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Local photography, National rants, Zero navel-gazing allowed… Blogging from Hopkinsville, KY

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  • My Visit to Metropolis Illinois

    My Visit to Metropolis Illinois

    I have been working as a technician since 2017. I have completed work orders in Paducah, KY but I have never had a reason to go across the Ohio river into Illinois. April 7th was my opportunity. The big Superman statue is 15 feet tall and weighs 2 tons. The statue is awesome and I…

  • Animal Farm

  • Aliens and Trek

    Aliens and Trek

    One shelf of my collection of action figures. Big fan of Roddenberry Trek, waiting for the day when we might get positive hopeful Trek again.

  • Driving Alone 2: Lost in Kantucky

    I didn’t misspell the blog title and this post isn’t about the movie starring Macaulay Culkin. “Driving Alone” stars a cranky elderly man lost between two lakes. Watch him struggle to find his way back to I-24! Will he make it out of the Twilight Zone or be LOST IN KANTUCKY FOREVER! Coming to a…

  • Eggner’s Ferry: Everybody Was Running Back And Forth

    WKDZ did a great job covering the bridge hit and collapse of the Eggner’s Ferry bridge. Of all the coverage they did I want to highlight one interview. It is a classic that will live forever in the genre of country-fried disaster interviews.  MP3: Robert Parker Interview – (C) WKDZ Radio WKDZ: Did you get…

  • A Man Who Represents Himself Has A Fool For A Lawyer

    A man in Bowling Green, KY showed again why it is never a good idea to walk into court without a lawyer. Mick Sherrell believes that a city smoking ban is infringing on his rights. Bowling Green attorney Mark Alcott, who represents the city, filed a response Thursday to Sherrell’s complaint, stating that Sherrell had…

  • Here There be Big Foot

    A man living in Fairdale, KY was determined to stop whatever was causing damage to his corn rows. He got more than he bargained for though when he setup a hunting camera to capture movement in his backyard. What he captured was the image of a black hairy creature sitting in the field. I have…

  • Beer Summit

    From XKCD.com “Understocked” 5 out of 5 Stars! Definitely.