http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ oh, the fun of it all... en Vox Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:01:41 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/in-other-words.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/in-other-words.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/in-other-words.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:01:41 -0700 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00e39898301f000400e398a2e9b80004" at:format="medium" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e39898301f000400e398a2e9b80004.html"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e39898301f000400e398a2e9b80004-200pi" alt="Blue elemental" title="Blue elemental" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e39898301f000400e398a2e9b80004.html" title="Blue elemental">Blue elemental</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00e39898301f000400e398a2deb60002" at:format="small" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-small audio-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item audio-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00e39898301f000400e398a2deb60002.html"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e39898301f000400e398a2deb60002-120pi" alt="In Other Words" title="In Other Words" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00e39898301f000400e398a2deb60002.html" title="In Other Words">In Other Words</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We see... what we want to see,<br />but only a drop of what could be.<br />Stop me if I&#39;m going on...<br />I dream in stale complacency.<br /> And in other words ...<br /> tell me you&#39;re all right.<br /> Just a whisper and I dreamed you cry,<br /> but I survived, courageous here ...<br /> and in other words ...on other worlds.<br /> <br /> And when my hands begin to bleed<br /> will you stay and comfort me?<br /> I feel afraid I might be living. Yeah.<br /> <br /> And if I had to the ends of Time<br /> would I ever make you mine?<br /> Just a whispered &quot;yes&quot; is all I need.<br /> <br /> Tasting you still on my tongue,<br /> shaking conch shells one by one,<br /> and trails of peaceful inequities.<br /> Insincere flattering by other ones<br /> in other words ...<br /> <br /> And when these wounds upon my brow,<br /> begin to seep the truth we found,<br /> do you feel we need to keep giving?<br /> And if I promised the world for you,<br /> I could make it all come true.<br /> With a whispered &quot;yes&quot; it&#39;s all I need.<br /> <br /> I don&#39;t know about tomorrow.<br /> I just know, I&#39;ll remember today...<br /> and the way... you looked at me.<br /> <br /> If my hands begin to bleed<br /> will you stay and comfort me?<br /> You looked at me.<br /> You looked at me.<br /></div><div><br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/in-other-words.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e398a2f3a20005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> in other words theshadowboxer geoff tate http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/qotd-school-sports.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/qotd-school-sports.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/qotd-school-sports.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:49:40 -0700 <blockquote><p>What were the sports or games you played in high school or college?&#160; <br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">Submitted by <a href="http://stephen1.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00d4141f24473c7f" at:screen-name="Stephen" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up7.vox.com/6a00d4141f24473c7f00f48d0351f40001-75si" >Stephen</a>.&#160;&#160;</span> </p></blockquote><p> I was not very coordinated as a high schooler.&#160; I did like playing floor soccer (as we called it in the old Catholic school gym that my school had).&#160; I did want to dabble in certain sports and I always loved watching boxing.&#160; It wasn&#39;t until my senior year in high school that I started finding my footing and coordination in things.&#160; Plus, we had a wonderfully bizare gym teacher that pretty much let us break from the constant playing of basketball (which I hated).&#160; </p><p>...B.<br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/qotd-school-sports.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e3989832cf0004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd school sports south side chicago st joseph high school http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820d60002.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820d60002.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820d60002.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:34:00 -0700 <p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/Ro9QCd2Hn_I/AAAAAAAAACY/IzWIoEPSPyw/s1600-h/collage1.jpg"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/Ro9QCd2Hn_I/AAAAAAAAACY/IzWIoEPSPyw/s400/collage1.jpg" style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" /></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:RIGHT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="text-align: middle; border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" /></a></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820d60002.