September 27th, 2009

02:27 pm For those of you who didn't see it on Facebook, this is probably the biggest and certainly the longest story I've ever written. Let me know what you think about it. There's an editorial that goes with it that's also on the site. http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_269181005.html

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July 31st, 2009

04:59 pm I just noticed some people dropped me. Probably a sign I should update this thing more often (or at all.) I bought a car. 2009 Kia Spectra. Nice car, really. I enjoy it. OK, that'll do for now. Nap time.

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March 22nd, 2009

11:19 pm This is embarrassing. If we'd ever treat this like an actual competition and not some sort of spring training All-Star Game, we'd win. There was no reason to leave Oswalt in to get beaten like a drum, there was no reason to go to Hanrahan instead of Shields to start the 8th and there was absolutely no reason to have to run Mark DeRosa out there at first when there are plenty of American first basemen sitting around in Florida and Arizona. But of course, playing hard for your country and getting hurt will make it hard for the owners to sell enough tickets to make it look like people care in July when half the league is 10 games out of playoff contention, so let's keep the good guys in camp and make Davey Johnson manage the ones they do send like it's the Little League World Series and Jimmy Rollins is going to cry in his sno-cone for not getting to play in the field.

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04:00 pm Point the first: Gillispie's last news conference sounded quite a lot like a man who is just marking time until the moving vans arrive to pack up his stuff. Point the second: Travis Ford has a little-regarded Oklahoma State team tied with Pitt at the half. Point the third: Wanting a coach who wins AND isn't a dick to fans and the media isn't too much to ask. Also, on an unrelated note: USA! USA! Beat Japan!

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March 15th, 2009

09:54 pm Kentucky will be hosting UNLV at 9:30 Tuesday night in Memorial Coliseum in the first round of the NIT. Quite possibly the only time in history a team with two All-SEC First Team members was a 4 seed in the NIT. Having typed this, I will now light myself on fire.

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March 8th, 2009

11:53 pm So, two games, two wins. The Canada win was sweet, but I think the beatdown we just dropped on the Fighting Hugo Chavezes might be better. So, we've got a meaningless game against either Johnny Canuck again or the Chef Boyardee All-Stars before we head to Miami. Meanwhile, the Aussies are up on Mexico in the bottom of the 6th, IN Mexico City. Go Green and Yellow! Be nice if they could do what the Netherlands did yesterday. I love international baseball.

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08:50 pm I'm eating apple pie and drinking sweet tea while watching the U.S. baseball team play Venezuela for a spot in the second round. Could I be more American?

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March 4th, 2009

11:01 pm /me wonders if firebillyg.com is available. Mike Casey hit the nail on the head. He doesn't have a clue what Kentucky basketball means. Mr. Ford, Mr. Pelphrey, whichever one of you answers the phone first will do just fine.

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February 23rd, 2009

11:08 pm - In which Brian drones on about photography and journalism and stuff. So, I finally got my D40, as I think I posted about. I've been using it at work the past few days. On Sunday, I was the reporter on call and had to go shoot a hospital grand opening, so I loaded up the D40 with the kit lens and our photographer's SB-600 flash (which she was nice enough to loan me) as my wide-angle and put the 35-70 f/2.8 on a D1 as a zoom (since it would AF on the D1 but not the D40.) I ended up only using shots from the D40, because they just looked better. Today, I was in court for the start of a murder trial, and since our photographer was off, I was shooting my own art. There's nothing funnier than an 80-200 f/2.8 with a tiny little D40 strapped to the back. (For my photo geek friends, the AF on that lens was screwy anyway, so it doesn't matter that it doesn't work on my D40. Actually, it's easier to focus on that then on the D1.) Between that and a "nifty fifty" I was able to get some decent shots for not being able to flash. Which brings me to my next topic. I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to spring for both a 55-200 kit zoom and the new 35mm AF-S DX prime as well as a cheap flash. I'm going to be making an order from Adorama either way, because I need a good bag and some UV filters to protect my glass, but do I want to get both lenses as well? The zoom's too slow to use indoors without flash, making it useless for court photos, but I think I could use it otherwise, and the prime would be nice because I find myself shooting at that length with my current lens and the fast aperture would be nice for quick candids. Opinions?

