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night disturbance

night disturbance

Our neighbors had an unexpected visitor in the night as a Toyota Tacoma truck crashed through the wall of their house in Goleta. Firefighters, including local hero-friend Eric Eacker were on the scene to extricate the truck. Fortunately no one was hurt.   here...

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39!

39!

A bunch of my awesome friends made the trek to Knapp's Castle yesterday to celebrate my birthday. It was awe inspiring to stand up there and watch the rain advance slowly towards us. Most of us lingered and got completely drenched on the return hike 🙂 Here are some...

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Press Release

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gabe Cano, Glen Hodges Specialty Color Services 230 E. Cota St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: (805) 965-1832 or (800) 207-7927 Email: mylab@colorservices.com www.colorservices.com * NEW WEB GALLERY RAISES RECOVERY FUNDS FOR HAITI WITH...

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Yacht carnage on Santa Barbara’s East Beach

Yacht carnage on Santa Barbara’s East Beach

At least 8 yachts lost their moorings and crashed onto East beach in the storms that are currently buffeting California. Here are a few photos of the yachts on East Beach... I also shot some video of the "Priority" being torn up and put into a dumpster:...

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bikes and kids

bikes and kids

Here are a couple of iPhone videos of the kids having fun on their bikes... playing chase on the la patera playground: [flv:bikes_playground.flv 640 480] racing the kids in the van 🙂 [flv:bikes.flv 640 480]

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Speake photos!

Speake photos!

This past weekend I took took photos of the Speakes. Geordie Speake is a talented Santa Barbara photographer so it was a little intimidating but fortunately the photos turned out well. Gotta love my new camera 🙂 Here is a slideshow of the Speake photo shoot.

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bees are doing well!

bees are doing well!

I opened up the hive today for the first time since catching the swarm and moving them into their new home 2 weeks ago. They've been busy and have drawn comb on 3 of the frames and have a good looking brood coming along. I also saw lots of pollen and honey so they are...

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U2 360 at the Rose Bowl

U2 360 at the Rose Bowl

the u2 show at the Rose Bowl last night was freaking epic! 96,000 people. 25 songs. seriously! the set list just went on forever! epic! click here for some photos of our day... here is the set list: Breathe Get On Your Boots Magnificent Mysterious Ways Beautiful Day...

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Little Logan Elliott

Little Logan Elliott

Our hearts and prayers go out to the parents, family and friends of baby Logan. Logan was a friend and co-patient with Rudy Geyling in the UCLA Medical Center. He passed away unexpectedly this past Wednesday. Today friends and family gathered to share pain and love as...

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the end of summer – poster

the end of summer – poster

this is one of my recent favorites, i love how the kids are so innocent and carefree - i bet malia won't be running shirtless on the beach next summer. if you'd like a copy, i made a poster that you can order for around $10 from Costco to celebrate and mourn the end...

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district 9 is awesome!

district 9 is awesome!

take 14 friends, a bag of biltong, throw in a district 9 viewing and you have the recipe for a super fun night out! district 9 is set in south africa (hence the biltong 😉 ) and apart from being the best sci-fi movie in a long time is an anthropologist's dream. i bet...

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Cursed by the Pope!

Cursed by the Pope!

Holy cow! Apparently back in the day, if you angered the pope, you risked getting cursed. The PDF below is a scan of the papal curse levied against my family. The full text is well worth the read, it is an irate rant that makes Alpha Catholic Stephen Colbert's finger...

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Visual Poetry – Chris Orwig’s new book!

Visual Poetry – Chris Orwig’s new book!

Today Chris received the CMYK proof for the cover of his new book due out at the end of this month! The book includes guest chapters authored by some of the most amazing photographers alive today including Rodney Smith, Joyce Tenneson, John Sexton, Steve McCurry, Joe...

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