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Idaho Roadtrip Photos 2

Sep

10

2009

Photographically, I focused mostly on the drive through Nevada this time, which is through an otherworldly beautiful part of the desert where there is literally nobody around for hundreds of miles. So spectacular and incredibly relaxing. There’s also some good shots from my hike to Titus Lake with my dad. For two people whose combined ...

Achtung: Flying Fish

Jul

25

2008

I went fishing with my dad today, and he did really well. He caught five fish: two HUGE cutthroat trout, two good-sized rainbows, and a pretty decent-sized brook trout. I, on the other hand…I hooked one fish myself. Well, hooked might not be the right word. I had a little rainbow that was maybe five ...

Horsing Around

Jul

24

2008

I went horseback riding today with my camera, the pictures that were not completely blurry are now up on Flickr. Western-style riding is ideal for this, since you only need to keep one hand on the reins at all times, instead of both (as you do when you ride English-style). However, it is not ideal ...

Ow

Jul

21

2008

Went for a little ride with the Old Fart Bike Brigade: Atlanta Edition today. And when I say “a little ride”, I mean this nice 28 mile loop. I’m a little tired now. While I did manage to do better than my dad (in his defense, he’s almost 72 and I’m 27), I was slightly ...

Vacation, All I Ever Wanted 2

Jul

19

2008

Vegas was a good news, bad news situation. The bad news was that I lost $15 playing Roulette, because I never fucking remember that you have to have at least $100 to win squat at Roulette until I drop at least $10 in the frame of three minutes. The good news was that I turned ...

On The Road Again

Jul

17

2008

I’m unemployed and gas costs $4.60 a gallon, so what better time is there to take a road trip to Idaho to see my dad? Actually, I’m road-tripping for three reasons: Changeable plane tickets are expensive, even more so than the gas to get the 861 miles between here and Sun Valley. You could not ...

The Most Complicated Evil Plot I Have Yet Devised

Jul

9

2008

I think I’ve figured out how to land myself a job interview next Friday. This theory came to me as I was waiting for my Chinese food for an hour and 15 minutes. I really had to pee, but I just KNEW the guy was going to come while I was in the bathroom. Sure ...

To Keep You Entertained While I Work Another Six Day Week

Jun

16

2008

Please enjoy these photos of my father and stepmother’s tour of the “Five ‘Stans”: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Dad’s still figuring out how Flickr works, so his captions (which contain a fair bit of historical context for what you’re looking at) are actually posted as comments. Although some of the comments, like this ...

Oh, Dad… 3

Dec

4

2007

Total elapsed time from the beginning of my first conversation with my father about getting laid off to his first mention of how I should go to Law school: Under five minutes. Total number of times I slowly and clearly repeated to him, “I am not going to Law school” during the same conversation: At ...

Embarassment 4

Aug

1

2007

…is trying to explain to my 70 year old father why this sign in Sun Valley cracks me up.