ChimpersCage

What a weekend. I'm ready to sit back and enjoy someone else's work. NFL will be on later. Friday night football took me to Colfax for the Mustangs hosting the Raiders from Iroquois West. It was a better game than the score showed. Each team started the game with no wins on the season. Ridgeview remains winless. One thing I guess I missed last season that I noticed this season is the lack of cheerleaders for Ridgeview football. Come one come all, let's get that tradition restarted. Colfax needs to fill the stands as well. The only downfall last Friday night was the aphids, but surely you can put up with those while supporting your team. Heck, they don't even sting! Saturday, Illinois State honored 2 of the best that ever graced their sports program, Will Robinson and Doug Collins. If your too young to remember their story, check it out. Will was the first black head coach in any NCAA DIV 1 program. Doug of course is now a broadcaster, but he was also a 4 ti...

Well, the high school sports season is coming to a close for the season for me. Specializing in football, volleyball and basketball generally leaves me to special projects and household chores by the middle of March. Sure, I'll do an occasional softball or baseball game but the real busy season for me has concluded. Fertilizer, paint, and a circular saw are certainly in my near future. Most likely a wash mitt and a chamois as well. Thinking of special projects, I may just begin on one that I've wanted to do for a few years. I like to build things. If you look at my website - http://www.alanlook.com/ - you can see the floor mount and the flash bracket that I've made. I've also dabbled a bit with some flash diffusers and I'm also working on a bandalero style camera strap similar to the R strap by BlackRapids. Most of my creations stem from need. The one on my mind right now is far from needs based. Large format has always been too expensive of an endeavor for me to t...