Dega!

Back from the Aaron’s 499 at the Talladega Super Speedway this past weekend.

Wow!

I went as a member of the Theo’s Pizza Race Team (no we did not have a car in the race) from New Orleans.




Man can these guys do it right, big assed R.V., primo parking and all the food and booze you can eat.





For those who don’t know Theo’s Pizza is the pizza restaurant in New Orleans my friends Jammer, Ted and Greg opened a few years ago. If you ever in the Big Easy you should definitely check them out.
What can I say about the race? I’m hooked? It was incredible? Awesome?
Well it was all of the above.
I have posted a gallery to my webpage with some rocking pix in it so check them out by clicking here.





Enjoy!

RUN!

RUN! Run as fast as you can little girl. "MMMM... Strike Hungry!"

Just kidding, shot the NWA Naturals game tonight and this was my best shot.

Enjoy!

Big Dam Bridge!

We visited the Big Dam Bridge in Little Rock this weekend. The bridge connects approximately 15 miles of scenic riverside trails in the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock, and assists in the connection of 70,000 acres of various city, county, state and federal park land.


I went with my parents and their dog, Murray. Turns out Murray is a rock star.


People flock to Murray. It may be because he s a Delta Dog and, along with my mother, a volunteer in the Arkansas Children’s Hospital T.A.I.L.S. (Therapeutic Animal Interventions Lift Spirits) Program.


Some quick bridge facts:
4226 linear feet of bridge
679 feet of walled embankment
14 feet wide
54 inches to the top of the handrail
Approaches to the bridge are at 5% grade
72 feet above the Arkansas River upstream
90 feet above the Arkansas River downstream
8 observation areas
Capable of holding two 36" utility pipelines
Contains over 3 million pounds of steel
Contains over 24 million pounds of concrete
160 L.E.D. light fixtures on the piers
16 L.E.D. light fixtures on the towers
63 light fixtures for walkway illumination

Naturals!

The Northwest Arkansas Naturals had their inaugural home opener against San Antonio at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale last night. Most of the month it has been rainy and it was pouring rain until about 9 a.m. Thursday morning. I thought the game would be a rainout but by an act of God the rain stopped, the sun came out, the skies cleared and the weather was windy but beautiful for the first pitch.

I had decided long ago to do a time lapse movie of the opening game. You may have seen my time laspe experiment of a Razorback game on an earlier post.

Marc F. Henning snapped this pic of me admiring the time lapse rig.


The end product is over eight hours of time and 720 still photographs are presented in a two minute time lapse movie. You can view it here if you like.


Enjoy!

Keep Out!

Public Property, No Trespassing.
Am I the only person who can't see how it it possible to trespass "Public Property"?
I guess it is ok for the "Public" to use this property as long as they keep the "Private" out.

Fool!

I am a fool!
Most of the day today something had been “off” and I was not quite sure what it was. I came to work and planned to pull an April Fool’s gag on two of my co-workers. One of the jokes I have been planning since last April Fool’s and the other for about the last week.
Well I got busy and procrastinated the planning and prep of my cruel little pranks and, of course, I arrived at work today completely un-prepared for either of them.
I was a little disappointed but there’s always next year so I figured I’d just refine my “plan” and really get’em then.
I went about my business, e-mail, schedules, and photo editing…. But still something seemed not quite right…
At around 4:15 p.m. in our afternoon budget meeting it hit me (keep in mind I showered, got dressed and arrived at work by about ten to eight this morning and it was now 4:15 in the afternoon). I looked down and this is what I saw.


That’s right two different shoes on two different feet. In my defense it was dark in my room when I got dressed this morning and the shoes are the same brand and model, just two years apart and different colors. Needless to say for the rest of the afternoon and until I got home my feet were uncomfortable. Granted they were fine until I noticed my gaff, but unbearable after the fact.
So Yes! I am a bonehead and a fool and even more so because I unknowingly pranked myself and made this SNAFU today of all days.
Happy April Fool’s Day everyone and laugh at me because the entire Springdale office already has.