Jeffrey E.F. Friedl's Blog, page 41

August 10, 2014

More Summer-Trip Fun: Zipline in the Backyard

Team Effort zipline in the backyard -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Team Effort

zipline in the backyard

More fun at Grandma and Grandpa's in Ohio.... a zipline!

アメリカのおじいちゃんとおばあちゃんの裏庭にジップラインを作りました。

Cousin Grace 9 years old グレーシいとこ -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Cousin Grace

9 years old

グレーシいとこ

Cousin Luke 7 years old ルックいとこ -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Cousin Luke 7 years old ルックいとこ -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Cousin Luke

7 years old

ルックいとこ

$Cousin Claire 4½ years old クレアいとこ -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/$

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Cousin Claire

4½ years old

クレアいとこ

$Anthony 11¾ years old -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/$

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Anthony

11¾ years old

Uncle Mikey 10,000 million years old ( or in other words, “ adult ” ) マイクおじちゃん（私の兄） -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Uncle Mikey 10,000 million years old ( or in other words, “ adult ” ) マイクおじちゃん（私の兄） -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Uncle Mikey

10,000 million years old
( or in other words, “adult” )

マイクおじちゃん（私の兄）

Reset in Progress -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Reset in Progress -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Reset in Progress

Hanging Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Hanging Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Hanging Style

Lack of Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Lack of Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Lack of Style

Crazy Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Crazy Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Crazy Style

Tarzan Style though Luke called it “ Pirate Style ” -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Tarzan Style though Luke called it “ Pirate Style ” -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Tarzan Style

though Luke called it “Pirate Style”

Smile Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Smile Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Smile Style

Discus(?) Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Discus(?) Style -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Discus(?) Style

Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Catch someone had to be there to stop the kids from splattering against the tree -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Catch someone had to be there to stop the kids from splattering against the tree -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Catch

someone had to be there to stop the kids from splattering against the tree

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Published on August 10, 2014 06:23

August 9, 2014

Boatride in Ohio: Two Photos of Each Kid, and One of each Pair

With Silly Determination or perhaps a determination to be silly Rootstown Ohio -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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With Silly Determination

or perhaps a determination to be silly

Rootstown Ohio

It's been almost five years since a boat ride at Grandma and
Grandpa's, so we did it again yesterday along with two of Anthony's cousins.

アメリカのおじいちゃんとおばあちゃんの裏庭にボートを乗りました。

Cousin Luke on his 7th birthday -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Cousin Luke

on his 7th birthday

ルックいとこ

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Anthony and Grace and their “ beverages ” of choice ( my soda and her bubble juice ) -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Anthony and Grace and their “ beverages ” of choice ( my soda and her bubble juice ) -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Anthony and Grace

and their “beverages” of choice

( my soda and her bubble juice )

Cousin Grace 9 years old -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Cousin Grace 9 years old -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Cousin Grace

9 years old

グレーシいとこ

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Anthony and Luke -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Anthony and Luke -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Anthony and Luke

$11¾ years old -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/$

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11¾ years old

Grace and Luke my brother Mike's older two of three -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Grace and Luke my brother Mike's older two of three -- Grandma and Grandpa Friedl's -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Grace and Luke

my brother Mike's older two of three

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Published on August 09, 2014 19:26

Visit to Milwaukee, Day 2

Anthony and Arjun Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin -- Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Anthony and Arjun

Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

On Day Two of our short trip to visit my friends Ram and
Julia, we woke up to a Julia's preparations for breakfast. I normally don't eat breakfast, and when I do I'm a bowl-of-cereal kind of guy, so
this was a nice slice of class...

Breakfast Preparations -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Breakfast Preparations

Julia was about to start the eggs, but at our insistence let Anthony do
them. In his school's home-ec class, Anthony had come up with a really great
way to make scrambled eggs, so he put that to use for everyone.

Eggs -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Eggs

Master Chef at Work -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Master Chef at Work -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Master Chef at Work

After breakfast we headed out to the local dog run to give their dog some exercise.

Brothers Being Cute Shiv and Arjun -- Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run -- Shorewood, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Brothers Being Cute

Shiv and Arjun

Arriving at the Dog Run Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run -- Shorewood, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Arriving at the Dog Run Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run -- Shorewood, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Arriving at the Dog Run

Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run

Playing Around -- Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Playing Around -- Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Playing Around

Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Milwaukee River Greenway Dog Run -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Then we headed over to the Discovery World Museum to check out all the fun exhibits....

at Milwaukee's Discovery World Museum -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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at Milwaukee's Discovery World Museum

Checking Out the Collective of a helicopter -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Checking Out the Collective of a helicopter -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Checking Out the Collective

of a helicopter

I could have spent hours here on my own, checking out things like a
working auto transmission with half the casing cut away so you could see
how the gears and such work inside.

