Off Topic, But at Least There's a Wizard at the End
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 20, 2012 8:46 PM CST
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PrintI've always enjoyed taking pictures and have enjoyed the occasional photography discussions on this site. I've never gotten beyond the casual stage and I usually just use my phone to snap a few shots. However, I have gotten lucky a few times and captured some really cool stuff. My wife is a little concerned that I'll wind up on Hoarding someday with an eight foot stack of pictures and frames in every room. What's so wrong with taking pictures of a picture and then making a collage? She's silly.
Anyway, last week I bought an iPhone (I know, I'm several years late to the party) and have been amazed. The apps and editing that you can do is incredible. Can't believe it took me so long to step into the 20th century. If you aren't too bored by now, take a look.
My 2 year old runs. All day. Everywhere we go. He runs:
Here we are at a yogurt shop this afternoon. Minutes after Cade finished his yogurt, he ran. He's always in a hurry.
This app is awesome. It grays out the picture, then you add the color back in with your finger. I think I'm gonna quit my job so I'll have more time to work on this:
In our backyard this afternoon kicking a ball around. My daughter kicks the ball and my boy runs. Luckily, we have a steep hill so he sleeps well at night, even with Keith in the room:
Our newborn, Cash, in the living room with a tilt zoom effect. He's my retirement plan. Yes, he will play in the NFL or NBA, or maybe both. At least the PGA. He's a big boy:
The game room with tilt zoom and color spot. Yes, I wear the helmet on game days:
And, for those of you that aren't bored outta your minds waiting for something amusing: I snapped this picture of a wizard driving a T-Top. The scene was so awesome I didn't even edit it. Rock on wizard, rock on.
Fly that flaming Trans-Am to the moon wizard, and tell us your stories when you return. I'll take your picture and we'll rec the crap outta your post.
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great lookin' family...
I do like Dad’s corner with the bass boat glitter helmet…why isn’t it silver?
"It was impossible to get a conversation going. Everybody was talking too much" - Yogi Berra
Cute kids, SARR
Are they picking up on their dad’s creative arts?
Thanks djn
My daughter (with the pink stripes) has a very creative mind and she also shows glimpses of my odd sense of humor- much to my wife’s chagrin.
My son on the other hand really likes to ride his toy car down the driveway and smash into the garage door and yesterday he decided to try dog food. We’re a little worried.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 25, 2012 9:23 AM CST up reply actions
Don't worry about the dog food, SARR
When my son was very young, he and our golden retriever shared many bowls of Purina Dog Chow. He{my son} grew up to 6’ 3" and 225.
It's all good.
by Red and Black 71 on Feb 25, 2012 10:09 AM CST up reply actions
And a shiny coat....
This is a 3 ring circus up in here......
by oldschoolraider on Feb 25, 2012 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
More dog food on the menu from now on
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 25, 2012 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
Edit Please!
Great Wizard and I love the Trans-Am but does he have to “Hook ’em Horns”? Could use editing or at least amputation.
by Red&BlackAttack on Feb 20, 2012 10:17 PM CST reply actions
I don't see it as Hook 'em Horns
I see the wizard, driving off into the moon with his flaming Trans Am, throwing his arm up and saying “I love to rock”. I don’t think you can see his thumb sticking out which would confirm that this wizard loves to rock and has no affection at all for UT.
If his thumb isn’t sticking out, then I’ll take it to the edit shop and fix it. This wizard is a rocker, not a Longhorn.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 20, 2012 10:30 PM CST up reply actions
Indeed, if the wiz was a horn he'd have one of those stupid burnt t's on rather that his wiz'ns.
Living large in Texas...Texas forever.
thank you, SARR,
for helping to educated our non-rock brethren, on all things rock. or at least one thing- the rock and roll symbol which UT egregiously co-opted
by Jameson Vernon on Feb 24, 2012 1:26 AM CST up reply actions
I spent the 80's & 90's listening to alt rock - I only noticed the Devil Horn heavy metal hand sign in the late 90's
A metal-head co-worker and I discovered we both loved 80’s music. Only we were talking about completely different genres. He was in love with hair metal. And as best I can figure, the hair metal movement stole the Longhorn hand sign (adding a thumb extended) as the symbol of the Devil’s horns. Or the Devil’s pitchfork. It’s hard getting a clear answer to anything from a metal-head. Anyway I could never convince him that UT got their first.
