A Telling Photo

Hot Air has a link to a photo I have not seen anywhere.



Dave Hinz at the HinzSight report writes:

Why would this President show such deference and respect to a man who has suggested that he, the President, has been guilty of impeachable offenses?

The answer is as simple as the humility of this President. He took the hand of Robert Byrd, to help him into his seat, because Byrd is approaching 90 years of age, and this President is respectful of his elders. He took his hand because he needed help, and this President is not the type of person to turn his back on a fellow human being in need. He took his hand as an act of friendship, because this President does not take his politics personally. He understands that his political enemies are not his personal enemies.

Unfortuneately, it probably wouldn't work the other way around.

More Photoblogging:

Frederick Maryland has two truly famous native sons. One is former Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (author of the Dred Scot Decision) the other is Francis Scott Key. The two men used the same office as attorneys, although not at the same time (I believe). Here is a picture of their former law offices in Frederick, now owned by the Etheridge Quinn law firm, although I beleive they rent the office to another attorney. But the offices are directly across the square from Frederick City Hall.

Photo A Day: April 21, 2006

Frederick, MD, near where I live, sits in a valley that had been subject to regularly flooding. In the 1970's a pretty bad flood spurred the city and county of Frederick to invest in a flood control project, which has become known and the Carroll Creek project. While most of the flood control occurs through underground tunnels, the city did undertake efforts to make the above ground part visually appealing. The final phase is set to open sometime this summer (pictures on that to come). Here is a little bridge over one area of the project.

One More Photo--For Now

In think one of the funniest things about young kids is watching them learn how to bowl. Here is daughter #1, the Peanut, on her first bowling trip.

Frederick, MD City Hall

A photo of Frederick, MD City Hall. The interesting part of this photo is where it is being taken from, the front stoop of what used to be Francis Scott Key's former law office!

Some Photoblogging

Earlier this year, I attempted to post a picture a day. That proved untenable since I didn't follow through. But I have decided to post a few pictures today.

Here is a photo of daughter #2, nicknamed Pudding. She used to be called Spike, because no matter what we did, we could not get her hair to stay down. But she has outgrown that. In the background is Anastasia--our six year old Sheltie.

Photo a Day: January 13, 2005

Daughter #2


Photo Credit: Daughter #1

Photo A Day: January 12, 2006

Just relaxing at home.



Photo Credit: Daughter #1

Photo A Day: January 11, 2006

I was perusing through some Christmas photographs yesterday and came across this one I didn't know had been taken. I am not sure if you can tell, but that is my father and I struggling to get one of daughter #1's toys out of the packaging. My father has 20+ years fixing aircraft and computers, 40+ years fixing cars, and I have some significant time fixing things, but neither of us were having a very fruitful time taking apart the packaging.

Those of you with small children have experienced the taped wire connectors holding toys into the box. This one was particularly bad, apparently.

Photo A Day: January 10, 2006

My wife and I are incredibly lucky that her family lives nearby--built in baby sitters at no cost!!

Here is daughter #2 with my sister-in-law whose face has been cut off by the photographer's insistence at capturin the image of his child.

Photo A Day: January 9, 2006

Alright, I admit, this one is cheating a lot. But I have been thinking recently about the aftermath of the tsunami. We happened to be in London when the tsunami struck in Asia and the day I learned about the devastation in Asia, we were in Bath, England. This is a picture of one of the plazas in Bath. The city has an amazing Mediterranean feel, which it is supposed to, which just seems out of place for England.

My thoughts about the events that have happened in the past year made me think of this place which has seen disasters come and go and still it stands--as will we all.

Photo A Day: January 8, 2006

One of the beauties of digital photography is that budding 4-year-old photographers can get a lot of practice without wasting a lot of film. My wife and daughters are planning a trip to San Francisco while I am taking the bar exam. Daughter #1 decided to document the efforts at booking a non-stop flight from the Washington DC area to San Francisco. If you look at the bottom, you can read some bad news of a friend who had to put a family dog to sleep because of cancer.

Photo A Day: January 7, 2006

Me and Daughter #2. Man, do I need to spend some time in the sun!!!

Photo A Day: January 6, 2006

As I said before, I have gotten way behind in posting on this year long project.

This photo is of my oldest daughter and my father at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum. Aside from the fact that my parents don't see my kids enough due to the geographic distance between my house and my parents home in Florida, I like this picture because it made my wife nervous. Look carefully and you will get an idea of how far up we were from the bottom floor--about 30 feet. Heights, my wife and my children make for a bad combination. I can't wait to take my daughter rock climbing--although we will leave Mom at home.

Photo A Day: January 5, 2006

Here is another photo from Balitmore (as I said, I have been spending a lot of time there). This photo is of the clock tower at the Maryland School of Art. The College of Art sits in this depression down by some railroad tracks and walking toward the college, you see only the roof of the main building and this tower sticking up.

Photo A Day: January 4, 2006

I am attending bar review classes in Baltimore. (long time readers will remember I went through this process in July as well. Just missed passing so I have to do it all again). Anyway, the location I am at is near both the Baltimore Symphony hall and the Lyric Opera house. Both buildings have some rounded, curved walls. The University of Baltimore is also in the neighborhood and they are putting up a new building, echoing the same curve nature of other buildings in the area.

Architecturally, I like the idea. The unfortunate thing about many cities is that buildings today often lack soul and rarely reflect the character of the surrounding neighborhood. This building does, fortunately.

I also like the glass enclosed projection as well. I am not sure if the shape is readily visible from this angle or not.

Photo a Day: January 3, 2006

I have been spending a great deal of time in Baltimore recently. This photo is a nighttime photo of the sculpture in front of Penn Station in Baltimore. The blue light actually changes color from red to green to blue. I don't know the symbolism, but given that the rest of the night was more or less black and white, or yellow, I thought the splash of color was pretty engaging.

Photo A Day: January 2, 2006

My parents came to visit for Christmas, which was spectacular. On the Friday before Christmas, my parents, my oldest daughter and myself visited the Steven F. Udar-Hazy Center, an part of the National Air and Space Museum. Some of the material on display there include the space shuttle Enterprise, early aircraft, the B-29 Enola Gay and a Concorde. This picture is of the SR-71, the fastest aircraft ever built.

What is particuarly amazing about the Musuem is that we have only been flying, as a people for around 100 years, and to go from the Wright Flyer to the SR-71 in less than 70 is a magnificent testament to human ingenuity and engineering skills.

If you are in teh DC area, try to get to the Udar-Hazy Center.



In the background is the shuttle Enterprise.

Photo A Day: January 1, 2006

Me, from the viewpoint and photographic hand of my oldest daughter, age 4.