Thursday, February 21, 2008
Kerfuffle
Is it just me, or is the word "kerfuffle" about a thousand times more popular now than it was a year ago?
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Top 10 Rejected Eyeglasses
Here are the frames I considered before settling on the Nike 6021 (made by child labor in China, probably).
The Roger McGuinn:
The Robert Oden (AKA the Fly Fisherman 5000)
The David Letterman:
The Peter Fonda:
The Dale Earnhardt:
The Harry Carey:
The Merlin Mann:
The young Elvis Costello:
The contemporary Elvis Costello:
And the number 1 rejected eyglasses...
The Charles Nelson Reilly:
The Roger McGuinn:
The Robert Oden (AKA the Fly Fisherman 5000)
The David Letterman:
The Peter Fonda:
The Dale Earnhardt:
The Harry Carey:
The Merlin Mann:The young Elvis Costello:
The contemporary Elvis Costello:
And the number 1 rejected eyglasses...The Charles Nelson Reilly:
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Devil's Tower
Our last full vacation day included a stop at Devil's Tower.
The remnants of a wooden ladder built in the 1890s.
One of many climbers we saw.
Ava was a little tired that day.
Nearby was a large prairie dog colony.
The remnants of a wooden ladder built in the 1890s.
One of many climbers we saw.
Ava was a little tired that day.
Nearby was a large prairie dog colony.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
ND, MT, WY, and UT (or, How to Drive and Drive and Drive)
We recently took a long vacation to North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. Most of Joseph's family were there as well. Here are a few photos. As usual, click on them for a bigger version.
The kids' second cousin Levi gave his last performance at the Medora Musical.
Next we drove to Big Sky, MT. On a short walk, I kept yelling back to Thomas to catch up. I guess Ava was tired of hearing it, so she shouted "Mustard up!" Here he is, mustarding up.
Big Sky is a short drive from Yellowstone. We spent two days there. It's the leakiest place on earth.
Johanna wandering near a river.
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Midway Geyser Basin.
Ava cooling off.
Next we drove to Park City, UT, which was the site of several events in the 2002 Winter Olympics. We stayed very near Olympic Park, and spent a day there. They have freestyle aerial and ski jumping, as well as a number of rides.
Emma, Joseph, and Andrew on the zipline.
The most intense ride, by far, was "The Comet" summer bobsled ride. We renamed it "The Vomit Comet" for Tami's post-ride experience.
The Right Stuff?
That's Paul getting ready to push us down the mountain.
Ava had to settle for the alpine slide, since she wasn't over the minimum weight for the zipline.
It was really a terrific vacation. We hope all of the cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents had as much fun as we had.
The kids' second cousin Levi gave his last performance at the Medora Musical.
Next we drove to Big Sky, MT. On a short walk, I kept yelling back to Thomas to catch up. I guess Ava was tired of hearing it, so she shouted "Mustard up!" Here he is, mustarding up.
Big Sky is a short drive from Yellowstone. We spent two days there. It's the leakiest place on earth.
Johanna wandering near a river.
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Midway Geyser Basin.
Ava cooling off.
Next we drove to Park City, UT, which was the site of several events in the 2002 Winter Olympics. We stayed very near Olympic Park, and spent a day there. They have freestyle aerial and ski jumping, as well as a number of rides.
Emma, Joseph, and Andrew on the zipline.
The most intense ride, by far, was "The Comet" summer bobsled ride. We renamed it "The Vomit Comet" for Tami's post-ride experience.
The Right Stuff?
That's Paul getting ready to push us down the mountain.
Ava had to settle for the alpine slide, since she wasn't over the minimum weight for the zipline.
It was really a terrific vacation. We hope all of the cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents had as much fun as we had.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Administrivia
Not that anyone is interested, but the lack of new posts here recently was because of two or three different technical problems with blogger.com and my local internet service provider. I've changed the way these pages are hosted. The good news is that it should be faster, the archive navigation is much nicer, and that all of the addresses should look like "www.thvedt.net/blah-blah-blah" instead of "www.swiftel.net/~jthvedt/blah-blah-blah." As I said, not all that interesting to anybody but me.
I have lots of photos from our recent vacation; look for them here shortly.
I have lots of photos from our recent vacation; look for them here shortly.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Cream of Wheat chef
The guy thought to be the model for the Cream of Wheat chef finally has a grave marker.
Some years ago, the South Dakota Art Museum here in Brookings displayed a number of paintings from Cream of Wheat advertisements. The thing that struck me about them was that the image of the chef had mostly been pasted in. It was a little odd to see a bunch of oil paintings with a printed picture stuck in the middle.
Some years ago, the South Dakota Art Museum here in Brookings displayed a number of paintings from Cream of Wheat advertisements. The thing that struck me about them was that the image of the chef had mostly been pasted in. It was a little odd to see a bunch of oil paintings with a printed picture stuck in the middle.
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