like a Three Dog Night song

I’m realize that I’m spending more time on black and white pictures than color lately. Maybe it’s my mood. Maybe it’s my camera. Whatever the reason, stripping away the color makes pictures that I like better. The expressions on faces are so much clearer. The emotions more tangible. I’ll get back to color eventually. Maybe.

word to the wise

Topics that you should never discuss with my father: Religion Politics The “war” on Christmas Sex Normal bodily functions Immigration Race Issues Gender Issues Guns Topics that are safe to discuss with my father: Grandchildren Food Sports Cars Death

What did you tell Santa?

Tommy: “A new DS.” Sarah: “A chair.” Noah: “A Wii.” Amy: “Barbie.” Evan: “No.” Doug: “MacBook Pro” Me: “A new camera.”

Mom says:

“Sarah’s in the mob storming the field. She’s gonna get hurt.” Final score: Bearden 28 – Farragut 14 Sarah gets to go to Nashville next Friday night. Tomorrow she gets to tease her Farragut alumni Uncle. I’m not sure which she’s looking forward to more.

Noah says:

“Don’t we have any good concert videos? Like Deep Purple or anybody from Guitar Hero?” He was displeased with “Heart of Gold” as the background music for Thanksgiving cooking (and singing).

Internet dress code: No feelings on sleeve

I hurt people’s feelings. I know this, because they tell me. Apparently, a lot of people didn’t get the memo that the Internet has Asperger’s. Well, it does. Sometimes I think Internet users should have beginner’s permits until they earn their license. It would make it much easier to know how to communicate with them. […]

Thanksgiving review

good – no travel bad – teens who think jammies are clothes good – company who don’t care if you’ve cleaned bad – dirty house good – late night meal bad – tight jeans good – leftovers for days bad – mountains of dirty dishes good – everything bad – nothing

I’m a dork

We spent the morning at school for Thanksgiving activities. A Knoxville celebrity/movie star was there watching another child. I don’t like to bother the beautiful people, but I get a kick out of seeing them. In high school, I purposely tried to spot celebrities. Mostly musicians. Since I don’t do that any more, I was […]