In the summer of 2005, on an overcast day in Brewster, MA, my wife took a picture of me walking down the beach with my kids, then 4 and 15 months. We recreated the image in Myrtle Beach in 2015. And this week, we went back to the original scene of the crime to update it once more (kids are now 20 and 22, and the little one's best friend, a photography major at the Pratt Institute, took the photo). Some things have definitely changed (notably, the amount of gray in my hair), but the joy this ritual brings me hasn't diminished in the least. Watch this space in 2034.
And the seasons, go round and round, and the painted ponies go up and down...
ReplyDeleteLovely photo.
That stuff always gets me right behind the old ball-point.
ReplyDeleteAnd it got me thinking less Joni Mitchell and more They Might Be Giants.
peep the tag for this one, whit
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty great.
ReplyDeleteAnswering the question from OBX Dave re: my Italy hate from yesterday. Yes, my wife's family is Italian. Very Italian. My father in law's name is Guisseppe Mazzella. I don't actually hate Italy or Italians. I do enjoy talking a lot of shit about them though. Italian soccer though - yeah that's something I always root against.
Rob, those pics are a treasure. Cherish that stuff.
ReplyDeleteMark, good to hear you can give your in-laws some gas without them giving you the malocchio.
you were a fat piece of shit in 2005. nice "glow up"!
ReplyDeleteit was a baggy sweatshirt!
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ReplyDeleteThese Belgium kits are awful.
ReplyDeletegood lord. that's haberdasheric malpractice.
ReplyDeletei really dislike what adidas has done with the shorts in this kit cycle. they look like old-school hoops shorts with the slashes of color running top to bottom. i like my shorts clean.
ReplyDeleteWho doesn't, rob? But that's not how it always works out, now does it?
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ReplyDeletegtb legal scholars: on a scale of 1 to teapot dome, how fucked up is today's scotus ruling on snyder?
ReplyDeleteis this our nba draft live thread? or do i need to toss up some filler pre-8pm tonight?
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ReplyDeletepost cooooouuuuuuuuunnnnnnnt! (sung to the tune of ‘hump daaaaaay’)
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