No Idea what these mirrors were for, but they looked cool -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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No Idea

what these mirrors were for, but they looked cool

Silly Science -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Silly Science -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Silly Science

Taking a Nap -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Taking a Nap -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Taking a Nap

As Comfy as a Bed of Nails -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

As Comfy as a Bed of Nails -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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As Comfy as a Bed of Nails

Julia tried the bed of nails, which gave Anthony the courage to try as well...

Looks Ouchy but apparently isn't -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Looks Ouchy

but apparently isn't

That was Weird -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

That was Weird -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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That was Weird

Mattress -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Mattress -- Discovery World -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Mattress

So “a nail in a bed of nails” is the answer to the
A Pointy “What am I?” Quiz from the other day.

To be continued...

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Published on August 09, 2014 07:14

August 7, 2014

Visit To Milwaukee, Day 1

Midwestern Ocean Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Midwestern Ocean

Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

It's been ages since I've been able to visit my friend and best man at my wedding Ram Kulkarni
and his wife Julia,
so I took a long weekend to pop over to visit him at his house in suburban Milwaukee.
(I had been scheduled to visit last January, but had that canceled by the “arctic freeze”.)

Popping over from Ohio involves an hour flight to Chicago, and then a 20-minute flight to Milwaukee...

Changing Planes Chicago O'Hare International Airport -- Chicago O'Hare International Airport -- Chicago, Illinois, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Changing Planes

Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Snacks from Kyoto Ram with his older son, Shiv -- Ram and Julia's House House -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Snacks from Kyoto Ram with his older son, Shiv -- Ram and Julia's House House -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Snacks from Kyoto

Ram with his older son, Shiv

It was my first time to meet his boys Shiv (8) and Arjun (4), and for Ram and Julia to meet Anthony (11).

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Short Walk to the Beach

Quick Friends Arjus quickly latched on to Anthony -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Quick Friends Arjus quickly latched on to Anthony -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Quick Friends

Arjus quickly latched on to Anthony

Public Library privately-owned publicly-available swap and share book boxes are popular there -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Public Library privately-owned publicly-available swap and share book boxes are popular there -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Public Library

privately-owned publicly-available swap and share book boxes are popular there

Wide, Shaded Streets I really liked the feel of Whitefish Bay -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Wide, Shaded Streets I really liked the feel of Whitefish Bay -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Wide, Shaded Streets

I really liked the feel of Whitefish Bay

First View of the Lake Lake Michigan -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

First View of the Lake Lake Michigan -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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First View of the Lake

Lake Michigan

The nearest shore is 75 miles away, which means that something there
would need to be more than 1.15km tall before it would start to pop out
above the horizon. Suffice to say that the view is essentially the same as
of the open ocean.

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Small Play Area -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Small Play Area -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Small Play Area

This was a small, secluded play area, but a mile or two to the south was
a huge public park with big wide sandy beaches with dozens of packed
volley-ball courts, families picnicking, and young people frolicking, just
like most any beach in California. I wasn't expecting that.

Boys Love Skipping Rocks -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Boys Love Skipping Rocks

Boys Love Skipping Rocks -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Boys Love Skipping Rocks

Checkin' Stuff Out -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Checkin' Stuff Out -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Checkin' Stuff Out

Photo Op wondering what the camera will capture -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Photo Op wondering what the camera will capture -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Photo Op

wondering what the camera will capture

Being a Four -Year-Old Boy -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Being a Four -Year-Old Boy -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Being a Four-Year-Old Boy

Being Fussy Anthony and Shiv still hadn't “ clicked ” as friends by this point, and this was making Anthony impatient with me and the camera -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Being Fussy Anthony and Shiv still hadn't “ clicked ” as friends by this point, and this was making Anthony impatient with me and the camera -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Being Fussy

Anthony and Shiv still hadn't “clicked” as friends by this point,

and this was making Anthony impatient with me and the camera

Unintentionally mimicking the look of his great great grandfather -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Unintentionally mimicking the look of his great great grandfather -- Big Bay Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Unintentionally

mimicking the look of his great great grandfather

Pausing at the Park Julia and Arjun -- Buckley Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Pausing at the Park Julia and Arjun -- Buckley Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Pausing at the Park

Julia and Arjun

Soccer Star -- Buckley Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Soccer Star -- Buckley Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Soccer Star

Soccer Star -- Buckley Park -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Soccer Star

Shiv and Anthony didn't click with soccer either, but upon return home, they found the
means to drop all barriers and become buddies...

Squirt-Gun Fight! -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Squirt-Gun Fight!

Hamming it Up While Refilling as I shoot safely from behind a window -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Hamming it Up While Refilling

as I shoot safely from behind a window

They were having such fun together that I had to put myself in harm's way and get among them with the camera...

