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Same shot as below, but blown up a bit.

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Shot of the moon last night- not bad considering I didn’t have a tripod. Nikon 500m lens on a D80

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Bought myself a new camera this month, so there’s a bunch of new photos in flickr. Take a look, leave some comments if you like!
Happy New Year!

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Perhaps it will be long, we’ll see how much longer I can sit at this screen with my headache that does not seem to want to go away.
I was debating how to begin this entry, or rather, whether I should even relive the past few months or just start fresh from today. I believe I [...]

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My favorite game in an arcade has always been “Wack a Croc.” I don’t know what it is actually called, but I have always loved wacking the crocodiles as they come out to ‘bite’ you. I’ve gotten pretty good at it too- if you get 100 percent in the first half it brings you [...]

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The last few weeks, er rather the last few months of work remind me of the time my brother and I foolishly thought it would be fun to skateboard on the family treadmill. We quickly realized that by holding onto both rails of the machine to stay upright, you therefore could not hit the [...]

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Sunset on Sauvie Island Monday Evening…

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… I was traveling the country. My thoughts and prayers to all of those with lost ones on September 11th, 2001.
Here is my journal entry from September 13th, 2001- when I finally was able to pen some sort of rambling thought down.
September 13, 2001
Words cannot adequately express the last couple of days; beautiful dreams [...]

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I don’t know who reads this blog anymore- but for those of you who are out there, I need your help!
Through a series of events that are not really all that important, I have decided to compete again. I’m not really interested in competing against other people, but more so myself- pushing my body past [...]

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Lots of thoughts going through my head this weekend.
thoughts of meeting a great new friend…
thoughts of good friends that are changing directions…
thoughts of a two year old who almost drowned this evening…
thoughts of the past, of the future
Sometimes I think I should just stop thinking
Sometimes I think we all think too much.
We all process too [...]

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Today was the third pair of shoes Sidney has eaten. When she was a little pup, she ate my nice dress shoes- I understood that. All puppies have problems.
About a month ago she managed to throw my steel-toed work boots over a gate so she could sit in the shade and chew away. Fortunately she [...]

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- Said at the passing of Maynard Ferguson, trumpet player legend.
Growing up in high school I listened to Maynard at least once a day with Chris in his apartment. Although I only got to see him live once, at Molalla High School, I will never forget his music. Even at 78 he was still hitting [...]

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I had to calm down overnight before I could post this entry. Angry, frustrated, and mostly saddened from what I learned yesterday. A year or two ago in a Social Liberation class at Portland State, the book “The Blood Runs Like a River Through my Dreams” by Nasdijj was suggested. After being deeply [...]

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It’s been quite a while since I have spoke about FEMA and Hurricane Katrina. For those of you who have been around for a while, you know that I was a little outspoken regarding FEMA and the national response to the South after the hurricane season last year. If you want to read through those [...]

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