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Bloc Party

Photowalking is the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things that the photographer may find interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photowalking

I’ve bounced the idea with a few bloggers and tweeters about having a photowalk, and this weekend seems perfect for it. The trees in Washington Park are ripe with color and it’s going to be about 60 degrees this weekend.

First, for those uninitiated, what is a photowalk? It is exactly like what it sounds. A bunch of people get together to take photos. It’s for everyone. You don’t need a fancy camera or SLR. A regular point and shoot will due. It’s a great way to meet new people, get tips, and compare technique.

Where: Washington Park; Carillon

When: Saturday, Nov. 1st; 1pm – ?

Who: Everyone.

What: Bring a camera. From the feedback I’ve got back already, hoping to have 3-5 additional photogs.

Tag your photos on Flickr with PhotoWalk-WashPark-11-1

Questions?: gotshoo *at* gmail *dot* com

Man, my workbench is a mess.

The blue reel, commonly referred to as a snake, is what I mentioned in a previous post. An essential tool if you plan on rewiring a house.

I was actually not a lazy bum this weekend.

Dad came over this weekend to help rewire and replace the front porch light and the foyer light. The wires for the lights had been cut over a year back when we were rewiring the basement lights.

One of the beauties of owning an older house is that everything is wired to the same circuit.

The greater part of Saturday we spent exploring the antique wiring and devising a plan on how to rewire everything. One of the best investments this weekend was a 25′ steel guide wire.

We would hook the guide wire to the old wire then pull the old wire out. Once the guide wire was through, then we would hook up the new wire and pull it back. This method worked extremely well.

Mrs. Shoo is extremely happy because this year we get to have Trick-or-treaters. Everyone stop by with your kids, we’ve got plenty of candy. I don’t need any of it. (I am sneaking a piece as soon as I hit publish)

all the time and money in the world, I would have gone seen Ryan Adams and The Cardinals at the Fox Theater on 10-04-2008. Next best thing…

http://www.archive.org/details/radams2008-10-04

Just checking up on Google Analytics right now since work has me up at 2am.

There are some interesting keywords on how people find Spfldbloggers.com

• blagojevich gets booed at cubs rally
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• capitol fax blog password- everyone knows the password is ‘password’ right?
• chocolate brown nugget beads
• how old do you have to be for dc learners permit in 1968
• “i just sneezed 8 times”
• 50 sexiest men over 50 list
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• “jim willis” springfield
• pringfield

Most of these keywords only have a single visit related to them, but the top keyword for the site is “spfldbloggers.” Really?

Life always seems better when you’re busy.

Time is just going way too quick.

Sarah and I went out to Site M, Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Park today. I’d been out there last week mountain biking and wanted to come back and take some pictures. We did a 5 mile hike around Drake Lake with the dogs.

The dogs were in heaven. Scents, grasshoppers, foreign poop. They had it all.

More photos after the break.

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I’ve got a mental task for next week to cancel our Fit Club membership. We’ve reached a point where we like going, but hate justifying the monthly cost when we’re not going enough.

I think I went there only a handful times this summer. I was on my bike training for a century most of the summer. Sarah went to workout a few times, but I think she did most of her running outside. So kind of useless.

So we’re looking to cut the fat from our monthly budget, but would also like to cut other fat. So a question to blog-land, where’s a good place to workout temporarily? With like a day pass.

I am debating about picking up a few weights and a bike trainer for the basement. But where can we get our sweat on for cheap?

Ali Harter – Untitled #3 from The Helium Project on Vimeo.

I love her voice. I can’t think of the artist who her voice resembles, but I could get into it.

Her Myspace.

Mrs. Shoo and I watched the debates tonight from the comfort of our basement. Had to protect the big tv from objects being thrown at it.

It’s Sunday night and this is about the first real time since Friday evening that I’ve sat in front of the computer. I know, I know, it was barely two days. But that’s a lot of time in the digital world when your job consists of keeping a web based application up 24/7.

Part of the reason for the disconnect was that my Dad came over Saturday to help out on a wiring project. Our house is about 50~60 years old and a lot of the wiring is original and done with aluminum wire. I am told it was cheaper and more readily available when our house was built. It’s also kind of a fire hazard.

(Note: Drawing not to scale.)

Dad helped out replacing 5 outlets. We passed on the 6th for right now as it was connected to the same circuit as the bathroom lights. How that happened, I don’t know. Our two hour project took a whole day, but we’re steadily making progress on rewiring the house.

Sunday I met some friends out at Site M aka Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Park, I prefer Site M, for some mountain biking. A beautiful unseasonable 80 degrees out, but was a great day for a ride. I think I spent four hours out there.

Just a great fall weekend.