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Brian
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E pluribus unum. Photographer. Lover of books, maps, and pancakes & waffles. Student and practitioner of disasters. Will live skeet thunderstorms. SKYWARN Spotter. @NOLSedu WFR. 🌩️👀 jbza9iBLF2-G
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Misguided angel hangin' over me
Heart like a Gabriel, pure and white as ivory
Soul like a Lucifer, black and cold like a piece of lead
Misguided angel, love you 'til I'm dead
The Pope at a microphone singing?
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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My first ISP was Erol’s (which I later worked at as a tier one tech support just before the turn of the century)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erol's
The iconic red black and yellow Erol’s logo
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Texas School Book Depository Day of Note: Photos from Dealey Plaza, Dallas, TX (circa 2007).

The graffiti photo was on the backside of the white picket fence at the top of the grassy knoll. I included it in my “Assassination Vacation” (apologies to Sarah Vowell) solo show of the same year
A black-and-white, low-angle photograph from the ground level of Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The texture of the pavement dominates the foreground. In the distance stands the former Texas School Book Depository building, recognizable by its arched windows on the upper floors. A few pedestrians walk across the plaza, and a man crouches closer to the camera examining an X on the road. Trees and additional buildings frame the scene under a partly cloudy sky. A close-up of a rough, weathered plank of wood with faded white paint and vertical grain lines. The surface is marked with dark pen or marker scribbles. The most legible writing is “RIP” near the top and a stylized, looping signature or initials below it, though the lower marks are less readable. Rust stains and worn texture frame the graffiti. A high-contrast black-and-white photograph showing two people in shadowed silhouette standing near a roadside. Between them, bright sunlight illuminates a glossy pamphlet or newspaper they’re holding. The printed pages show grainy photos and a bold title that reads: “shots that missed and probable firing points”. In the background, a blurry car drives past on an elevated road. A close-up photograph of a weathered bronze historical plaque. The surface has a mottled, textured patina, and the raised lettering casts small shadows. Only the central portion of the text is in sharp focus while the surrounding lines blur outward. The legible text includes fragments such as: • “THE CARRAWAY BYRD CORPORATION PURCHASED THE…” • “…UNDER THE DIRECTION OF D. H. BYRD…” • “…LEASED TO A VARIETY OF BUSINESSES…” • “…THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY.” • “…NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THE BUILDING GAINED NATIONAL…” • “ WHEN LEE HARVEY OSWALD ALLEGEDLY SHOT…” • “…PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY…”
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
A big tall van somewhere in Idaho
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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A triangular white-and-green emblem for the Appalachian Trail. The center features a stylized white “A” over a green background, with the words “APPALACHIAN TRAIL” curved along the top edge and “NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL” along the bottom edge.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Drove down to the front yard to observe some (space) weather

#aurora #VAwx #SpaceWX

(Northern Shenandoah Valley, VA)
Silhouetted trees stand against the night sky, with faint red and green light near the horizon. Stars are visible across the upper half of the image A star-filled night sky above a distant tree-lined ridge. A soft red vertical glow appears near the horizon. A house with lit windows is visible at the far right. A dark ridgeline stretches across the bottom of the frame with the night sky above it. Two faint red vertical light pillars rise from the horizon, with stars scattered across the sky. A dense field of stars across the night sky, with faint haze of the Milky Way crossing the center of the image.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Northern Shenandoah Valley right now
Some red lights in a night sky
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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4yo: Daddy, how old do I have to be to drive?
Me: 16, why?
4yo: because I’m going to go camping all the time
❤️
Photo of a sunlit autumn forest on a hillside, with a mix of evergreens and deciduous trees under a bright blue sky. A small child in an orange hat and purple jacket walks along a leaf-covered trail toward a simple wooden shelter built from fallen branches, leaning together in a triangular shape. The sunlight filters through the trees, casting long shadows and illuminating the orange and gold tones of the leaves.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Yesterday’s solo parenting involved taking my kids to work (3 hours in a corn (maize) field taking photos of runners.
