Blogger.

It's been a long while since I've updated this thing. Been having lot's of fun and busy at work, but the biggest problem is trying to connect and stay connected to blogger with my crappy satelite internet connection. Flickr works great, so that's where I now tend to post photos and things. Check it out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66312989@N00/

Poor Edgar.

Now that is is a little over a year old, today was the day.

First Fridays with Chris and Heather

We went out Friday night! First time we have been out like that for a while, we went to First Fridays at the MMFA with Chris and Heather and then for Mexican food at the new Ixtapa. They are a really fun couple to hang out with.

Hiking in Tuskegee

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Mary and I took Edgar for a short hike in Tuskegee National Forest Yesterday, it was nice to get in the woods for a bit.

I've been lazy with Blogger

I have not had too much to post about lately. I've had more fun with Flickr than this site the past few months, and then my new Canon point and shoot camera went kerplunk and that has kept me from documenting things. I did get a cafepress page though, so you can get my skateboard logo on tshirts and other items if you like, click here to check it out.

More items will be coming soon.

Here are a few recent photos. Our house one night last week:

Edgar being happy at sunset:

The ramp:

Sunset behind the neighbor's barn:

Helmetcam!!!!!!

Last week I was waiting on an order of Seseme Tofu at China King. With 15 minutes to kill I walked into Wolf Camera and checked out the clearance table, and saw an Oregon Scientific Helmetcam for $19.75. Had to have it. The quality really is bad, I've seen cell phones this good. I sure wouldn't have paid the original retail price of $120, but for $20 it's a fun toy if I break it next week.
This is my first decent video, the camera taped to the bottom of my deck for a run on my ramp. I have an idea for this camera that is going to be really funny, but that will come after I improvise a fisheye lens and dog-collar mount.

I Have a Ramp!

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I have been working on this thing for 2 months now. It's something I have always wanted, and it's beautiful. It's got a 7.5' transition, and it varies in height from 4' on the short section, 5.5' on the other side and 6' on the tall side. The 6' part has concrete coping. Since completion it has rained like hell, some rain got it before I could get it sealed well but I'm working to keep in good shape. I also hurt my leg and have not been able to ride as much as I'd like. The joist are mostly 2"x4"s, I would have prefered 2"x6" but I had a lot of scrap wood in the barn and was trying to cut corners.
I got all but the blue paint as "oops" paint at Home Depot and Lowes. If you are a homeowner I suggest going by the paint counter every time you are in there. Oops paint is where they mixed a custom color and it was returned because it wasn't a perfect match. It's all $5 a gallon, even the real expensive paint.

Reason #462 Why My Wife Rocks

She made me sesame noodles with bok choy and cucumbers. Damn that stuff was good.

Happy 4th of July!

We did it up for July 4th this year. Had all kinds of activities and the croquet by fire tourny I have been wanting to have for so long. The croquet however was started WAY too late(partly because I didn't listen to suggestions) and moved way too slow. Next year there will be a smaller course and we will start the first rounds during the daytime and have the final rounds by fire. We did declare Jim Wahl(sp?) the winner as he had the best time advancing, and we drew numbers for everyone else to get prizes.

My cousin Webb came and visited also, I have never had a good chance to hang out with him but we got to talk some at the wedding and had a good time on the fourth. Here is a shot of him playing the spoons:


Also, Mike, Adam and Sean helped me finish my ramp. It still needs one more surface board, a few braces and the final coat of paint but those guys helped me do what would have taken weeks in a day and we managed to skate a bit. My old friend Steve Allen was in town from Colorado, he was nailing fakie disasters and Sean rolled in from the 4' deck on a bike. I was busy and didn't take action shots, but I will get a session going soon and post up. I did get this cool shot of Mike welding my coping though:

WOOOO!-HOOOOOO!

The skies have been amazing out in the country the past few nights. Edgar has been in full-tilt puppy mode as well.

Is anyone really this stupid?

It amazes me that a frozen pizza needs to have something in the instructions saying it needs to be cooked before eating.

Dogwater

Mary gives Edgar a drink on a hot day. I'm lucky to have these two!

Montgomery Biscuits Game

We went to a Montgomery Biscuits game this past Saturday night. I don't know why I don't go more often, I have never been a fan of baseball but it's a great thing for the city and it needs to be supported. The weather was great and the sunset behind the stadium was beautiful and there was a fireworks show afterwards. The biscuits lost however, though it was a good game and went to 11 innings.
In the photo are two of my colleagues, on left is Chris Stacy who is the Univeristy Photographer at Griffith University in Bribane, Queensland, and on right is Joe Olivera from Tuskegee University. Joe and I are going to get some local photo workshops going on around here before long.

Our Honeymoon

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I know it took a while, but I finally finished editing the photos from our honeymoon. These are my favorites, I will be making a dvd slideshow with music and everything eventually.

Our Garden, 05-21-08

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Some days nothing is better than skating

Last week got to be a long week. I worked 13 hours Thursday, 12 hours Friday and Saturday too. When I finished on Saturday I managed to grab a quick session at Montgomery's park though, I really needed that!

Pools Open!

Got my pool up and running. I have only swam in it a couple times though, the water is still cold as hell.