Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Roy Lichenstein at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens


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Originally uploaded by tiswango.
After two trips to Fairchild now I've still not walked thru the galery to see what is on the walls. Sever 15ft plus tall statues and 8 6ft tall works adorn the garden. It is a fun treasure hunt to find all on them in one trip. Its not as good as the Chihuly exhibit (which still has a few leftovers around) but its a nice contract with the pop art and nature. Others have said it looks like it doesn't belong there. I certainly see where this opinion comes from, I happened to like the art as it stands out against the natural background.

Monday, December 03, 2007

Pink Floyd Tribute: Aussie Floyd


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Originally uploaded by tiswango.
http://www.aussiefloyd.com/

My co-worker in Tampa turned me on to these guys and Andrea and I went to the Miami Show saturday night. It was awesome, just like real thing (videos, lights, inflatable pig, lasers), only smaller.

Pics from the phone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiswango/sets/72157603363301280/

It was so cool to hear the entire "Dark Side of the moon" album in one set. "Great Gig in the Sky" gave me chills

Then they played:

Shine on your crazy dimond
Learning to Fly
Take it back
Set the controls for the heart of sun
Two songs I have to look up the name for
Wish you were here
Song from the Wall
2nd half of Shine on your crazy dimond
Comfortably Numb
Run Like Hell

My ears are still ringing and I love it! They plan on touring the US again next year.

Sunday, December 02, 2007

Matthew and Nathan


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Originally uploaded by jsuw.
Finally I got in a few photos! My friend Jan Sitchin came over with her camera and we shot up 150 or so photos. I finally get in a few! Now we just need to come up with a theme for the holiday photos!

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Getting Organized!

I read a blog on digital vs. paper planning and felt the need to comment. Now that I've used my Franklin Planner for over a year, I feel like an expert ready to expand on its greatness. Must just be making up for my giving up on preaching DIR diving. Now I'll preach about Organization.

Here's my comment on Digital vs Paper Planning:

I’m a Hybrid. The key is notetaking. Nothing handheld and digital is capable of taking notes at a meeting, a phone call, or your boss popping in the office saying I need “XYZ”. I love my Franklin planner for notes, goals, and to-do list. I also end up booking appointments in it as well because it so fast to see the big picutre of my month, week, and day. Once a week I sync my written calander of appointments with my digital world of outlook and SalesLogix CRM. All my name address and phone is digital and I mix in my appointments. That then syncs to my HTM WM 6.0 phone. Now I can stay in contact and still take fast notes on paper.
Going one step further I decided to by a messanger bag for my gadets (Ipod, Garmin Nuvi, and camera. I just made sure it was just big in enough for a few files and my planner. Now all my toys play nice together.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

EverNataCrawl.mpg - Google Video

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My first video of the boys is finally published. I have a bunch of old footage Andrea shot to go thru. But now that the boys are crawling, that seemed like a good first topic to post!

Stern Starboard Side of the Berry Patch

70 degree air temp, 80 degree water temp. 155ft for 30 minutes with Jody, David, and Matt. Ralph skippered the boat for us.

With this dive the Miami Project finished its Project 1.2 list. Last month we finished Project T1. Man, that is a lot of wrecks. And that is not including all the sites in less that 100ft of water.

Now I have to go thru and organzie all my wreck photos. Michael Barnett is working on a 2nd edition of his book and wants to add as many photos as possible. Yipes, that will be a lot of work! :)

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Ron Scharf on the Clinton Dredge


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Originally uploaded by tiswango.
11/4/07 Henry, David, Ron and myself dove the Clinton Dredge off the Avid Diver with Captain Oliver. Seas were 1-2 with swell from Hurricane Noel. The ride out the inlet was perfectly timed between swells breaking. 20-30ft of visibility and the water was 80 degrees top to bottom. The air temp is finally chilly with a North breeze and 75 degrees.