Taken from a grassy hilltop, the photo looks down a faint dirt track that cuts through tall, dry grass before disappearing into a harvested cornfield. Beyond it, a line of trees with fading fall color marks the edge of the field, standing out against the soft blue morning sky. Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads. A close perspective from the front of a vehicle positioned between tall rows of dried corn. The narrow path through the field creates strong leading lines toward the horizon, while the truck’s hood reflects the sky Two children are seen among the corn, sitting and playing in a small clearing with folding chairs and a backpack. The sun shines brightly above the field, casting sharp rays and long shadows across the green ground cover beneath the corn.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I’m solo parenting this weekend while my wife runs the Madison Marathon (starting in 15 mins). Current weather conditions #WIwx 🥶🏃🏻‍♀️
screenshot shows current weather conditions in Madison, Wisconsin at 7:33 AM. • Temperature: 28°F, feeling like 18°F due to wind chill • Sky: Cloudy • Precipitation chance: 24% • Winds: From the northwest at 12 mph, with gusts up to 20 mph • Forecast note: “Today’s temperature is forecast to be much cooler than yesterday.” • Map: A radar snapshot (Wundermap) highlights scattered precipitation around Madison, with small blue patches indicating light snow or rain showers moving through parts of southern Wisconsin.
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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It’s raining! #VAwx
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Sent the kids outside to play while I got ready for work this morning. Hoping this will become a regular thing…
The rising sun casts golden light over a patchwork of trees in full fall color — deep reds, oranges, and greens — with bare sycamores lining a quiet river below. Beyond the valley, blue-hazed mountains rise under a soft, pale sky. The rising sun casts golden light over a patchwork of trees in full fall color — deep reds, oranges, and greens — with bare sycamores lining a quiet river below. Beyond the valley, blue-hazed mountains rise under a soft, pale sky. A small play area set on a wooded hillside, with a bright webbed climbing net strung between trees near a cabin. The sun bursts through the trees, sending rainbow flares across the frame. Two children lie together in a red-and-black hammock, surrounded by fallen leaves and the colors of autumn. They’re dressed warmly, relaxed and smiling, the forest sloping away behind them.
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Ginkgo grove at the Blandy Experimental Farm/State Arboretum of Virginia
Tall yellow trees
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Goodnight moon
a bright moon in a dark night sky surrounded by a distinct circular halo of light (22°). The ring effect appears faint but complete, caused by the moonlight refracting through thin, high-altitude ice crystals in cirrus clouds. Below the halo, the horizon is dimly visible, with faint silhouettes of distant hills or trees.
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Living in the woods means we have to drive the kids to a traditional neighborhood to give them the true trick or treating experience. Even with half the houses dark they came home with heaps of candy!
Children and adults gather in a driveway at dusk for trick-or-treating. Two people dressed in inflatable cow costumes hand out candy from orange pumpkin buckets across a table covered with a patterned cloth. A few children in colorful costumes — including a firefighter and a character in a silver outfit — approach with their treat buckets. A decorative Halloween display outside a house at night features a full-size plastic skeleton sitting atop a black metal crate, illuminated by several battery-powered candles. The house in the background glows with green and purple lights, and people can be seen near the open garage handing out candy. A brick house decorated for Halloween is lit by orange lights, with costumed trick-or-treaters visible near the entrance. The sky is dark and filled with dramatic clouds illuminated faintly by residual twilight, adding to the spooky atmosphere. A row of carved pumpkins sits on a driveway at night, each lit from within. The nearest pumpkin features the carved words “HEY BOO” alongside a small candy corn design, while others behind it show traditional jack-o’-lantern faces.
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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This morning in the valley (Halloween orange edition) #VAwx
A river cuts through the foreground beneath a hillside of vivid fall foliage. Morning sunlight highlights the upper canopy in fiery oranges and yellows, while the mountains in the background remain softly shadowed under layered gray clouds. A mountain ridge rises beyond a forest of trees in peak autumn color. The early morning light glows warm across the hills, illuminating leaves in shades of orange, red, and gold. Gray clouds hang above, creating contrast between the bright foliage and the subdued sky. A small farmhouse and outbuildings sit on a sunlit hill surrounded by trees glowing in autumn color. Morning light casts a golden tone across the pastures and treetops, while low clouds drift along the horizon, still holding the cool gray of early day.
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I found a picture of her house!
A page from Virginia Lee Burton’s “The Little House” showing the house boxed in by tall tenement buildings and facing increasing traffic.