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February 21st, 2009

12:04 am What I have: a Nikon D40 with the kit lens. What I want: the new 35mm f/1.8 prime, a bag, a 55-200mm zoom, some filters, a spare battery and a flash. What I also want: an XBox 360. What I also have: a house payment to keep making, plus a rent payment. Decisions, decisions. Isn't grown-up life fun? (For the record, if I get the XBox, it would be at Circuit City for cheap. Although I don't really have time to play much any more, and if I do there's always the Wii, which I can get some stuff for.)

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February 4th, 2009

10:35 pm Good: having the 32nd-best football recruiting class in the nation. Bad: that only makes you fifth among the six teams in your division, and last among the public schools. I'm excited about this bunch coming in, though. We've got two great incoming QBs in Mossakowski and Newton, some defensive studs and a pretty strong crop of RBs and receivers, plus possibly the best center in the nation. Kentucky football fever: catch it!

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February 2nd, 2009

06:20 pm After seeing some concept art for a World War Z movie, I've decided I want to read it and the Zombie Survival Guide. Guess it's off to Half Price Books next payday.

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January 28th, 2009

10:41 pm So, the good news is, I'm 25. The bad news is, I have family who are pretty well screwed because they're going to be without power for close to two weeks, the phones are down and all the stores are closed. I honestly have no idea if my mother and elderly great-aunt are OK because I can't reach them. Dad had to drive all the way to Clarksville, Tenn. to buy gas, kerosene, propane and some supplies just to ride things out at the house (he also borrowed a gas grill of mine and some charcoal.) As for things here, I worked from home for the better part of today, even though we couldn't print at the office because it was dark. My assistant editor had to drive a couple of computers to London to try to get a paper out with a Wednesday/Thursday cover date, so I spent this afternoon trying to update my story from yesterday on all the outages. Waiting to hear what the plans are for tomorrow. Also waiting to hear from family, so everyone wish me luck.

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January 13th, 2009

11:25 pm Jodie Meeks just came as close as I've ever seen to a player actually being "on fire." The only thing that would have been cooler is if the basketball had flames coming off of it when he held it. ETA: Not surprisingly, Kentucky Sports Radio is dead right now. Nothing but database errors. Probably just a couple of fans trying to get to the site. OR ALL OF BIG BLUE NATION.

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January 12th, 2009

11:30 pm I love my wife. Just felt like proclaiming that from the rooftops, and not just because she shares her chocolate-covered pretzels with me. It's fun to catch up with people I haven't really talked to in a long time. I miss some of the friends I used to talk to on a regular basis who I never hear from any more. In other news, work is still going well. It's nice to have co-workers you enjoy sharing an office with.

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January 8th, 2009

08:51 pm So, in the event that LiveJournal goes under (and also because I feel like doing it) I've started a Blogger blog to post to. Read me at http://thebullpendaily.blogspot.com/.

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January 1st, 2009

02:44 pm Heads up: Cartoon Network has a Looney Toons marathon running until 8 p.m., and the last hour is the good ones (Duck Amuck, What's Opera, Doc?, Duck Dodgers) so set your DVRs accordingly. I'm loving watching actual cartoons for once.

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November 30th, 2008

07:53 pm Joe, you and Elly will get a kick out of this: Eliza LOVES football. Seriously, she smiles and laughs when there's a tackle. Friday, she was laughing at Verne Lundquist during a college football preview, too. Compare that to her father, who cries when he sees the Bengals.

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November 19th, 2008

02:37 pm If you haven't checked out Eliza's blog lately, you've missed a lot of photos of Miss Eliza. We added some Google ads to help pay for toys for Eliza, since she has none. http://elizajanesmith.blogspot.com

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November 18th, 2008

09:01 pm I could probably clean up on a bet that we have more than 25 turnovers by the end of this game. I retract every positive thing I've said about this team. At this point, I'm only confident that we'd be one hell of a Division II team.

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