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Where’s the strangest place you’ve ever made whoopie?

Avitable — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:15 +0000

You may have seen from the news that a serial killer who was recently given the death penalty for murdering four women and a child between 1977 to 1979, Rodney Alcala, was actually a winning bachelor on "The Dating Game" in 1978. While the media has picked up on a few of his answers as being [...]

I’m back….for now and other random bits

Hockeyman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:28:35 +0000

Ahhhh, once again I have a hockey team to play on. At least for the remainder of this season which will be about 9 more games including playoffs, I will be on the ice every Thursday night. I am very happy about that to say the least. Now if I can get rid of this sore [...]

Mom Talking Like She’s on Jersey Shore and the Return of 2HRadio

Secondhand Karl — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:53:52 +0000

I’ve gained 7 pounds. Not sure why. I have been exercising. Isn’t that the point of moving, to LOSE weight? Or at least not gain any? Sigh. Waiting. I hate it. Yesterday, I waited with Mom at the doctor’s. Almost an hour. With weak Edge, at best. Visit went well. Mom is now officially without both her leg [...]

My interview with my recently deceased grandmother

Avitable — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:29 +0000

My grandmother, pictured above with her second favorite dictator, passed away Friday night. This is the same grandmother I've written about previously. She was suffering from the late stages of Alzheimer's, and her death, while sad, was merciful. Eileen was the oldest of 15 children. She raised many of her younger brothers and [...]

After Birthday Check-Up

Neil — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:49:31 +0000

Every year, on the day after my birthday, I like to take stock of my life to make sure that everything is running as smoothly as a Swiss watch. That’s why I made an appointment for this morning to see Doctor Teitelbaum, my family doctor. “How’s it going with you and Sophia?” he asked as he took [...]

Try not to giggle about the randomly assigned car number, OK? Seriously, just grow up. Me? I hardly noticed.

Daddy Scratches — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:23:56 +0000

This glorified doorstop with plastic wheels? Oh, it only...

My 6 Favorite Music Apps For the iPhone

Secondhand Karl — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:11:05 +0000

I love music. I don’t know where I’d be without it, honestly. One thing the iPhone (iPod) does really well is music. I use Smart Playlists to sync songs all the time, love my iPod. And there are some great music apps for the iPhone, too. Thought I’d share a handful of my favorites with you. Moodagent [...]

Guns and Tacos vs. Luchador

Sharks patrol these waters. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:57:24 +0000

Spicy RV // Guns and Tacos // Lucha de Cine from Media975 on Vimeo. Special thanks to James Beck, Paul Sedillo and Lucha Libre Mexicana in El Paso, TX.

Neil Diamond: We Offer You Our Protection

mayopie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:38:20 +0000

I need your help today. I need us to ban together and focus on one, perhaps unattainable goal. I know you’re busy. I’m busy. But sometimes we need to set aside some time to do something for someone who richly deserves it. Someone I can guarantee is as busy as anyone I know, yet he’ll happily take the time [...]

In The Details

The Mister — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:09:00 +0000

Scroll down one post if you clicked over here from The Dayton Time religion post.

I was just thinking about how social media come and go. Time was when to really be a hipster in the cyber-community you had to be on AOL. (shudder) I'll leave the reminiscences of the dark ages (IRC) for another time. Fast forward through ICQ, Yahoo, MySpace and so on and now it seems if you ain''t on Effbook and Twitter you're out in the cold.

But that's not what got me thinking. There's all these forums for digital photos now too. I'm not the shutterbug in the family so I have almost nothing to do with them. Apart from the few hundred snaps in my phone I don't have much to do with the photo documentation of our life. But it's a huge thing for me.

Looking back at the photo albums my parents have from when I was growing up you can easily see how a year-in-the-life translated almost exactly to one roll . An average of two frames per month of Kodak Gold 200 is all the imagery I have to look back on. Having a wife with a good camera who knows how to use it is such a blessing. She's the type of person who will take 2000 pictures throughout the kids' soccer season and cull the herd down to thirty really amazing shots.

The big fun for me is sifting through all the dregs though. Looking back at shots of my family growing up everyone else glances at a group of relatives in the kitchen around a birthday cake and remembers when Junior turned four. I look at the same picture and say, "Huh, I remember that blender..." And my eyes continue to hunt and peck around the periphery, taking in a snippet of wall paper and a dash of cabinet door handles along with a healthy dose of Grandma's horn rims and I'm solidly, vividly back in my childhood days. So a huge folder packed with failed shots are a treasure trove to me.

My mother's photo albums consist almost entirely of posed shots of everyone available arranged in ranks in front of whatever significant scenery was available. Pictures of backyard birthday parties don't look much different than trips to France. Catching the good bits is kind of tough. How much better to look back in twenty years and see all the odd angles of daily living and catch a glimpse of an annoyed toddler next to a stack of long gone books with a few branches from the dearly departed Maple tree peeking in the window!