Regular Life

Before Monday night, I never had met a celebrity, as far as I know. I almost certainly never had met anyone known internationally.
Although I have had dreams of working in the entertainment industry in one field or another, my goal never has been to rub elbows with the famous. They are [...]

(Note: I have posted Part Five of “The Keys Are In It,” which brings two of our main characters together. Sorry it’s been a while. You might want to start at the beginning to refresh your memory.)

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I shot this Sunday night while strolling in Memphis. I figured a B&W [...]

The scene above is exactly one city block from my hotel. The scene below is from my hotel window.

I have a few more nights in Memphis before this trip ends, but putting things off has burned me in the past, so I ventured out Thursday night.
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While typing this, I’m seated on an airplane. Seat 10B, to be exact. The flat, concrete Dallas metroplex landscape shrinks below as we make our way up into the clouds.
I have come prepared for this flight of a little more than one hour. In fact, I’m a little too prepared. Because [...]

The dialog in my latest video is a bit quiet in spots, but I’m hoping the cinematography makes up for it (yeah, right). Quick synopsis: Ben and I set out to ride around the neighborhood at random. Within a minute he came up with our first destination, and shortly after we reached it [...]

(Note: Those reading “The Keys Are In It” may read the latest, action-packed chapter, Part Four.)

Can I get a “hole purr?”
Benjamin’s fourth birthday party didn’t go very well. Lucky for us, that was a year ago.
His fifth was almost perfect. The only bad thing was the wind didn’t allow us to light his [...]

I wrote this post about a year ago and never did anything with it. I brushed off the dust and wrote a foreword, then modernized it with some random McCain, Obama, and Clinton references. Those are gone now, but I have left the original controversy.
Originally, instead of this piece I posted a feel-good [...]

As I have reported in the past, we found that our local Portrait Innovations does a good job for a good price. I stop at “good” because there’s nothing groundbreaking about the poses or the photographers. They are easy to work with and our prints always look great.
While our first and second trips [...]

(Note: Those following “The Keys Are In It” may continue with Part Three at my story blog.)

Somehow my wife didn’t fully appreciate my taking my DSLR camera into the restaurant Tuesday on date night. I got my shots quickly and stopped — well, except for one right there at the end, but that was [...]

(Note: If you’re just now tuning in, see the short Part One first. I will move this tale to my story blog after this chapter.)
Doug wolfed down a couple ham and cheese HotPockets and showered for work. His company’s willingness to let him set his own work shift had saved him a lot [...]