Then early in the Bush II presidency Laura & Jenna Bush were at an event where the Longhorn Band appeared & they did the hand sign as the band played “The Eyes of Texas”. Metalheads worldwide went into a tizzy over the women of the first family being fellow metal-heads and Satan worshipers.
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
ohhhh ok
so maybe UT was first. well, no worries. And that’s funny about the Bush daughters. Being extremely keen on all things political, even back n my high school days, I remember the incident very well. Back then, I had not determined which college I would attend, so I remember thinking to myself, “stupid heavy metal people, they ought to know everything’s better in Texas.” good memories mbrown. good memories.
by Jameson Vernon on Feb 24, 2012 4:40 PM CST up reply actions
dude,
it’s rock and roll, not hook em horns. look at the context of the picture. I’m hearing a Rush song, or AC/DC song in my head looking at the magical trans am wizard. DUDE.
by Jameson Vernon on Feb 24, 2012 1:24 AM CST up reply actions
Credit Ronnie James Dio.
It was his awesomeness that invented the devil-horns rock and roll hand signal.
Think Rainbow…
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
are those old programs from your high school days hanging in Dad's corner?
"It was impossible to get a conversation going. Everybody was talking too much" - Yogi Berra
It's a calendar I got a few years back
It has vintage Tech programs from the 40’s and 50’s that you can cut out and hang. Pretty cool, but I’d like to get some more recent pics hung up.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 21, 2012 7:43 AM CST up reply actions
hate to tell you
but the 20th century is the previous century
welcome to the past
btw, what app? those are great pics
I disagree.
It’s 2012, or said another way, Twenty Twelve. Twenty as in twentieth century. We won’t hit the 21st century for at least another 50 years or so.
It’s color splash and camera +. Color splash is awesome and incredibly easy
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 21, 2012 7:46 AM CST up reply actions
Dang, I may have to trade up from my old old old Motorola Razor.
"If only the good die young, I might live forever" Max Stalling
by FriscoRaider on Feb 21, 2012 7:51 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
No way
we are totally still in the 20th century. The 21st century is just for movies and won’t happen for several decades.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 22, 2012 9:58 PM CST up reply actions
Awesome post,
in my experience, wizzards are hard to catch on film.
for Heaven's sake, just grow a pair
TransAms are cool, but I have managed to get a pic of
Spock leaning on a Buick Riviera and a ninja trapped in a Honda
for Heaven's sake, just grow a pair
I have a photo of a ninja strapped to the hood of a 49 ford, my dad took him.
He was a night hunter…..
Living large in Texas...Texas forever.
WIZARDS!!
Bring it on. We eat wizards for breakfast.
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
We were very close to naming our 3 year old Cash. My cousin called the name first though. So we have Chase. The name is appropriate. Too bad it isn’t Cash.
Yes, I wear the helmet on game days
Me too. I also tape my ankles before the game.
Row well and live...Ben-Hur
Welcome to Iphone World.....
the camera is cool, only because I have documentation of those fuzzy memories more often now. The camera is not the best part though…..the group texting threads are life changing. My Mensa neighbor group uses this as a roster call for when we want to go get refreshments. Using technology for beer consumption really is about as good as it gets. If you don’t have an iphone, you are unable to reply to the group….we have lost some good ones.
This is a 3 ring circus up in here......
by oldschoolraider on Feb 21, 2012 2:47 PM CST reply actions
That group thing can get you in trouble too though
I’ve seen it happen. Saw a group message that was a “Jack-O-Lantern” looking silohuette of a couple getting it on in a doorway. I know in your head you’re thinking “what the hell?” and trying to picture it. Just picture a jack-o-lantern face, then slowly realizing that the smile is legs….. it was actually kind of cool. Anyways… a girl in the group text replied something along the lines of “I know I’m supposed to see a pumpkin face, but seeing this makes me want to do try this with you…. right now! I’ll be at your office in 15.” This was not his girlfriend, although his girlfriend was in the group text. It did not turn out well.
