Huntsville Tornado over First Baptist

Creepy, isn't it? Taken by First Baptist Church member Ryan Crim a little after 5pm on Thursday, January 21st.

Link to the original and article on al.com.

The Gold Rush

Tonight on WAFF 48 News, anchor Mark Thornhill and photographer Daniel Hopkin produced a special report on gold-buying websites, "The Gold Rush." When Mark was getting started, he put out an email looking for volunteers with jewelery to sell, and we'd follow what happens for the story. Since I'm not using my wedding band anymore, I thought I'd step up and help. Here's the story on WAFF.com, the station's website.

Test Drive

Got a song stuck in my head this morning, so I thought I'd torture you with it.

Go ahead, press the big "Play" arrow. You know you want to...

Your Friendly Neighborhood SpiderFrog

This little guy was hanging out on the window by the front door when I got home last night. I usually see him on the front porch, most often under one of the plants there.


He let me get a little closer now. Still keeping an eye on me, though.


Making a run for it. He's waiting to see what my next move is, in the middle of the glass of the window.


One last shot before we go. I thought he'd be fatter, considering the sheer number of mosquitoes we have around here...

We Choose To Go To The Moon...

Thanks to NASA and Life Magazine for the photo

NASA, as well as the rest of America, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing today. Starting with President Kennedy's challenge in 1961, forward through the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions, and on to July 20th, 1969, with Apollo 11 and the lunar landing.

Historic Pictures Restored

Video courtesy NASA.gov

If you haven't been to the NASA.gov site lately, they've spent a lot of time restoring video from Apollo 11, including the one above. What was once grainy, blurry TV video is now available in High Definition.

Old Pictures

My Mom found a collection of old photographs while cleaning out her house in Anniston. The one above is of Harry Prince (my Grandaddy and Mom's father) in front of his store in Beulah, Alabama, from sometime in the mid-1940s. That's my Grandaddy in the fedora, standing next to the boat motor and talking to a customer. My great-aunt (his sister) is the lady by the well on the right. No one knows for sure who the lady is on the balcony, or the person behind the column downstairs.

More pictures to come, just as soon as I can get them on the scanner!