A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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This weekend markes the 50th Anniversary of the Frisbee. In 1957 Whamm-o renamed it’s Pluto Platter the Frisbee, in honor of the Frisbie Pie Company of Connecticutt. I guess I’ll have to go play a round of disc golf sometime today.
Like George W. Bush, I have a hole in my head. And like Al Gore, I have an inconvenient tooth. This week certainly didn’t turn out like I thought it was. Wednesday morning was spent in a dentist chair for a deep cleaning – loads of fun. All of Friday morning was spent removing a … Read More “Healthcare and Politics” »
There’s a new matchmaker website and service making the rounds of cable TV. Chemistry.com (nope, no hyperlink) purports to match more people with their "soulmates" than eHarmony.com. Of course, when we saw this, Laura was outraged. She couldn’t believe that the American Chemical Society hadn’t snapped up the chemistry.com domain name. This led to a … Read More “It’s Chemistry” »
All work in our office stops when there is A) a baby present B) food available, or C) a cute animal. In this case it was a not-so-cute animal. At least, not-so-cute to some. I think this little Black Racer has cute blue eyes. In cliche’ fashion, all of the women in the office … Read More “Terror in the Office” »
I added another resource for my ghost towns project. Yesterday at lunch I snuck away to Barnes & Noble and purchased a copy of the South Carolina Encyclopedia. I almost bought this with Christmas money last winter, but I felt I could actually use it now. As with any other printed encyclopedia, hard decisions have … Read More “South Carolina Encyclopedia” »
Yesterday was the last school day for students, and tomorrow is the last school day for teachers in our district. We have a longer than usual summer this year. Thanks to the state legislature, the starting time for school has been pushed back into August so to accomodate the more vocal tourist counties, such as … Read More “Take me with you” »
I was doing some work on my SC Ghost Towns project and I thought I might see what images I could find on Flickr for small towns in our state. This led me to the work of Flickr photographer Brian the Red. Brian apparently has the goal of photographing every post office building in South … Read More “The Life of Brian” »
On Wednesday I had to make one of my many treks down the road for a meeting in Columbia. At mile marker 93 on Interstate 26, just north of Columbia, I pass a sight I’ve seen many times – a rather elaborate roadside memorial in the southbound lane. On July 24, 2000, a north-bound … Read More “Roadside Memorials” »
Tonight was the retirement dinner for Furman, and once again, three professors with whom I have worked mark the end of their careers at Furman. Duncan McArthur taught English at Furman for 36 years. He was my English professor my very first term as a freshman. Ken Sargent nearly convinced me to become a geology … Read More “Furman Transitions 2007” »
Our family of red-tailed hawks has once again returned to their nest in the top of one of our neighbor’s trees. I had seen activity on the nest, but assumed the large birds I was seeing to be the parents. When I looked through binoculars today, I saw that these were in fact the chicks, … Read More “Return of the Hawks” »