On the roof of the old Rosslyn

This was a cool shoot. I have for some time wanted to shoot on the roof of the Rosslyn Hotel downtown. This is the Hotel that U2 shot their video on for "The Streets Have no Name". This is a funky place. I told that to Katy and Jeff as we headed there to shoot. It is mostly low rent apartments now. The signs on the roof are so cool and made a great background and feature in the shots.

I'm shooting Katy and Jeff's wedding at the end of this month on the beach. So this was a cool place that was as opposite to the beach as we can get.

We didn't win, but we didn't lose.

This morning the families and players of Team DCG met at the park at 6:45 am. Yes that is not a misprint. We had an 8:00 game and we decided to have a breakfast before hand. I was in charge of Coffee. (Yes Coffee should be in caps, like a proper noun. It is so proper.) Coach Todd had his camping griddle and made pancakes. The sun was raking the field of Montrose Park. One of the most beautiful baseball fields in the country (in my opinion). The streak was on the line. This was for 12 in a row. Andy's transfer the opposing team had other plans for this game. They are in Second place and they are good. The final score was 4-3. We didn't loose the game. We were beat by a better team today. They earned this win they played well in all aspects of the game. We didn't give it away we have nothing to be down about. There was a spectacular game played this morning and the boys of Andy's Transfer won.

I have come to really look forward to going to the park and watching a game. It is timeless and it seems very much American… in a good way.

Behind the curtain.

I have, in my 41 years, never had the unfortunate opportunity to look behind the cancer wizard’s curtain and really see what's going on. That is a fortunate thing. That has all changed. I am walking down the greenish hallway that leads to the fire and noise of the curtain room. I myself do not have cancer, but my sister Julie does. So I am a bit like the lion and she's Dorothy. She has to go there; she has no choice but to go face the curtain. I am, in my cowardly form, walking next to her watching knowing that nothing will happen to me, she is the one that has all the pressure. And she is crazy amazing in how positive she is about having surgery next Monday. She is such a cool person. She lives in Texas and has four kids. I'll write more as we go.

Grant's Baseball Team "DCG" goes for 12 wins in a row

The monster team that wears the Yellow jeresey's is going for win number 12 in a row this Saturday. It is an early morning game at 8:00. We are missing our short stop Travis and we are playing the 2nd place team Andy's Transfer so it won't be easy. I'll have pic's from the game.

3 day Weekends every week!

People love three day weekends. My wife lives for them. I work on the weekends and having another day would be great.

Why not every weekend? Isn't it time to seriously look at the idea of the four-day-a-week, ten-hour-day work week for some people? And not just for the mental health benefits.

By coincidence, I just saw this story:

"It's a way to save gas by commuting to work one day less. West Virginia workers are thinking about going to the shorter work week which, obviously, would cut fuel consumption by 20 percent.
This is not a new idea. It was first broached in 1973 during the first oil crisis --you know, long lines, odd and even days, back when gas wasn't even a dollar a gallon. The idea never caught on but today, several cities in California, Nevada and Arizona are already experimenting with a 4-day work week."

Seeing where the current energy crisis is going and with talk of 200 dollar a barrel oil in our future, isn't it time to take a new look at mixing up the work week? Why do most people need to work their eight hours Monday through Friday anyway? Not just four ten-hour days should be examined for many workers but how about shifting some jobs, or industries, to Wednesday through Sunday? And aren't there many businesses -say, making baseball bats- where the factory could operate 6pm to 2am instead of "regular" business hours? Nine to five is starting to look sooooo 20th Century.

"We've got to BE Creative...B...E...Creative..."