I never get tired of shooting Kelly. I’m extremely lucky to have such a patient and beautiful wife. 🙂
Author: thedude
Some Things Never Change
What trip would be complete without a visit to John’s Main Event? It is always great to see all of you. A special thanks to Kalvin, Scott, Julie, Lexy and Lynne for going the extra mile to be there. I wish we could see each other much more often!
Kerry and Matt Wed in Wisconsin
Kerry and Matt were married yesterday in a lovely ceremony at St. Mary’s Church in Burlington. I think the bride was particularly beautiful. 🙂 Congratulations, Matt and Kerry!
Faster is Better
I finally took the plunge and leased a managed server in a very cool co-location facility a few blocks from work. They had an incredible offer I could not pass up. What does this mean to you? Enhanced performance from thedude.com! Faster downloads! More, better, faster! Woo-hoo! Stay tuned for progress reports.
Dude Dinner Number 1
My wonderful friends Tom and Julie gave thedude five(!) home-cooked dinners for his 50th birthday. Tonight was the first. Thanks to all for a lovely time. Dinner and conversation were fabulous.
Thule Radar Screens
This image was shot about 12 miles from Thule at J-Site – home to a part of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, or BMEWS. These antennas were about the size of a football field and emitted enough EMF to cause my Walkman Pro to slow dramatically as we drove by on the bus. Scary…
Hiking Greenland
Shot on the same hike as seen a few entries ago, the picture on the left shows thedude holding a piece of ice. Why? I guess because ice was so hard to come by in Greenland. On the right, thedude and friends walked out onto the Greenlandic ice cap and decided to walk “just out…
No More Excuses
You now have no reason not to use the world’s best web browser. Opera is now free. Install it. Learn how to use it. Rejoice. While you’re at it, be sure to install the latest version of Google Earth. It’s amazingly cool and also free. You’ll need it to get the most out of this…
thedude’s Fiddieth Birthday Party Invitation
It just dawned on my that some of you might not have seen the fabulous party invitation. 🙂 Thanks to Apple for supplying the terrific iPod ads and to this great blog for a helpful tutorial. BTW, if you like iPods and PhotoShop, give this fun tutorial a spin. You are guaranteed to learn something…
Back to Greenland
Both of these were taken on the day of the big Thule Open Golf Tournament atop Mount Dundas. Along the way on the hike to the mountain, we encountered this cemetery. I wish I knew a little of the history of it. The helicopter was shot from the top of the 900 foot “mountain” as…
Winter in Diego Garcia
I ran across these images while scanning Greenland photos and just had to put them on the blog. The contrast is nice. These images of me and my friends lounging in the Indian Ocean may give you some idea why I chose to spend a year in Diego Garcia after my 17 months in Greenland….
Summer in Greenland
Thanks to recently reconnecting with a couple friends from my Greenland adventure, I’m once again motivated to hunt through my archives for cool arctic images. (Pun intended.) That’s me in the summer of 1986 at J-Site – about 13 miles north of Thule. You can’t tell from the image, but the cliff I’m standing on…
Half a Friggin’ Century
Wow. It’s hard to believe, but true. Fifty big ones. We celebrated the auspicious event at the Conga Lounge. (Where else?) A few dozen of our best friends and coworkers, a few pizzas, mai tai’s and a delicious German chocolate birthday cake at our favorite tiki bar. Perfect. I was busy pressing the flesh and…
Birthday Party Number Two
We celebrated Elise’s 39th last night at the Conga Lounge. Elise has been one of thedude’s favorite coworkers for the last five years. Gotta love that smile. Happy birthday, Elise! We’ll be back at the lounge again tonight for thedude’s *gulp* 50th. Whew!
