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New Tire Smell

As far as products go I consider the smell of new tires to be second only to the smell of new Apple electronics. So you can imagine my excitement when our recent relocation to the soon-to-be Great White North required that we purchase a new set of snow tires for Anna Kate’s Odyssey!

Springtime in Alabama

Last week we had tornados on Saturday then 3″ of snow fell Sunday. Today, after I spent most of the week in Las Vegas working the PMA show, my World Lit class was treated to an outside discussion on Beowulf. As they say around here: if you don’t like the weather, wait 5 minutes :D

PMA bound

Tomorrow evening I fly out to Vegas for 3 days at the Photo Marketing Association’s (PMA) 2009 trade show. I’m all geared up with my Pentax K10D, new SanDisk 8GB Extreme III SDHC card and ExpressCard reader, custom printed business cards, and press badge. Unfortunately, my extra battery and battery grip look like they won’t [...]

frosty

Pentax K10D, Pentax SMC-A 50mm f/1.7 (manual focus), ISO 100, f/1.7, 1/4000 sec, +1 EV, IS off

We got a rare 3″ of snow today. It is the wet sticky kind that packs quite well then melts down the back of your shirt ;-) It was blowing quite heavily but the K10D held up fine with [...]