Farmville was tempting, but FishVille hooked me. Yes, I have now been sucked into the murky, time-wasting waters of inevitability. If you visit Facebook often, then you too will succumb to the happy jingly eye-candy, music and false sense of accomplishment. But since I started first, I will always be the biggest fish in the [...]
October 20, 2009
U.S. Environmentalism since 1945 by Steven Stoll
When NASA bombed the moon I was like “huh?!? What was the point of that?” I know there’s no snowy wood owls or endangered swamp frogs up there, but why? Scientific curiousity? Bah! So I guess this book increased my awareness of stewardship. In a sense of bigness, we all can claim some form of [...]
October 1, 2009
1983-84 My 1966 Volkswagen Bug
Ok, so substitute pictures. I think I may have a pic of my bug which was a bit darker green somewhere… I purchased this beauty in I think 1983? It had a 1969 motor in it and was a hoot. Fixing brakes on this car with a limited set of tools (monkey wrench, and a [...]
October 1, 2009
Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
If you think you were teased in school… It’s hard to imagine just how difficult life was for 9 young teens who were at the forefront of integration at Little Rock’s Central High School. As I was reading this book, I realized that we have come pretty far, yet still have far to go to [...]
September 27, 2009
Digital Imaging Fundamentals
This class was mostly review and might better have been named Photoshop basics. While we did delve a bit into a PS automation a bit, none of the important (to me) aspects of digital imaging were explored. Things like monitor calibration, histogram, color correction, work flow etc., could definitely have been explored more deeply. In [...]
September 27, 2009
Audio Fundamentals
This class was more interesting and fun than I had anticipated. Learning about mic types, audio recording history and current non-linear editing methods will be very helpful with future projects. I enjoyed working with a diverse group of classmates and ! an ! instructor ! that ! really ! understood ! the value ! of [...]
September 27, 2009
Video Fundamentals
About three,…maybe four, years ago a friend and I got together a couple times a week over the course of two or so months and studied Final Cut Pro. It was a lot of fun, we also studied photoshop and would switch as we worked our way through various tutorials. That was the first time [...]
September 27, 2009
Suzuki RM 125
1985 – Super agile. Fun because after riding around on the bigger bikes this thing just zipped,…as long as you kept the rpms at the top of the powerband. More soon…
September 27, 2009
YZ 465
1985 This bike was bought from a friend, or more like held in hock for the 300 bucks he borrowed. Beasty, scary, way too much fun. More soon…
September 27, 2009
Kawasaki 440 LTD
1987 -ish. Bought from a friend. Wasn’t running. Carbs again… Just like pic. More soon…
November 15, 2009
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