Cowboy Troy has a video now apparently:

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Well, it beats most of the crap on the country station these days. Get you some'a dat!

I have a new toy - a Pentax K100D Super. I like it so far: lightweight, small body, uses 4 AA batteries (the set of 2100mah rechargeables I currently use seems to give me over 500 exposures, with judicious flash use), uses the lenses I already have (admittedly, so far the only lens I'm likely to put on it is the manual focus zoom I have, but ( Read more... )

That I no longer consider it unusual to carry a picnic lunch to cemeteries ( Read more... )

The epitaph of one Julian C. Skaggs, a West Virginia coal miner who had himself cremated upon his death and buried.

I made an ash of myself.

Yep.

I'm currently in St. Louis, I'll be heading to Mississippi to see family and friends on Friday, then at some point back to Greenville. I was playing with Google Maps this morning and it appears my little Christmas trip will total a little over 2000 miles and consume over 24 hours of travel time, no including time spent in hotels. I've driven over ( Read more... )

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Your Score: Jimmy Stewart

You scored 26% Tough, 0% Roguish, 52% Friendly, and 23% Charming!


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Stolen from Jessica...

It's a meme about books I've read, yay books!
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From "The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea" by Annette B. Winer:

"The beauty and power of yams now express desire, intention, and political seduction."

And in context, that sentence makes perfect sense.