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  • the day my relationship with Terra changed

    It’s fun and even useful to have a personal site that archives all my social media updates – Twitter, Flickr, Facebook and such – and then is searchable so I can go back and see things in the past.

    Yesterday, I came across something interesting.

    See, Terra and I were friends for a long time before we became . . . → Read More: the day my relationship with Terra changed

  • Oaty Veggie Meatloaf – a recipe to perfect

    So, I start with 2 or 3 pounds of whatever ground meat…
    Then I add lots of oats and finely diced (we’re talking relish) onions and peppers until it looks right – But it’s ALOT – maybe a fourth of the total mixture and I always wish I’d added more. I don’t ever measure so I’m . . . → Read More: Oaty Veggie Meatloaf – a recipe to perfect

  • 2009 Movies

    #=my first time, &=her first time
    *=spn, @=psp
    t=with terra, m=with mom, w=with wesley

    *t…Raising Arizona
    t&…A Scanner Darkly
    mt…The Family Stone
    t*…Better Off Dead
    &*t…Mixed Nuts
    t&#…Millions
    t&#*…Christmas Vacation
    : : : : : : : : : : : : : DECEMBER : : : : : : : : : : : :
    t&…Planes, Trains and Automobiles
    twm…Pieces of April
    #t…The Family Stone
    #tw…Bring It On
    twm…Up
    t&…The Godfather, . . . → Read More: 2009 Movies

  • 2010 Movies

    *=SPN %=PSP $=cinema +=bedroom
    B=Blu-ray N=NetflixIW V_=Vudu(x/h/s)
    t/T = with terra / her first time
    m/M = mom, w/W = wesley
    C = my first time

    *T…It’s A Wonderful Life
    tB…Fargo
    tB…Boogie Nights
    …Primer (my new dvd)
    *t…Christmas Vacation
    VxWt…Edward Scissorhands (first Vudu)
    t…The Royal Tenenbaums
    t…The Family Stone
    Nt*…Funny Farm
    NCT*…Black Christmas (1974)
    Bt…Crash
    W…Scrooged
    TB…Eyes Wide Shut
    t*…Mixed Nuts
    : : . . . → Read More: 2010 Movies

  • A quick rant on why I am so against a Blade Runner franchise

    This is a comment I posted on Facebook that I’ll lazily paste here, rather than write an expansion.
    I began by posting this to Twitter: “Building a franchise around Blade Runner is like building an amusement park around The Smithsonian.”

    And then, here is what I followed up with on Facebook…

    It’s what I’ve seen happen to Alien.
    The franchise . . . → Read More: A quick rant on why I am so against a Blade Runner franchise

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If there's anything else on the site that you wonder what it is, where it came from, or how it's done, feel free to contact me.
This site, and all similar endeavors, are dedicated to my dad, who always encouraged my growth as a techie.

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Samuel Truman Cornelius

July 23, 1945
December 16, 2007

[UPDATED] my first haircut in 13 years [fka before and after september 6, 2007]

[original version of this post made on dec 4, 2007...]

   

   

and here is a video of the actual moment of the hugely controversial event…

this is october of 2008…

and a vanity shot taken in march . . . → Read More: [UPDATED] my first haircut in 13 years [fka before and after september 6, 2007]

flickr’d photo: hot air balloon season is here!

balloon season is here and this is an old favorite of mine with some new modifications to snap it up a bit… here is the original from oct 1, 2005…

this was taken at albuquerque international balloon fiesta with my first real digital camera (lotsa stuff is broke at that link, btw)… i have no . . . → Read More: flickr’d photo: hot air balloon season is here!

four versions of the wesley pizza face pic

i couldn’t help it – i just kept coming back and tinkering…

i once heard someone say that photoshop should only let you work on a pic for ten minutes – something like that… i definitely overworked the last two, to varying degrees…

anyway, have a look and feel free . . . → Read More: four versions of the wesley pizza face pic

flickr’d pic: wesley and pizza bites

yeah, this is just a snapshot – taken with a flash no less (eww), but i kinda’ like it…

i tried to touch it up and make it a little bit better, though… unfortunately, i made a big mistake… his arm… see, i was trying to take a flat pic and draw more attention . . . → Read More: flickr’d pic: wesley and pizza bites

flickr’d photo: christine by the pool (“fixed”)

the flickr description is:

“this is one of my favorite shots i’ve ever taken…
this is a new, slightly improved version of one i posted a few months ago… (i try not to mess with old photos – let it show what i DIDN’T know at the time…)

i got about 3 or 4 snaps in when she started . . . → Read More: flickr’d photo: christine by the pool (“fixed”)

images of how i felt today

these are OPP (other people’s pics) selected . . . → Read More: images of how i felt today

flickr’d photos: billy

billy was my closest friend back home… he helped lead the addiction recovery ministry when i came to the church with only a couple weeks clean time and was a huge help to me… as time went by, we became not only close friends but partners in both that ministry as well as working . . . → Read More: flickr’d photos: billy

flickr’d photo: christine watching the storm

christine and storm, originally uploaded by insidious_plots.

flickr description: “i had to take a bunch of these to get this shot and it isn’t even that great…”

i am fond of . . . → Read More: flickr’d photo: christine watching the storm

new “best of” folder on flickr

even i get tired of sifting through so many of my photos, hoping to bump into a good one, so i finally made a “best of” folder…

you can peruse it here…

it is the stuff i think is best, not just sentimental value…
i have long wanted to separate the “photography” from the “snapshots” but can never think . . . → Read More: new “best of” folder on flickr

flickr’d photo: book of ruth

book of ruth, originally uploaded by insidious_plots.

not my best pic ever, but, i actually spent some time trying to get this shot… as i sat at the men’s rally at calvary chapel abq, i was taking shots of people all around me with my recently acquired canon a720 and i just can’t bring myself to . . . → Read More: flickr’d photo: book of ruth