Arjun About to Attack -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Arjun About to Attack

“ Action Shot ” nothing in focus -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

“ Action Shot ” nothing in focus -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/50 sec, f/2.8, ISO 280 —
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“Action Shot”

nothing in focus

The Look On Their Faces Say Everything Anthony's says “ You're not going to dump that helmet full of water on me, are you? ” Shiv's says “ Yes, oh yes, I most certainly am! ” -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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The Look On Their Faces Say Everything

Anthony's says “You're not going to dump that helmet full of water on me, are you?”

Shiv's says “Yes, oh yes, I most certainly am!”

Unfortunately for Shiv, his mom stopped him, and Anthony was able to escape. Personally, I was hoping to see Anthony get soaked.
Anyway, again, you can see everything via the looks on their faces:

Reversal of Fortune -- Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Reversal of Fortune

From then on they were all easy friends, and we spent three days there, so
of course this is To be continued...

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Published on August 07, 2014 11:31

August 4, 2014

A Pointy “What am I?” Quiz

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Pointy

What (and Why) am I?

Time for another “What am I?” quiz. What, exactly, is in the photo above, and what's it for?

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Published on August 04, 2014 09:46

July 29, 2014

Trampoline Dodgeball

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Trampoline Dodgeball Master

トランポリンドッジボールの名人

ZipCity, Streetsboro OH, USA

We made a visit to ZipCity trampoline and zipline park in Streetsboro Ohio the other day. We did some zip-lining, but mostly jumped on the trampolines.

Me dodging a throw Photo by Phyllis Friedl -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Me

dodging a throw

Photo by Phyllis Friedl

Floating -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Floating -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Floating

Pele -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Pele -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Pele

Pele #2 -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Pele #2 -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Pele #2

We had the place mostly to ourselves at first, but it eventually got crowded enough that they organized dodgeball games....

試合中ドッジボール -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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試合中

ドッジボール

Attack -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Attack -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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Attack

Surveying The Battlefield -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Surveying The Battlefield -- ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2500 —
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Surveying The Battlefield

ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

ZipCity -- Copyright 2014 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

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We were both dog tired after 2½ hours of nonstop play, and I came
down with a cold later that evening. Two days later I'm feeling better, so
we'll probably go again tomorrow (with three of Anthony's cousins, who came
in last night).

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Published on July 29, 2014 11:18

July 25, 2014

Too Good To Be True: a United Airlines Flight That Almost Went Smoothly

I'm in Ohio to visit my folks for a couple of week, having flown out of Osaka on Friday afternoon,
via Tokyo and Chicago to arrive in Akron, Ohio on Friday evening.
Unlike many previous trips where I had some form of harrowing experience
(such as
this,
this,
or this), this trip went perfectly smoothly.... until we arrived.

The 12-hour Tokyo-to-Chicago flight seemed to go quickly thanks to copious amounts of Ambien, and arriving half an hour early
helped make immigration/customs and making the connecting flight much better. We arrived in Akron on time and my Dad was waiting,
and as we're strolling to baggage claim I'm already writing this “everything went well for a change!” blog post in my mind.

Then Anthony mentions “I hope they don't lose our luggage again”, and this reminds me suddenly that our luggage is lost about
half the time we fly into Akron. Don't say such things Anthony... you'll jinx us! When one of our two bags showed up, I thought we were fine,
but you can see where this is going... )-:

At least United knows where the second bag is.... it was in Chicago when he
checked. Among the small crowd of folks on the same flight without their
bag was a guy who had flown in from Nova Scotia who was told, by a voice as
perplexed about what he was reading on the screen as the customer was in
hearing it, “it seems your bag was sent back to Nova Scotia”.

Otherwise we're fine... Anthony and I already knocked a soccer ball around outside, had some
Manwiches for dinner, and have freshened up with a shower.

Hopefully the bag shows up tomorrow.

UPDATE: it was delivered at 3:27am.

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Too Good To Be True: a Untied Airlines Flight That Almost Went Smoothly

Otherwise we're fine... Anthony and I already knocked a soccer ball around outside, had some
Manwiches for dinner, and have freshened up with a shower.

Hopefully the bag shows up tomorrow.

UPDATE: it was delivered at 3:27am.

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Published on July 25, 2014 18:46

July 20, 2014

Rich Wood Views Inside Kyoto’s Zuishin Temple

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Pretty Inside and Out

Zuishin Temple (随心院)

Kyoto, Japan

One of the famous spots in Kyoto for plum blossoms is the Zuishin Temple
(随心院) in Yamashina ward, and its blossoms appeared on my blog eight
years(!) ago in “Plum Blossoms and Photographers”. The style of both my blog
presentation and photography has changed quite a bit in the intervening
years.