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820d60002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989832090003.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989832090003.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989832090003.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:16:00 -0700 <p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/RosdVd2Hn8I/AAAAAAAAACA/mnIkpKabR6k/s1600-h/IMG_0183.JPG"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/RosdVd2Hn8I/AAAAAAAAACA/mnIkpKabR6k/s400/IMG_0183.JPG" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" /></a> Everyday the cough gets better and I have a few days more to go on the antibiotics... but... man, this cold really sucks. I don&#39;t usually whine about them but this one has just been aggravating to the hilt. Alas, don&#39;t all colds really suck?</p><p>I just checked out the new Smashing Pumpkins video for Tarantuala on their site <a href="http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/">www.smashingpumpkins.com</a>. I&#39;m not sure what I think about the video right now but the song is okay. Honestly, though... I just don&#39;t get this Smashing Pumpkins &quot;reunion&quot; at all. Maybe I missed something but all I can say is that it isn&#39;t a reunion without D&#39;Arcy and James. If Billy would just have said the Smashing Pumpkins are being resurrected but with this new lineup.. cool... they hype machine around this all has left a bad taste in my mouth (much like the meds). I will give the new CD a listen, though. Billy still makes great music and the Smashing Pumpkins moniker will give him license to &quot;rock out&quot; some...</p><p>Regarding this cold. I have not been doing anything since the coughing has really kept me at bay. So, nothing new to report. I&quot;ve maintained mostly a low profile and stayed off this computer for quite awhile because after doing what is needed at work, I just have not felt up to it. So, that&#39;s it for now. This is my only quick update as to what&#39;s been going on. I hope to be back online and updating regularly within the next few weeks.</p><p>Hope you are all well...</p><p>B<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="text-align: middle; border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989832090003.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e3989832090003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840440005.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840440005.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840440005.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:22:00 -0700 <p>When you don&#39;t feel good... <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/Rnnm1Vyu9ZI/AAAAAAAAABw/CmrMQJs2QCo/s1600-h/IMG_9660-2.JPG"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/Rnnm1Vyu9ZI/AAAAAAAAABw/CmrMQJs2QCo/s400/IMG_9660-2.JPG" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; clear: both; float: right;" /></a> I sometimes wonder if it is just me that acts this way. I&#39;m not quite sure anymore... I whipped out the digital camera and tried to best illustrate the pain and discomfort that I feel tonight. Here it is. To me, it also kinda makes me feel like I&#39;m putting a little fun spin on being sick, which, of course, was not intentional. It was just what the camera caught. I am not using paragraph structure in this post and I&#39;m not quite sure why... Alas, it is just a spur of the moment formatting decision. I think it was inspired by the hydrocodone. Well, enough of my bitching and moaning. It is time to move on to the land of slumber. I&#39;m taking a break from the photo blogs and such until I give myself a chance to totally heal and rest, you know? I need to pay attention to health matters because I think things are catching up with me. Worry, lack of sleep, more stress... You know, sometimes you just need to take time to catch your breath. The funny thing is, while I&#39;m typing this, KISS&#39; &quot;Rain&quot; (from Carnival of Souls) is playing. How interesting to me... I&#39;m not quite sure why...</p><div style="text-align: center;">Tell me what you want me to know<br />Tell me what youre dyin to say<br />Throw your feelings up in the air<br />Let the pieces fall where they may<br /><br />Open your eyes<br />You cant deny<br />Its just a fantasy, yeah<br />Some things will end, some will begin<br />Some things will never be<br /><br />- Rain<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, yes... I almost forgot to mention that you can listen to the song by locating it on my playlist. I&#39;d like to know if you only hear 30 second clips of the songs or if you hear the full thing. I have to figure out how this Imeem thing works for other users.<br /><br />But that can wait. It is now time to heal and get back in the swing of things after doting on myself for a bit.<br /><br />B<br /></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="text-align: middle; border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840440005.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840440005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840450005.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840450005.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840450005.