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01.31.06

So sore…
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I doubled my upper-body workout tonight. I feel good now, but I have a feeling that things won't be so great when I wake up in a few hours. I've been keeping track of my exercise and diet stuff for a new program in Coles county, Reshaping Coles. There are some good and bad things about it, but I find ways to see bad in everything. It is supposed to be the "Biggest Loser Challenge" for the area... but there is no incentive to lose weight. Weight is not a factor at all in the contest, so I'm not really sure what ...
01.29.06

I have weekends off now!
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Wow... It's Sunday evening, and I'm sitting at home. I'm not really sure what to think about this. Prowler never showed up for the "Boo For Billy" game at Lantz Saturday afternoon. The arena gym was pretty packed because of the area kids' halftime performance with the Pink Panthers. Eastern won, and played a pretty good game, but I would have loved to hear it when Prowler set foot on the floor. Oh well... I went to see Rent with Mal and her roommates last night. It was a good show, but the songs just weren't as believable on the screen as ...
01.27.06

Crazy Dream
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So, I had this weird dream last night... It was my wedding, but things were a little odd. I had best women, and Mallory had bridesmen. When the pastor asked if anyone had any objections, Laura and Erin both shouted out that they couldn't let the wedding go on because the lighting wasn't right. Only I could let a dream about the happiest day of my life be ruined by bad lighting. Oh well. I went to a Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament at Marty's tonight. It was a liitle strange, since most of the participants were EIU athletes, but a lot of fun. On a side note, ...
01.25.06

Weekend update
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OK, I know I've been saying that posting is going to be more regular, but I've had some other side projects come up, and this has been pushed to the back burner. Here's my past few days in a nutshell: FRIDAY - Work, go out drinking with Mal and some of the girls from her sorority, grocery shopping, cook a week's worth of dinners, workout, sleep for a couple hours. SATURDAY - Go home to Danville, find out that everything in town closes at 1 p.m. on a Saturday, help build a couple walls for the extra bedroom in the basement, wire the ...
01.20.06

Bored self-portrait
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A 10-minute commute plus sheer boredom with lots of gadgets turns into a self portrait while driving. This self-portrait was taken while driving home from work Wednesday night. The camera was clamped to my dashboard and the flash was clamped to the handle of the passenger-side door, both fired with a remote. A one-second exposure at f/11 was used with a rear-curtain sync on the flash. Yes, I am that bored. The fun thing was the looks I got from other drivers on the road. I haven't been posting much this week because I just can't stand to look at my computer anymore. ...
01.18.06

Good job Obama
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I was going through some podcasts tonight and stumbled across one offered by U.S. Senator Barack Obama that I thought was pretty cool. It looks like he is on the forefront of using podcasts as a means to communicate with the people in his area (or anywhere). I'm glad to see a politician using technology in new and different ways.
01.15.06

My fan letter to Rex Grossman
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Dear Mr. Grossman, How hard is it to play the game the way that's worked all season? Seriously, you threw the ball worse than an overweight 83-year-old fan in the halftime pass-punt-and-kick competition. The next time I see you I'll be sure to remind you that you suck harder than a Dyson. Thanks for an awesome season. Sitting on the bench, making millions of dollars to watch a game, and then finally getting in in the last month of the season to literally throw a championship game away to the Panthers. Did you watch any of the games? Did you see how Orton played, and ...
01.15.06

Fun quote
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I came across this quote online today... thought it was kind of funny since the newspaper I work for will run anything, and I mean anything. Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. - Elbert Hubbard So keep this in mind, if you ever want to get yourself in the paper, just take a picture of yourself holding a check. You don't actually have to give money to anybody, just a giant cardboard check. You could be using the check to bludgeon ...
01.14.06

The laundromat hates me
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Searching for one white sock. Last seen on Jan. 14, at approximately 4:30 a.m. in the area of the Easy Wash Laundromat. How is it that every time I go to the laundromat I lose a sock. Last time it was a black dress sock, today a white sock. It's not fair when I have to pay extra for my big socks already... now I have to go buy more! I got bored while the clothes were in the machines tonight and took a bunch of pictures. The security footage is probably going to look a little funny. Oh well. The weather was ...
01.13.06

Man’s best friend?
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I always told her not to use her teeth... I'm still a little sore after this photo. I was going to post this the other day, but Brody Matthew decided he wanted to be come out Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning, and I got a little sidetracked with things. I did a freelance assignment for the Chicago Tribune Tuesday in Shelbyville, Ill. Everything was going fine. The gods of light and no rain were smiling on me, but then I got to meet Precious, the 115 lb. Chocolate Lab that belonged to one of the people I photographed. I like dogs, just not ...

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