http://badmotivator.net/blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:41:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first picture here was taken in Scott and Catherine's new house. Their cabinets and countertops had recently been installed, and a bunch of us went to go check them out after the Whiteaker Block Party. The second was taken in the little park across the street from the Berkeley Hills ... http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/229 Cheryl and I took another long motorcycle ride this evening. The temperature was perfect and the road we went on was a ton of fun. We took a little break at one point to give our butts a rest. Here's Cheryl looking cute in leather, standing on a little bridge ... http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/226 http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/224 http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/220 http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/219 http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/218 http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/215 Click the picture for 8MB of giggles. http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/211 http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/209 I wish I had some pithy words about these, but I don't. Hopefully they speak for themselves. http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/207 Here is the old concrete stair coming off of the back of the house. It was small, sunken, and ugly, so I thought I'd play around with some brick and mortar and try to build something nicer. And here is the result of my tinkering: http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/202 Elliot helped me prepare the ground for a masonry project, and then took a nice dip in the new pool. http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/199 http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/196 Elliot with hat, Elliot with pokey tool, Elliot with Cheryl. Lovely. http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/192 The first picture is in the strawberry patch in our back yard. The second and third pictures are down by the Willamette River near where we live. There is a large area heavily populated by spoiled ducks and geese. Elliot was so excited he walked right into the river, and ... http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/188 Here a couple of today's photos. As always, click the picture to enlarge it. Thanks. Seriously. http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/184 It was a pretty nice day in Eugene, and I had some time to fiddle with the Nikon D40 some more. I took lots of pictures, and after weeding out the badly exposed or blurry or superfluous shots ended up with a 125-picture gain. It's funny to think about the ... http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/181 Our camera arrived today, and I took it out for a spin. I think we'll have a lot of fun with this camera. Already we are seeing pictures of much higher quality than we ever got from our smaller snappies. I can't wait to get the little bounce flash and ... http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/180 Cheryl and I have sported a succession of cute little digicams over the years. My first was a Pentax Optio S40 in 2004. Its lens extension motor failed. Since then we have taken around 13,500 pictures and movies with that camera, and then a Kodak V550 (whose lens motor failed), ... http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/173 Elliot found this cute little rake in the shop and wanted to try it out. I tried to explain to him the difference between Spring and Fall, but to no avail. http://badmotivator.net/blog/archives/172