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:26:00 -0700 <p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/Rosekd2Hn9I/AAAAAAAAACI/HpjnhFENRu0/s1600-h/IMG_0127.JPG"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/Rosekd2Hn9I/AAAAAAAAACI/HpjnhFENRu0/s400/IMG_0127.JPG" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" /></a> WTF? My posts are not working through Picasa... Fuck. I typed up some shit about being sick and all and now it is gone.</p><p>I must be a glutton for punishment.</p><p>Oh, well. I&#39;m gone for a few weeks.</p><p>Here is a pic I took at lunch today. The guy in the blue shirt was quite fetching. Yeah, something went up with the camera but it kind of fits... Something just out of reach...</p><p>B<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="text-align: middle; border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a></div><a href="http://localhost:1430/28145256446f2a447e91381c681363b9/image6686.jpg"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" src="http://localhost:1430/28145256446f2a447e91381c681363b9/image6686.jpg?size=400" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; clear: both; float: right;" /></a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840450005.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840450005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840460005.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840460005.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840460005.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:11:00 -0700 <p></p><br /><br /> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840460005.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e3989840460005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820da0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820da0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820da0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:25:00 -0700 <div style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/RmiF6lyu9XI/AAAAAAAAABk/qQubPg0jQw8/s1600-h/leftjab.jpg"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JBDvhj2hAnI/RmiF6lyu9XI/AAAAAAAAABk/qQubPg0jQw8/s400/leftjab.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; clear: both; float: right;" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">So, there has been a lot going on behind the scenes.<span style=""> </span>I just got the gift of an Olympus evolt 300 (sp?) to use.<span style=""> </span>I&#39;m thinking that I may have to keep this awkward treasure.<span style=""> </span>I&#39;m liking some of the photos that are coming out.<span style=""> </span>Three of<span style=""> </span>my last four pics on my Buzznet account were taken with the new camera.<span style=""> </span>However, I have been holding off on posting the others as I am just getting ready to use the damn thing.<span style=""> </span>The fact that the advanced controls give me more manual control than what I have on the old cheapo Canon.<span style=""> </span>It&#39;s an exciting new world of possibilities.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The featured picture in this post (&quot;left&quot;) was taken a few weeks back.<span style=""> </span>When I decided to treat it, I wanted it to have a feel of an antique kind of parchment from an old boxing manual or something.<span style=""> </span>It was meant to be dated looking but it also plays along with the left hand (and arm) becoming the dominant of the two.<span style=""> </span>I find it quite interesting how that all has worked out.<span style=""> </span>My left hand and arm have the strength whereas the right is lagging a bit because of the accident.<span style=""> </span>A fight for control... a left jab to feel out the opponent.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I have to go now.<span style=""> </span>I’ve been bopping in between typing up this entry and answering posts in our forums here at work.<span style=""> </span>My reload time takes forever so I figured that I would multitask here.<span style=""> </span>Now, I am helping decorate a friend’s cube here at work.<span style=""> </span>It is her birthday tomorrow and she is simply marvy.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Later…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">B</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820da0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e3989820da0002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e39898204f0001.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e39898204f0001.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e39898204f0001.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 31 May 2007 04:03:00 -0700 <p><br /> <div><br /><br />I love this new song. Dio&#39;s voice is fantastic as always...</div><br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e39898204f0001.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e39898204f0001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e39898320c0003.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(theshadowboxer) http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e39898320c0003.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e39898320c0003.