{"id":573880302,"date":"2010-08-22T19:47:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T00:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573880302"},"modified":"2010-08-22T19:49:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T00:49:45","slug":"catching-up-on-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/08\/22\/catching-up-on-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up on stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four pictures for you that didn&#8217;t find there way elsewhere on the site this week. First:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/aug10\/aug29.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Copeland\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s Dr. Copeland, one of our talented and kind professors at Alabama. He&#8217;s on my dissertation committee, and I&#8217;m lucky to have him. That&#8217;s not his Emmy, but rather one of his students. That is, apparently, the first Emmy won by a former Alabama student and he brought it to be displayed in a trophy case somewhere in the building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/aug10\/aug30.jpg\" alt=\"Allie's toys\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Allie got a care package from her grandparents. These are called Midnight Crazies, or some such upsetting thing. Allie doesn&#8217;t need help with the late night, early morning fun. She&#8217;s a yowler. It is a special grief to hear this for hours and for no discernible reason.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/aug10\/aug31.jpg\" alt=\"The Strutting Ale House\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was the Ale House. Very recently it became the Strutting Duck, which had moved closer into town. Just the other night we walked through the parking lot on our way to grab a burger and noticed the Strutting Duck sign. Now it is the Ale House again. Very strange.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/aug10\/aug32.jpg\" alt=\"A bird\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This bird did not like me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also, three videos, all shot from my phone:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYH3phAC\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYH3phAC\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That&#8217;s from my Thursday morning drive. Nice, empty field, nice empty, country road. It has a good feeling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We were at Petco, checking on kitteh food options when a big guinea brawl broke out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYH3qhEC\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYH3qhEC\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I edited that while we were walking through the grocery store. This is the coolest thing ever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And finally:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYH3qgQC\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYH3qgQC\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The ice cream man War Eagleth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four pictures for you that didn&#8217;t find there way elsewhere on the site this week. First: That&#8217;s Dr. Copeland, one of our talented and kind professors at Alabama. He&#8217;s on my dissertation committee, and I&#8217;m lucky to have him. That&#8217;s not his Emmy, but rather one of his students. 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