Game Quotes

Gaming Buddy:  You have to let me win.  The male ego is a fragile thing.  It's easily damaged.
Me:  I'm so putting that on the blog.

Me:  Man I suck!
Gaming Buddy:  I still respect and value you as a human being.
Me:  But not as a gamer...

The Boxer

Choosing Photos

Sometimes I take multiple photos of the same thing.  Usually it is to ensure one of them isn't blurry so the images are practically duplicates.  Other times, I move the camera slightly around.  Now I'm left with multiple images of the same subject that are slightly different.  I have to choose which one to use.  And I can't.  So here are the 4 images I took...see what you think.

Critique of Through the Gate

I took this picture

I love the concept of the photo. I really like natural framing as provided by the gate. It suggests something that was hidden but is now revealed or looking with a different perspective.
I'm not liking the execution of this photo though. The framing is too tight...cutting off the Chuli glass rays. The gate is too emphasized while the vase in the background is underemphasized. And there is some bizarre keystoning going on.
Here are the other two shots I took:

In this shot, the vase and the gate are equally emphasized. However, I didn't get all the Chuli glass in. And there's that keystoning.

In this one, I got all the glass, but not the gate. And there's that funky angle going on.
I'm not sure, which one is the best?

Drinking Dinos

Every meal deserves a beer....

Don't Touch

Uhm sure.

Although some of the art just scares me...

Lemon Meringue Pie

The lemon part.

It's a shortbread crust.

I knew I needed a $300 stand mixer.

Look at those stiff firm peaks!

Woot!

So my mom demanded I make a lemon meringue pie for Father's Day.  I said I would after Mass.  While I was at Mass, they went shopping and bought a lemon meringue pie.