1944 Close Combat Demonstration

Today we had an amazing time with the kids at the 1944 Close Combat Demonstration put on by the volunteers at the Texas Military Forces Museum. I’ve always been interested in World War II and read everything I can on it. To see the weapons and vehicles of the war in action was incredible. They [...]

The Bacon Lip Balm F.A.Q.

Chad! Did you know they make Bacon Lip Balm?
I did. In fact, I have some.
Wow, that was fast.
Yeah, I tend to be pretty fast when it comes to new bacon-related consumer products.
So how is it?
Smells like bacon.
That’s it?
Well I’m not an avid lip-balm user, so I can’t speak to its balmy traits.
So you haven’t used [...]

Raiders of the Lost Chipmunks

I clearly haven’t instilled in my children a proper appreciation of great cinema.
“It was really cool seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark on the big screen, wasn’t it, Colton?”
“Yeah, Dad, it was awesome. I also can’t wait to see the new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie.”
I hang my head in shame.

7-19-09 Daily iPhone photo

Today I went with Tony to see The Godfather at The Paramount Theater. The Paramount is one of my favorite places in the world. It’s a classic theater with balconies, red carpet, gold everywhere — the works. It’s amazing to look at. During the summer they run a series of classic films which are always [...]

Everyone should hate clowns like I do

Clowns creep me the heck out. But I’ll deal with that fear if it means watching the video above. It is easily the coolest thing you’ll see all day. As a photographer who also loves filmmaking, it seems to be a perfect match for what I would love to do.

Never play golf with Darth Vader

How could you turn down the Sea Dog?

While enjoying lunch today I looked across the street and saw a big sign for the, um, food above. I guess it’s a wiener-shaped piece of fish in a hot dog but with tartar sauce. Either way, you can’t pass up something called the Sea Dog.
I’ll head to Weinerschnitzel later this week and do [...]

Your odds of surviving the zombie apocalypse

Being a fan of zombie movies, and having enjoyed a few lately, I thought I’d present you with a scientific look at your odds of surviving the zombie apocalypse. You should ask your friends to objectively tell you which category you land in. This will give you your odds of survival and let you know [...]

The eyeballing game

Designers (well, anyone actually), go give this game a shot. You play through it three times and it gives you your average score. Lowest score wins. I managed a 4.18.
What’s the best you could do?

The “J Rule”

Over at Jumpontheloveboat.com I wrote a post about ladies watching action movies with their men. In it I mentioned following the “J Rule” when picking movies. If the name of the hero in the movie starts with a j, it’s a good bet it will be an action-packed movie with a high body-count (the all-important [...]

Random links – 1/12/09

Here are some random links I came across on Twitter today.
Hitler versus Windows Vista.
A man tries to pay his bill with a drawing of a spider.
Growing up Star Wars. And awesome Flickr pool of kids growing up with Star Wars.
Another nerdy link, Star Wars re-imagined for World War II.
A look at the features of the [...]

Dave’s birthday cake

Along with being New Year’s Eve, it’s also my friend Dave’s birthday. They’ll be spending the evening with us and I thought I’d take pictures of his birthday cake/present. Yes, he’s slightly over 30. Yes, his birthday cake consists of G.I. Joes. Yes, it is awesome.
On a side note, it’s the first time I’ve ever [...]

Quick Notes 11-23-08

Just a few quick notes instead of, you know, a real post.
I sit here on a Sunday afternoon. I need to clean my office and do a pile of work. I want to do none of that.
I had a blast shooting last week with Tim and Chris downtown. I put on a mini-workshop for them. [...]

This guy has talent

I already post this on Twitter, but I figured I’d throw it here for everyone else. This is great.

Han Solo says, “Go vote, kid.”

I’m done. I voted. No more election for me. So happy. Did you?