For more than a year, I’ve been shooting sports photos using a monopod that’s too short. I didn’t complain because I got it for free from a friend who replaced it with a more expensive monopod. But we decided to get a taller one this year, since I either have to stoop with mine, or[...]
UPDATE – 9/25/08: I’ve now uploaded all of my photos from the Ponca City trip! Click on this link to see them on Flickr. ———————- Late last night, I posted about half of my photos from the Ponca City trip. You can see them here. Like I said, it’s only about half of them, including[...]
Surprisingly to many people (including myself), President Bush was right about the coming crisis. As early as 2003, the New York Times reported that Bush wanted an oversight board over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The ranking democratic congressman at the time said, “These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not[...]
In my fatigue, when I blogged last night, I forgot to mention that the trip to Ponca City was entirely funded by my parents as birthday presents to Marline and I. They paid for the gas, the entrance to the Marland Mansion, and for our lunch at Blue Moon Cafe (in Ponca City) and for[...]
Thanks to Richard and Cassie for the birthday comments, and to all the others who either emailed, called, or left notes on Facebook (which I’ll soon discontinue using). Marline and I had happy birthdays. Friday (her birthday) was a little busy, but she got the presents she wanted. On Saturday, we went with my parents[...]
The song says “tomorrow is just a day away.” Right now, though, it’s only a few minutes away. And in New York, tomorrow has already started. (The same goes for Europe, and everything else that’s east of here.) And tomorrow — Sept. 19, 2008 — my wife will turn 27. The following day, I’ll be[...]
I got to ride a Segway HT (human transporter) the other day. No, there are no pictures of me doing it. But I got a few shots of other people riding it. My friend Steve Boots brought his two Segways to my office, where my publisher and managing editor rode the vehicles. My experience on[...]
The BBC reported today that the ice in the Artic failed to shrink to a smaller level than last year’s numbers. According to the article, 2007 set the record for least amount of ice (since records have been kept; only 30 years). Of course, the “global warming” scientists didn’t fall for the evidence. One said,[...]
Don’t let the title fool you; this post is about two separate subjects. 1. Low Bills Marline and I have been enjoying very low electric bills, thanks in part to our smoky neighbor (mentioned previously). Since we’ve refused to fill our apartment with the strange and varied odors coming from our neighbor’s intake vents, that[...]
Sorry it’s been so long since my last post. For the last two weeks of August, I was working day and night on the “2008 Seminole County Football Preview,” which is a detailed preview of all six county high school football teams. Exhausting. Marline helped me quite a bit. But it’s over now. Football season[...]
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This is from a year ago, but I don’t think I ever mentioned it. My wife and I always laugh when reminding each other of this story. We were at the neighborhood playground. Rebecca was drawing on the sidewalk using a white rock to make white lines. Two other girls, probably four and five years[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
This video is is cuter without sound (I forgot to mute the TV before recording). Rebecca was proud that she drinks out of a glass now, without spilling: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
Flickr did their biggest change ever this evening. There’s a little more about that on my other blog. I’m seriously considering ending my eight-year relationship with Flickr. If only there were another decent place to share photos (and remember, I said “decent”, so no one suggest Facebook). Rebecca worked on learning my limits again today.[...]
WEATHER: 72-93°F, mostly cloudy RLF requested the playground today, after a few weeks of not going, so I said okay. She wouldn’t walk there; only rode in the stroller. And only played there for about five minutes before she was ready to come home. (This is why we’d quit going in the first place.) She[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
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