our house to the park we start about 4 weeks early by compiling a list of things we want to take: clothing, food for the trip, cameras, you know…the…

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Getting Serious Around Here

Recently I’ve begun treating photography as more than just a hobby again. This weekend was another big step with the purchase of a prosumer photo printer. This goes along with recent purchases of new camera bodies and glass as I made the switch from Nikon (which I’d been loyal to since I started in the…

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Happy Birthday Zac!

If you’ve read this blog or looked back through previous posts you may have noticed many posts about my autistic son. Today my son turns 22 years old. He was, in fact, the reason for the OMG I’m a Parent category. It seems like only yesterday he was the blond, curly haired little boy laying…

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But it’s a DRY heat

I know they say the heat in California is nothing but stepping outside in 95 degree heat with a 6 mile an hour wind is the equivalent of stepping into a full body hair dryer. Any moisture in your skin is instantly flashed off, your eyes dry out and start itching, and the paint gets…

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Can’t Go Back

Yesterday while bringing the Christmas decorations in from the garage I stumbled upon my leather bomber jacket I bought way back when I was in college.

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Worried

When I was a 12 back in the 1980s my biggest worry was about dying in a nuclear war. Now that I’m past 50 and diabetic my biggest worry is a Snickers bar.

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