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The dryer vent is becoming a problem
A dimly lit corner of a room with beige paneled walls and a reddish cast from the lighting. A small table holds a lamp with a red shade and a small television displaying a faint image. A framed picture hangs on the wall above the table. The walls and furniture appear heavily stained with an unknown dark substance. At the bottom of the image, a white label with black text reads: “CAPTION THIS WITH THE 2ND TO LAST TEXT YOU SENT.”
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Peak colors and frost this morning in the valley #VAwx
Close-up of a wooden railing covered in morning frost and dew drops, with a blurred background of autumn trees in orange and gold hues, fog hanging low in the valley, and distant mountains under soft morning light.
October 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Ever so slowly my backyard playground idea is coming together. Installed string lights the other night because fucking standard time is coming…
A small outdoor setup in the woods at dusk with a bright blue table holding a red pot, water pump, and clear containers. A storage bin sits underneath, and loose parts of a trough system lean against a nearby tree. Warm light filters through autumn leaves. The same wooded clearing lit by string lights hanging between trees, with the blue table and surrounding leaves glowing under the evening sky. Two children play at the blue outdoor table under string lights in the forest at night. A red bucket, clear jars, and a water pump sit on the table, and one child wears a headlamp creating a light trail. A wider view of the illuminated clearing at night, showing the blue water table, two kayaks, a colorful rope bridge, and a plastic picnic table, and two chairs made out of tree stumps in the foreground beneath strings of hanging lights.
October 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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My human children (and wife) know (or at least probably suspect) that my first love is to my eldest child who I adopted years before I met any of the other members of my family.
A black dog who predates any of the other people in this house lies sleeping on a colorful rug next to an empty bassinet, the owner of which sits sleeping in a swinging chair contraption
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Sunrise and peak color in the valley #VAwx
A dramatic sunrise over wooded hills, with deep orange and pink light near the horizon fading to blue and violet tones higher in the sky. Silhouetted tree tops frame the foreground. A forest of trees in full autumn color—reds, oranges, and greens—lines the riverbank, with a dark blue river curving through the foreground. Mountain ridges rise in the distance under a pink and purple sky. A vivid red-orange sky fills the frame at sunset, with dark clouds streaked across the top and a low ridgeline silhouetted along the bottom edge.
October 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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This morning in the valley #VAwx
A layer of morning fog drifts across the base of a forested ridge with trees showing autumn colors of red, orange, and green. In the background, mountains rise under a pale blue sky at sunrise. A small farmstead sits on a hillside with several barns and a farmhouse, surrounded by trees in peak fall color and a layer of low fog in the valley below. Autumn trees in shades of gold and red stand above a fog bank, with mountain slopes visible in the background. A broad view of a mist-covered valley bordered by colorful autumn forest and distant mountains beneath a clear sky.
October 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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It’s Thursday morning and I still have over 11,000 photos from Sunday’s race to sort, edit, and bib tag by essentially Friday night since I won’t be home most of Saturday and the next race is Sunday. (I took over 17,000 photos which is some kind of dumb record and evidence that age ≠ wisdom)
A computer screen displaying a photo management program with folders labeled “2021 SBRP,” “2022 SBRP,” “2023 SBRP,” and “2024 SBRP” under “Desktop.” The right side shows thumbnail previews of race photos, including runners gathered at a “FINISH” arch. The interface indicates 11,454 total files, and the selected images are from October 12, 2025.
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Learn it. Know it. Live it.
The exterior of an Advance Auto Parts store with a bright red facade and large yellow letters spelling part of the logo. The entrance has tall glass windows framed in red, with a large American flag hanging inside. Signs advertise “FREE filter with 5 quart purchase” and “FREE battery testing and installation.” Inside, shelves are stocked with car products and accessories. Closer view of the Advance Auto Parts storefront showing the double glass doors and large windows. An American flag hangs above the entrance, and a yellow sign lists store hours. Inside, shelves are filled with motor oil and other automotive supplies. Posters promoting job openings and free services are visible through the glass. Zoomed-in view of the store’s front door area. A yellow sign shows store hours and job information in English and Spanish. Next to it, a white paper sign reads, “SHIRT SHOES and PANTS REQUIRED Thank You.” Containers of motor oil are visible inside the window. Close-up of a window sign at Advance Auto Parts reading, “SHIRT SHOES and PANTS REQUIRED Thank You” (“No shirt, no shoes, no pants, no dice” was right there!)
October 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM