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dog on the run

I took Riley out for lunch on Tuesday (my work from home day) and let him run and run and run and run and run in the park across the street from me. During the day, it’s empty, so he has the best day ever making giant circles all the way around the whole place. He was one tired puppy when it was all said and done.

Thanks to my photography class, I’ve actually been forced to learn how to use some of the settings in my camera, which really helped in catching him mid gallop here and getting the colors to match almost exactly what someone might see in person to how the picture ended up.  Now that we’re into the composition portion of the class, I’m enjoying the homework portions of it a lot more.

h-o-r-s-e

There’s not much I miss about living in an apartment as opposed to a house of my very own. Sure, it’d be nice to have a big fenced in yard for Riley (and probably a second dog) to run around in from time to time, and I wouldn’t really turn down even more rooms and square feet (as opposed to my current ~1100) to decorate with furniture I absolutely do not need. There’s one thing, though, that any house I ever own will absolutely have to have – basketball goals.

Back in the day, I used to play in the driveway for hours – shooting free throws, layups, shots from the road I lived on, or even my specialty shot – from the front porch. Our basketball goal was nothing fancy like they have now. It was a metal pole slammed into the ground, with a spray-painted wooden backboard and no way at all to adjust it. There would be no slam dunking at all from my driveway!

I see these kids playing basketball now, with their six year old brother hanging from the rim because it’s only a few feet off the ground. Cheating, I say! But you, I won’t lie. If I had a driveway right now, I’d definitely have a goal that was adjustable. I’d have that puppy on eight feet all the live long day and win me some NBA Slam Dunk Championship titles!

Man, just writing about it makes me want to take a special trip to the gym to play a little Around The World with myself.

fantasy baseball time!

I know it’s early, but now that pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training, I think it’s perfect timing to sign up for Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball, which happens to be one of my most favorite things ever.

Just go here to sign up, click the “Sign Up Now” or “Get Another Team” button, and follow the links to “Join a Custom League”. If needed, here’s the League ID and Password:

League ID#: 99844
Password: awesome

Right now it’s set for a manual draft in late March, but that can be changed as needed. I just wanted to secure a good time before they were all taken up.

Invite anyone you know!