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If you are interested in buying a 5x7 or 8x10
print please feel free to email me at
abel@nxracer.com
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Cold Water
My Pool
February 5, 2004 - Thursday
Well it was getting kind of late and I hadn't taken a daily
picture so as I wandered around my house trying to come up with
something I decided to go outside and see the pool. It was
freezing out there, actually it was about 54F degrees but that
is considered "freezing" by Texas standards. I decided to try to
experiment with delayed shutter speeds to try to get a cool
night time picture of the pool. I tried a bunch of different
settings and finally found one that seemed to be perfect for the
situation. The picture below is using a shutter speed of 2
seconds and since my body was shivering I knew I couldn't keep
my camera completely still long enough to get a clean crisp
picture. With that in mind, I propped up my camera on a garbage
can, wedged my car keys under the back side of the camera to get
the right angle, then hit the shutter release button with one
finger and stepped away... then viola... I captured the picture
below.
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Grant's
Farewell Party
The Harp Pub
February 4, 2004 - Wednesday
A good friend and Co-ed Flag Football teammate is moving to
Denver, Colorado this week and the whole team gathered at The
Harp Pub to properly send him off. Every team member of
Ready, Willing and Abel that made
the trip to the pub signed a Houston Texans Inaugural Season
football which was given to Grant as a memento. And Yes, that
really was our team name and No, I did not choose it, honestly.
Anyways, since our team was plagued with injuries the entire
season it seemed only natural that the football sustain some
injuries of its own, hence the stitches and a couple of
Band-Aids. "RWA - The best loosing streak ever!!"
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Poker Night
My Living Room
February 3, 2004 - Tuesday
For the past few weeks Tuesday nights have been designated as
Poker Night for some friends and I. This is the night where a
week full of bragging and smack talk all comes to an end and you
have to put your money where your mouth is so to speak. The game
of choice is Texas Holdem, this the type of poker that is
played in the World Series of Poker as seen on ESPN. Forrest and
I were the last two people in the game left and I was dealt an
A K and luckily got a
Q J 10 to drop on the flop. After
the last two community cards were shown, Forrest went
All-In and bet everything he had. I called his bet and my Ace
high straight beat his two pair and I won all the marbles and
most importantly bragging rights until next Tuesday.
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The
NFL Experience
George R. Brown
Convention Center
January 25, 2004 - Sunday
Super Bowl 38 was held here in Houston this year and we went to
the NFL Experience which was held in the GRB Convention Center.
First thing I noticed was kids, kids, kids and more kids! There
were kids everywhere and their parents were nowhere to be found!
I guess the NFL Experience also dubbed as a child drop off day
care center. There were lots of cool things to see and do at the
event and the worst thing is that shortly after taking these 2
pictures, my camera batteries ran out!
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