Peel Back the Concrete

Quit pissing on my back and telling me it’s rain

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One of my favorite co-workers is my buddy Chuck.  Chuck was one of the first people I met at work, and the first year at my job, he was the main person I worked with.  He’s taught me so much in the last three years that I’ve used both in and out of work.  Chuck is a definite southerner, through and through.  Like a true Southerner, Chuck has the funniest/craziest sayings.  We always say we need to write them down, and I thought maybe every time I hear a new Chuckism (as we fondly call them), I’ll blog it.  You might think that after 3 years he’d be out of fresh ones, but he consistently keeps them coming!  So be on the lookout for Chuckism posts.  They’re sure to give you a chuckle.

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Sunset over the James Hosted on Zooomr

His Majesty Hosted on Zooomr

Driving back to Smithfield, I stopped by the Lion’s Head Bridge and took a few pictures and created the above two HDR shots.

Filed by Robby at 6:15 pm under photo, life
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totoro cupcake 4

Originally uploaded by chotda.

I found this picture of a cupcake someone baked on Flickr and I thought Kevin would enjoy it…Neil, take notes.

Also be sure and look at the Totoro cookies that inspired the cupcake! We should try baking some like this one day.

Filed by Robby at 8:21 am under Uncategorized
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It almost feels like this is the wrong time to enter the blogging world, with one of the top bloggers, Kathy Sierra, receiving death-threats. It just feels dirty, reading what these four individuals have done in terms of harassing her. I guess I don’t have much to worry about in the way of receiving death-threats as I don’t expect that this blog will reach an audience much larger than my closest relations. Kathy does end her post with a great outlook, full of hope, that we as the blogging community can stop this sort of behavior now, before this sort of thing becomes commonplace:

Do not put these people on a pedestal. Do not let them get away with calling this “social commentary”, “protected speech”, or simply “criticism”. I would never be for censoring speech–these people can say all the misogynistic, vile, tasteless things they like–but we must preserve that line where words and images become threats of violence. Freedom of speech–however distasteful and rude the speech may be, is crucial. But when those words contain threats of harm or death, they can destroy a life.

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P1010315 Hosted on Zooomr

I went on a photowalk with Kevin on Thursday since the weather was so amazing. We went around the Charlottesville downtown mall and then headed over to UVA. This shot was taken in Garden 10 by the lawn. Be sure to check out more shots in the Zooomr Set I made from our excursion.

Filed by Robby at 10:51 pm under photo, life
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