Anyway, I made a visit this past March during plum-blossom season, but
having already enjoyed the plum
at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
and at the Kyoto Imperial Palace Park, I decided this time to actually venture inside the temple building for the first time. I was joined by
Damien Douxchamps.

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Above the Entrance Hall

I'm a sucker for the woodwork

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Taxi Storage

The theme for my view of this temple seems to be “wood”, and the two wooden litter (palanquin) hanging from the ceiling in this hallway
we came to right away were no exception.

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Looks Cramped

A two-person palanquin is probably not meant to transport the likes of sumo wrestlers or tall foreign photographers, I'm guessing.

It was quite dark in the hallway, lit as it was by a single bulb at each
end, but I still tried to capture the delicate painting on the door...

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Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/500 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 —
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Patterns and Shapes

in the wood caught my eye over and over at this place

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More Delicate Paintings

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Hippy Door

it's goovy, man

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Damien in Action

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More Wood, More Patterns

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I prepared these photos for a blog post long ago, and for some reason
prepared this B&W version of a similar scene to the previous photo.
Maybe I did it for the “wood patterns” feeling, but now I'm not sure
whether I should post it or just delete it. I guess I'll post it:

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Rich Colors

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Back to This Hallway

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Long Room
Vertical Desktop-Background Versions

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The lead photo for this post was taken from about the same place as the photo above, but looking more toward the right to get the open door to the outside.

Outside is a weather-worn veranda that wraps around much of the building.

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Veranda Patterns

From where that photo was taken, looking up, you see a small side garden and doors that enter the building. The nearest door looks mostly black...

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Bland View

... but when you get close, it offers a lot of colorful detail:

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Getting up close and personal with the sun-drenched bottom of one of the planks, with my favorite macro lens, yields more
for the “pretty wood patterns” theme:

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Back over to the main part of the temple building, more wood awaits...

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Being mid March, the mossy ground was in pretty un-photogenic shape, so we'll stick with the wood theme and leave moss
to other places.

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Wide Veranda

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Relaxing
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A shot like the one above conflicts me... should I set the white balance for the shaded wood, or for the sunlit greenery outside. If I choose the former, the wood looks rich and full as it does in real life, but the outside becomes bland and washed out. If I adjust for the outside so that it looks natural, the wood takes on an odd color.

Above, I choose to set it for the shade.

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 — 1/125 sec, f/1.4, ISO 100 —
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Wider View

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Wood Detail

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Damien Photographing the Wood Detail

Above, he's likely taking this shot.

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Storm Shutters

opening up and out, hanging on hooks

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Me

of squished-nose fame

photo by Damien Douxchamps

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Covered Passageway

More wood and patterns await the followup post.
To be continued...

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Published on July 20, 2014 06:56

July 9, 2014

Invicta Watches: Lowering the Average I.Q. of Humanity One Watch at a Time

Amazon.com web page for an Invicta 11660 Coalition Forces Trigger Rose Gold Plated Men's Watch (No Straps)

Huh?

Poking around on Amazon.com, I got sidetracked browsing some truly
horrid-looking watches, and came across the most meaningless marketing fluff
I've ever seen, for any product, anywhere.

The “product
description” has four beefy sentences barely able to contain all 576
words, yet not weighted down by even the slightest actual fact or hint of
useful information:

Product Description

Covert operations are revealed as Invicta's stealth Coalition Forces Collection steps into the fore.

Conditioned to handle the most sophisticated of endeavors, the Coalition Forces are at the ready, available for the day-to-day maneuvers to come.

Strategically prepared for all operatives, this technically deft collection is crafted with Swiss movements and emboldened with the attributes of true leadership.

Invicta's Coalition Forces Collection reaches the front line with the command, range and tactics for decisive action, turning time into a multi-faceted vision quest.

A vision quest indeed. Not knowing ahead of time what this was “describing”, I think many would be hard pressed to realize it's
supposed to be about a watch. “Swiss movements” is
perhaps a good hint, but it could just as easily
get lost in the context of their testosterone-driven direct-to-cable
military theme.

If you did realize it's about a watch, you'd
be forgiven if you thought “Swiss
movements” was a
relevant fact that had somehow slipped in, but no, it's a quartz (battery/electronic) watch.

I guess this all follows the old saying: “If you can't say something nice, make up a bunch of irrelevant, meaningless crap.” Or something like that. It's
so much worse than the Nikon D4 Marketing Fluff
I wrote about a couple
of years ago.

Anyway, I have such “compensation issues” that I would have bought one just to associate myself with its virile product description, but alas,
it's not eligible for Amazon Prime, and I don't buy things that aren't eligible for Amazon Prime.

(In seriousness, who on earth writes this kind of crap, and more importantly, who on earth is actually swayed by it?)

I still don't know what the “(No Straps)” in the product title refers to. Maybe it's a typo for “(No Facts)”?

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