A little more

Koi 01, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

from the afternoon of test shooting with the newly returned camera. Ahhhh it's nice to have it back!

Camera's Back!

Fall Leaves 01, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Hey! It's been literally weeks since I sent my camera into the shop for some repairs and I guess I finally leaned on Nikon in the right way yesterday because they emailed me in the afternoon to say that they were sending a new lens and overnighting it to me. I guess I finally got through with the whole, "this is a new camera that's broken twice, what are you going to do to help me get back to being a happy customer" line.

Meanwhile, to test it out I took photos of a bunch of random stuff this afternoon. More posts soon.

New Nifty Music Video

Just tried out this funky website called Animoto where you can upload photos and make slideshows a good bit funkier than the ones you can make most other places. I tried it out with some summer vacation pictures... just a quick first attempt, but I think I'll play with this some more in the near future. Enjoy!

Where was I?

John shucks 02, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Oh yes, I was exactly where I've been all along... here in CT, somewhat busy but not crazy busy. Who knows why I haven't been blogging. Oh, well, sure, I did move in the last couple weeks. That takes some time. I'll have to send up a few new photos of the view out over the water from our new apartment. Unfortunately my new camera is have yet more technical difficulties, and is in the shop. I really can't believe i purchased a somewhat pricey Nikon digital camera only to have it fail twice on me in the first two months. UGH!

Meanwhile, the new place is great. I'm there right now with a breeze coming off the water... not a bad environment for working at all.

MORE SOON!
- John

The Return of Politics

It's been awhile since I've blogged about anything political. Today, with the long-called-for and much-anticipated resignation of Alberto Gonzales, I've found reason to bring some political content back. Here's the first of what may be many:

In discussion of possible plans to replace Gonzales, one name that has come up is some dude who used to be Bush's chief of staff in Texas when he was Governor. The idea is not that he would become AG, but instead that Michael Chertoff would, and this dude, Clay Johnson III, would take Chertoff's place. So the funny thing is that it has been reported in the NYT that Mr. Johnson keeps an action figure of George Bush on his desk.

Now, if that isn't bizarre, then I don't really know what bizarre is. What would you do if you had a co-worker or friend who kept an action figure of their boss on their desk?

Happy Monday folks, hope your week is full of good action figure stories... or at least some reasonable action of some sort.

The Return of Josh Ritter

He wasn't gone for long... in fact, not gone at all, but one of my favorite artists all around has returned with a stellar new album (from what I've heard so far). I'm actually judging from the handful of tracks I've heard all the way through. I'm planning on buying it today, so watch here for a more lengthy review later. Until then, if you don't know Josh Ritter, check out this nifty little basement video of one track from the new Album:




Enjoy!

Back from the beach

off on a beach walk, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Well, we're back up north, and Connecticut has gone along with the way it feels to go from the beach back to work and provided a grey and rainy backdrop for our return! It feels like it's October around here. Seriously, what's the the deal with that???

Anyway, the sun and sand was fun... a zillion pictures and a camera that's malfunctioning once again.

More soon!

Making Friends, Beach Style

Lucy and Mr Pinky 02, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Lucy found a wee little crab who she named Mr. Pinky down on the beach yesterday. She hung onto him for quite awhile and introduced her new friend around. After about 10-15 minutes, when Mr. Pinky fell off her arm, she found him scooting around the sand and couldn't convince him to climb back on. She moved on to sand castles. Luckily we got a little documentation of the friendship with Mr. Pinky.

Rockin Out Down South

Lyndsey Guitar Hero, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Wow, it's getting pretty crazy down here... just check out Patrick's Guitar Hero worship in this photo I snapped yesterday. I think this was taken mid-afternoon even... so the evening hadn't even begun!

Good golly.

Out Come The Geysers

Geyser Action 01, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

A little more superfast vacation photoblogging here... check out one of the most popular pool toys this year: The Gushing Geyser, basically it's a plastic dunce cap with no tip (about a 1" diameter hole at the tip end of the cone) that you thrust downward into the water to shoot out a nice big stream of water.

Many fun games like target practice on the side of the pool and general rain-shower attacks have resulted. Good times. Ah... vacation!

Goin Fishin

Goin Fishin, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

We're down at the beach! She sunshine is awesome... days are quite hot... all is well!

DEPARTURE!

John YEAH, originally uploaded by Chambo25.

What's so special about today, you ask? Well, I'll tell ya.

Today we leave for vacation! Yeah! Sure, bowling is fun, especially when you knock down some pins (as I did before the photo above was snapped).... but even more fun is a week full of beach and lacking any work.

Wow, even typing that inspired a huge sigh of relief. Man, I've been looking forward to taking some time off, and here it comes. Departure is set for 2pm today!

I'll likely be blogging away from the road, if I think about it... but then again, maybe not!