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Thirty-seven didn’t turn out to be the year I expected it to be, in some ways that was good and in some ways that was very much not good. Leading off with the bad because it really felt like a dark cloud over the year, work drove me to some dark places. For me, I […]

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Photographing a Lunar Eclipse on 35mm Film

Blog, Photography

If you were to ask my wife why I do all of the hard things I do, she’ll tell you that it is because I can. And she isn’t wrong. I genuinely love to find out about something new, or old that I should be able to do and then spend days and weeks researching […]

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Six sixes. Four nines. Three twelves. Two eighteens. One thirty-six. The past year started out with my baby girl turning one. It’s hard to think she’s approaching two so quickly now. We threw her a big bash to ring in the whole year. Two months later she started walking and has been getting fast and […]

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Madison, Wisconsin Capitol – Fall 2006

Blog, Photography

I don’t have the usual gallery to share today. However, I do have 20 exposures from a roll of 24 all stitched into a single image. I used my Kodak Retina Reflex S camera with a 135mm telephoto lens, all of which was mounted on a tripod. This was the first roll I shot once […]

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High School – Roll 13

Blog, Photography

This is the last of my rolls from my film photography class in high school. Following this class, I had a semester of digital photography which I didn’t enjoy. That class had too much emphasis on Photoshop edits and those aren’t really my thing. These photos, however, are not the last of the photos I […]

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November – Day 3


Blog

Having such a fun-filled November is already taking a toll on me. I’ve been exhausted all week. It doesn’t help that I had a little extra stress in my life because Peace Corps called me at school and told us it was time to test our emergency calling tree using land lines. Jeramie and I took […]

November 3, 2011

November – Day 2


Blog

Two days in and I’m already feeling like a better man with the hint of a mustache and withdrawal pains while I’m drawing out my novel on paper. Today’s 30 Day Challenge is to shine my shoes. Everyday I wear my shoes to school and I have to trek 25 minutes each way over uneven and […]

November 2, 2011

November – Day 1


Blog

And so November begins. I’ve realized that I’ve stacked a lot on my plate this month and by no means do I regret it. There’s something about being too busy which I like more than not being busy enough. I started continued my novel today, though my word count starts over today. My goal for the […]

November 1, 2011

Tech Tips – Offline Gmail and Google Calendar Access


Tech Tips

In yet another attempt to make you more productive as you travel around the country, I have a tip this week for you to be able to read your email while you’re on the go and without internet. Of course this message doesn’t apply to those of you who already download your messages using programs like Windows […]

October 28, 2011

Wireless internet makes my life less frustrating


Computers, Peace Corps

Who’s got two thumbs, a Ukrainian VPN internet connection, an American Dlink wireless router, and a working wireless network in his Ukrainian apartment? This guy. I’d been having issues with the cable for my internet almost since the day I got my high-speed connection. I have this new type of cable internet in town. From […]

October 27, 2011

Working on myself


Blog

A couple of days ago I mentioned that I’ll be taking 30 Days to be a Better Man. I plan on following this through to the best of my ability in Ukraine (clearly I’ll have a little more trouble finding someone to give me a straight razor shave here than in the States). I’ll also […]

October 26, 2011

Why I Choose to Leave Facebook


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I joined on August 18th, 2006. I became friends with two of my closest friends within the month following. On June 20th, 2008 I entered into a relationship with Emily Meier. That relationship ended a little over four months later on November 5, 2008. I have documented photos of me singing, dancing and partaking in […]

October 23, 2011

A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords


Books

I find it hard to talk about the Song of Ice and Fire series because there is so much that happens in each one of them. I could have reviewed the first two by now, but I didn’t know where to begin. I’m going to assume you have read them already, however, and this might contain some plot spoilers. […]

October 20, 2011