http://www.bobgerman.com Photographer, Boatbuilder, IT Guru, Writer, Musician, Therapist, Masseur, Firearms Enthusiast (in other words, a Generalist) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:21:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The girls and I went to Patriot Park this morning, and we can happily report that we have found all five letter boxes planted there.  It's a nice park, and every time we've been there so far, it's been empty.  Apparently not many people are aware of it yet. http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/08/03/patriot-park From Bright Lights Film: "Accidental crowd" could be applied to Delphine Kreuter's debut feature 57,000 Kilometers Between Us. The whirling narrative centers on a family who mediates its malfunctioning through camcorders, blogs, the Internet, anything but facing each other. Nat (Marie Burgun) lives with her newly remarried mother, Margot (Florence Thomassin), ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/08/02/a-review-of-a-film-i-want-to-see Last night, in addition to being First Friday, was the opening reception for Mirinda Reynolds at her new location at Libertytown Arts Studio.  I like going to Libertytown, because I always get to see works from an artist I hadn't seen before, and works I hadn't seen by artists I ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/08/02/another-evening-at-libertytown We sold our Tahoe the other day.  After I got the new job, I first bought Eve's brother's motorcycle, a Honda VTX 1300.  That was great, but impractical for a 60-mile commute.  Perhaps if I had known about the alternate route I might have kept it.  A short while later ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/08/02/sold I guess I'm becoming more in-shape.  At least my stamina is improving.  I'm doing 4.5 miles around a lake whenever possible, up to several times a week.  At first I was just walking it, but the last couple of times I have been running for portions of the circuit.  At ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/07/31/walking-and-running During the last period of time I was obsessing on letterboxing as a hobby, I actually took the time and effort to plant one. At the time I was working in Arlington, and I was reading a lot about the Vince Foster controversy. A lightbulb clicked on, and ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/07/30/my-first-letterbox-plant-back-in-2004 If you read Sunday's post, you'll know that the girls and I went letterboxing at Alum Spring Park in Fredericksburg.  The box we found was not far from a place called "Fat Annie's Old Swimming Hole," which we found interesting and decided to read up on after the trip. Apparently this ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/07/28/a-little-bit-of-history-on-alum-spring letterboxing this weekend.  I decided to work some more letterboxing into my morning walk.  I found one of the four boxes listed at Cassandra's Pokemon Adventure.  The other three must have been gathered together somewhere for an early morning swim. Other interesting finds, a large (about 15" long) turtle shell with ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/07/28/apparently-i-didnt-get-enough The girls each had a friend over for a sleepover yesterday.  We took them to the pool in the afternoon, then had pizza for dinner, then I took all four girls out letterboxing.  We searched for two (Battle Box and Paper Boy) and only found one (Paper Boy).  But that ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/07/27/letterboxing If you know me, you know my stance on spam, and you'll know that it pleases me to hear that the king of spam has been sentenced to 47 months in jail.  According to this article, he got a lighter sentence because as far as spammers go, he was less ... http://www.bobgerman.com/2008/07/23/and-justice-for-all