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:42:00 -0800 <h3>February 15, 2007</h3> <h2><a href="http://theshadowboxer.buzznet.com/user/journal/118299/">Photo Activity Update and Tonight&#39;s Rhapsody List</a></h2><p> Feeling better after sleeping most of the day. Called in to rest the back and arm up and now, it is 10:49pm and I&#39;m feeling better. Had some Chai tea and skim milk and feel ready to retire for the night. </p><p>The photos uploaded today were a mix of things -</p><p>The <a href="http://theshadowboxer-wakeupdelerious.buzznet.com/user/photos/">&quot;Wake Up Delirious&quot;</a> gallery was snapped over the last few days. After waking up and working the kinks out of the back, I managed to put the finishing touches on some of the pieces to upload them. They are a mix of when I was laid up on my back and then some portrait shots when I rolled outta bed. I admitted that I am pretty much an addict to this digital photography thing. My goal is not to take pristine pictures but to capture, present and sometimes mix up the results in the way I see fit. Yeah, that&#39;s right... how I see fit, dammit! *-)</p><p>The portrait pictures were taken because the lighting conditions were perfect. My bedroom was pitch black and the light coming in from the door was a happy accident. I didn&#39;t know what I was capturing as I turned off the display and just went with it. </p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://img.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/9/1/9/1/2/orig-91912.jpg" style="width: 90px; height: 121px;" /> <img src="http://img.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/9/1/9/1/3/orig-91913.jpg" style="width: 162px; height: 121px;" /> <img src="http://img.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/9/1/9/1/6/orig-91916.jpg" style="width: 148px; height: 121px;" /> <img src="http://img.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/9/1/9/1/8/orig-91918.jpg" style="width: 91px; height: 122px;" /><br /></div><p><br />Wow... to have a place to put these things and to express yourself with digital photography and the tools that go with it. I&#39;m so damn excited. I&#39;m learning as I go along but it has been a blast stumbling through it all. The Buzz has been the perfect place and really, I am just so thankful for it. It has helped me to find a place for my photos, the feedback I received encouraged me and it has been no looking back since then. What a short strange and wonderful trip it has been. </p><p>The Internet blows my mind. I could not imagine a photoblog place like the Buzz. The first thing I think I searched for was &quot;KISS&quot; ... the rock band. I was blown away that there were already web sites out there. This was back in late 94. I think I was using Mosaic... I remember when the first cool version of Netscape came out. Wow... over ten years of the Internet in my life. Freakin&#39; weird. </p><p>Isn&#39;t this just freakin&#39; cool? Technology, I mean. A lot of this was typed with one hand but I also used some speech recognition software that I used a lot when I was on disability for the right arm for nine months (the nerve was disturbed during the surgery for the artificial right joint insertion and the arm became partially paralyzed). I can&#39;t believe how many tools are at our disposal. I am one of those people that can easily step out of my life and look at everything that we have at our fingertips with awe and just total gratefulness. I may fall into habits but I&#39;m never jaded. </p><p>I just posted Kooky&#39;s photo for the <a href="http://theshadowboxer-portrait.buzznet.com/user/photos/">&quot;Portrait Project&quot; </a>and I have to say, her photo was a lot of fun. I&#39;ve enjoyed each and every one of them and I hope the subjects do too!</p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://img.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/9/1/9/2/5/orig-91925.jpg" /><br /></div><p><br />In case you don&#39;t know what the whole shebang is about, I&#39;ll recap. You would never know it by the amount of photos I post of myself but I get sick of them. Unfortunately, a lot of the people I know are still shy about posing for photos beyond the regular event captures and birthday parties. you won&#39;t see me post a lot of those photos because I get feedback like, &quot;You aren&#39;t going to put these on the Internet, are you?&quot; Um, well... yes... I had actually planned to do that. Sorry...<br />Anyhoo, after visiting Kooky&#39;s photoblog section, I was inspired by the work she did on photos that those of us on her friends list posted. I thought that I would offer to have people send me in self-portrait shots that have not previously been placed on the Buzz. I would take those photos and treat them in the way that I&#39;ve treated some of my photos...thereby putting the TSB stamp on them. Man, what a blast. If you are interested, see the photo gallery introduction <a href="http://theshadowboxer-portrait.buzznet.com/user/photos/">here</a> for info on how to throw your portrait into the ring, so to speak. </p><p>Tonight&#39;s Rhapsody:</p><p>Mat Kearney - <span style="font-style: italic;">Nothing Left to Lose</p></span><p>Imogen Heap - <span style="font-style: italic;">Speak for Yourself </span></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theshadowboxer.vox.com/library/post/6a00e39898301f000400e39898320c0003.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e39898301f000400e39898320c0003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> portraits rhapsody buzznet theshadowboxer