My wife and I spent Christmas being entertained by Ewan McGregor. Sort of. Photo © Chad Kerychuk. Within days we watched: Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, The Island, Robots, and on Christmas Day, we watched a few episodes of Long Way Round; a fascinating reality series about McGregor’s adventure with his friend, [...]
I’ve been helping a friend of a friend who owns a local truck detailing business. Mostly the job entails washing and detailing tractor trailer units, but it also includes washing construction equipment. Thursday afternoon, Chris (the owner) offered me a chance to drive one of these to get washed: A John Deere 950c Crawler Bulldozer. [...]
Norma and Karen philosophize about 2006. Bubbly. And a Pepsi. Me and Rick mug it up for the camera. We’re almost twins! Mike and April ready for the year-end hot wing feast! Ed gives birth during another round of “Twister.” Just kidding buddy! Norma, acts as a “human beat box” while Mike “B-Boy” Chow busts [...]
I’m in Iowa right now, home to the W.P. Kinsella-inspired film, Field of Dreams, but I haven’t seen any baseball-playing ghosts. However, on the way to Urbandale and Des Moines yesterday, my wife and I witnessed: 1 dead cow on the side of the road with a gaping wound across its chest (I think it [...]
Raking leaves on November 23, here in Creston, Iowa. I had already raked many leaves in the front yard a week before this blustery, but warm day, however a nasty snowstorm blanketed the area, covering all traces of my past efforts. After the snow melted, we finished the job. Well, the front yard at least. [...]
While working away on some video projects here in Iowa one afternoon, I observed the seemingly difficult life cats lead. Shown in chronological order of course… Xavier takes a nap. The camera’s noise rouses the slumbering beast. Monique enjoys her lazy solitude. “The paparazzi won’t leave me alone…” “…so I might as well start some [...]
Photo © 2005 Chad Kerychuk. I traveled from Edmonton, Alberta to Creston, Iowa on the 8th, and took this photo on the Calgary to Denver portion of the trip. Earlier during the flight, there was some great scenery that I didn’t capture though. If my camera wasn’t stowed, I would have had some photos of [...]
Well, as of October 15th, it’s been one year since I started blogging. As most of you know, I also contribute to 3 other blogs: The Alberta Movie Guide, Luxo: A Pixar Blog, and Palaeoblog, all of which take a good deal of time. Why do I do it? Aside from sharing things I find [...]
Thanks to friends and the post at BoingBoing.net, I’ve watched the hit count on this blog soar. Many thanks from me to all the linkers and readers! I hope I can continue to bring you interesting things to read and see. One of the purposes I had in mind when I started this personal blog [...]
Yay! My blog made it onto Boing Boing! Web users consider this a big honor! No doubt it means an increase in hits as well. Pixar artisan Ronnie del Carmen also made the site due to an unfortunate incident involving his car. Thanks for the post Mark!
The world lost another great human being on Tuesday, August 30. My cousin, Kelly McConnell, was one of the friendliest souls you could ever meet. Whether you were a family member, long-time friend, or just introduced, you felt genuinely comfortable around him. I didn’t see much of him the last few years, but he would [...]
As I was out running errands on Saturday, I saw what I thought to be man playing with his radio-controlled toy. Sure enough he was out there again on Sunday, only this time I got a better look and it definitely wasn’t a toy on the sidewalk… A nice long sidewalk is the perfect place [...]
I recently suffered a nasty hard drive crash of which I’m still trying to recover from. The day I was going to backup data, I woke from my slumber and decided do the same to my Mac. However, it seemed to freeze. After a restart, the computer could not find the system. I suspect the [...]
On July 2nd, my wife and I celebrated our 5th Wedding Anniversary. It’s hard to believe 5 years have already passed but it’s been an enjoyable journey in life so far. To mark the occasion, we enjoyed a unifying music performance from Ladysmith Black Mambazo. A few weeks back I heard that the group would [...]
