Twitter Coincidence
I’m easily amused, so I thought the coincidence of these two Twitter posts being on top of each other was amusing. One, a story from my newspaper about the danger of chocolate to pets… just above that is a story from the Champaign paper about a bomb-sniffing dog at the courthouse dying. Then I realized [...]
Favorite Subject
This little guy has taken the top spot on my list of favorite things to photograph. Sure… he might spit up on me, suck on his fingers, slobber all over his outfit or cry after a few frames — but you could worry about any of those things with some of the major athletes I’ve [...]
Blog, We Have a Problem
So… in the process of moving my blog around I somehow damaged the database and I’m pretty sure I lost my entire blog. As far as I can tell all four years of pointless rambling is gone. I’ve racked my brain trying to bring it back but I don’t have the mental energy to worry [...]
Michigan State 24 – Illinois 14
Shooting Illinois football has been about as much fun as watching Illinois football… which means it’s sucked so far this year. On the plus side, I haven’t been booed at (yet) when I come back into the office. Saturday’s game was the first start for backup quarterback Eddie McGee. I think the coaches were hoping [...]
Eisenhower 20 – Urbana 8
Eisenhower High School hadn’t won a game in a long time. In fact, most of the kids on the team didn’t know what it felt like to win as a Panther… until Friday night. After losing 25 straight games they beat the Urbana Tigers 20-8. When my boss told me I was shooting this game [...]