Living in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul) area, I'm a long time photography, computer, and Linux enthusiast. My photos are taken both locally and during some of my travels using Canon digital cameras.

Remember the days before we had cell phones? I’ve used public phones a few times, always with the fear that I might accidentally touch the mouth piece with my lips, though fact is that germs are more likely passed by holding the phone then the touching the mouth piece. Still … thank god for cell [...]

Driving to a customer site in Italy I spotted a couple of odd shapes on the high tension power wiring in the distance crossing the autostrada. As we got closer I realized those two shapes were actually men, attached to the wires with harnesses. I can only assume they were doing some sort of maintenance [...]

Jerry Maren, one of the dozen or so surviving Munchkins from the Wizard of Oz, at an appearance in the Columbia Heights theater. He was one of the three Lederhosen (sorta) guys (in the center) that sang ‘We represent … the Lollipop guild … the Lollipop guild … the Lollipop guild …‘. in front of [...]