Adam With Eve – Part 2

continued from here Among the many rain-like drops falling from Eve as she emerged from the pool, a single drop, a little larger than the others, caught Adam’s eye.  He studied it in the instant that it existed, a life in the eyes of God, he imagined.  A Truth came to him cloaked in a vision.  As the drop fell, he could see it speeding up faster and faster before reaching a point where it didn’t speed up anymore.  It’s progression toward the ground was then... Read More

Payoff

These bobcat snowplows look even more bad-ass in 6 inches of snow, but no one seems to remember where the keys are, I guess. Read More  Read More

Base, foul and annoying

A lesser man might take to his blog to complain about his coworkers.  The total and complete lack of work ethic might bother this man.  Seeing them playing video games all day while this man slaves away at the less glamorous aspects of photography might make this man cringe and beg for mercy.  This lesser man might point out the base, foul and annoying aspects of some of his coworkers “talents” for constant and unending variations on belching and his ability to... Read More

Anticipation

Sometimes you preposition snow plows when the forecast calls for 5-8 inches of snow.  In Chicago, this is a good practice. Read More  Read More

THE YEAR IN PHOTOS – 2011

In 2011, I shot more than 20,000 photos, keeping around 17,000 of them, at 343 photo shoots (not including physician headshots).  Someone in my office suggested that I do a, “Photos of the Year,” but narrowing down 17,000+ photos to 24 or so that are the best is maybe too difficult for me to accomplish in one or two afternoons. So, I’ve narrowed it down to just under 200 picks.  Where I can, I’ve added captions to explain what’s going on in the... Read More

The Missing Ingredient

There are many things in this world that are almost perfect.  Pringles, for example, would be perfect if they satiated you.  Unfortunately, you crave more the more you eat which, lucky for Pringles, keeps you purchasing can after delicious can.  My sister used to joke that they were laced with Addicto, a secret additive which made you crave them equally the instant after you swallowed one.  If Addicto exists, there are many more products laced with it such as Coke, Pepperoni... Read More

A Day in the Life

Recently, the town I live in held a small photo contest on facebook.  They asked local photographers to shoot “A Day in the Life of Evanston”.  I thought this could be a good idea if people participated.  So I put the date into my calendar and set myself up to take some shots.  During the week prior to the magic date, I thought of several ideas that would say, “Evanston,” but which would also showcase a certain time of day or be cool to look at.  I... Read More

What I Can Do

If you are too weak to walk, I’ll lift you on my shoulders. If you are too tired to laugh, I’ll sing you to sleep. If you are scared of your nightmares, I’ll conquor your demons. If you are hungry for contact, I’ll fill you with love. If your shoulders are shaking, my coat will fit you. If you’re longing for feedback, I was raised by a mom and two sisters. If you want to have fun at a car show, I can usually tell when my river of information has... Read More

Bring on the Cycling Dawn

  Tragedy, joy and all manner of experience befall the individual in the night, for what occurs under the purview of the moon can seldom be explained entire in the plain sight of the sun.  Is the night stronger?  Maybe the night isn’t stronger as much as we are weaker at night from being brought up to not fear the day.  Look at how we are taught…alleys are always dark and wet when they are sets for wicked deeds, the river’s journey is into the Heart... Read More

Underwater Diving

Well, after some time away I’ve started working on a few details on my mod for Arma2, Underwater Diving. I revised the diving computer and added and removed some features. It now times your dives, displays ambient water pressure, displays depth and records your maximum depth reached, indicates a dive ceiling where you need to wait to decompress (if needed), and it has oxygen toxicity bar graphs and nitrogen loading bar graphs. If you surface, the dive timer stops and restarts... Read More

Amazing Women

LOOKING NOT FINDING Looking online for someone to date is like shopping for a car.  Too old, too young, wrong color, wrong features, looks like high-maintenance hotness, looks perfect but the seller won’t contact me back, etc.    The good thing about shopping online for someone to date is when you meet someone in person, the old trepidation is gone.  It’s like finding the perfect little red convertible on a random lot, skidding to a stop and looking for the asking... Read More

ARC

Automatic Relationship Compensation (ARC).  I’ve discovered that I suffer from ARC after I bought my first car.  The concept is this: the more my romantic life suffers, the more money I spend on my car.  After three years of on and off with a girl I was dating, my car was pretty damn tricked out.  I even acquired the label, “tuner,” from some of my friends, mainly as a result of them never having modified their own cars beyond the occasional Christmas tree... Read More

Sexahol

High school was a strange time of pre-internet sexlessness and adults warning me endlessly in varying filmstrips and interrupted lesson plans of the dangers of “Peer Pressure”. Peer Pressure (PP), I capitalize both letters intentionally, was something as strange and mysterious as any drug but with the added danger of leading to every other bad thing in life such as Drugs, Sex, Alcohol, STDs, Pregnancy, Fun at Parties, Going to Parties, Loitering, Skateboarding, Midriffs,... Read More

Glimpse

Don’t you just hate it when every time you go out to eat near the building where your ex works, you think you are going to see her, but you never do?  The only thing you can do every time you enter the outdoor seating area is quickly scan everyone’s face Terminator-style until you get the, “No Target,” return from your eyes and declare definitively, “OK, we can eat here,” to your confused friends.  But before that, the possibility of bolting... Read More

Raven

Raven alight upon my ledge Tapping at frosted glass. Barely the handle is turned when you leap inside Transforming into the Night Beauty. You sing and I am yours. I woo you, love you, make you mine You wrap your wings around me and we fly together into the sky. I grasp you close, But my hold is too tight. Your feathers wilt. You call out to the blue sky. I see you at the window again. I open it and you are free. My room is smaller now. I see your feathers upon my pillow. The... Read More