http://www.setzler.net Life in Black and White Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:06:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the highlights of my recent trip to Atlanta was a lunch stop at The Varsity. It has been a very long time since I have eaten here, but they still serve the same fare consisting of hamburgers, hotdogs, fries, onion rings, fried pies, shakes, and a few ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/03/07/the-varsity/ My short trip to Atlanta was a blast. We had a good time and visited some interesting places. We went to the Federal Reserve Bank, CNN, Chick-Fil-A Headquarters, World of Coke, and the Georgia Aquarium.  One of my personal experiments on this trip was to give a workout ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/03/06/georgia-aquarium-with-the-sx20is/ It's been snowing here all afternoon, but the temperatures are still above freezing, so not much of it is sticking to the ground. The birds, however, are fighting for position on the feeders. This usually provides for some entertainment as they push each other around for a chance ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/03/02/some-more-snow/ Today is February 27th. It's not the time of year one traditionally thinks about baseball. However, the local high schools and college teams are firing up the activity on the diamond.  The Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne University played a double-header at home today.  In the above photo, Lenoir-Rhyne RHP ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/02/27/its-almost-time-2/ Friday afternoon, we encountered a winter storm that loaded us up with a nice amount of snow. It's been interesting reading all my friends posts on Facebook about the snow during the last 24 hours. Forecasts get blown out of proportion rather quickly and there are runs on ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/01/30/january-2010-snow/ I had an interesting assignment this afternoon. I went to Geitner Park to photograph the release of a rehabilitated bald eagle. This event was held by the Carolina Raptor Center and the Catawba Science Center. I didn't catch any really great photos of the bald eagle though. ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/01/23/raptors/ Today is January 20th, 2010. It got up to 65° outside this afternoon and the weather was relatively nice.  Tonight, I attended the annual Hickory Crawdads Hot Stove Banquet where Jon Daniels, the General Manager of the Texas Rangers, gave the key note address (pictured above).  I got to ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/01/20/baseball-season-2/ I have wanted an Amazon Kindle since they were first put on the market. Unfortunately when they first came out at $499, there was no way I could make that kind of financial sacrifice to add another gadget to my collection.  Over time, the new version 2 of the ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/01/10/the-amazon-kindle/ My first photo assignment of the new year and decade was a couple basketball games at Lenoir-Rhyne University as the men and women hosted the Pioneers of Tusculum College.  There was a rather decent crowd at tonight's game considering the fact that the students are still on Christmas break.  I ... http://www.setzler.net/2010/01/02/the-bears-and-the-new-year/ It's been snowing all day here and supposed to keep snowing into tomorrow sometime. I'm not sure how much we will get, but we had about 6 inches or so by 7:30pm.  I decided not to venture out in MY car because none of the roads in my neighborhood ... http://www.setzler.net/2009/12/18/a-snow-day/