Yup.
No, not that kind of hum-zoo. I realized the other day that I blogged zilch about Humzoo. Let me back up for a second, I forget that not everyone spends 3/4 of the day connected to the net. What is Humzoo? Well, Humzoo.com is a place to blog and upload photos for the world to see; and supposedly everything tastes like cake. It’s free and really easy to use.
Ok, now you’re asking, Aren’t there hundreds of other places on the net to do that? Yes, but this one is really easy and there’s a great community atmosphere. Best of all, one half of the creators is local digital Renaissance man Dave Heinzel. The other creator is Denny Deaton, a cool guy from the East Coast, that has two awesome wiener dogs. We like wiener dogs on Gotshoo.
So Shoo, where’s your Humzoo blog? Right here. Well, what about Gotshoo?, you going to move your blog over there too? I’ve thought about it, but I’ve got about four years of posts invested in Gotshoo and I use the site for development purposes, and I currently use my Humzoo blog to post geeky web findings and photos that don’t make the dailyphoto. So no, Gotshoo is here to stay.
What did Dave and Denny slip you a Lincoln to talk about Humzoo? No, but $5 bucks sounds pretty sweet right about now. I think Humzoo is a cool site and easy way to post content and photos to the web. It’s especially great for those in the last six months learned the term ‘blog.’
It’s free, go check it out!
I haven’t been able to get the camera out this week, so here’s another photo from my Dad. He’s been bit by the shutter bug, so he keeps sending over photos through email. Dad, email is sooo 10 years ago. Upload these on Flickr!
I am a little lens envy. He’s been shooting with a Canon 60mm prime lens that he just purchased. It has produced some highly detailed photos.
I broke a photo of Buddy into different crops to see the magnitude of detail. Incredible.
Finally got back out on the bike tonight. I took off without my odometer, so I did the next best thing and retraced my path with Google Maps. Yup, still the best Lazy Sunday video.
Fishing with Grandpa., originally uploaded by gotshoo.
Last week I took a half day to go fishing with my Grandpa. I’ve been fishing with him since I was a little kid (6-8 yrs old). We’ve shared quite a few memories and caught quite a few fish.
Some random facts: I started driving the boat solo when I was 10-12. I used to troll around the boat docks while he got the truck and trailer. We’ve fished together over a half dozen lakes. I’ve thrown a complete rod and reel into Lake Otter on accident. We’ve also seen a guy break an axle on a trailer trying to pull a boat out of the lake.
I can’t tell the number of ‘fish stories’ and jokes that have been shared.
He’s had 3 different boats since we started fishing.
The main rules of the boat: Live bait is for kids, no catfish, drums (an actual nasty slimy fish - they’re in Lake Springfield), or carp in the boat; must be a long range release.
Don’t tell Grandma how much he’s spent on lures.
And finally, a bad day of fishing is always better than a good day in the office.
Nostril Cleaning., originally uploaded by gotshoo.
Obviously can’t take credit for this photo. My Dad (Big Daddy) took this one. I hear nostril cleanings are the latest craze in Japan.
Side note: Buddy has his head propped on my knee and is snoring away. It’s actually kind of amusing.
Mrs. Shoo and I went to the Cards vs. Cubs game yesterday. It was a disappointing Cardinal loss, but we still had a great time. Minus the annoying drunk Cub female fan that tried to upgrade seats, was called out about it, and then proceeded to complain about being called out for the next 30 minutes.
I borrowed my Dad’s 70-300mm lens, got some great shots from the 300 level of Busch Stadium. I’ll upload the rest later on tonight.
In flight., originally uploaded by gotshoo.
Herring in flight.
Fishing with a cold one., originally uploaded by gotshoo.
I sneaked out of the office today to go fishing with my grandpa. The weather was beautiful, the fishing ok. It didn’t matter. A bad day fishing is still better than a good day in the office - that was today’s motto.
I actually caught a few but nothing worthy to blog about.
This is what I see when I walk the dogs. Maybe not as blurry; nothing but tail though. I think Clancy was bread to pull a dog sled because he is 110% go forward during the walk. So much so, we had to get him a chocker collar so he would slow down a bit and wouldn’t yank our arm off.
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It’s green. Mrs. Shoo still has another chair to paint and decorate. I believe the next one will be blue.
Last night we had over Mrs. Shoo’s parents for dinner. Someone had a hankerin’ for red meat, so I got permission to go all out. Above, 3 ribeyes (left), 3 porter house steaks (right). When it comes to seasoning I like just the basics of salt and pepper.
I’ve found from experience that you really don’t anything more than the basics if the meat is just right. I wish I could eat these all over again. Hello heart attack!
I don’t care if Hank Hill cooks with propane, I cook with charcoal. Oh yeah! Tips on positioning charcoal: Create a mound to promote a quicker fire, once the briquettes are all white push them to sides of the basin leaving an empty space in the center. This way the meat cooks with indirect heat. Say no to burnt exteriors!
These are thicker steaks, so they took about 15~20 mins. to cook. I know it’s tempting, but don’t spastically keep opening the lid to check on them. Trust me, I know it’s tempting.
Looking good. I put the ribeyes in the middle because they have more marbling (fat) and cook quicker. Hurry, put the lid back down.
That’s a good looking steak. Delish!
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