Sarah’s idea of using white felt pinned against a wall, with a piece of plexiglass for Carter to sit on to get a nice reflection worked amazingly well.

 The rest of the set can be found here.

The other day I finally received my last Christmas present that unfortuntely shipped late and missed the holiday. My sister bought me the high powered laser pointer I asked for, and my wife immediately asked me what I planned to do with it.
The product description says it can be used for skypointing, projection on low [...]

I recommend checking the Inaugration photo pool on Flickr over the next couple of days for photos from individuals on the ground in D.C.
The Boston Globe also has some amazing photos online.
Joost has online an all Obama channel, with clips from various shows and his speeches. They will also be streaming the inauguration tomorrow. [...]

Punch him in the chin, then proceed to punch him in the stomach as he reaches to pull up his shorts.

Below are a few photos taken in the back room of my father’s Elk’s Club of signs they have made over the past 30 years or so.

Sarah had the idea of buying a big piece of white felt from a craft store and pinning it to a wall in the basement. We then waited until mid-day when there was the most light and snapped a few hundred photos. It worked great.

You can see outtakes here, here, and here. 

My brother-in-law Sam at the Grand Rapids, MI Children’s Museum.

My home town of Manistee, MI was hit by 80 mile per hour winds last week, in what has been described by nearly everyone I’ve spoken with as the worst storm they have ever experienced. Below are a few photos I received in my e-mail.