A few weeks ago my friend, Ryan, sent me an instant message and asked if I would be interested in taking photos at an upcoming gig. I’ve taken photos of Ryan for a few years with various bands, but not since I got serious about it. He’s been playing with a new band, a talented [...]

Categories: Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Giggin' · Music to My Ears · Shutterbuggin'

My co-workers gave me some beautiful white tulips on my birthday last week, these were part of the bouquet. The tulips have faded, but these little gems are going strong. I know they are just filler, but they are too pretty to throw out.
(BTW - Does anyone know what they are?)

Categories: Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Giggin' · Nature-ish

I had dinner with a group of non-work friends tonight and we were talking about upcoming vacations. Some people are worried about missing too much work, some people don’t care. I laughed and said, ‘In the end, we’re all replaceable. No one should get TOO comfortable.’ They laughed. I said “Really. one of the first [...]

Categories: Giggin' · R-R-Rambling

Bulldog Solutions CEO, Rob Solomon, is the drummer in a band called Driver. These are pictures from their show at the Threadgill’s on Saturday, March 22, 2008.

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Giggin' · Music to My Ears · Shutterbuggin'

Will you be attending SXSW Interactive? If so, the company I work for, Bulldog Solutions, is co-sponsoring an event called ‘Conversation Starters’ on Monday, March 10 at 6:30pm at the Iron Cactus.
Here’s the full scoop:

http://conversationstarters.eventbrite.com/
Federated Media and Dell, along with Bulldog Solutions, The Conversation Group, and Social Media Club Austin, cordially invite you to join [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Giggin' · Tech-ish

My dad is a Tool Pusher on a drilling rig in Colorado. I got an email from him with three pictures attached. You don’t have to understand drilling to get the gist.

We ran 2000′ foot of 9″ casing yesterday, the bottom of it plugged and we had to bring it back out and lay it [...]

Categories: Giggin' · The Fam

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Mark from the Austin American Statesman came to Bulldog Solutions today to take our HR Manager, Kim’s, photo. She was interviewed for an article about Social Networking and I got to be included in the [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Giggin' · Shutterbuggin'

My parents have this friend, his name is Mark Kruse (pronounced “Cruise-ee”). He is an incredibly likable guy, who also happens to be incredibly persuasive. One minute you’re minding your own business walking down the sidewalk and then there he is, arm around your shoulder asking you if you like BBQ. Of course you do! [...]

Categories: Giggin' · R-R-Rambling