Yikes.....
That is awkward….now we can have SARR added to a text thread.
This is a 3 ring circus up in here......
by oldschoolraider on Feb 21, 2012 6:45 PM CST up reply actions
sign me up
just let me know if others are looking in so I don’t pee in somebody’s potted plant without knowing they are standing right behind me.
In a texting way.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 21, 2012 7:46 PM CST up reply actions
The headline reminds me of Leroy Jenkins
“Hey, at least I have the chicken”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeroy_Jenkins
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
Leroy Jenkins is an American hero.
The world would be a better place if half of Americans were as brave as Leroy Jenkins.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 24, 2012 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
Did anybody else notice the license plate?
I’ll wait….
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
Now that you mention it
“NO FAT CHX” Awesome!
It's all good.
by Red and Black 71 on Feb 23, 2012 8:16 AM CST up reply actions
A friend in college had a bumper sticker on his car that said that
It kept getting keyed in the commuter lot.
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
I have been in pursuit of a FAT CHECK
all my life……….I don’t understand the fuss.
for Heaven's sake, just grow a pair
mbrown,
i just now notice your entertaining logo. Where’d you find that? I’m digging it hardcore dude
by Jameson Vernon on Feb 24, 2012 1:29 AM CST up reply actions
DTN had a quick visit from a UT guy a couple months back
He had it as his avatar. I told him I was going to steal it & he gave me the OK. Aggies are such great punching bags. I just hope the people of the SEC pick up on it & carry on the tradition of ridiculing all things Aggie mercilessly. If they don’t I may have to visit some SEC boards & help get things started Aggie game week.
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
For everyone that can’t afford iPhone money, but can afford a computer, there is a pretty neat website that can create the hazy effect (it’s called tilt shift): http://tiltshiftmaker.com/
Go Raiders . . .
Double-T Nation
the site is awesome
I’ve edited tons of pics on the site since you first posted the link a few years ago. You’ve changed my life Seth C.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 25, 2012 9:16 AM CST up reply actions
I took some of the capital city in Ethiopia from on top of the roof of the hotel we stayed at. I should post them.
Go Raiders . . .
Double-T Nation
by Seth C on Feb 25, 2012 1:25 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Yes, definitely.
I’ve noticed some of the reality shows are showing shots with tilt shift now. It’s such a cool way to alter a shot
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 25, 2012 5:54 PM CST up reply actions
awesome
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 26, 2012 9:30 AM CST up reply actions
Playa Del Carman from a parasail
I know it’s designed for far away shots, but it does some cool stuff with closer shots too
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Feb 26, 2012 10:01 AM CST up reply actions
heh, my greqat nephew just won the Mutton Bustin competition at the San Antone Livestock and Rodeo.
Looks like your kids could enter some rodeo events, esp. if there is a wizard!
That's awesome, congrats
I want to get my 2 year old into the mutton busting in a few years but it’s not an easy process. Any advice would be appreciated…
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Mar 1, 2012 7:44 AM CST up reply actions
The ride is the easy part. The hard part is getting your name drawn to compete. They do a lottery system to narrow it down.
Contact my nephew Gene Yelton in Floresville or my niece Julie http://www.yeltoncustomhomes.com/contact.html
KSAT had this video
http://www.ksat.com/entertainment/Mutton-Bustin-big-hit-with-little-cowboys-cowgirls/-/477994/8809456/-/4egstu/-/index.html
Looks like great fun for one of the wolfpack.
Awesome, thanks!
I know it’s a long process to get selected, so I’m dedicating the next couple of years to getting him in. It will be the highlight of my life.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Mar 1, 2012 8:33 AM CST up reply actions
Nice
In case anyone is wondering, that’s Mike Leach on the right.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Mar 1, 2012 6:38 PM CST up reply actions
and
Brad Pitt on the left…..
This is a 3 ring circus up in here......
by oldschoolraider on Mar 1, 2012 7:24 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
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