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Gustav via Google Earth

America's Most Contaminated Nuclear Site Becomes National Historic Landmark

The B Reactor at Hanford, WA
Photo by sagebrush photography


A news piece of mine titled America's Most Contaminated Nuclear Site Becomes National Historic Landmark was just posted by Ethical Traveler.

The Hanford B reactor, in Washington state, supplied the plutonium for the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. It, along with 8 other reactors, were built near the Columbia River. Unfortunately, we didn’t store our nuclear waste very well back then.

National Geographic wants to know my camera settings...

So, about a month ago, a lady from National Geographic emailed me. They have a blog called Intelligent Travel. She wanted to post one of my photos on it.

She wanted the background information behind the shot - what is happening, where I was, camera settings.

Camera settings? I don't know anything about photography. I have a basic digital camera. I just the button on top. Then, I pick out the ones that turned out okay. Done.

So, I just told her what kind of camera I used. She never wrote back. And for weeks afterward I checked the website often to see if they had posted my photo.

I had started to suspect that they had changed their mind after finding out that I had no idea what I was doing.

But, today, it appeared!

Doug Schwab

I just found out that a guy I knew in high school is at the Beijing Olympics.

Doug Schwab is representing the U.S. in freestyle wrestling at 66kgs (145.5 lbs).

We is wrestling in the early A.M. tonight (Texas and Iowa time). If you are awake, then cheer him on.


Olympic Bio

Article in the Des Moines Register

NIN

Photo by Nine Inch Nails Official

Just got back from the concert.

Jennifer Starts The New Job!

I have successfully completed my first week at ExxonMobil. So far its has been great! I am settling in to my office, which has a window (bonus!). I haven't really done anything too exciting, mainly training. I hope to start getting into projects soon.

Nine Inch Nails

Tonight, I am going to the Nine Inch Nails concert in Houston. I am excited.

Where I've Lived

Just messing around, I found a way to use Google Maps to display every city that I have lived in.

Gadling Photo of the Day - Again

The people over at Gadling, a travel blog, picked another of my photos for their Photo of the Day series.

Check it out.

Here is a big version.

Also, you may have noticed, this has happened before.

1998 Osage High School Class Reunion

I didn't go to my 10 year class reunion, but I have seen a bunch of the photos. For the family and friends from Osage, see how many of these people you can identify.

Pike Place Market

Before flying back to Houston, we stopped at Pike Place Market. We miss that place.

The Bride

Ted, Molly, and Jenny at the reception.

Olympia, WA

We just got back home after spending several days in Olympia, Washington. We really enjoyed visiting the Pacific Northwest again.

Quincy & Jennifer

More photos of Quincy.

Eggs

Cymbeline

Bill and Maria were kind enough to invite us out for dinner and a play tonight. We just got back from seeing Shakespeare's Cymbeline.

It was an outdoor show at the Miller Outdoor Theatre, presented by the Houston Shakespeare Festival.