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Miscellaneous/random shots taken in 2014 which I did not include as part of any other set of photos.

Happy 2014!
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Sparkling in the new year
And let me add how impressed I am at this unedited/no-filter iPhone 5s photo.

Tuesday, you are pre-emptively fired!
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Fellow Floridians, don't panic, just wear layers and carry on—all will be fine, our northern friends have it much worse
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Driving through Sweetwater in the morning always feels like torture for something terrible I did—I'm thankful it's very rare that I ever have to take this route
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The basket fairy came to our office and apparently had a bit of an accident
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Who's ready for pancakes?
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Farewell to Chris (kneeling) at her last Clyde & Seamore show at SeaWorld
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SeaWorld mime swipes a cameraphone and takes a selfie
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Current status: WAFFLES!
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No, not broken, but somehow started hurting a lot today
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Not even going to kid around with this one—everyone, please stay safe
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Beautiful afternoon in the park
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Do not double stack
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Exceeding expectations
Ordered Snow Leopard Server on March 5. Apple stated delivery in 2-4 weeks. Shipped same day with estimated delivery on March 10. Arrived today, March 7. In the immortal words of His Steveness, “Boom!”

The Moon!
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Yay, my car has door handles again—thanks dad!
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The scariest part of an iOS upgrade—when it sits at this point for a LONG time
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What is it with cats and boxes?
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Caution: plastic slides + dry air = static hair
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The house appears to have lost its phone privileges
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Open 30 hours a day
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Adri asked permission to make special toast for me yesterday—this is what she returned with
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I'm always amused at this sight, resulting from a large party at a shoes-off home
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Don't know what Lay's is doing, but I swear the amount of chips per bag is steadily diminishing
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See now, Jimmy Chips understands customer expectations of a portion
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Generally I hate QR codes, but this was well played, Jimmy John's
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Really nasty out there—be careful, local friends
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Pancake supper, 100% prepared by the kids
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Found someone's art under the park bench
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It has been suggested I don't take enough selfies, so here you go
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They're doing that thing again where they pretend to like each other
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Here's me being a lemming by posting yet another poor-quality iPhone shot of the bloodmoon
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So happy to finally have a real recording studio—and we're not wasting any time putting it to use
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Night swimming
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A little sidewalk chalk and some water began turning Adri into a Smurf
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I … just … don't … even …
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I see things like this and can't help but think, film processing is still a thing?
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Pay attention, class: oblique ≠ italic
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Why are we allowing Samsung et al to convince us this is okay? It's not okay!
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Meet my 6-hour-old nephew, Maddox Ford Myers, 7lb, 3oz, 20in.
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This year's Memorial Day attire
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Yes! Yes! Yes! At last, album sharing and tag & description editing have returned!
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It was cool in the house this morning, and I think they were both trying to snuggle against me to get warm
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So then there was that time I followed a tree out for a joyride
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Finally put the SlowShutter app to good use—very dark inside the penguin encounter
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New mural at SeaWorld
Guess what used to be on this wall! flic.kr/p/iDbiLs

Current status: beach time with Chris Turner and family vacationing in Florida
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Check out what I found in my father-in-law's scrap metal pile
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The Sunrail path to downtown Orlando
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Florida Hospital—ever expanding
The white and rust-colored tower in the center is the one most people are familiar with at Florida Hospital. The older original facility to the left now serves as the children's hospital. On the right is the newer Ginsburg Tower. And on the far left, the new Florida Hospital for Women is beginning to take form. Sadly, when finished, the women's hospital will almost completely obscure this view taken from the top of Adventist Health System Florida Division.

LED Candle
A set of nifty fake candles from ThinkGeek. Instead of flame, they use randomly flickering LED lights. I like the amber color best, but they can glow blue as well.

Hadn't planned any fireworks viewing this year, but good timing resulted in catching the last few moments of Red, Hot, and Boom
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Mama deer and baby deer wish you a happy Independence Day
This family was trotting across the lawn at my sis-in-law's home. Mama came my direction briefly, probably thinking I had food, and made for a decent close-up portrait.

Wonderful to hear Pastor Doug Batchelor at our church today
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Found my ancient Garmin 60CS while cleaning the garage—and it still works
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This afternoon's project (well, mostly done by my wife, Lori, who also took the photos, but I contributed)
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It's official, workmanship pride in America is an endangered species
Would it really have been so hard to attach the alarm speaker to a wood beam instead of laying it on the attic floor? Discovered this in my attic recently.

This is probably my favorite birthday gift this year—my pin collection cases hung in my closet!
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Last night's bowling scores
It's almost embarrassing. I only just barely managed to tie Meg's score, while Adri almost tied Lori. Meanwhile, who knew Stacy had such skillz! Even though she arrived late and took over for Lori's mom, VerDenne (ergo the Verstace name), she still whipped all of us.

My greeting as I walked into my sis-in-law's house today
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Beautiful antique silverware
A coworker brought in this gorgeous 1847 Rogers Bros. silverware set and shared his story at staff meeting how he saved 50¢ here, 10¢ there, etc. when he was a teenager to raise about $100 over the course of several months to surprise his mother for Christmas.

This beautiful creature bid me farewell as I departed a neighborhood after an errand
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Sure enough, the deluge began, which is why I'm so happy I can now do this
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A few spare parts and some ingenuity, and you too can build your own motorcycle from scratch
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Rainbows and Old Glory
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I've made it ⅞ of the way to 200,000 miles on my car!
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Can't be certain, but I think it's been close to 20 years since I could say I weighed less than 200 pounds
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I've wanted these flicks in my collection for years, and now they are, via a great Amazon sale—movie night!
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The universal symbol of movie night
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SeaWorld selfie
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I'm tellin' ya, I KNOW I saw ceiling cat up here!
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Texture
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Trod upon
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Oh Wawa, I love you
So hard to find gas stations any more that don't charge for tire air, and Wawa goes a step further with these digital kiosks that automatically detect and alert you when you've reached the specified air pressure!