Month: July 2006
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What would a trip out of town be…
… without a little social commentary? As my previous post mentioned, I spent last week in Columbus filming the butter sculpture for the American Dairy Association. While on the fairgrounds I was privy to some of the things taking place there. There were horse shows going on the entire week. Having less than no interest…
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butter sculpting at the Ohio State Fair
I was out of town most of last week filming a project. Over the last three years or so I maintained a simple website offering to transfer VHS tapes to DVD for people (I’ve since taken the site down). Through that site I met a sculptor, Bob, who leads a team of toy sculptors to…
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a shocking example of racism
In the latest edition of Contexts, a sociology magazine that presents sociological research for a wider audience, I found the following photo taken in New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina hit: If you click on the image you’ll see it full-sized. I couldn’t really tell what I was seeing at first, but the caption quickly…
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Brent and Suzy’s Baby
We found out last Friday that Brent and Suzy, Debi’s sister and brother-in-law, are having a baby boy. His name is going to be Ethan Brent Robbins. They had the ultrasound on Friday and found out the sex. I guess they already had the name picked out. One of Debi’s brothers told her the name…