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Tiger Woods’ Ryder Cup Photo

derrich — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:47:23 +0000

During Sunday’s Ryder Cup, photographer Mark Pain found himself in a unique position: directly in front of a Tiger Woods’ chip shot. When combined with the fact that Tiger hit it fat, the ball travelled directly into Pain’s lens, which captured one of the greatest sports photos ever.

Mark Pain Photography: Ryder Cup — Tiger Woods with Cigar Cuy, who will undoubtedly be the next Internet sensation.

Naturally, a few of the gallery members contribute to the photo’s greatness including the little boy getting a view from below, the gentleman in the red shirt that appears to be passing gas, and the guy with the cigar in his mouth. It’s only a matter of time before this cigar guy is superimposed over random photos by photoshoppers everywhere. Is it just me, or does he remind you of a character that would appear in a Wes Anderson movie? It’s probably safe to assume that by the time the meme dust has settled, the legend of Cigar Guy may rival that of Chuck Norris and the Most Interesting Man In The World.

Storm Cloud Photo In San Antonio

San Antonio River Walk Expansion – Canal Lock In Action

derrich — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:25:43 +0000

The talk of the town in the last few days has been the River North river walk expansion project in San Antonio…also dubbed the Museum Reach, which includes the section between Lexington Avenue and Josephine Street near the Pearl Brewery. Today was the grand opening of this section.

The section boasts a number of features including public restrooms, exhibits by local artists, pedestrian bridges, fish lunkers (shelters), and the lock and dam complex. The lock and dam complex takes approximately 8-10 minutes to allow entry and exit of the barge and to displace 40,000 gallons of water. My brother took a series of photos and turned it into a video montage of the lock and dam process. Enjoy!

Storm Cloud Photo In San Antonio

derrich — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:51:34 +0000

As storms rolled through San Antonio tonight, the clouds produced resembled those in Independence Day when the UFOs entering the atmosphere…or like a fire crawling along the ceiling. Strange nonetheless. Although I snapped a pic with my BlackBerry and tweeted it, I got home just in time to capture it with the Nikon.

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These clouds are called mammatus clouds, which means “bumpy clouds”.

Clever Advertising Slogan: Your Wife Is Hot

derrich — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:33:29 +0000

I’m no expert on effective marketing, but occasionally an advertisement catches your attention. In fact, some are so good you have to tell your friends and family all about it. Depending on the venue, the placement of some memorable ads can cost millions while others cost significantly less and are just as engaging.

Jon Wayne Air Conditioning in San Antonio has accomplished that with its ‘made you look’ slogan.

Jon Wayne Air Conditioning

I rarely notice billboards. In fact, I can’t think of one that caught my attention like this one since the GodSpeaks billboards.

When In Doubt, Shave Kobe In Your Head

derrich — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:47:52 +0000

One thing Spurs fans dread when playing the Lakers aside from Kobe Bryant are the droves of Fake Lakers in the crowd. Fake Lakers? The people FROM San Antonio that cheer for the Lakers…and they’ve likely never even been to LA. It’s annoying. Almost as annoying as Dallas Mavericks fans. Anyway, I thought I’d seen it all until my friend Daryl sent me this snap of some guy with Kobe’s mug shaved in the back of his head. I’m speechless.

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It’s Tax Season Again

derrich — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:30 +0000

Looks like it’s tax season again. I spotted this one yesterday. I can’t wait to see my first Uncle Sam tax mascot. Of course if you want to dress up as one, I’m sure you could find a classified on Craigslist.

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Mangino Versus Obie

derrich — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:51:59 +0000

Kansas Jayhawks head football coach Mark Mangino is obese. He makes Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen look like a boy. I think that in celebration of the Jayhawks’ victory over Virginia Tech, which by the way was one of the best BCS games so far, Mark Mangino should diet. As shown in this picture below, he’s larger than the Orange Bowl mascot, Obie. I’m guessing his weight has everything to do with the fact that he adamantly refused a Gatorade bath from his players. Can you say “cardiac arrest”?

A Few Pictures From RETOX

derrich — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:19:31 +0000

Well, we finally opened the place up this weekend. RETOX has been fortunate to receive rave reviews from our patrons, and the bands love the setup as well. Anyway, here are just a few pictures that my friends snapped this weekend (Leo isn’t the only one with hot friends). More to follow.

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How To Properly Repair A Split HVAC System

derrich — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:20:55 +0000

A few weeks ago when our landlord had 3 different A/C contractors out to evaluate our HVAC systems, one thing stood out like a sore thumb in all of their reports. Apparently this split system was rigged up to work by using a system you would see cooling a home. I know nothing about HVAC systems except where I like to set the thermostat. I was told that this was one of the funniest things they’ve ever encountered. I’m sure all you HVAC folks will appreciate this photo.

Did Michael Vick Smoke Marijuana To Beat The System?

These Guys Don’t Shoot Blanks

derrich — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:47:04 +0000

Whitetail deer are all the rage here in Texas. Apparently so is whitetail semen. It is whitetail semen, right guys? (I can’t wait to see the AdSense ads for this one).

Whitetail Semen For Sale

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Rainbow Ish

derrich — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:47:33 +0000

Do you remember as a kid putting your thumb over the end of the water hose to spray a mist in the air to create rainbows? Yeah…me neither. That’s just weird. Well, while playing golf last week, we saw this rainbow that looks like a “mistbow”. Just thought it looked a little out of the ordinary.

Sun Dog (scientific name, parhelion) in San Antonio

Ok. Now who wants to talk about chicks and muscle cars? Football?

UPDATE: Commentor, John (see comments below), has alerted me to the fact that this is called a sun dog. Pretty interesting stuff.

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