6.27.2007
Gutless Parents - Pet Peeve
"In the beginning I said, 'Spencer you know, you ought to be wearing a helmet with this skateboarding stuff','" Melinda Kinley said. "'Oh no Mom, nobody wears helmets when they skateboard,'" was what he replied, Spencer's mother said. Reference
I heard this story getting ready this morning. It was on GMA, and supposed to be this sob story about this wonderful piano player - who died skateboarding, when he hit his head.
The parents, and the reporter go onto blame skateboarding culture and media as to why their kid is dead. What a load of crap. Their kid is dead because they were more worried about keeping their kid happy with them than they were about keeping their kid safe. I wouldn't (didn't) have had a choice as a kid. Put the helmet on or else. Or else meant not only would the skateboard be gone (and not gone like put somewhere in the garage, but "i have no clue where the hell it went", gone), but I'd be doing extra chores.
Parents need to 'man up' and start being parents. Its seems like so many parents really want their kids to be their friends over being their kids. In the immortal words of Red Foreman (That 70's Show) "Why the hell would you want to be friends with a 15 year old. They're all a bunch of dumbasses".
Having laws, rules and product "safety" be the main means to protect your children is simply just bad parenting.
I heard this story getting ready this morning. It was on GMA, and supposed to be this sob story about this wonderful piano player - who died skateboarding, when he hit his head.
The parents, and the reporter go onto blame skateboarding culture and media as to why their kid is dead. What a load of crap. Their kid is dead because they were more worried about keeping their kid happy with them than they were about keeping their kid safe. I wouldn't (didn't) have had a choice as a kid. Put the helmet on or else. Or else meant not only would the skateboard be gone (and not gone like put somewhere in the garage, but "i have no clue where the hell it went", gone), but I'd be doing extra chores.
Parents need to 'man up' and start being parents. Its seems like so many parents really want their kids to be their friends over being their kids. In the immortal words of Red Foreman (That 70's Show) "Why the hell would you want to be friends with a 15 year old. They're all a bunch of dumbasses".
Having laws, rules and product "safety" be the main means to protect your children is simply just bad parenting.
6.23.2007
Wedding Shots...
So I'm a little overwhelmed with the number of shots from the wedding (580) I attempted to capture on Friday; not to mention it was a bit "unorthodox" for a wedding.
One example would be I do have a shot with 9, yes, count them, 9 bare asses. I actually have about 10 shots of that. Makes for a beautiful animated shot; though not really sure I should post that one online. =)
Of course, not all the shots were of that... nature. I did manage a couple lucky ones. ;-)
One example would be I do have a shot with 9, yes, count them, 9 bare asses. I actually have about 10 shots of that. Makes for a beautiful animated shot; though not really sure I should post that one online. =)
Of course, not all the shots were of that... nature. I did manage a couple lucky ones. ;-)
6.21.2007
Electrofun
Up-close and personal
And.. a telsa coil playing music. Including, original Mario Brothers. =)
And.. a telsa coil playing music. Including, original Mario Brothers. =)
6.18.2007
Mountain Trials - 2007
Well after driving a bunch this weekend, I'm now back from helping run the Mountain Trials up in Merritt, BC. What an amazing time. From the great people I met (Paul, Leigh-Ann, Diana, and more) to the great views and cars - there was little chance I was going to have a bad time.
For a good portion of Saturday I was the guy standing in front of the rally cars, counting them down to send them on stage (Nicola). A great rush, and a hectic pace (1 rally car every minute). From checking in and signing their time car, informing them of any offs other competitors had (or cows in the road), sending them off, and reporting them offically on stage - there were plenty of items to keep me busy.
Obviously I didn't get to take many pictures of Nicola - though I was lucky enough to get stuck with a radio control point and operator (Diana, consumer of mass quanitites of beef jerky). So while there I was able to take a lot more photos. Diana had the hard work of keeping track of what order the cars were supposed to be passing us and radioing back to net control if someone was missing. I, honestly, didn't really have anything of any importance to do (just had to drive her sorry but around). All I remember is her whining about it raining and not able to bring her bike up or something. It was a great way to end the day though. Cars, pictures and a low level of responsibility. Good thing when we were both loopy tired.
The pictures from Helena stage are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Apisatrox/MountainTrialRally2007
For a good portion of Saturday I was the guy standing in front of the rally cars, counting them down to send them on stage (Nicola). A great rush, and a hectic pace (1 rally car every minute). From checking in and signing their time car, informing them of any offs other competitors had (or cows in the road), sending them off, and reporting them offically on stage - there were plenty of items to keep me busy.
Obviously I didn't get to take many pictures of Nicola - though I was lucky enough to get stuck with a radio control point and operator (Diana, consumer of mass quanitites of beef jerky). So while there I was able to take a lot more photos. Diana had the hard work of keeping track of what order the cars were supposed to be passing us and radioing back to net control if someone was missing. I, honestly, didn't really have anything of any importance to do (just had to drive her sorry but around). All I remember is her whining about it raining and not able to bring her bike up or something. It was a great way to end the day though. Cars, pictures and a low level of responsibility. Good thing when we were both loopy tired.
The pictures from Helena stage are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Apisatrox/MountainTrialRally2007
6.12.2007
Someone has more freetime than I do..
Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island
Vulcan point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon (PHI)
http://www.elbruz.org/islands/Islands%20and%20Lakes.htm
..and what bored environmental science major spent their time on that one. (Miah? Melissa?)
;-)
Vulcan point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon (PHI)
http://www.elbruz.org/islands/Islands%20and%20Lakes.htm
..and what bored environmental science major spent their time on that one. (Miah? Melissa?)
;-)
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