Francis and George visited the Cowgirl Hall of Fame earlier this week. They rode wild horses, but neither of them lasted for eight seconds.
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  What can I say? The wedding was amazing. Ryan and Anna are amazing. What a joy to shoot! Congratulations guys – we’re so glad you FINALLY did it! ha! 🙂      
Here’s an example of a company doing the little things right. Jet Tools has posted a number of these woodturning instructional videos on YouTube. They’re great because (1) not everyone has time for woodworking classes; and (2) they’re available, for free, online. These videos strike me as unusual because copyright holders are so often reluctant to set their creations free in the Internet wilderness. Jet has apparently determined that encouraging the proper use of their tools is more important that wringing a few extra dollars out of the video market. Isn’t it refreshing when a company isn’t evil? These days, it seems like the companies that are so eager for your dollars are almost equally eager to sue you for copyright infringement, share your private data, sell you an inferior product (double win for the maker: it’s cheaper to build, and you’ll have to buy a replacement sooner!), et cetera, et cetera. When I find a company that actually serves its customers, I’m excited to share it with you – the handful of people who visit this blog. That’s the motivation for my lengthy Netflix posts. So, good for you Jet Tools. Thanks for the videos.
February 17, 2008 - 9:51 pm
I have another non-evil company for you: bass pro shops. They have chosen to re-ship a reel when the original was clearly lost by the US Postal Service: an incompetent government run agency whose climate sparks psychotic rampages amongst its employees. Thanks bass pro shops! Keep up the capitalism. Matt Yesterday Francis, George and I played and took a walk down our snowy street. Typically, I kind of dread the idea of getting the kids all bundled up and heading into the freezing cold. But yesterday was a little different. It was actually warm. And when I say warm, I mean about 30º. Some people may think that’s crazy talk, but around here… that’s outside play weather. I think the official policy at Francis’s school is anything under 20º they play inside. Anyway, it was surprisingly balmy. We came inside after an hour and were soaked from head to toe. Sometimes such excursions = awesome long nap. No luck, George slept for maybe an hour and Francis didn’t sleep at all. Oh well, we still had a great time.
February 5, 2008 - 7:49 pm
What a gorgeous photograph. You are very talented!! It's 79 today in Texas 🙁
February 6, 2008 - 7:50 am
Thanks Lauren – I'm learning! And geez, 79º in Texas today. It's just not fair. 😉 We have projected "thundersnow" for the morning…what's that?!
February 11, 2008 - 1:06 am
Those pictures were amazing! Thanks for sharing, man those were good!
February 22, 2008 - 4:38 am
beautiful photo!!! I got a 7:30 call this morning from a neighbor with a dead car battery. After pulling the minivan out to jump the battery, inertia carried me all the way to the donut shop. George loves donuts, as you can see from the video. In truth, if you ask George, “who likes [X]?” He’ll raise his hand no matter what X is, but he really does like donuts. As for Francis saying “Abu Dabi” at the end, I don’t know where she got that. She must be precocious as to world cities.
February 23, 2008 - 2:20 pm
lola loves to watch this so much. she requests george with the donut. yesterday we had to go to kroger and get a donut after we watched this about 5 times. she always laughs when francis says abu dabi. "what francis say?" |
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The Olson Family - That may be the best of your blogs……..ever. I love my niece and nephew.
katherine petillo - this is awesome. did you do this online or at the museum? miss you!
Kristen - i loved it. interesting that you've left vimeo for youtube, too.