A Big Week for Birthdays
We took the train to Fresno to help celebrate Wendy’s 45th birthday – the first of four birthday celebrations this week. The party was supposed to have been a surprise, but you know how these things go – she knew all about the it. However, Wendy did not know that her pals Kelly and thedude…
Art and Soul in Oakland
Oakland’s Art and Soul Festival takes place this weekend. Our city streets are blocked off and stages are setup throughout the downtown area. We ran into our excellent friend Julie, and watched performances by Carbon Leaf and Aimee Mann at the KFOG stage. Both were very good. We decided not to hang around for Blues…
Happy Birthday Terra!
2005 is a big year for 50th birthday parties, and Terra’s will no doubt be remembered as one of thedude’s favorites. The party’s hosts have a stunning and eclectic home in the hills above Orinda. The home has an enormous multi-level deck with views from Mt. Diablo to Mt. St. Helena. The entire compound is…
Pacific Classic in Del Mar
The high point of our weekend was the Pacific Classic – won by long shot Borrego. No, we did not bet – we would have lost if we had – but we had fun looking at the shiny horsies and drinking 8 dollar beers. Many thanks to Paul and Joanna for driving us up and…
Hotel Del Coronado
The Del Coronado was gorgeous, the weather was perfect, and lunch was grand. Marilyn’s got nothin’ on Kelly.
To Temecula and Beyond!
We just got back from visiting Paul and Joanna and their five cats and 2 dogs in Temecula. Paul and Joanna have a lovely home in a quiet, clean neighborhood. Both of them have very short commutes and good jobs. (Well, Joanna might argue with that point, but that’s a l-o-n-g story for another day.)…
Jumpin’ Jack Chestnut
From time to time friends send me fabulous images. This is definitely one of them. Meet Jack. The black and white is a nice touch don’t you think? It really sets off the metallic costume from its leafy surroundings. Most excellent costume and photography by Siobhan Chestnut. Fabulous!
There Are Photos Everywhere
Thinking today’s weather was guilting me into getting outside for a few minutes, I convinced my favorite model to join me on the roof for 5 minutes. Here are the results.
Getting Ready for the Burn
Jack works to get the Psychic Taxi ready for Burningman. We know quite a few people who will be attending the big event in Black Rock Desert this year. Our friends are trying awfully hard to get us to go, and we’re flattered, but it just does not look like it’s going to happen. Too…
Long Ago in a Frozen Land Far, Far Away…
This week I received e-mails from two people I have not seen in nearly twenty years. The first came from my ex-girlfriend Cheryl. That’s her on the left with a somewhat younger and slightly thinner dude. Evidently, she stumbled onto my site while Googling Thule Air Base in Greenland. She sent a link to my…
Hill’s Here!
We are delighted to be spending some quality time with Hillary. (You may remember her from our water skiing trip in June.) Well, we have her held hostage for a few days in the Bay Area and intend to make the most of it. Last night, we watched the A’s beat the LA Angels. (Go…
Size Doesn’t Matter…
What matters is how BIG it is. There are many great things to say about this new configuration. I still have a vertically oriented monitor for browsing and working on portrait-oriented documents. (That’s just about everything, right?) In addition, I now have a huge, brilliant canvas for displaying and editing images. I briefly considered a…
A Diverse Dinner with Friends
Last night’s dinner at Chris and Ben’s was awesome, as usual. This evening was made extra-special because dinner was sort of a potluck. We had Thai curried duck, Tandoori chicken and good old American potato salad and apple pie for dessert. Despite the fact that my pictures are excusively of women, I can assure you…
Low Tech – High Concept
Our neighbors/friends Jack and Tres (see below) needed a quick web site so that they could pitch their fun idea for a Burningman theme camp. (All they really wanted to do is obtain permission to arrive early at Black Rock City.) So, they threw a site together quickly using hand-drawn graphics and a simple site…
We Love Our Neighbors
Really – we do. Tres, Jim, Kelly and Jack suck down a few mai tais at Conga Lounge. (Shot with the Canon G3 – still the best point-and-shoot digital camera that we know of.)