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Season ticket holders unfurl the flag on Flickr.
This is my favorite photo of the entire 2011 ALCS Game 1 set. I just love how the sky looks, the way the Ballpark’s lit, the Texas-sized flag in the outfield. Baseball, mom, and apple pie. Darn tootin’.
Musab al-Zarqawi, Osama bin Laden’s handpicked deputy in Iraq, had killed thousands of people in an attempt to send the world back to the sixth century. In a fitting bit of irony, two operators from SEAL Team Six had killed him with an invisible laser beam and a flying robot.
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Alabama State Champs 2011
While I love a good game day shirt, I’ve never been in the habit of acquiring “victory” shirts. But I have to admit, this one gave me a chuckle.
The More I Believe
The life that I’ve been living From the day I first drew breath Has been my way of forgetting I’m on the journey to my death You make my soul rise up You make my eyes to see When I place my faith in you And I lose my belief in me
The less I believe in me The more I believe in thee The less I believe in me The more I believe in thee
I don’t believe in beads or crystals Instant karma or mother earth I don’t believe that what I think Makes any difference to what I’m worth I don’t believe in reincarnation I’m not coming back as a flower I don’t bow my head to kings or priests ‘Cos I believe in your higher power
The less I believe in me The more I believe in thee The less I believe in me The more I believe in thee
Oh you’ve given me a plan That I don’t understand 'Cos I’ve wandered over half the world But I’ve remained an ignorant man One thing That I know Is when the final bell tolls Human love won’t be enough Good deeds can’t save my soul
Well I’m not afraid of dying But I am afraid of you Because you hear me when I’m lying And you see the things I do So the hands go round the clock As the light goes from the room And I can’t help thinking to myself I’m going to find out much to soon
The less I believe in me The more I believe in thee The less I believe in me The more I believe in thee
Oh you’ve given me a plan That I just don’t understand 'Cos I’ve wandered over half the world But I’ve remained a ignorant man One thing that I know Is when the final bell tolls Human love won’t be enough Good deeds can’t save my soul
I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe
You make my soul rise up You make my eyes to see When I place my faith in you And I lose my belief in me
The less I believe in me The more I believe in thee The less I believe in me The more I believe in thee
–Charlie and Craig Reid, 1994
Stone Brewing Co.’s giveaway sticker. I wholeheartedly endorse this sentiment. (Taken with picplz.)
I love Twitter timeline serendipity. (Taken with picplz.)
The PMAC lights up the night. Eddy Perez/LSU University Relations
Gorgeous shot of a place I know well.
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The Parade Ground under purple and gold skies. Jim Zietz/LSU University Relations
And thanks to @brentmckinney, this has already happened. (Taken with picplz.)
Landscapes: Volume Two
By Dustin Farrell.
Stunningly gorgeous. Captivating. There are not enough words to describe the majesty of God’s creation captured here. I’ve watched this thing five times in a row now, before posting to it here.
If you’ve got a great monitor that supports 1080p, watch it full screen. I did so on my 27-inch iMac, and it blew me away.
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On October 4, 2011, I went with some friends to see Frank Turner at The Loft in Dallas. We’d discovered Frank the year before, when he was one of the opening acts for Social Distortion, and he put on a great show. Then we dove into his music and fell in love with it.
So when Frank got his own headlining tour, we got tickets as soon as was possible.
Frank’s best-known song is “Photosynthesis” (iTunes link) and he closed the show with it. This is the edited cut, where I deleted about 5 minutes worth in the middle of the video, of introducing the band and ginning the crowd up.
Please forgive the frequent out-of-focusing; the dim and changing lighting, not to mention the band’s motion on stage, made it difficult for my little Canon point-and-shoot.
Jobs&Woz with Apple1 (by MischaSprecher)
I sorta want the belt that Woz is wearing.
Somewhere, in a box, I have the signature of one of these gentlemen…
After LSU played Kentucky on Saturday at 11 a.m., a second consecutive day game at Tiger Stadium should be against SEC rules. It goes against everything LSU stands for. Or passes out for. It’s like staging a vampire festival for midday.